30, May 2010
Fried Chicken Bites
I decided to try my new fried chicken technique on boneless breast. Since it has no skin, I figured I’d try a coating of corn starch, and I thought it made more sense to fry the chicken in bite-size chunks than to just try frying a big slab of…
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27, May 2010
Fried Chicken with BBQ Sauce
This recipe was inspired by the Momofuku fried chicken recipe. David Chang uses a three-step process: brine, steam, fry. The brine (as usual) makes sure the chicken stays juicy; the steam actually cooks the chicken, so the fry can be only as long as necessary to crisp the skin.…
27, Apr 2010
Vietnamese Rice and Kalbi Beef Soup
This is based on my rice and grilled pork soup recipe, which itself is just one way of using leftover pho broth. This time, I decided to experiment with the broth a little, using this recipe. Also, instead of making the kalbi with country ribs I went with bottom round…
25, Apr 2010
Asian Beef Broth
This broth is based on my pho recipe, but I scaled back the spices relative to the beef flavor a little. I also took a couple of ideas from the cinnamon beef recipe, adding a cinnamon stick and a little soy sauce. Finally, I added some mushrooms for a little…
25, Apr 2010
Pizza Dough
This is based on the Smitten Kitchen’s pizza dough recipe. This recipe is for two small thin-crust pizzas. Ingredients 2 c flour 1 c whole wheat pastry flour 2 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast 1 c lukewarm water (may need up to 1 or 2 tablespoons…
11, Apr 2010
Cinnamon Beef Noodles
Another recipe from Asian Noodles, adapted for the pressure cooker. When it was hot off the stove, the broth was very good — spicy and cinnamony — but the next day it had somehow lost the edge of both of those flavors, which is funny because Simonds specifically says it…
11, Apr 2010
Thai Basil Chicken
We’ve tried this recipe from Asian Noodles twice now. It’s not bad, but the first time it came out too salty. The second time I reduced the soy a lot and the fish sauce a little, and it came out a little fish saucy. Like the pad thai recipe though,…
31, Jan 2010
Vietnamese Meatballs
These meatballs came from a Bon Appetit recipe for meatball banh mi. We’ve made the banh mi, but also had them in soup and other dishes, not to mention snacking on them straight out of the fridge. We originally made them with pork, but they were just as good with…
31, Jan 2010
Vietnamese Rice and Grilled Pork Soup
This recipe arose out of leftover pho and kalbi. Rather than make the usual pho with rice noodles and thin-sliced beef, we used rice and kalbi along with the usual ingredients. The result was very good — the grilled pork adds a nice depth to the flavor, and using leftover…
31, Jan 2010
Dry Sauteed Long Beans with Ground Turkey
This dish was modeled on the dry sauteed green beans found at some Chinese restaurants (e.g. Chiang’s in north Seattle), which is composed mainly of the beans and fine pieces of spicy ground pork. I looked at a few recipes (e.g. this one) but I was surprised to find that…