Dinner 2021

[kayb]

I just don't like to deep fry stuff. It's a pain in the neck. I grew up eating deep fried foods, but now, I'll just go to a restaurant.

 

Except for Scotch eggs. I still fry Scotch eggs.

 

 

[Dejah]

23 hours ago, Margaret Pilgrim said:

Leg of lamb rotisseried in the fireplace

 

 

 

Roasted carrots, and "roni".

That leg of lamb is a thing of beauty!

 

[Dejah]

I do use my Ninja Foodie air fryer function whenever I make ribs that I used to deep fry. They turn out great. Fish & Chips, definitely deep frying is the way to go - once in a while. It does do a decent chips. The best is for crispy chicken wings instead the oven method.
And speaking of air fryer ribs, I tried again to replicate the Crispy Coffee Pork we had in Singapore years ago. The last 3 times, I used the instant coffee granules as in the recipe. There was always a bitter taste and not enough coffee flavour.
I finally picked up some Watkins Coffee extract and it worked better! After marinating, the ribs were tossed in flour and potato starch and into the air fryer @400F for 20 minutes, turning once. The coffee flavour is really just in the sauce: maltose, Worchesterchire sauce (brings to mind @liuzhou's post on Shanghai Worchestershire sauce), sugar and coffee extract.

 

                                                                                                       

                                                         

Costco finally brought in the Kewpie Deep Roasted Sesame dressing and marinade. We love it on salads, but hadn't tried it as a marinade. Definitely didn't show well in "deep fried ribs". The sesame ribs I used the soda cracker meal / crumbs we used in our former restaurant.  The dressing didn't work as a dip either - might have worked better hot? I just used the Hot Momma Spicy Mango Drizzler I had and sprinkled on lots of toasted seeds. Hubby said they were great with his beer.😊

 

                                                                                                                    

 

                                                                              

                                                                                    
 

 

I was hesitant to post the saddle of lamb we had a couple of nights ago after seeing @Margaret Pilgrim's leg of lamb!
I had marinated the saddle with whole grain Dijon mustard and fresh rosemary overnight. Stuck it in the 275F oven while I had a power nap. Turned out to be a 2 hour nap! The lamb was well done, but it was still tender and juicy. I gather the small roll of meat on either side of the backbone didn't require a long roasting no matter the temp!

 

                                                                                      

 

Had lots leftover and we ate that  2 nights later with a curry gravy.

 

 

 

  

[liamsaunt]

Ramen bowl with spiralized sweet potatoes, pea shoots, fava sprouts, watermelon radish, leftover char sit chicken, and jammy egg

 

Edited March 5, 2021 by liamsaunt (log)

[Duvel]

The little one has a regular cold, my wife made a mistake and took a 350 g piece of roasted salmon (plus side salad & pasta) to work, so basically I could cook dinner just for me ...

 

Spicy it is 🥳

 

Gong Bao Ji Ding (宫保鸡丁), no other things needed. Yeah, except that highball, but it really was a bit spicy ...

 

Edited March 5, 2021 by Duvel (log)

[Eatmywords]

Venison 'bolognese' (come and get me Italian food police) - cannellinis, spinach, onion, red wine, chick broth, butter, tom sc, paprika, cumin, dry herbs over Rice a Roni (when's the last time you had or thought of that? My little had asked about it so why not.  Was pretty good : ) 

 

[mgaretz]

A rather eclectic dinner of pulled pork (from a batch that I froze part of), latkes from TJ's, steamed Brussel's sprouts in butter and steamed yellow squash.

 

 

 

[Dejah]

Picked these abalone up at the Chinese grocery. Have never had them like these before. Only kind I've ever cooked were the canned whole abalone, which is outrageous price-wise these days.

So, don't really know how to prepare these.

