14, Nov 2010
Coconut ginger curry with halibut
Came from this recipe in an issue of Sunset. It came out really good, and not too much work. We’d definitely do this again, with fish or chicken, maybe adding some more hearty vegetables. We couldn’t find curry leaves, but the flavor was good anyway, and a little curry powder…
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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…
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…
21, Oct 2008
Wasabi-Honey Yogurt Sauce
We’re working on dipping sauces for fun and kid-friendliness. I like wasabi and have always wanted to figure out how to work it into cooking, but have never had much success. A yogurt base with a bit of wasabi and some honey to balance seemed like it would make a…
21, Oct 2008
Chinese Barbecue Sauce
Of course, if you’re going to make dipping sauces you have to consider barbecue sauce. I wanted a homemade ketchup-barbecue sort of sauce, with a strong Chinese foundation in hoisin sauce and other flavors. This one came out pretty much as I hoped, with the color and consistency of traditional…
21, Oct 2008
Spicy Peanut Sauce
We’re working on dipping sauces because dipping stuff in other stuff is always fun and we especially think Betty might enjoy it. Peanut sauce is popular in general and seems kid-friendly. There are lots of recipes for spicy peanut sauce floating around out there. I wanted one which involved peanuts…
27, Aug 2007
The House
Monday was a walking tour of chinatown, north beach, waterfront, russian hill, union square, etc. We read some good reviews of an “asian fusion” places called The House and decided to stop by. The decor was beautiful, lots of light wood and that pale yellowish lime green color I now…