Category: Rice

Camarones al Chipotle

7/13/2021

2 tbs butter
1 white onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cups mushrooms, sliced

2 tomatoes, chopped
shrimp
1 cup Mexican crema
1-2 tbs canned chipotles in adobo sauce

Melt butter and saute onions and garlic with salt until soft
Add mushrooms and cook covered for 3 minutes
With tomatoes, bring to simmer for about 5 minutes
Stir in shrimp and cook until pink
Blend together cream and chipotles, add to pan, and cook until heated through
Season to taste
Serve with rice, warm tortillas, and avocados

Panang Curry

6/15/2021

1/2 cup coconut milk with 1/2 cup water
1 lb chicken, sliced
1 small shallot, diced
2 tbs curry paste
3 cloves garlic, minced
chilies to taste
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup coconut milk with 1/2 cup water

1 onion, chopped
bell peppers, chopped
mushrooms, chopped
1 cup coconut with 1 cup water
30 g fish sauce
30 g palm sugar
50 g Thai basil leaves
4-5 kaffir lime leaves

Heat coconut milk/water mixture and cook chicken with shallots; set aside
Stir fry curry paste in hot oil until fragrant, scraping around the pan with chilies
Slowly add coconut milk and cook until fat begins to fry to surface
Saute vegetables in curry until tender
Slowly add diluted coconut milk and cook gently for 3 more minutes
Cook in fish sauce and sugar
Stir in chicken, basil, and lime leaves
Serve over rice

Panang curry ingredients: chilies, sea salt, galangal, lemongrass, coriander root, kaffir lime rind
peppercorns, shallots, garlic, roasted coriander seeds, roasted cumin, shrimp paste

Seco de Borrego

4/28/2021

Ecuadorian

1 lbs lamb meat, cut in large chunks
3 garlic cloves
1/4 tbs cumin
1/4 tsp ground mustard
1/4 tsp ground coriander
Couple of sprigs of fresh parsley cilantro and oregano
1 small white onion, chopped
1 tomato peeled and seeded
1 bell peppers chopped in large chunks

1/4 tsp achiote annatto powder
1/4 tsp chili powder
3 cups beer
1/4 cup white wine
Juice from 1 whole naranjilla
1 tbs grated panela or piloncillo or brown sugar
1/2 tbs finely chopped cilantro parsley or oregano
Salt and pepper

Blend together red onion, garlic, cumin, mustard, coriander, herbs, salt, pepper, and beer
Marinate lamb for several hours
Blend together onion, tomato, and peppers to mince
Saute in hot oil with achiote and chili powder
And lamb and let brown
Stir in panela, beer, wine, juice and bring to boil
Reduce heat and simmer for about 3 1/2 hours
Adjust seasoning as needed
Sprinkle with herbs and serve with rice, yuca, avocado, and hot sauce

Aji Risotto

4/19/2021

Peruvian

4 cups chicken broth
1 small white onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely diced
1/2 lb large shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 cups of arborio or carnaroli rice

1/4 cup dry white wine
1 tsp of thyme leaves,
1/3 cup aji paste
1 1/2 tbs parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, finely shredded

In one saucepan bring broth to a boil
In a heavy pot saute onion and garlic in hot oil until translucent
Add shrimp and stir until opaque; remove shrimp and set aside
Add rice and stir until covered in oil
Add simmering broth a half cup of a time, stirring each time until absorbed
With about half of broth left, stir in whine, thyme, and aji
Continue adding broth
Stir in shrimp and cook until rice is al dente
Remove heat and stir in cheese and parsley
Adjust seasoning and serve with thyme and cubed queso fresco

Ensopa de Camerao

4/1/2021

Brazilian

1 onion, finely diced
1 bell pepper, finely diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 can diced tomatoes
1 lb shrimp
1 can coconut milk
1/4 cup cashew milk

1/2 tbs tomato paste
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp paprika
1 lb shrimp
1 lime, juiced
cilantro, parsley, or basil

Saute onions and peppers in hot oil until translucent
Cook in garlic until soft
Stir in tomatoes and cook for a few minutes
Move ingredients to side and cook shrimp until color changes on both sides
Remove shrimp from pan
Add milks, tomato paste, paprika, ginger, and season
Simmer uncovered 10-12 minutes
Add shrimp back to pan for 3-5 minutes
Remove from heat and stir in juice and herbs
Serve with rice or thick crusted bread

You can make this into a more smooth soup by pouring the sauce into a blender after cooking the tomatoes, adding the remaining ingredients, then returning it back to the pan to simmer.

