Dinner 2024

[liuzhou]

Hunan fried chilli beef, Hunan pork, Hunan steamed fish and greenery with my beautiful, Hunanese, Tujia ethnic minority friend. Here in a Hunan restaurant in Guangxi.

 

 

 

 

 

[liamsaunt]

chicken souvlaki

 

[OlyveOyl]

Oven roasted cauliflower In the style of Alon Shaya, pan fried potatoes, peppers and sausage.

Endive, apple salad with walnuts.

Blackberry, raspberry galette served with a dollop of crème fraîche.

[blue_dolphin]

18 minutes ago, OlyveOyl said:

Oven roasted cauliflower In the style of Alon Shaya,

 

That looks great!  His method (braising first in a flavorful wine broth) is my absolute favorite!

[Duvel]

Poached chicken with chili oil, cold potato slivers with Sichuan pepper, tomato & eggs and smacked cucumber …

 

[Shelby]

More reuben sandwiches and yes.  Six fries

 

 

Made some lump crab stuffed ravioli--cheated and used wonton wrappers.

 

 

 

More chicken enchiladas

 

 

Red beans and rice.  Used the wrong kind of beans because I didn't have any of the right kind.  

 

 

SV'd a bit of pork belly.  Made egg rolls....now I have some in the freezer.  Drunken noodles to go with

 

 

 

 

Breakfast using more of that wonderful Canadian bacon that Ronnie's brother made

 

 

Ronnie finally got a couple of geese so I roasted one--removed the legs for future use.

 

 

 

Potato cakes and green beans to go with

 

 

 

Venison bierocks

 

 

 

Venison taco soup

 

[lindag]

Good grief!  I'm exhausted just looking at all those dishes you made/.

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

wow.  

 

Im not going to even make dinner tonight 

 

after seeing all that wonderful food.

 

BTW

 

''''  SV'd a bit of pork belly ''''

 

that looks stunning , like SV +++

 

would you share the Rx ?

 

BTW II :  with shot birds :  how do you handle the embedded pellets ?

[OlyveOyl]

@blue_dolphin

Re: Alon Shaya’s court bouillon, I added some of it to lentil soup the other day, multifunctional!  I had it at one of his Nola restaurants more than a few years ago and needless to say, it was wonderful!

[Shelby]

48 minutes ago, lindag said:

Good grief!  I'm exhausted just looking at all those dishes you made/.

Oh don't be!!!  I haven't even taken Christmas decor down yet.  I've been super lazy.  Trust me.  Cooking is the most effort I've put into anything this last week lol.

40 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Shelby

 

wow.  

 

Im not going to even make dinner tonight 

 

after seeing all that wonderful food.

 

BTW

 

''''  SV'd a bit of pork belly ''''

 

that looks stunning , like SV +++

 

would you share the Rx ?

 

BTW II :  with shot birds :  how do you handle the embedded pellets ?

I made a marinade out of this:

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup light brown sugar

2 tbsp hot Chile sauce

1 tbsp grated ginger

1 tbsp minced garlic

1 tbsp Red Boat fish sauce

 

I put the sauce and the belly in a bag and vac packed it.  Marinated for 24 hours.  SV'd at 165F for 8 hours.

 

Thanks guys  

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

thank you.

 

did you torch it for some browning ?

 

did you use the bag jus for a sauce ?

[Shelby]

9 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Shelby

 

thank you.

 

did you torch it for some browning ?

 

did you use the bag jus for a sauce ?

I browned it in the CSO at 350 for 20 mins.  No, I didn't make a sauce--I should have!  That's a good idea for next time  

[rotuts]

@Shelby

 

if the bag jus is tasty , and not too salty

 

might be a fine candidate for the J.P. instant mashed potato method.

[mgaretz]

Wings in the speedi again.  Extra minute after saucing because my wife likes them this way.  With peas and carrots.

 

 

 

[Neely]

Really good looking food posted above… lots of “I must try to cook that”

Dinner for us was porterhouse steak and chips / fries, mushroom sauce. The chips / fries are bought frozen, cooked in the oven, we quite like them this way, too many of course. 
 

[Shelby]

4 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Shelby

 

wow.  

 

Im not going to even make dinner tonight 

 

after seeing all that wonderful food.

 

BTW

 

''''  SV'd a bit of pork belly ''''

 

that looks stunning , like SV +++

 

would you share the Rx ?

 

BTW II :  with shot birds :  how do you handle the embedded pellets ?

I'm sorry I missed the second question!  Chalk it up to me needing stronger reading glasses?

 

Very carefully.  Ronnie is very very good about getting the shot out before he brings them in for me to rinse...trim...etc.  But, occasionally I find one.  I poke my finger gently in every shot hole to see if it's empty.  Aside from eating one, one of them going down into the garbage disposal is awful.

[Deephaven]

Thai green chicken curry & laab

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

@Shelby

You're making it more difficult for me to pick my favorite however I'll go with the goose.

That skin looks nice and crispy.

 

[liuzhou]

炒鸡肝 （独蒜、辣椒、绍兴酒）， 小意大利面，秋葵。

 

Chicken liver stir fried with garlic, chilli and Shaoxing wine. Orzo and okra.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 25 by liuzhou (log)

[liamsaunt]

garlicky bucatini with roasted peppers, spinach, and crispy breadcrumbs

 

[weinoo]

Bought two big bone-in rib pork chops at Ends Meat yesterday. Decided to do them a little differently, based on an idea from Bruce Aidells's Complete Book of Pork (eG-friendly Amazon.com link). 

 

Browned them first...

 

 

Then finished in a braise of stock, mustard, shallots, white wine. After reducing the sauce, I added a couple of tablespoonfuls of sour cream, adjusted the seasoning, and plated so it would look like a crime scene...

 

 

I get the much rarer portions near the bone (as well as the cap and the bone itself). Served with boiled, buttered and smashed yellow potatoes, and glazed carrots and string beans.

Edited January 25 by weinoo (log)

[Smithy]

50 minutes ago, weinoo said:

plated so it would look like a crime scene...

 

If my nightmares were as bad as that "crime scene" I'd be a happy person indeed! It looks delicious!

[Duvel]

Chicken with a mala sesame sauce, agedashi eggplant*, tofu with fermented crab, mapo eggplant* and edamame with smoked salt.

 

 

And I was able to Improve my score with the relevant demographic: while yesterday’s dishes found an approval of 3 out of 4, today we had 5 out of 5. Thus, no complaints 🤗

 

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* these were a test run how well eggplants can be air fried in different shapes. Both did well …

[C. sapidus]

Asparagus soup topped with ground, spiced almonds from Mrs. C

 

 

Ground turkey in chipotle salsa and arroz Poblano from me. Still cleaning our the fridge and freezer after being gone for a month.

 

 

Relative was in DC yesterday so we met at The Hamilton. Crab cake, coleslaw, tartar sauce, and a side salad for me. Pic won't upload. Oh well.

 

 

[rotuts]

@C. sapidus

 

how did you make that ground turkey dish ?

 

looks terrific .