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Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

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Of course I've properly washed the rice and soaked it! I just don't have the time to go full gourmet mode and cook them one by one, so steam them it is! Diced and mashed ginger-garlic, stuff a bit of the mix into the chicken drumstick (under the skin, still have no idea how to make the skin nor tear itself apart during steaming), then put the rice at bottom of the steaming thingie, then a bit of water (enough to cover rice), the drumstick (and other stuff like mushrooms and such) on top...

Then the rest of the ginger-garlic mash and top it off with shaoxing wine (not too little, not too much), add salt to taste, and then steam it for ~30 minutes. Bueno af. Just make sure you pay attention to the steamed shit, and simmer it instead of letting the water boil like mad.
 
spicy creama sauce - MadGreenSun
Something I've discovered recently due to Hello Fresh; sour cream is sooo flexible as an ingredient. I amazed a friend the other day by whipping up some spicy creama sauce for some pork chops she was frying.

Super simple recipe:

Three spoonful of sour cream

1/4 to 1/2 of a lime

Siracha

Put the sour cream in a bowl, add in lime juice and siracha to taste as you stir it up. If the sauce isn't liquid enough to pour, add a bit more lime juice and stir 'til it is.

For extra flavor, add dry basil or dill to it as you stir.


Super easy and really adds to and brings out the flavor of pork chops.
 
Jackie Wells' cocktail - Youtube
A bit of a follow up from my earlier recipe for the Jackie Wells' cocktail. The YouTube channel How To Drink just released their own take on the beverage, and a surprise revelation. Turns out CDPR are not only fans of the channel, but they changed the appearance of the Johnny Silverhand to match the one in his video. Of course, he does apologize for causing all of the bugs because they had to change a drink appearance.



The HtD version uses for the splash of love Irish Mist, a blend of irish whiskey, honey, aromatics and other liqueurs, so with St. Patrick's day near, I may need to do a taste test between my version and the HtD version. As for the recipe it is as follows:

.5 oz lime juice
1oz vodka
1oz irish mist
pour into a shaker tin, add ice and shake
strain over a glass with cracked ice
top with ginger beer

Also there is a fancy version where instead of ginger beer, you use ginger syrup (.75 oz to 1.5 oz vodka), 1oz lime juice and an egg white akin to a sour. Shake with ice, then after straining back into the tin do a dry shake (shake with no ice), then pour, top with selzer and a spray of Irish Mist.

Edit as of April 2nd. Had a chance to grab some Irish Mist and Cock & Bull Ginger Beer, and I can see where HtD is coming from. The ginger spice and lime balances out the up front sweet of the Irish Mist and it makes for a very refreshing tipple. Have yet to try the Legendary version, but that will be a future experiment. Namely because my atomizer is filled with absenth for making sazeracs.
 
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half-drunk experiment - highlord
I tossed together a half-drunk experiment on the fly, and was rather surprised at the result.

Cut up an entire ring sausage (cracked black pepper, Johsonville), half a white onion, and a pound of mushrooms (baby bella) and dumped it all in a kettle with about three caps worth of olive oil and two spoonfulls of minced garlic. Tossed in "enough" cayenne pepper and cumin. Cooked it all until the mushrooms started to brown and the onion got soft.

During this I boiled about four cups of water and dumped in four packets of beef Herbox. When the stuff in the kettle looked ready, I dumped in the broth, and let it simmer for, oh, 30 minutes or so. Added a can of chili beans and a can of kidney beans (Bush's) along with their broths. Then, on a whim, I added...call it a cup of half and half to deal with the pepper, and added a can of regular, low-sodium Rotel. Let it cook for another 20 minutes or so.

I did not add salt during any of this, since I figured the sausage and Herbox had more than enough.

And holy hell. I tossed this together with just random stuff from the fridge and soup cupboard, and even my mother is impressed.

ADDITION: I considered adding rice or taters, but I'm trying to cut down on carbs, and I like a chunk of dark rye with my spicy soups.
 
