Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
pork chop and mushroom sauce Largely improvised, but based on this recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/pork-chops-with-mushroom-sauce-111429 rubbed pork chops with salt and pepper and paprika. seared for ~2-3 minutes per side, then finished off on medium heat with lid on, for about 10 minutes, flipping halfway through. made mushroom sauce by deglazing sear pan with red wine […]
20131120 spaghetti cacio e pepe Followed this recipe: salt 1 lb pasta 4 tblsp evoo 2 tsp black pepper 1 cup pecorino romano 3/4 cup cacio de roma cook pasta reserve 1 cup pasta water drain pasta heat oil in skillet over medium until shimmering add pepper – cook until fragrant – 1-2 min add […]
So, I was wandering the web looking for delicious polenta recipes and stumbled across a video for spaghetti carbonara. You can see the video here. It involves bacon. Needless to say, my polenta plans were a little derailed, but they will be back on track soon! In the meantime, allrecipes provided the following delicious dinner for myself […]
Tried to make chana masala for the first time according to the directions on the back of the spice box. It was edible, but definitely will do it differently next time. Added way too much seasoning, and too much tomato paste — only need to add 1/2 a can at best. most likely, just […]
20120407 Made progress in fried rice. To cook eggs, cook over low heat and lots of oil. Add MSG and salt to the eggs. To refluff rice, add a little water and cover and steam for a minute. And you need lots of sauce in fried rice — it’s not supposed to be dry. Added […]
Made general tsao’s chicken again: It turned out better, I made the batter in the proper order of eggs, chicken, then cornstarch; not eggs, cornstarch, chicken. It is noteworthy that frying it twice helps make the chicken less overcooked. Also, if there is too much egg in the egg:cornstarch breading, that the breading will be […]
attempted to make a quick chicken and broccoli stir fry mainly following this video: http://www.foodnetwork.com/chicken-and-broccoli-stir-fry/video/index.html Don’t have camera, but wanted to save the above link, it was pretty informative. -Isaac
Another Gracie made dish: (Gracie: The one below is Isakey’s) One thing she showed me was how an initial high sear can really, well, make a nice sear: We learned that frying mashed potatoes in the wok to fix undercooked potatoes was not a good idea: -Isaac Gracie: Don’t rush cooking. Moral of the […]
I haven’t been taking pictures, but I guess I can at least document what I did. Omlet This morning for breakfast was bacon and omlets. bacon was cooked at 410 F for ~13 min. This resulted in soft bacon. 5 eggs scrambled with a little salt and milk. Eggs were fine, but the cooking process […]
Attempting to make a meal plan for the week. Made a pretty one in Excel, but it doesn’t transfer well into WordPress, and my Dreamhost installation is not very configurable. This will do for now. To be amended. Wondering if I can make a meal schedule that will work with my work/exercise schedule… 19-Feb-12 20-Feb-12 […]