Grace & Isaac's Food Archives

Recipes & Cooking Notes

Grace & Isaac's Food Archives

Recipes & Cooking Notes

Month: October 2015

chili beans

Made some pretty good tex-mex chili the other day. Used 2 lbs of dry pinto beans, almost 3 lb of 73/27% ground beef. Made the beans the day before. Browned the beef the day before with salt, pepper, garlic, onion. Reheated the ground beef in pot while sweating 1.5 onions and two large jalapenos (diced, […]

lactation cookies

Short of getting organic ingredients, I pretty much followed this recipe to the letter (including bake time and not letting it rest overnight); Lactation Cookies. Lactation Cookies YIELD: MAKES ABOUT 20 TO 22 COOKIES, DEPENDING ON YOUR SCOOP TOTAL TIME: 45 MINTUES ingredients: 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats 1 1/2 cups unbleached organic all-purpose flour 5 tablespoons […]

chinese food to make

20151001 mapo tofu: http://thewoksoflife.com/2014/03/ma-po-tofu-real-deal/   general tso’s chicken: http://thewoksoflife.com/2013/11/takeout-places-general-tsos-chicken/   chicken & snow pea stir fry http://thewoksoflife.com/2014/06/chicken-snow-peas-stir-fry/   hong kong egg tart: http://thewoksoflife.com/2014/07/hong-kong-egg-tarts/   pork fried rice: http://thewoksoflife.com/2014/10/classic-pork-fried-rice/   bubble tea: http://thewoksoflife.com/2015/06/bubble-tea/   char siu on grill: http://thewoksoflife.com/2015/07/bbq-char-siu-grill/   lanzhou beef noodle soup: http://thewoksoflife.com/2014/10/lanzhou-beef-noodle-soup/   Where to buy szechuan peppercorns: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/szechuancuisine/fl/Where-to-Buy-Szechuan-Peppercorns.htm While most Asian markets […]

Mapo Tofu

Original recipe! http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Mapo-Tofu Mapo Tofu (Sichuan Tofu and Ground Beef in Red Chile Sauce) INGREDIENTS 1 14-oz. package firm tofu, drained and cut into 1″ cubes Kosher salt, to taste ½ cup hong you (Sichuan red chile oil; from recipe, or use store-bought) 6 cloves garlic, minced 1 6″ piece ginger, peeled and minced 6 oz. ground beef […]

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