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Weird barley porridge - KingLugia
Weird barley porridge recipe:
> Wash and soak your barley grains (whichever variant you prefer).
> Dice up a red onion (preferably medium to large size) and a potato. No, not the sweet ones.
> Slice up some old ginger - not the whole thing, dumbass; just a small portion of it. 20~30g of the stuff is enough.
> Get some of those minced garlic. A chive or two would do if you prefer doing it traditionally, but one teaspoonful of it, if it's pre-minced.
> A chicken drumstick, washed, and defrosted. Any other chicken parts would do, but I like me drumsticks -_-|||
> Toss them all into a pot, put a cube of chicken stock (fish would do in a pinch), and have it simmer for however long you think it's needed.
> Don't forget to add water before switching it on!
> Eat it.
 
So I have about 400gms of paneer laying about, any ideas?
 
Best I could do to make curry is to get the sauce from supermarket uwu.
 
The Patty Melt and the Ever-Famous Canadian Poutine - Youtube
>QQ has a cooking thread.
Holy Based. Might as well contribute to the thread with some good drunk food/good snack to enjoy.
The Patty Melt and the Ever-Famous Canadian Poutine.


 
Pico de Gallo Salsa - Biigoh


Pico de Gallo Salsa.

Portions were off with insufficient tomatos.

The above is 1 bunch Cilantro (chopped), 3 romano tomato (diced finely), 1/2 small onion (diced finely), juice of 1 lime and 1 lemon, and salt.

I would say portions might better with 6 romano tomato instead of 3.

Just dice the onions first, add salt and let them sit in lemon and lime juice, while you dice up the tomato and cut up the cilantro before mixing it up and letting it sit in the fridge. Recommend letting them sit a minimum of 1 hour in the fridge.

It can last up to 4 days with proper refrigeration.
 
Cauliflower Poblano Enchiladas - MizMahem
Cauliflower Poblano Enchiladas
Serves 2

So I thought I'd add to this thread with this pretty fun and healthy vegetarian dish. But I think it is still a fun dish for everyone, because it doesn't try to taste like meat, but is still hearty and filling like a good meat dish. It's a little bit of work to make, mainly in chopping up all the ingredients and making the cream sauce. But it is still a great dish for a new chef because it is really hard to mess up. Like seriously, it is pretty flexible with substitutions and mistakes. Just don't burn it in the oven and you should be good. The Poblanos here are really the secret ingredient.

Hmm, I wonder, since it has a Bechamel sauce, does this qualify as French-Mex? I'm going to say it does.

Note that the pictures are from when I made a double portion, which serves 4 people. Simply double the ingredients for this, though you'll have to adjust the cook times.

All measurements in US.
Ingredient Amount Notes
Cauliflower Florets 12 oz. This is about half a typical head of cabbage. Chop into coarse bits. Maybe 1/2-1/4".
Poblano Pepper 1 Fresh. Remove seeds and optionally ribs. Chop into coarse bits. Maybe 1/2-1/4".
Chipotle Pepper in Adobo Sauce 1 They sell this in cans, usually in the Mexican/Hispanic food section. If you can get fresh Chipotle you could probably use that, but I don't have experience with that.
Butter 1 tbsp Salted or Unsalted, doesn't really matter
Flour 1 tbsp White
Milk 2/3 Cup Whole preferably, but skim or anything else in between will work fine as well.
Chile Spices 2 tsp I use Chili and Cummin, but you can use spice mix, or a chili mix (they even got liquid ones) whatever you got. You can use more if you like.
Garlic Salt 1/2 tsp. You can use more if you like.
Garlic 2 Cloves Mince/Mash. (You can also just use like 1 tsp or so of minced garlic if you have that). Fresh garlic is better than Garlic Powder will not be as good.
Green Onions 2 Separate the green part from the white part. Finely slice. Maybe 1/8". Can omit if you don't like onions.
Cream Cheese
2 oz. 		You can use like onion flavor or something like that if you like. Light cream cheese is also fine.
If you really like cream cheese you can double or even triple this and the Garlic and Onions.
Medium Flour Tortillas 6 Can use whole wheat or whatever you prefer. 6" in diameter.
You will also need:
  • A good chefs knife
  • Cutting board
  • A big frying pan, preferably non-stick.
  • A saucepan or pot or something
  • A small casserole dish 6"x9" - can be metal or plastic or whatever, but should be at least 3" deep, and about as wide as the tortillas
  • A stove
  • An oven (you could use a toaster oven)
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Olive Oil (flavored/infused oil works well)
  1. Prep the ingredients as indicated in the notes above.
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    2. Chop up the pepper and the cauliflower. These bits will be the filling, so I like to make them somewhat on the finer side of coarse. 1/2 to 1/4" bits, maybe a bit larger for the Poblano. Make sure to get all the seeds out. You don't have to remove the ribs if you don't want to.
    3. Slice the onions up thinly and separate the white and green portions. The white portions will go in the filling, the green bits will be garnish, so the thinner you can slice the white onions the better. You'll probably have more green bits than you need. If you don't like onions, you can omit this.
    4. Preheat the Oven to 425*F.
  2. Make the cream cheese part of the filling. Mix the cream cheese, garlic, and the white part of the onions. If the cream cheese is thick you can zap it for a sec in the microwave. This is a small amount to control calories/fat, but if you like you can double or triple this portion.
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  3. Cook the rest of the filling.
    1. When you cook the cauliflower it breaks up a bit more, which is fine, though ideally, you would do it less than I did. It can be hard to tell when it is done especially when cooking a lot like I did, as it won't brown well. This is also fine, though browning it is better.
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    2. In a big skillet, cook the cauliflower and poblano with a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. If you have a seasoned oil like basil olive oil or something, it's okay to use it here as the flavor should come through. This is a lot of stuff to cook, so you'll probably should use the biggest pan you have.
    3. Season with the Chilie Spices, Garlic Salt, and pepper to taste. If you like it really spicy you can add more seasoning than I listed, but the amount listed is a good amount. The poblanos themselves do have a small bit of kick.
    4. Cook on medium-high heat until the cauliflower starts to get a little brown. If you don't use enough heat it may soften before browning. That's okay, move on to the next step when it starts to get a little soft/glassy. Takes about 4 minutes or so.
    5. After they have browned a little, add 2 Tbsp water. Cover and cook until tender 7 minutes or so. The cauliflower should be tender and soft, but not mushy. The poblano should be cooked through and tender. Take off of the heat when done.
  4. Make the enchiladas.
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    2. This amount should make 6 enchiladas, but picking the right amount of filling for each is always tough. Sorry, I don't have a magic method for this.
    3. So put the cream cheese filling you made previously down as a base a spoonful each, and then maybe I dunno, half a cup of the poblano and cauliflower each on top.
    4. Wrap them up and put them in a casserole dish, seam side down. The enchiladas should basically fill the entire dish. If you have left-over filling cram it in there with it on the sides or you can cook it by itself in a little ramekin or something.Bake for ~9 minutes or so at 425*F. The enchiladas should be golden brown.
  5. While the enchiladas bake we will make the sauce.
    1. Make the white/cream sauce. This is also called a Bechamel.
    2. If you want the enchiladas really swimming in the sauce, you can double up the amount here, or even triple it.
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      2. Melt the butter in a saucepan on medium-ish heat.
      3. Stir in the flour with the melted butter and stir it constantly, so it doesn't brown. Keep going till it bubbles a little, ~2 minutes.
      4. Add the milk and keep stirring while it thickens and continue until it boils.
      5. Add salt and pepper to taste. It should taste kinda like a creamy soup base.
      6. Reduce to just below a simmer, and stir for a couple more minutes. The sauce should be reduced slightly.
    3. (You can also substitute lots of shit for the Bechamel, like cream of chicken/cream of celery soup, it'll work but obviously, it'll taste different).
    4. Add the Chipotle Pepper in Adobo Sauce to the white sauce. You should find like a number of small Chipotles in the can. Add one or two, as well as some of the adobo sauce.
    5. Mix together under medium-low heat poking and mashing the chipotle until it basically dissolves. 3 minutes or so.
    6. Add 2 tbsp of water and bring to a simmer.
    7. Once simmering, cook for 3 minutes or so until it thickens up a little. Should be a nice yellow-orange color, almost like an egg.
  6. Top the enchiladas with the sauce and the green parts of the onion.
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  7. Eat and Enjoy!
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Mushroom Stroganoff - MizMahem
Mushroom Stroganoff
Serves 2

What's that you said? More vegetarian recepies? Well sure! This variation on classic Stroganoff is super easy to make and very tasty. Easier than regular Stroganoff I would say. It uses Italian noodles, french broth, and greek seasoning (or at least I do) making it a truly continental dish! It's a nice and hearty dish, just like regular Stroganoff except, you know, more mushrooms.

Ingredient Amount Notes
Campanelle Pasta 6 oz. You can use any thick noodle or "egg noodles"
Cremini Mushrooms 10 oz. These are just young or "baby" Portobello mushrooms. You can use regular portobello instead. Coarsely chop into 1/4" bits.
Garlic 1 Clove Mince/Mash. (You can also just use like 1/2 tsp or so of minced garlic if you have that). Fresh garlic is better than Garlic Powder which will not be as good.
Grated Parmesan 1/2 oz. As much as you like really
Concentrated Mirepoix Broth 4 tsp. This is a tricky one. If you don't have this or can't find it, you can just use a condensed Vegetable soup or even just like a chicken or beef soup/broth. Anything with a clearish base.
Savory Spices 2 tsp. You know the Simon and Garfunkel song, "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme" plus like, Oregano, Basil, uh Savory, Onion Powder. Basically, all the savory spices you have on your rack that you might put with chicken or beef dish. Personally, I like to just use Greek Seasoning which has a lot of Oregano and MSG but you can use whatever.
Sour Cream 2 oz. You can use more if you like your sauce thicker. Less keeps the calories and fat down though.
Chard 4 oz. This has a bitter savory taste but turns a little sweet when you cook it. You can use spinach instead if you prefer. Or even Kale or Collard Greens. Stem and coarsely chop into 1/4" bits.
You will also need:
  • A chef's knife.
  • A cutting board.
  • A frying pan (preferably non-stick)
  • A medium-small pot, 4 quarts or so.
  • A colander is helpful for draining the water
  • Measuring utensils
  • A stove
  • Olive Oil (flavored/infused oil works well for this dish)
  • Salt and Pepper
Instructions
  1. Prep Work
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    2. Coarsely chop the mushrooms into 1/4" bits.
    3. Stem chard (Chard has a thick stem to the leaf so you can just slice along it or rip the leaves off with your hands).
      1. Cut stems into 1/4" slices and coarsely chop leaves. Keep stems and leaves separate.
      2. If you are using regular spinach you can just chop that up coarsely. You might add some onions or celery as well in this case. Chad stems have a more mild flavor which is good though.
    4. Mince garlic. (This just means to chop it up finely, the finer the better, though you can get a garlic press that also works well)
  2. Cook the Pasta
    1. Bring 8 cups of water to a boil, add 2 tsp of salt if you like your pasta salted. I think it is better that way for this dish.
    2. Add noodles and boil until "al dente" which means "to the teeth." Um, it should be just a little firm I guess. 8-10 minutes, depending on your type of noodles.
    3. Take out about 1/2 a cup of the cooked pasta water (you will use it later). Drain the rest.
  3. While the noodles are cooking, cook the Vegetables
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    2. Add the mushroom and chard stems to a frying pot as well as like 2 tsp olive oil (an infused oil like a basil olive oil works well here).
    3. Stir often until lightly browned on medium-high heat. 8 minutes or so.
    4. Add the chard leaves and the garlic. Stir until the leaves start to wilt/shrivel up.
    5. Remove from heat.
  4. Finish dish
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    2. When the noodles are done, add them to the vegetables in the pan.
    3. Add the sour cream, seasonings, and the mirepoix.
    4. Add the starchy pasta water until you get to a thickness that pleases you. The sauce should thickly coat the noodles but not be too watery.
    5. Stir until heated through. You aren't cooking this, just getting it all nice and mixed and warmed up. Should only take a couple minutes.
    6. Once combined add the parmesan and maybe some more salt, though the seasoning mix I use has a lot of MSG so I don't need to add much.
  5. Enjoy! Serve with some garlic bread.
The finished product!
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Greek Spinach Quesadillas - MizMahem
Greek Spinach Quesadillas
Serves 2

Wait, you want even more vegetarian dishes? Well sure. Spinach quesadillas are a classic, but why not spice it up a bit of a greek twist. Because spinach is delicious and feta cheese is delicious, so this Greek-Mex dish is even more delicious! (Does Mozzarella make it Italian? I dunno). Also easy to make if you know how to make Quesadillas, and if you don't, well now is a great time to learn!

