that pie looks fantastic!
4 Likes
milanesa de pollo was up tonight - came out really nice and crispy. pounded out boneless/skinless thighs, dredged in seasoned flour/egg/panko and then fried. Lots of Piri Piri at the table. Taters were parboiled then fried. Simple salad of toms, cilantro, red onion, and jalapenos dressed with lemon juice, s&p.
Also made Carolina Red Rice, which I only learned of this week. That’ll be tomorrow night’s dinner.
and a baby goat pic, for the hell of it.
23 Likes
That baby goat 
!!
Got to say that i have no idea what carolina red rice is myself… the google just confused me- rice, tomato paste and shrimp? Sausage? Bacon? Everything…?
3 Likes
Some chinatown finds for dinner. Found fresh rice noodles at the tofu shop- usually they have those dried shrimp but they also had plain. Thankfully my reheat by steaming method worked well (there was an incident in the past where there were more noodles stuck/burnt to my pot than edible at the end!) added a tiny bit of scallion, black vinegar dribble, toasted sesame oil and some sesame seeds
I managed this quick photo in the shop, the bottom left chinese takeout style containers have the best freshest tofu ever (aka breakfast this morning). Not sure exactly what egg tofu is…?
Veggie box side of bell peppers, sugar snap peas, cucumber and some olives- dipped the veg into some tahini miso dressing.
Not pictured side of kombucha
13 Likes
i used this recipe:
no shrimp as the BF is seafood-adverse, drat him.
3 Likes
The rice noodle rolls, you can also pan fried with both light and dark soy sauce (for colour), garlic and some spring onions.
One of my favourite is Zhaliang, fried yaotiao wrapped around with rice noodles.
11 Likes
Saltimbocca - well kind of, especially outdoor sage was still recovering from winter with new small leaves, I used rosemary… fatty pork filet with shit-ton of minced garlic (ha! the more the better), finely chopped rosemary, black pepper, and shit-load of olive oil, everything wrapped around with prosciutto. Cooked in oven for about 40 minutes around 190ºC, first 15 minutes covered with a parchment paper. Served with white asparagus and pea sprouts, drizzled with vinegar and hazelnut oil.
Sesame chicken - steamed whole chicken for 30 minutes with Shaxing wine, 5 spice, salt and chicken powder. The recipe asked to wash the chicken (I skipped this step) and directly brushed egg white on the skin and sprinkled sesames then deep fried the whole bird in oil, which I also changed to oven grilled. I guess that was why I didn’t get the golden yellow crispy chicken.
Spinach with oyster sauce.
Bò bún - with store bought frozen spring rolls, cha lua with rice noodles.
And excellent Thai mango coconut milk sticky rice with a savoury note. Steaming the rice, instead of using the rice cooker makes a great difference in the texture or rice. We tested with 2 types of mangoes, one from Peru and another from Cambodia. For this dessert, the Cambodian worked better. But our day to day mango remains Peruvian.
Recipe:
https://www.wokandskillet.com/thai-mango-with-sticky-rice/
14 Likes
Have been absent of cooking for the last week or two… something work related but temporary. I am sooo glad you tried the Guatita.
Your adjusted version, albeit with perhaps some more peanut butter and liquid , is what mine normally turns out as.
Cooking the tripe a bit longer should not be a problem, as I do like a little toughness, but that is strictly a personal choice.
I do generally buy a lot more tripe than I need, clean it and cook it, but not all of the way. I portion it out , usually for two or three times so it become a pretty quick dish to prepare.
2 Likes
We had an epic feast with our buddy @corvette_johnny Sunday at Chengdu 1 Palace in Green Brook, NJ. We had a ton of excellent spicy Sichuan food. Below is a link to the details and pictures.
4 Likes
Actually, the dish should taste very strongly the presence of peanut butter or rather subtle?
thanks for all your great cataplana advice! I hope to clear out room and then come back to your posts.
hope that metallutil for $60 is still available. Metallutil is a great product but I think they are all round bottom. If you have gas stove, that is OK
Burgers from the George Forman (oh, hurry Spring!), and boiled Yukon Gold Potatoes. Not shown are spears of Vlasic Kosher Dill Pickles.
5 Likes
I made enchiladas! I don’t know if I’ve ever even had these but I really liked this version. Filled with beef and black beans. The sauce came together quickly. Lots of spices simmered in a thick tomato paste and stock sauce. Yummm!
16 Likes
Kids visiting, and dim sum at Yank Sing!
Okay, that was “breakfast”, not dinner. Son is making dinner, and I’m baking a cake.
16 Likes
Meera Sodha’s cod in green coconut chutney, kale salad with avocado, tomatoes, cranberries and pepitas, and cucumber-tomato salad in yogurt. I had a little quinoa-bulgur mix under the fish as well. Baby ate…a bite.
15 Likes
Tonight was leftover Hatch chile mac and cheese with a hybrid bechamel/sodium citrate sauce. I was pretty happy with the texture and flavor of the sauce but should have added more chiles, onions and garlic and left the veggies in larger pieces. Too bad my plating covers up the nice brown crusty pieces on the top.
For dessert, leftover banana pudding with homemade vanilla wafers from Smitten Kitchen’s blog.(Talk about a dairy-heavy meal!) It was good but I’m not sure I’ll make it again.
12 Likes
Green coconut chutney sounds fabulous…
and obviously the babe is holding out for salmon 
(this is known as the parental training phase)
3 Likes
Everything in the bowl…! The usual suspects plus some red bell pepper and scallions, with kimchi vinegrette
Side of that heinous peanut wheat gluten that i’m going to spare you another image of.
Kombucha to drink.
I may christen the new jar of peanut butter for dessert with my tea, there are a few dates left so I’ll schmear some on those
7 Likes
