easy to cook, spicy food?

[nageov3t]

any atot cooks have some recommendations?

I'm a lousy cook... great baker, but if it involves a pan, pot, or anything on the stove top in general, I'll find a way to muck it up.

a friend gave me a great bottle of wine the other day, but it really needs some spicy food to accompany it to get the full benefit of the wine.

 

[udonoogen]

curry blocks. boil water, put the blocks in, put potatoes and meat in first. after those are done add the fast cooking veggies. add spice as needed. very easy to make.

or ... eggs with tabasco.

 

[Anubis]

Chili is pretty much fool proof

 

[IGBT]

..scrambled eggs and tobasco works every time.

 

[michaelsslave]

fry a habanero pepper in a pan

 

[meltdown75]

there are so many great things to list

some refried beans fried up in a pan with chicken breast strips and peppers and spices... pretty tasty and mighty cheap & easy

edit: oops throw that concoction in a tortilla or shell of your choice

 

[Ns1]

spaghetti with cayanne thrown in the mix. you can put a dry rub on damn near anything and make it spicy as well.

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Here is a GREAT and EASY spicy food recipe.

Spicy Shrimp

Get a pound of big shrimp, deviened. Tail on (optional obviously)
Get a big zip lock bag. Put a bunch of ground red pepper, black pepper, paprika, salt, and a bit of chili powder, ground cumin, and a tiny bit of garlic powder
Shake that shit all up so the shrimpies are covered.

Heat some olive oil in a pan.
Throw the shrimpies on there. You'll only cook them for about 10 minutes...they cook quickly. They are done when they are opaque. Try not to burn them.
When they are cooking, add a bit of chili oil (the more you put the spicyier they will be)

Serve it with either brown rice or noodles.

MMMMM

Good and so so so easy.

 

[Descartes]

What wine is it? Pairing with spicy food is usually a challenge, unless of course we have different definitions of spicy.

IMO, I'd go with Indian food, because that's usually what I cook. I make a lot of different curries, masalas to go with them, dahl, and all the breads (chapati mainly). I've found I've been able to pair a lot of these dishes with sweeter wines. The problem with many so-called spicy American style foods are that they just throw in some chilis and call it spicy. With my Indian dishes, I usually have the following at a minimum:

- Coriander
- Cilantro
- Fennel
- Mustard Seed
- Salt, pepper
- Turmeric
- Fresh chili peppers, sliced thin so they saute well

It's a great balance of flavor and doesn't just burn like so many other spicy dishes. This makes it easier to pair wines as you can find flavors to bring out the wine and/or the dish.

Let me know if you want actual recipes.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: loki8481
any atot cooks have some recommendations?

I'm a lousy cook... great baker, but if it involves a pan, pot, or anything on the stove top in general, I'll find a way to muck it up.

a friend gave me a great bottle of wine the other day, but it really needs some spicy food to accompany it to get the full benefit of the wine.

Help us out and name some spicy foods you like. There are so many different 'spicy' types, that hints can range all over.

 

[Fritzo]

Here, you can't screw this up:

2 talapia fillets
2 strips of bacon
1 tbs green pepper
1/2 tbs cayenne pepper
Salt to taste
butter

Melt butter on a baking dish/pan, then place talapia on the pan. Chop the bacon strips and green pepper (fine) and place on top of the talapia. Add your salt and cayenne pepper, then bake it at 400F for 10-20 minutes (depending on size, etc...the fish will be flakey when done). The bacon and fish should get done about the same time.

Looks nice and tastes good. If you don't like fish, you can use thin chicken breasts (1 chix breast sliced in half), just increase cooking time, then add the bacon in the last 15 minutes of cooking.

 

[nakedfrog]

Buffalo wings?

 

[PepePeru]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..scrambled eggs and tobasco works every time.

thats what i was thinking

scrambled eggs + cock sauce
or
scrambled eggs + red pepper
or
scrambled eggs + cock sauce + red pepper

 

[xeno2060]

8oz tuna steak, season with Tony Chacheres Creole seasoning. Grill or pan fry in cast iron skillet. I like mine med. rare or about 4min a side for a 1inch steak

boil red new potatoes with Zatarain's crab oil not boil, the boil is a dry mix use oil.
12-14min.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Descartes
What wine is it?

reisling

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: G Wizard

Originally posted by: IGBT
..scrambled eggs and tobasco works every time.

thats what i was thinking

scrambled eggs + cock sauce
or
scrambled eggs + red pepper
or
scrambled eggs + cock sauce + red pepper

Not for me, thanks.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Descartes
What wine is it?

reisling

Alsatian, German or other? Is it sweet or dry?

