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Great. I'm going right after the person that makes their own ramen. The more I read about ramen the more I realize that I usually do a mash-up of pho and ramen together. My husband doesn't care much for rice noodles so I make ramen noodles for him when I make pho (blasphemy?) The broth that I usually use is a pho type....So I decided to change what I was going to make and be more traditional using a chicken broth. But, then I read this and decided that ramen can kind of be what you like.....(ramen purists can burn me at the stake now). Anyway, here's what we had last night. This shall be named Kansas ramen...the make-do with what you have in the fridge and freezer kind. Early in the day I made some 6 minute eggs and marinated them in some soy sauce, water and sherry (I don't have any mirin). Ignore the deformed egg on the left. That was a cooks treat lol. I had a tiny bit of char siu pork belly that I made a while ago in the freezer. I also had a little piece of pork belly. I SV'd that at 170F for about 10 hours (delicious). I heated the piece of char siu up in the water bath towards the end of the pork belly being done, by the way. Now on to the noodles. My husband really wants me to try to make some next time so thank you @jmolinari for the links and pointers. I have these two different kinds of noodles: The one on the left are dried, not fried. I have had the one on the left (I think I found a favorable review on The Ramen Rater and ordered these from Amazon) and they are good. They come with two seasoning packets-a powder and an oil based one. I decided to do a little taste test of the noodles on the right. They were ok--more like spaghetti, though. I prefer the ones on the left so that's what we used. I thawed out some homemade chicken stock and threw the seasoning packets in. Also used a couple splashes of soy sauce. I have no idea if this is traditional, but it tasted good so I went with it lol. For toppings I snipped some garlic chive from the garden (I don't have any green onions). Also, cilantro, limes, sautéed shiitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, char siu and SV pork belly.

OMG this looks good and i'm so glad you posted it. I totally forgot that I have a batch of that sauce in the freezer. Now that will be a nice taste of summer soon

Elsie, I'd do them for 50 mins (that what I did my pork ribs at last time and they were perfect). I'd stick with natural release...I've read over and over that quick release causes meat to be less tender.

Leftover tamale with an egg.

Double cut pork chops seasoned with just salt and pepper and a knob of butter. SV at 135F for about 4 hours. Then I threw them in a skillet and browned on all sides spending a bit of extra time to make the fat cap nice and good. I put the juices from the bags in a little pan, warmed it up and poured over the chops. OH so good.

Why why why didn't I start SV'ing YEARS ago???? I am so late to the party and I know you guys are sick of me extolling the SV virtues ......but I'm going to rave again lol. I had 2 double cut pork chops in the freezer that I was saving for a special occasion. Well, the fact that it was Saturday was special enough because I wanted them. The last time we made these, they were dry (sorry Ronnie, but they were lol) and I had long ago decided that pork just wasn't my other white meat. That tune has changed. Scalloped taters to go with.

I told my husband last night that if an IP ever gets around $70-$80 I'm going to get two more. One for me and one for my mother-in-law. I could have used 3 last night. As it was, I did the rice first in the IP and then kept it warm on the stove while I steamed the tamales.

Thank you so much for the great recap! Jason hung in there for quite a while..... I, too, saw the red slip and thought the exact same thing. Perhaps she had stopped over at that Bunny Ranch before filming?

I used the Cuisinart PC for the beef because I wanted to steam the tamales in the IP (the Cuis doesn't have a steam function).

Dinner is in the evening for us. I had some super tough steaks to use up and I was hungry for Mexican food so I cubed the steaks and threw them in the pressure cooker along with onions, Hatch chiles, a jar of my canned tomatoes, garlic, cumin, s&p, allspice, bay leaf, chili powder, lime juice...you name it, it went in lol and some beef broth. Kind of like a pork chili verde except beef and red tomatoes. Steamed some black bean tamales, RG beans and white rice to go with.

Someone needs to PM me with who wins LCK. I know ya'll want me to watch it, but I live in the sticks and I can only get HughesNet out here.....any TV show or movie watching sucks my bandwidth down to nothing, I get put in "time out" and I have to pay $12.50 to restore my internet.

Ohhhh I was nervous for my boy Isaac. Phew.

