31, Jul 2010
Viet-Korean Braised Roast

After the carnitas fail, I decided to just repeat the pressure-cooker braising part, with a slight adjustment to make the beef less salty. Here is the result: a delicious braised tri-tip roast with strong asian flavors. Ingredients 3 lb tri-tip roast, cut into 2″ chunks 4 cloves garlic, minced 2″…

31, Jul 2010
Viet-Korean Karnitas FAIL

Due to certain events, we had a lot of beef to cook in a short time, and so I decided to experiment with combining the technique of carnitas with the flavorings of pho and kalbi. The first step, slow-cooking (or this case pressure-cooking) the beef actually was not a fail…

18, Jul 2010
Lentil Soup

This is a good, tasty lentil soup. It’s not very difficult, except for an hour or so of waiting for things to simmer. Ingredients 1/4 lb bacon, diced 2 c diced yellow onion 2 carrots, sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced 7 c chicken stock 1 tsp thyme 1/4 tsp celery…