I want to do them sliced and braised? with Chinese mushrooms in oyster sauce. Will the abalone be tough? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

                                                                                   

Edited March 5, 2021 by Dejah (log)

[MokaPot]

1 hour ago, Dejah said:

Picked these abalone up at the Chinese grocery. Have never had them like these before. Only kind I've ever cooked were the canned whole abalone, which is outrageous price-wise these days.

So, don't really know how to prepare these.

I want to do them sliced and braised? with Chinese mushrooms in oyster sauce. Will the abalone be tough? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

                                                                                   

 

@Dejah, I'm assuming those are raw & then frozen. I like to eat abalone raw, but not sure if you'd be comfortable eating them raw.

 

I've also had fresh-picked abalone, cooked. The person who picked the abalone cooked them. (I really wanted to eat that abalone raw, but I was not the one who picked them off the rock(s).) Anyway, I remember watching it being cooked (sliced, then cooked semi-briefly in butter) and I remember it being very rubbery and hard to eat (tough).

 

My conclusion: if you cook it, you've got to cook it down for a long time in order for it to become pleasant to eat. Liquid braise sounds good. I would try braising it whole and then slicing it later. Good luck!

 

[Dante]

Quorn piccata with black olives, capers, home-made preserved lemons, and green beans, over farro

[liuzhou]

3 hours ago, Dejah said:

I want to do them sliced and braised? with Chinese mushrooms in oyster sauce. Will the abalone be tough? Any suggestions?

 

There is a good summary of how to cook them here. The important thing, I feel, is to tenderise them. Either by pounding them or by long slow cooking. Or just eat them raw!

[RWood]

Impossible burger with havarti and arugula, frozen onion rings, homemade pickles. Almost put bacon on it 😊. 

[Dejah]

As @liuzhou and @MokaPot said, abalone needs to be tenderized or slow cooking.
I shucked, cleaned, and blanched the little abalone in hot water for a few minutes. The 10 little fellas and re-hydrated Shitaki mushrooms went into the liner pot of the Instant Pot with sauteed garlic, ginger slices, mushroom soaking liquid, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and cooking wine. The whole lot was cooked for 50 minutes on high pressure.

Everything was just tender, and each abalone was 2 bites! I also had some scallops on the shell to cook up. These were steamed on a rack in the wok with the Shanghai Bok Choy .

The liquid from the abalone was perfect, thickened with cornstarch slurry.

There wasn't much flavour to the abalone other than from the braising liquid. I was dreaming about the fresh baby abalone we enjoyed at a seafood buffet on the 15th floor of our hotel in Soeul, but alas, the ones I cooked didn't quite measure up.😉

 

                                                                                    

 

                                                                                    

[Ann_T]

Tonight's dinner.

 

Spaghetti with Spot Prawns.

[patti]

TikTok baked feta pasta. 🤪

 

[shain]

An overnight slow cooked stew of chickpeas ,lentils, eggs, vegetables (carrots, sunchokes, potatoes, kohlrabi, turnip, browned onions, chilies). Finished with bahrat (with allspice, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, nutmeg, pepper), smoked paprika.

Topped with yogurt, parsley, fried shallots, toasted almond slivers, sumac.

Served with turmeric and bay leaves flavored rice, fresh vegetables, olives, tahini sauce, zchug, olives.  Roasted eggplants slices with lemony tahini sauce. Helles lager.

 

 

 

[weinoo]

14 hours ago, Dejah said:

Will the abalone be tough? Any suggestions?

 

In my (northern) California years, there was a friend who would go up to Mendocino or Humboldt County a few times a year to go abalone "fishing." No - you don't drop a line, you dive. And at that time (I don't know what the current regs are), you had to free dive, and the limit was probably one or two. (You did not want to get caught illegally taking ab). That was not a very safe thing to do; it's a treacherous coast and the water is cold - but then again, the guy jumped out of planes and base jumped; he was one of those.