Anna they look GREAT!!!! Good job!!!!

@Kim Shook Hi! Oh my ham and beans is nothing fancy. This time I did them in the Instant Pot pressure cooker for about 50 mins on high using the natural release method. Maybe I did 55 mins...... Anyway, they turned out perfect that way. I also do them on the stove at times. I let 'em cook for hours....like 4?? 5?? We like the beans good and done, but not disintegrated. Either way here's a rough recipe: Beans Ham and/ or ham bone Beef broth Chopped: Onion Peppers (bell or something spicier if you wish...I used Hatch Chiles) Carrots A couple sections of grated garlic or powdered Can of good variety diced tomatoes (I used a quart of my home canned ones) Bay leaf Lawry's Salt Pepper Saute onions, peppers and carrots in a knob of butter. Season that with some salt and pepper. Toss everything else in and bring to a boil. Reduce and let simmer and simmer until done Or see above for pressure cooker instructions.

And a mimosa

Mimosas

Thank you My red meat intake has risen considerably lol. 128F for about 2 hours...maybe 2 1/2 hours.

Elaina, your meals are always so pretty. And, you've inspired me to someday (dare I say maybe this summer) plant some beans like yours. SV KC strip, mushrooms in butter with some garlic chive that has emerged from it's winter sleep (waaaaaaay early) salad and taters.

No doubt there are tons of ways to make good ribs. This was a little faster, ribs were the most tender we've had and I like using my IP .

Venison sloppy joes a couple days ago Last night while watching the Oscars (not sure I want to admit to that lol) we had pork ribs that were smoked for a bit in the electric smoker and then popped into the Instant Pot. Finished in the oven. Just out of the smoker ( am freezing a couple racks for later meals ) Bit of cornbread, mac and cheese and brussels sprouts to go with Please excuse the buttery/cornbready fork at the left.

We made pork ribs again last night. Threw them in the electric smoker at 160F for about 45 mins then into the IP with a cup of water for 50 mins. NR. Took them out, brushed some BBQ sauce on and broiled them at 400F in the Breville oven for oh about 4-5 mins. SO tender and good. I think ribs are my favorite thing to make in the IP...well, besides cheesecake....

I use this recipe a lot. I have another that you put chunks of cheddar cheese and peppers etc. in but this recipe is a perfect, authentic cornbread. It's not sweet...so if you like sweet cornbread , this is not for you. http://www.homesicktexan.com/2007/01/iron-pan-perfect-cornbread.html

I think Kwame could have bought boxes of Bisquick and made different flavored waffles (or even just one cool flavor) and been way better off. I figure there's a recipe on the box....

My DVR never has recorded the second part of Restaurant Wars. Sigh. I really want to watch it. Anyway, yes, glad to see Phil go bye bye. I just watched the last two episodes. I kind of rolled my eyes when I saw MC Hammer on, but I ended up enjoying that little quick fire challenge. Toups Legit To Quit LOL. Loved it. Nice to see Amar do well. The wok episode. Oh Kwame. Frozen waffles. I knew from that moment on he would be the one to go (I was rooting for Jeremy to go home, though...Taco Dudes=sorta lame.) Like Tom said, Kwame could have had an awesome concept had he made the waffles and flavored them. LOVED Pasta Mama. I would eat there. Go Isaac!!! PS--Anyone know who is in Last Chance Kitchen now?

I was born in '74. Not sure what that makes me, but I remember not liking to eat in the morning. Especially anything sweet. Breakfast cereal......I guess we had some. I seldom ate it. I remember my Dad eating Life Cereal (is that still around?). I do remember taking those multi-packs of cereals when we went camping. I liked Frosted Flakes, but only a spoonful at a time went into the milk because I HATE soggy flakes. Always in that pack there was a box that I couldn't stand. Can't recall the name of it now but it seems like it was a green box with a frog on the front??? Now, if I had to eat cereal it is for a sweet snack and my favorite is Captain Crunch . I have a memory of Malt-O-Meal. I always thought it sounded better than it actually tasted. Later I remember my mom having some kind of powdered drink mix that you mix with milk that was supposed to be "healthy". When I was in high school I never ate breakfast and seldom ate lunch. Oh for the days of being that thin again lol.