Dinner 2025

[C. sapidus]

Fish and farmer's market bounty tonight. Mrs. C did everything except the mushrooms.

 

Sablefish pan-fried in ghee and bacon grease: Very tender. Friends in Alaska said this was their favorite fish. Eggplant, sliced thinly and prepared the same way. We also had a sliced tomato but it escaped the picture.

 

Mushrooms in pasilla chile sauce, topped with chopped shallot and feta cheese. The sauce was a blend of pasilla chiles (roasted and soaked), roasted garlic, a long red chile from the farmer's market, Mexican oregano, cumin, cilantro, chicken stock, and a touch of sugar (which I like with pasilla chile sauces).

 

[KennethT]

Sambal grouper... The grouper was pan fried and then put in the new CSO500 in air fry mode at 350F for 10 minutes. Best. Grouper. Yet.

[MaryIsobel]

2 hours ago, C. sapidus said:

Fish and farmer's market bounty tonight. Mrs. C did everything except the mushrooms.

 

Sablefish pan-fried in ghee and bacon grease: Very tender. Friends in Alaska said this was their favorite fish. Eggplant, sliced thinly and prepared the same way. We also had a sliced tomato but it escaped the picture.

 

Mushrooms in pasilla chile sauce, topped with chopped shallot and feta cheese. The sauce was a blend of pasilla chiles (roasted and soaked), roasted garlic, a long red chile from the farmer's market, Mexican oregano, cumin, cilantro, chicken stock, and a touch of sugar (which I like with pasilla chile sauces).

 

Looks delicious. Sablefish is my next favourite to halibut! I find ling cod to be very similar in taste and texture so I love that too.

[Honkman]

A rare repeat for us - Southern-Style Pork Vindaloo and Green Bean Verakka with Cardamom Cornbread from “My Two Souths” by Asha Gomez - thoughtful combination of Indian and Southern US influences in a very tasty dish

[rotuts]

Air Frier Mortadella & Swiss & Soft Scrambled egg , on TJ's Fz Naan :

 

 

the Naan is right pout of the freezer , mortadella and swiss

 

 

AF'd

 

 

torched

 

 

soft scramble 

 

delicious.

[rotuts]

some things quite new to me :

 

over on the Tj's thread , @JAZ,  @Jacksoup, and @Smithy tried out the Fz chile rellenos .  Ive never had a chile relleno.

 

first off :  Mex-tex did not arrive where I grew up  ( SF peninsula ) until the mid-60's  .  there then was a spectacular Mexican restaurant

 

in Los Altos called Estrellita's   it was super.  why wast a meal w a C.R. , which looked suspiciously like a stuff GBP ?.  My mother made

 

stuffed GBP a few times in the '50's , and they were awful .   @C. sapidus uses poblano's in a variety f dishes .

 

and the Tj's fz versions were quite good ,l out of the AF.  I asked at MarketBasket re poblanos , and sure enough , they had them .

 

I got 4 and was going to roast them over the gas burner on the stove.  but i only had those thin plastic bags used for produce.

 

then an advent :  use Corning-ware !  I heated up some water in the CW in the micro , and used that

 

 

 

 

I was going to use these in some sort of corn tortilla stack // melt.

 

I had some CkThighs , that needed a home , and used some Campbells Cr of mushroom soup :  No Added Salt

 

 

in a pot  with no ' i '  for a change

 

 

I haven't used this pan in years .  it's an outstanding pan , from BB&B's early days , on sale , also using a ubiquitous coupon.

 

 

poblanos ( 4 ) diced  

 

 

chicken , saute  then 180 F IDS 1 hour 

 

 

diced

 

 

two cans Cr of mushroom soup ( not diluted , poblanos , chicken and a little freshly grated nutmeg .  If its White , Nutmeg is Nice.

 

brought to a simmer , temp turned down for an hour or so , to let the flavors melt together .  I initially planned on the

 

cheese that melted ,and maybe more mushrooms .   glad I did not add those , as I probably forgot .   Less is sometimes More.

 

 

came out just the say I wanted. the proportions of what i had ( 4 poblano's , 4 ChThighs 2 cans CrMushroom ) were 

 

just right.

 

my usual current  Spinach // Rice  base

 

 

I was going to add a little butter to the rice when done in the FT-RC.  forgot .  as nice as butter w rice is , this was better in the end

 

Less is More x 2 .

 

 

 

creamy chicken and poblano w hints of mushrooms .  I knew the mixture was going to be good.  it was better than good .  I tasted it !

 

 

some fresh Campari and window green onions .

 

5 stars for sure.

 

less is more sometimes.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by rotuts (log)

[YvetteMT]

@Honkman I love raw kohlrabi but have never cooked it.  How do the flavor and texture change when cooked?

 

 As someone mentioned a few pages back, I'm making the same things on repeat too. Lots of blts in this house. 

Last night,- walleye, corn, purple rice.  (Quinoa/brown rice blend for partner who isn't a fan of purple rice)