 

Anyway, he and his dive buddies would bring the abalone back, and we'd prep and cook it. Pried out of its shell, sliced thinly, and then got the shit pounded out of it, often with the side of a wine bottle!  Sautéed ever so briefly in butter and/or olive oil, it was heaven on a plate. Nothing from the sea tastes like that. Saline, sweet, tender - oh man. The stuff available in cans - nah. And as has happened to so many other sea creatures, over-harvesting led to even more regs, etc. etc. And now they farm abalone, and it's harvested much younger as it reaches market age more quickly, etc. etc. Sad decline of a delicious species. All this talk of seafood...

 

 

Chirashi with grilled jumbo shrimp, ikura and smoked steelhead roe. Avocado, sweet carrots and pickled ramps!

 

 

Alongside, brussels with crispy bacon.

Edited March 6, 2021 by weinoo (log)

[liuzhou]

Pork marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, coriander seed, Sichuan peppercorn, chilli. Stir fried and served with a tomato and white onion salad and orzo.

 

 

[rotuts]

@RWood 

 

I haven't had a burger in so long

 

I ( almost ) don't remember what they are loike

 

Id take an Impossible now and

 

( probably ) ejyou it

[TicTac]

10 hours ago, patti said:

TikTok baked feta pasta. 🤪

 

Did you dance in front of the oven and stream it online while you baked the pasta?

 

 

Edited March 6, 2021 by TicTac (log)

[Shelby]

YES, all the seafood looks so good.  I suppose I should order some to be shipped to us before the weather gets super hot this summer.  

 

Thawed out a few packages of venison burger so I had to use those up.  Made a big pot of chili.

 

 

Then I made a big pot of spag. sauce.

 

 

 

I'm sure I'm late to the party, but I have been seeing these things called Burger Bombs online.  Fridge biscuits stuffed with cooked bacon, venison burger, cream cheese and cheddar cheese.  I seasoned it up more and added diced onions and pickles.  Oh and some Worcestershire sauce, mustard and ketchup.  These were pretty good. Ate them with fries and a mushroom salad.

 

 

 

It's almost fishing time again (time is going SO fast for me). So I need to start eating more fish from the freezer.  Fried up some catfish and had it with oysters, shells and cheese and some chard.

 

 

 

 

I'm in a mood where I want something DIFFERENT ...I don't know what, just different.  I had a chicken breast left from the Banh Mi sandwiches and needed to do something with it.  OH I thought I had the most original idea:  Banh Mi PIZZA!!!!  Turns out it's a thing and I'm far from the first one ever to think of it.🤣  Made the dough.  Spread with a thin layer of hoisin sauce.  Topped with diced chicken, mozz. cheese, jalapeños and eggs.

 

 

After bake

 

 

Topped with pickled carrots and radish and cilantro and a sauce made from mayo, Sriracha, sesame oil and rice vinegar.

 

 

 

I really thought Ronnie might like this....he said the eggs saved it lol.  When he would get a bite with a lot of chicken, he liked it, but again the veggie to meat ratio was off for him.  Next time I'd do ground pork seasoned up.  

[Anna N]

13 minutes ago, Shelby said:

I'm in a mood where I want something DIFFERENT ..

OK Shelby. You absolutely know I love you so I can say this with impunity I hope. I frequently roll my eyes at things our members post but I do not believe until today I ever rolled my eyes at something you posted. But burger bombs? Pizza bahn mie. Oh Shelby! I think I’m going to blame it all on Covid!

[Shelby]

4 minutes ago, Anna N said:

OK Shelby. You absolutely know I love you so I can say this with impunity I hope. I frequently roll my eyes at things our members post but I do not believe until today I ever rolled my eyes at something you posted. But burger bombs? Pizza bahn mie. Oh Shelby! I think I’m going to blame it all on Covid!

Well, I joined in 2007 so that's 14 years.  I'm due an eyeroll 🤣

[Anna N]

9 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Well, I joined in 2007 so that's 14 years.  I'm due an eyeroll 🤣

You are such a good sport. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

 

11 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Well, I joined in 2007 so that's 14 years.  I'm due an eyeroll 🤣

You're due a drumroll!