29, Dec 2009
Turkey Chili in a Pressure Cooker
I started with this alton brown chili recipe but modified and adapted. It came out pretty good. Hot but not too hot, a fair amount of flavor. The chipotles in adobo add a nice smokiness which I wouldn’t having a little more of. When I first opened the pressure cooker,…
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29, Dec 2009
Pho in a Pressure Cooker
The first project for my new chanukkah pressure cooker: pho. I started with this recipe with a few changes. The end result was pretty good. The flavor overall could have been a little more intense, but the balance of beef and spices was about right (in the past I’ve made…
10, Nov 2009
Rosemary Mushroom Chicken
E tires of asianish stir fries long before I do, and my repertoire kind of depends on them heavily, so tonight I decided to do something more frenchy or something. I’m not very skilled with sauce and I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do when I started,…
26, Oct 2009
Red Kidney Bean Curry
This is adapted from Smitten Kitchen. The changes are more because she used inconvenient unit sizes (I had 25oz and 15oz cans of kidney beans, not 30oz, and 14oz of diced tomatoes, not 8oz of tomato sauce) than any big change in the essentials. It came out all right. I…
22, Oct 2009
Deep Brownies
Another variation on the standard “one bowl” brownie recipe. The extra cocoa deepens the chocolate flavor and the small amount of cayenne adds a nice heat but nothing overwhelming. The salt kind of disappeared — next time, I’ll probably use coarser salt, maybe a little more, maybe just sprinkled on…
18, Oct 2009
Chana Masala
We’ve made chana before but I didn’t record the recipe. I made a batch today based on this recipe, doubled, and with half the chickpeas replaced with northern beans (we didn’t have as many chickpeas as I thought). I also left out the cayenne and jalapeno, since I’ve been working…
11, Oct 2009
Blondies
Made the butterscotchy blondies again. E has been making a recipe with chocolate chips and other stuff nicknamed “crack bites” because they’re so addictive. I like those, but I like these better for their simple butterscotch flavor. Only differences this time: walnuts instead of pecans (still good!), an 8×8 pan…
11, Oct 2009
Tandoori Chicken
I tried essentially this recipe, in the oven with boneless breasts. It came out fairly juicy but not with a whole lot of deep flavor (and not looking tandoori red either, for that matter). Probably I should have more completely rinsed off the marinade, patted the chicken dry, and then…
8, Oct 2009
Pan-charred long beans with shrimp and garlic
I’ve been trying to do dry stir-frying lately. The problem is I always chicken out and think I need some oil or liquid of some kind in there and end up with the more typical saucy stir-fry. I’ve also been wanting to master the long bean, which I like but…