Galinhada

3/31/2021

Brazilian

1 lb chicken
salt & pepper
ground cumin
1/2 cup hot water
5 saffron threads
1 white onion, diced
1 bell pepper, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced

1 cups rice, soaked in hot water
1/2 cup white wine
1 cup chicken broth
1 tbs tomato paste
1 bay leaf
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 lemon
2 tbs green onions, chopped

Rub seasoning into chicken and let rest at room temperature
Soak saffron in hot water
Brown chicken on all sides; set aside
Saute onions and peppers until soft
Cook in garlic until frgrant
Saute rice for 1-2 minutes, stirring
Deglaze with wine and allow to evaporate
Stir in steeped saffron, broth, tomato, paste, and bay leaf
Bring to a boil, place chicken on top and let cook until rice is al dente
Cook in tomatoes
Squeeze lemon on top and add green onions before serving

Bistec Encebollado

3/27/2021

Cooked dinner over video chat with Jony!

Puerto Rican

1 thin cut steak
1 medium white onion per steak, sliced
garlic salt (3 parts salt, 1 part garlic powder
1 lime

Rub garlic powder into steaks; ideally an hour to overnight before cooking
Saute onions in hot oil until they begin to brown
Place steak(s) on top of onions and flip when it begins to change color on the edges
Squeeze lime onto dish while cooking
Serve with rice

Massaman Curry

3/2/2021

Thai

1 lb short ribs or other protein
3 1/2 cup coconut milk
5-6 tbs massaman paste (below)
2-3 tbs fish sauce
3 tbs palm sugar, chopped

3 tbs tamarind juice
1 large white-flesh sweet potato, chunks
small onion, chopped
1/4 cup roasted peanuts

In one pot, heat oil very hot and brown protein
Add 1/2 cup of coconut milk and enough milk to submerge protein
Stir in 1 tbs curry paste, 1 tbs fish sauce, and bring to simmer
In other pot, bring 1 cup coconut milk to a boil and reduce
Saute remaining curry paste in milk until oil starts to sizzle around edges, stirring constantly
Stir in remaining 2 cup coconut milk to dissolve paste
Stir in fish sauce, palm sugar and tamarind
Add protein, onion, potato, and peanuts to the curry
Add cooking liquid to the curry
Gently simmer until potatoes are tender
Adjust seasoning with fish sauce, sugar or tamarind and serve with jasmine rice

Curry Paste:

1 tsp coriander seeds, toasted
1 tsp cumin seeds, toasted
1/4 tsp white peppercorns
3/4 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/4 tsp cloves, ground
1/8 tsp nutmeg, ground
1/4 tsp cardamom, ground

mild red chilies, dried & deseeded
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup shallots, chopped
1/6 cup lemongrass (bottom), chopped
1/8 cup galangal, chopped
2 cilantro roots
2 tbs garlic, chopped
1 tsp fermented shrimp paste (gapi)

Chorizo Paella

2/20/2021

8 oz chorizo
1 small onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 cup bomba or arborio rice
1 pinch saffron threads

1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp turmeric
1 bay leaf
1 can fire roasted tomatoes
2 cups chicken stock
fresh flat-leafed parsley, chopped

Brown chorizo
Cook onion, peppers, and garlic until tender
Deglaze pan with wine
Stir in rice, paprika, saffron, turmeric, and bay leaf
Add tomatoes and chicken stock and bring to a boil
Simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until rice is tender and liquid is gone
Top with parsley and serve with lemon

Bathing Rama

2/19/2021

From Hot Thai Kitchen