…can ruin a brisket. As I discovered when we chowed down on some moist, smoky brisket. The rub had too much salt…since I hadn’t had as much salt in the pantry in a long while. Which really wasn’t a big deal since we ended up removing the inedible rind and dug into some really good…
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Smokin Saturday Brisket
Today is brisket day. While we were slowed down in getting a fire going, we finally got it down right after 2 hours of playing with the fire. The new Weber kettle is on the task for its first smoking assignment. I had a 3.5 pound brisket that had thawed out overnight, which I then…
Vinegar-brined Turkey pt 2
The turkey brined in vinegar for 14 hours bottom side first then another 12 hours breast side. On the morning before roasting, I also brined in a soy-water solution, which in my opinion didn’t really accomplish much. I then stuffed the cavity with garlic cloves and roasted the bird in the oven at 375 for…
Vinegar-brined Turkey pt 1
My 12-pounder brined breast up in the fridge for the past 14 hours. I turned it breast-down for the next 12-14 hours. The vinegar brine I’m risking this year is an apple-cider vinegar brine, with chopped garlic, garlic powder, black powder and a little salt. It is generally the same brine I use for frying…
Recipe: Spicy Sliced Lamb with Snow Pea Leaves and Green Onions
After deliberating on what to do with a 1.25lbs of frozen sliced lamb that I purchased from my local Asian grocer, I opted to create two dishes from this earthy-flavored meat. Because the lamb is thinly sliced, it is not overpowering like heartier cuts of lamb. But if you don’t have good ventilation in your…
Recipe: Pork Belly Adobo
Truly the most decadent, richest part of the pig…pork belly usually stars in recipes that evokes the guilt of eating such a fatty piece of the beast. Ever since I cooked up this adobo dish, I’ve been trying to find more ways to cook pork bellies. Filipinos have a love affair with all things pork,…
Things I learned while making a Decadent Chocolate Flan
Despite moments when it looked like my chocolate flan experiment was doomed to the garbage disposal, the end result was fantastically yummy and delicious. Tripling the amount of chocolate that a recipe calls for is a sure way to make the taste buds happy Brown sugar doesn’t caramelize like white sugar, better to melt it…
Shimeji Mushroom Rice
My local asian grocer had a sale on shimeji mushrooms, so I picked up 2 packages of the brown variety. A little web surfing revealed that shimeji mushrooms paired well with rice. So, along with my Beef Ribs dinner this weekend, I cooked up a side of shimeji mushroom fried rice. 1 8oz package shimeji…
5000 Calories of DOOM!
It’s the Bacon Explosion–but you’ll die happy with a big grin on your bbq-sauce-smeared face.
Signature Fried Rice
For Shun: 2-2.5 cups of day-old steamed jasmine rice4 lop cheong sausages (Chinese sausage) bias sliced3 whole cloves peeled/chopped garlic1.5 yellow onion, fine chopped1 package of dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked overnight and sliced into strips OR1 15oz can of WHOLE straw mushrooms, peeled4 jumbo eggs1 small piece of fresh ginger root, julienned or thick shaved1…
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