Dinner 2025

[Honkman]

Variation on Sweet & Sour Pork - made with pork tenderloin (drenched in some starch), red, yellow and green bell peppers, red onions and pineapple. Sauce made from hoisin, soy sauce, mirin, sriracha, brown sugar and lemon juice. Finished with some sesame seeds and served over rice

[Shel_B]

Here's the dinner with the sauce. The flavor was quite good, although a little more intensity would have been welcome.  The sauce was great on its own, but the flavor got lost a bit when diluted with the rice, chicken, and veggies. Notwithstanding, it's worth playing around with some more. There was some left over, and I may try to punch up the flavor a bit before using it in another dish. Of course, just adding more sauce might have doe it as well.

 

 

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by Shel_B
Added an Afterthought (log)

[Dante]

On 5/9/2025 at 6:06 PM, TdeV said:

 

Ooh . . . lovely!

How did you make the tenderloin? Sauce?

 

 

Thank you!

 

The tenderloin was just sliced, given a dusting of flour, and sauteed.  The sauce is pretty simple- deglaze the pan with  vinegar (I used malt vinegar for a bit more richness),  add stock, garlic, and parsley, then add the olives. Thicken as necessary (my default thickener is cornstarch slurry)

 

[Dante]

Pan seared tofu over noodles with a sesame sauce, with cucumber slices

[Duvel]

Ribeye with garlic & rosemary and a salad made from roasted carrot, onion, mozzarella & fresh herbs …

 

[YvetteMT]

Chicken thigh, zucchini, and potatoes

[Dr. Teeth]

A shakshuka.   With about 1/4 the cilantro that I put on it.   This was the glamour shot before being served 

[Duvel]

45 minutes ago, Dr. Teeth said:

A shakshuka.   With about 1/4 the cilantro that I put on it.   This was the glamour shot before being served 

That‘s excellent, @Dr. Teeth. These one pan dishes with barely cooked eggs (insert: shashuka, menemen, huevos rancheros, …) are very underrated. Happy to see such a nice and visually pleasing rendition 🙏
 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Duvel (log)