Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
20141119 snickerdoodles made snickerdoodles following this recipe: a great recipe with good annotations about flour used, how to measure salt properly, etc. Another thing I found helpful was that the shape of the cookie dough as it’s placed on the baking sheet matters — a perfectly round ball will yield a perfectly round cookie. A […]
20141116 tried to make barbacoa following this recipe: Barbacoa YIELD: ABOUT 8-12 SERVINGS BARBACOA This barbacoa recipe is simple to make in your slow cooker, and makes the most tender, flavorful, delicious barbacoa beef. PREP: 10 MIN COOK: 4 HOURS 10 MIN TOTAL: 4 HOURS 20 MIN INGREDIENTS: 3 lbs chuck roast (fat trimmed), cut into 2-inch chunks 4 cloves […]
20141109 Tried to make tamales this past weekend. I think the filling turned out really well, but bread-and-butter of a tamale is the masa. And we had two failed attempt at it. Most of the info is based on joepastry: http://www.joepastry.com/2012/making-classic-tamales/ But the more experience I get, the less I trust joe pastry’s tamale instructions. […]
Made borracho beans based on an amalgam of recipes, probably mostly followed the first one below, then derived inspiration from these other ones: http://www.insockmonkeyslippers.com/borracho-beans-pinto-beans-in-broth http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pinto_beans_with_bacon_and_jalapenos/ Borracho Beans with Shiner Bock Beer I soaked 1 lb sorted pinto beans overnight with 6 cups water. I then brought 8 cups of water to a boil, added the […]
THE SECRET TO SMOOTH DUMPLING MEAT! 20141029 It’s not cornstarch! It’s not even fat! (maybe…) It’s salt! See attached image for test dumpling at westwood! See below for science and references! A dumpling is basically a chinese sausage in a chinese wrapper! To make the meat smooth and not crumbly, take the meat, and mix […]
grilled chicken drumsticks Made grilled chicken following this recipe. The best chicken drumstick grilling advice I’ve seen. I forgot to take a picture, but they had lots of color, and were slightly burned. Big take away points for me: WASH AND PAT DRY FOR CRISPY SKIN cook at medium (medium low for me), make sure […]
Crispy Pork Wonton Made crispy (deep fried) pork wonton mostly following this recipe. The major difference was the substitution of ground pork instead of pork tenderloin. It was crispy and edible, but lacks serious oomph. This could be because I undersalted it. I had really fresh ginger and garlic and green onions, […]
I have to make these someday. Drools. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Crispy-Pork-Carnitas/ Crispy Pork Carnitas Rated: Submitted By: Chef John Photo By: Chef John Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 3 Hours 40 Minutes Ready In: 3 Hours 55 Minutes Servings: 6 “Enjoy Chef John’s recipe for crispy pork carnitas in a taco for one of the world’s best meals.” INGREDIENTS: 3 pounds boneless pork […]
Made chocolate sugar cookies and vanilla sugar cookies following these recipes: Chocolate Sugar Cookies Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup cocoa powder 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup granulated sugar for rolling Watch How This Expert […]
Made hummus – it was okay. I need a bigger food processor and fresher (not expired) tahini sauce to do it right. Cooking chickpeas overnight was a cinch. Just turn on a slow cooker and go away! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/hummus-for-real-recipe.html Ingredients 1 pound Slow Cooker Chickpeas, cooled, recipe follows 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher […]