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Friday, March 21, 2014

Upside Down Pizza Bowl




1 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped green bell peppers
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1 cup pizza sauce
2 cups shredded cheese
1 roll of frozen pizza dough

Saute all ingredients.  Cut dough into four equal pieces.   Grease 4 medium size ramekins or any oven proof small bowl.  Divide ingredients into four equal parts.  Place cheese, saute vegetables, 1/4 cup pizza sauce in the bowl .   Place rolled pizza dough on rim of bowl.  Bake at 425 degree oven for about 15- 20 minutes.  Invert the pizza bow unto a serving plater.


Note: You can use any size bowl you like.  You can use any topping you like.  I made my own pizza dough.   3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 2 1/2 teaspoon yeast, 3 tablespoon olive oil.  Place all ingredients in a bread machine and let the machine does all the work for you.  Just set machine in dough making mode.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

CopyCat White Castle slider





Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds hamburger
1 package Lipton onion soup mix
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1/2 cup milk
1 onion, finely chopped
Sara Lee Classic Dinner Rolls 
Cheese slices  
 
Instructions
  • In a large bowl mix the hamburger, Lipton onion soup mix, peanut butter, and milk. Spread the meat mixture on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. The meat will shrink. Take it out of the oven and put the diced onions all around the edges.  Bake for 15 more minutes, remove from oven, then spoon the onions from the edges all over the top of the meat and layer with cheese slices.
Note: You can use dehydrated onion, just soak them in water prior to baking.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Easy Massaman Curry


1 or 2 large potatoes cut in 3rds

1 large onion cut into 4ths or 4 small onions cut into halves

1/2 cup unsalted roasted peanuts

2 pounds of beef or chicken cut into cubes

3 t palm or white sugar

1 t tamarind paste or juice

 In a frying pan sauté heaping 1 tablespoon of curry paste with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and add 1 cup of coconut milk.  In a large pot, cook coconut milk and meat of your choice until boil. Then add 1/2 cup water, potatoes, onion and  roasted unsalted peanuts cover bring to a boil and cook on low heat until meat is fork tender (1 hour for me).   Serve with white rice or French bread.

Note: To achieve the golden red grease, you must saute paste in cooking oil.   DO NOT use olive oil. It is not compatible in Asian cuisine.  I use Costco coconut oil.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Corned Beef Brisket Fritata



Ingredients :

8 eggs
 seasoning to taste - salt, pepper, herbs
 2 to 4 cups of chopped protein (chicken, meat, fish)
 2 to 4 cups of chopped vegetables

Directions :

 Preheat oven to 350'F
 Lightly grease 2 - 9 inch pie plates or 8 individual cups/large muffin tins
Whisk the eggs with your seasonings in a large bowl.
Distribute the chopped protein and vegetables evenly among the pie plates
Pour the egg mixture into the pie plates, making sure the protein and vegetables stay evenly distributed.  Bake for 20 minutes or until eggs are done.


Note: I will use corned beef brisket and left over potatoes and use whatever vegetables I have in my frige.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Corned Beef Brisket


1 head of cabbage cut into 4 wedges
1 lb  red or yukon  gold potatoes or any potatoes
4 celery stalks cut into 1 inch
4 carrots cut into 1 inch.
3 lbs corned beef brisket

Wash corned beef.   Place corned beef brisket  and seasonings in a large pot with water and add celery and carrots.  Bring water to a boil and cook on low-medium heat for 1 hour.   Add cabbage and potatoes and cook for another 30 minutes.   Slice the meat across the grain  and serve with garlic or soda bread.




Saturday, March 15, 2014

Monte Cristo Sandwich





Monte Cristo  sandwich
1 ¾ cup flour
1 ¾ cup + 2 T water
2 t baking powder
1 egg
½ t salt


Mix all ingredients in a bowl.  Assemble your sandwich which includes: any meat and any cheese:  Dip your sandwich, drain excess batter and deep fry  on high heat for about 1 minute on each side.   Dust with powdered sugar and serve with raspberry jam. 

Note: Lower heat will absorb excess oil.  

Friday, March 14, 2014

Low Country Boil


Easy Recipe for beginners
 
Potatoes
fresh corns

12 oz beer (optional alcohol will cook out)

3 T old bay seafood seasoning

1 stick celery

1 onion cut into fourths

¼ cup Crab boil seasoning

Squeeze the juice of 2 lemons and add the lemons.  No lime substitute
Smoked sausages


 Pour 2 gallons of water in a large pot and  add all ingredients (except sausages, corn, and seafoods) and simmer on low heat for 1 hour.     Add corns and sausages and cook for 10 minutes. Add seafoods last , and cook for 3 minutes.
 
Note: If cook whole potatoes, it will take longer adjust your cooking time.  Don't overcooked corns and shrimp.  Overcooked shrimps will taste like rubbers. 
 
 
 
 
More Advance Recipe and More Delicious and more spicy: 
 
2 tablespoons each of the seasonings:  lemon pepper seasoning, Paprika, Cajun seasoning, cayenne pepper, hot sauce and old bay seasoning.

½ stick butter

1T sugar

4 cloves of garlic

 

Sauté butter and garlic and sugar then add all spices.   Set aside.   Boil your seafoods in 1 gallon of water, add 1 lemon cut in 1/2 .  Cook shrimp or your favorite seafoods for about 3 minutes.   Then drain then toss seafoods to coat with butter seasoning sauce.