Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
Made braised beef noodle soup! For a Terry/Rhonda & Hector/Katy dinner party before Thanksgiving. To make beef shank: Used center cut beef shank. Rinse off blood, and bring to boil in cold water – skimm off foam. I just poured away all the water and rinsed off the meat. This is to clarify the soup. […]
20161031 Made three batches of stir fry. The first just marinated beef, with little corn starch. The second was soaked in baking soda, then heavily sauced. The last had lots of corn starch in the marinade, but no sauce at the end. The best was the the beef stir fry following the recommendations of cook’s […]
Made beef jerky largely following this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/142948/docs-best-beef-jerky/ Ingredients 2 pounds beef round steak, cut into thin strips 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons liquid smoke 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon meat tenderizer 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 […]
20160214 After finding copycat recipes of barbacoa using butt roasts, which I’m sure are good, but are not what I’m going for: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-to-feed-a-crowd-slow-cooker-barbacoa-beef-165301 This is a rather inauthentic recipe.^^ I finally found out how to make the “real” tex-mex barbacoa that are often found at restaurants the secret is BEEF CHEEKS! or Cacheta de rez: […]
Made meat pie (ground beef and potatoes) pie largely following this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/76296/meat-pie/ Ingredients 1 medium potato, peeled and cubed 1/2 pound ground beef 1/2 pound ground pork 1/3 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup water 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon salt […]
20150525 Soup Bones Beef Stew (cross cut beef shank) http://ieatmostlymeat.com/beef-soup-bone-stew/ Solid, easy slow cooker recipe for stew. Preparation You can prepare this in no time and let it cook all day in the slow cooker. This is a very simple paleo slow cooker recipe. Optional brown the soup bone on all sides. Place the soup […]
Made beef pot roast, largely following the allrecipes recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-beef-pot-roast/ Only used 2.5 lb beef roast, USDA choice from wal-mart. I’m glad I did, any bigger, and it wouldn’t have fit! I did brown and cook vegetables beforehand, I did think it increased the umami and depth of savoriness. But I need to add more […]
I want to try to make beef stew according to this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-beef-stew-i/ “This easy, comforting beef stew is cooked in a slow cooker with potatoes in a hearty broth. Garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and paprika add flair!” INGREDIENTS: 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt […]
I guess this would be my first original creation that I’m proud of, and that Gracie and Mommy requested more of. Ingredients: 2 lb small red potatoes, quartered 1 lb ground beef 1 ear of corn, kernels removed 1 can kidney beans 2 tbsp flour 1/2 can tomato paste 2 cans beef broth salt, black […]
This past week, Grace made risotto and steak: (Gracie: Classic Wong combination, a la Elizabeffy) Great risotto with portobello mushrooms (G: Why thank you. For some reason- this risotto always turns out better with red wine than white wine, even though the recipe calls for white- Guess mushrooms pair better with red.). Even though I […]