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Dry-Fried Green Beans

6/6/2020

Gan Bian Si Ji Dou from Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop, pg 150

3/4 lb green beans
4-6 dried chillies, deseeded
2 spring onions, white parts sliced
3 tbs garlic, sliced
3 tbs ginger, sliced

salt
cooking oil
1/2 tsp Sichuan pepper
1 tsp sesame oil

Blanch beans until tender
Add chilies and pepper to hot oil until chilies darken and fragrant
Stir fry with spring onions, garlic, and ginger until fragrant
Add beans and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until coated in oil
Stir in sesame oil and serve

Dan Dan Noodles

6/6/2020

Dan Dan Mian, Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop, pg 280

Szechuan

3 tbs cooking oil
16 oz ground pork
8 tsp Shaoxing wine
4 tsp Hoison sauce
4 tsp soy sauce
salt
dried wheat flour noodles

Sauce:

8 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp salt
4 tsp Chinkiang vinegar
8-12 tbs chilli oil, to taste
spring onion greens, finely sliced
1 1/2 cup chicken stock (or noodle water)

Heat oil in wok
Stir fry meat until changes color
Add Shaoxing wine and stir
Stir fry with Hoisin sauce until fragrant
Season with soy sauce and salt
Press meat against wok to break up pieces
Remove from wok while still juicy
Boil noodles and cook to packaging
Combine all sauce ingredients, stock last
Place noodles in bowl with sauce and top with pork
Stir together and serve

Chicken Marsala

6/5/2020

Italian

4 pieces pounded chicken breast
seasoned flour
4 oz olive oil
1 package mushrooms, sliced
8 oz Marsala wine

1 tbs garlic, minced
2 tsp basil
8 oz beef stock
1/3 cup walnuts, halved or chopped
1 stick butter, softened

Dredge chicken in seasoning and lay away into hot oil
Brown for 1 1/2 minutes on one side and 1 minute on the other
Add mushrooms - pull meat on top
Deglaze with wine
Add garlic, basil, stock, walnuts, season
Stir in butter and serve sauce over chicken with noodles or gnocchi

Pad See Ew

6/4/2020

Video from Chaiyo's

Thai

Chinese broccoli, slivers
Noodles
Garlic
1 lb meat
3 eggs

2 tbs dark/sweet soy sauce
2 tbs soy sauce
2 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs Sugar
chillies/chilli oil

Blanch broccoli
Prepare noodles
Saute garlic in oil
Pan fry meet and add eggs
Stir in noodles and oyster sauce
Fold in broccoli
Add sugar and sauces and continue to stir fry

I started cooking this a few years ago by combining a bunch of recipes from the internet. The first time I accidentally made a whole gallon - luckily I've gotten it more manageable and gained a friend, Jimmy, by feeding him large amounts of pasta sauce.

olive oil
onion, diced
3 tbs garlic, minced
2 bell peppers, diced (optional)
1 pack mushrooms, diced (optional)
14-28 oz can diced/whole plum tomatoes
small can tomato paste
1 cup chicken broth

salt & pepper
white pepper
parsley
1 cup heavy cream
basil (a lot)
1 cup Parmesan
spinach
butter

Sweet & Sour Peppers with Pork Chops

5/28/2020

From Gordon Ramsay's series on Amazon Prime, Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course, episode 1. Recipe used pork chops, and I've cooking it with both pork chops and chicken, and added sun-dried tomatoes.

3-5 peppers - bell or sweet, sliced
1 medium sweet onion, sliced
2 tbs olive oil
salt & pepper
1 tbs sugar
sun-dried tomatoes

red wine vinegar
basil, rolled and sliced
1 lb pork chops or chicken
garlic, crushed
thyme
butter

Add peppers and onion to hot oil
Season
Add sugar to break down peppers and caramelize onions
Toss - keep hot enough to always sizzle
Stir in red wine vinegar
Turn down gas and add olive oil to stew 2-3 minutes
Add basil and cook 30 more seconds
Remove from pan
Season chicken. For pork chops, punch seasoning into the meat
Lay away into hot oil
Add garlic and thyme under the meat
Squeeze the garlic while cooking and add butter
Baste with butter while cooking
Let rest before serving over peppers

Fried Green Tomatoes

5/27/2020

3-4 green tomatoes, sliced
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 cup flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup breadcrumbs

1 tsp paprika
salt & pepper
oil for frying
goat cheese
pimento cheese

Prepare plate with flower, bowl with milk and whisked eggs, and plate of other dry ingredients
Dip tomatoes in flour then egg mixture before dredging in dry mixture
Fry on each side until brown
Serve topped with cheeses

I prefer Jiffy brand cornmeal but husband complains that it's too sweet.

Fajitas

5/26/2020

I cook fajitas/burritos/tacos/whatever a LOT. This is the gist of what general goes into them.

3 tbs garlic
1 lb chicken
1 onion, sliced
2 bell peppers, sliced
1 pack mushrooms, sliced
4 tomatoes, diced

4 tomatillos, diced
grapefruit habanero hot sauce
cumin, chili powder/chipotle chili powder
cilantro
refried beans, tortillas, cheese, avocado for serving

Stir fry garlic in oil and hot sauce until fragrant
Brown chicken on all sides, while seasoning
Push meat to sides of pan and cook onions on high until translucent
Cook bell peppers, adding more seasoning/hot sauce as desired
Add mushrooms and tomatillos
Once all vegetables are cooked enough, and tomatoes and stir together for 2 minutes
Stir in cilantro
Serve with tortillas, refried beans, cheese, cilantro, hot sauce, avocado, etc

Roast Chicken

5/21/2020

From Gordon Ramsay's series on Amazon Prime, Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course, episode 1. My enamel dutch oven is smaller than the braising pan he used so in the future I'll use less liquid.

1/2 lb Spanish sausage/chorizo
olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, sliced
fresh thyme
1 can Cannellini beans, drained
1/2 up sun dried tomatoes

1 whole chicken
salt and pepper
lemon, whole
paprika
300 ml white wine
250 ml water

Cook down sausage with splash of olive oil
Add chopped onions, until fragrant and colorful
Stir in garlic and thyme
Cook in beans and tomatoes until beans start to change colors
Prepare chicken: cut off knuckles and wing tips
Season into chicken
Stuff, pushing down stuffing into very bottom of the chicken
Push in a whole lemon and pull the skin over
Cover in oil, paprika, salt, pepper, and rub into chicken
Pour 250 ml water and 300 ml wine wine into pan
Put chicken and more thyme into pan and cover with foil to steam
Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees, then an additional half hour uncovered to crisp skin
Remove chicken and squeeze lemon into juices, mix, and strain
Remove stuffing from chicken and cover stuffing with roasting juices
Chop up chicken and also cover with roasting juices
Serve chicken with stuffing

Ginger Chinese Broccoli

5/19/2020

Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop, pg 182

Szechuan

Chinese broccoli
salt
4 tbs oil
2 tbs chopped garlic

1 tbs Shaoxing wine
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp potato flour mixed w/ 1 tbs cold water (optional)

Blanch broccoli with 1 tbs salt and 1 tbs oil until stems are tender but crisp
Heat remaining oil in wok on high
Sizzle ginger until fragrant
Add wine and sugar
Stir fry broccoli until hot, adding salt to taste
(optional) thicken sauce with flour mixture
Pour sauce over broccoli and serve

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