If it's sweet, then I'd personally go with something spicy yet cooling. A spicy fish with a cucumber yogurt sauce might go well, imo. Too much spice and nothing cooling will taste horrible when paired, imo.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Descartes
What wine is it? Pairing with spicy food is usually a challenge, unless of course we have different definitions of spicy.

IMO, I'd go with Indian food, because that's usually what I cook. I make a lot of different curries, masalas to go with them, dahl, and all the breads (chapati mainly). I've found I've been able to pair a lot of these dishes with sweeter wines. The problem with many so-called spicy American style foods are that they just throw in some chilis and call it spicy. With my Indian dishes, I usually have the following at a minimum:

- Coriander
- Cilantro
- Fennel
- Mustard Seed
- Salt, pepper
- Turmeric
- Fresh chili peppers, sliced thin so they saute well

It's a great balance of flavor and doesn't just burn like so many other spicy dishes. This makes it easier to pair wines as you can find flavors to bring out the wine and/or the dish.

Let me know if you want actual recipes.

Yes, please :thumbsup:

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Descartes
What wine is it?

reisling

Alsatian, German or other? Is it sweet or dry?

If it's sweet, then I'd personally go with something spicy yet cooling. A spicy fish with a cucumber yogurt sauce might go well, imo. Too much spice and nothing cooling will taste horrible when paired, imo.

german + don't know. I'd have to check the label when I get home from work.

 

[michaelsslave]

Originally posted by: G Wizard

Originally posted by: IGBT
..scrambled eggs and tobasco works every time.

thats what i was thinking

scrambled eggs + cock sauce
or
scrambled eggs + red pepper
or
scrambled eggs + cock sauce + red pepper

ummm what?

 

[zinfamous]

simple arrabbiata (angry) sauce:

2-3 ounces diced pancetta
1 1/2 large cans of whole-peeled tomatos
one large stalk of celery (finely diced)
3-5 cloves garlic, crushed and diced
2-3 shallots, sliced.
chilis--as angry as you wanna make it (I use serranos, b/c they're around, and don't add an intrusive flavor)
fresh thyme on stem

heat (medium to medium-high) extra virgin olive oil in a large sauce pan. add garlic & shallots. let shallots yellow, add pancetta & chilis.
cook a wee bit longer, stir when needed.
cover with 1-2 cups cheap pinot grigio (enough to cover all the ingredients)
let the wine cook down ~70% or more
add tomatos (del Alpi Roma tomatos are good--try to stay away from Hunts, Del Monte etc...you enver know what they put in their food)
Stir, add fresh crushed black pepper and salt (I use sea salt--be conservatifve with that)
reduce to simmer. place thyme stems in sauce, strategically spaced around the pan. let simmer uncovered.

you can add tomato paste with the tomatos to adjust for thickness.

I always make this with Penne Rigate (au dente for 1 full-size box ~9-10 minutes in heavily-salted boiling water)

I prefer with a nice Chianti

EDIT: I usually start the water boiling for the pasta after the sauce is set to simmer. takes about 20 minutes after that. Rememebr to REMOVE the thyme stems from the sauce before you serve.

 

[TreyRandom]

Ramen. With hot sauce. Easy to cook, AND spicy. :thumbsup:

 

[LS20]

cook whatever you normally cook. throw in some cayenne pepper, and habanero extract, and red pepper flakes

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: michaelsslave

Originally posted by: G Wizard

Originally posted by: IGBT
..scrambled eggs and tobasco works every time.

thats what i was thinking

scrambled eggs + cock sauce
or
scrambled eggs + red pepper
or
scrambled eggs + cock sauce + red pepper

ummm what?

scrambled eggs with siracha (sp?)

 

[Geocentricity]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: michaelsslave

Originally posted by: G Wizard

Originally posted by: IGBT
..scrambled eggs and tobasco works every time.

thats what i was thinking

scrambled eggs + cock sauce
or
scrambled eggs + red pepper
or
scrambled eggs + cock sauce + red pepper

ummm what?

scrambled eggs with siracha (sp?)

Sriracha :thumbsup: