Dinner 2020

[Ann_T]

 

Spicy Chicken and Bean Sprouts tonight.

[BonVivant]

I did it. I ate tacos 3 times a day.

 

Tacos gobernador

 

The inside

 

Callo Rancheros-style

[heidih]

Nice! Though where you are that is like saying I ate bread with tasty stuff 3x today  

[rotuts]

@Norm Matthews 

 

interesting selection of Chips.

 

i see three type , all corn ?

 

Corn chips are the best ;

 

regular , BBQ    ( those being ' curls ' AKA Frito like )

 

and flat corn ?

 

I avoid chips like the plague.  I can't stop eating corn chips

 

too bad Tj's or else where doesnt have a lessSalt-WhyNotAddYourOwn   

 

style of corn chip.

[liuzhou]

8 hours ago, TicTac said:

You don't have to convince me.  I put pickled onions on sandwiches, salads, in soups...you name it!

 

 

I put pickled onions on pickled onions!

[liuzhou]

There is a well known Chinese dish known as 手撕鸡 (shǒu sī jī) or 'hand torn chicken' and this isn't it.

 

This is 手撕鸭 (shǒu sī yā) or 'hand torn duck', which I've never heard of, but strange times call for strange dinners. The half quacker was braised with shallots, garlic, chilli, star anise and tangerine peel for a long time, then served with rice and 湖南酸菜 (hú nán suān cài ) or "Hunan pickled vegetables".

 

Attrition food, but tasty.

 

 

 

I also garnered lots of fat and bones to be rendered or made into stock tomorrow.

 

Edited January 31, 2020 by liuzhou (log)

[Norm Matthews]

7 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Norm Matthews 

 

interesting selection of Chips.

 

i see three type , all corn ?

 

Corn chips are the best ;

 

regular , BBQ    ( those being ' curls ' AKA Frito like )

 

and flat corn ?

 

I avoid chips like the plague.  I can't stop eating corn chips

 

too bad Tj's or else where doesnt have a lessSalt-WhyNotAddYourOwn   

 

style of corn chip.

Yes, all corn chips. Tostitos Cantina thin and crispy Fritos original and Fritos chili cheese.  The saltines are there in case the chili needs thickening. It didn't.

Edited January 31, 2020 by Norm Matthews (log)

[liamsaunt]

Chicken tinga tacos with pineapple-pickled jalepeno salsa.  Another recipe from Half Baked Harvest.

 

[shain]

@BonVivant & @liamsaunt - Beautiful tacos, you both  

I wish we had good tortilla here. I might just end up trying to make some myself.

[shain]

Toasted pasta in walnut sauce with milk, nutmeg, pepper. Dollops of ricotta with lemon zest, Parmesan, nutmeg. Toasted walnuts and Parmesan.

 

 

Edited January 31, 2020 by shain (log)

[Shelby]

Inspired by @liamsaunt I marinated some salmon in a mix of soy, oyster sauce and some spicy chili sauce my brother and sister in law made for us.  I did the salmon in the air fryer.  First time doing that and I liked it.  Served along with some drunken noodles.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

9 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

 

I put pickled onions on pickled onions!

 

You're half way to Momofuku ranch!

 

[kayb]

8 hours ago, shain said:

Toasted pasta in walnut sauce with milk, nutmeg, pepper. Dollops of ricotta with lemon zest, Parmesan, nutmeg. Toasted walnuts and Parmesan.

 

 

 

 

Recipe, or guidance, for the walnut sauce? I have a plethora of walnuts.

 

[heidih]

The entire dish entices So who knows a guy who knows guy in Manhattan publishing that will corral Shain?

[Spork]

A hard scramble, Martha likes it that way.  Mushroom, scallion, the tiniest sliver of pickled habenero. 

[shain]

8 hours ago, kayb said:

 

Recipe, or guidance, for the walnut sauce? I have a plethora of walnuts.

 

 

Here you go:

 

If you search for "pasta e noci" or "salsa di noci" you will find many variations. One that I really like is a quick one made by frying garlic in butter, adding walnuts and milk to form a creamy sauce (thinner than my recipe), generously applied to long pasta or green beans. Georgian cuisine makes use of a similar sauce for serving with cooked chicken, known as Satsivi.

 

If mentioning Georgian walnuts dishes, I can also suggest:

 

[BonVivant]

Sunset ceviches

 

 

 

Clockwise: octopus, fish, scallop, prawn.

 

 

[Ann_T]

I made Moe a shrimp salad for dinner last night.

 

He  really enjoys these little handpicked shrimp.  

[Smithy]

@BonVivant - oh, those lovely ceviches! I am so very glad you're posting all those photos and enjoying the food so much.

 

I had planned ceviche last night, but my husband wanted something more hearty done with the shrimp. I cooked a shrimp/pasta/garlic/parmesan dish instead, but didn't bother with pictures. It was good, and satisfying to us both after a difficult day. But it wasn't ceviche. And I want ceviche! I'll make it soon, even if I have to ambush him with it.

[liamsaunt]

Spicy chicken soup with noodles, coconut milk, lime, fish sauce, red curry paste, shallots, spinach, carrots, chiles and cilantro.

 

[mgaretz]

My first real cook after my surgery.  Carnitas, made in the IP, served with Spanish Rice (also made in the IP as regular rice, then spanished-up with some of the cooking liquid from the carnitas with some added tomato paste) and avocado.

 

[kayb]

@shain -- thank you! I need to make some ricotta, and then I'll try this next week. I've never toasted pasta before cooking; about how long does it take?

 

@mgaretz -- glad to see you back in the kitchen

[mgaretz]

1 minute ago, kayb said:

 

@mgaretz -- glad to see you back in the kitchen

 

Thanks!  Probably not totally back yet - consider it more of a guest appearance!

[shain]

7 minutes ago, kayb said:

@shain -- thank you! I need to make some ricotta, and then I'll try this next week. I've never toasted pasta before cooking; about how long does it take?

 

@mgaretz -- glad to see you back in the kitchen

 

You're welcome. I'd guess 10-20, be watchful when it starts to color. 

[PeterS]

Wagyu teppanyaki with fresh wasabi (grown locally, very excited!). Not pictured: king oyster mushroom fried in wagyu fat