Ingredient Amount Notes
Baby Spinach 1 cup You can also just use regular spinach. Just a little less tender. Chop coarsely.
Chimichurri Seasonings 2 tsp. sometimes called Argentinan Pesto, you can just use Parsley and Oregano. Or Parsley and Greek Seasoning (seriously that stuff is great, you can use it with everything!)
Feta Cheese 2 oz. the secret ingredient! You can use more if you want
Garlic 2 Cloves Mince/Mash. (You can also just use like 1 tsp or so of minced garlic if you have that). Fresh garlic is better than Garlic Powder which will not be as good.
Green Onions 2 Separate the green part from the white part. Finely slice. Maybe 1/8". Can omit if you don't like onions.
Lemon 1 you won't need a whole lemon probably, maybe only half. You can just use lemon juice if you have it.
Roma Tomatoes 2 These are more fleshy than regular tomatoes, but you can use 1 big tomato or cherry tomatoes or whatever instead if you want though.
Shredded Mozzarella 3 oz. You can use more.
Medium Flour Tortillas 6
Can use whole wheat or whatever flavor you prefer. 6" in diameter.
Optionally you can also make just like two bigger quesadillas, but I think the tortilla is an important part of the dish, and so smaller ones work better.
Sour Cream 2 oz.  
You will also need:
  • A chef's knife.
  • A cutting board.
  • A frying pan (preferably non-stick)
  • A mixing bowl
  • Measuring utensils
  • A stove
  • Olive Oil (flavored/infused oil works well for this dish)
  • Salt and Pepper
Instructions
  1. Prep the Ingredients
    1. I could have chopped the spinach better, but since I overcooked it a bit, it didn't end up mattering too much :p
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    2. Slice the onions up thinly and separate the white and green portions. The white portions will go in the filling, the green bits will be in the topping. If you don't like onions, you can omit them.
    3. Chop the tomatoes into 1/4" bits. Optionally core the tomatoes first, which gets out some of the seeds and a bit of the juice. But I don't do this because I like tomatoes a lot.
    4. Coarsely chop spinach. Don't do it too much though, you want it to be kinda floofy.
    5. Mince garlic. (This just means to chop it up finely, the finer the better, though you can get a garlic press that also works well)
  2. Make the Filling
    1. Note that in this one I used about half the spinach I listed in the ingredients. More spinach = more better.
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    2. Add the white parts of the onions to a hot frying pan and cook over medium-high heat with 2 tsp olive oil (an infused oil like a basil olive oil works well here). Cook until tender and a little clear, should only take a couple of minutes.
    3. Add garlic and cook a bit to bring out the smell, doesn't take long, less than a minute.
    4. Add spinach and the seasoning. Stir until the spinach is wilted, a couple of minutes.
  3. Make the Topping
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    2. Combine tomatoes and green portions of onions.
    3. Halve the lemon and squeeze in its juice.
    4. Add 1 tsp. olive oil, again a flavored/infused oil works well here (can you tell I like these a lot?)
    5. Salt and pepper to taste.
    6. You can either add the sour cream in here and mix it or serve it separately.
    7. Mix, duh.
  4. Make the Quesadillas
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    2. As always, portioning the filling is tough and I don't have a secret to it. We'll be making 6 quesadillas.
    3. But anyways, put some of the Feta and some of the mozzarellas on one side of the tortillas, and then put the spinach filling on top. Fold in half. Ideally, you want like a flat quesadilla.
    4. Add some more oil to the pan (just regular oil is fine here) and cook on medium-ish heat.
      1. Getting the heat right here is tricky and important. You want it to be hot enough to brown, but low enough that you can cook it without burning it.
      2. Cook until golden brown. Takes a couple of minutes per side.
    5. Add more oil if the pan gets dry. You can cook as many in a pan as you can manage at a time. Better to take longer than to burn them.
  5. Top with the tomato topping and sour cream, add some more lemon juice if you want, you have half a lemon left! Enjoy!
The Finished Result!
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