NART - (Not Another Recipe Thread) :D

[777php]

i like to cook also, time to try out some of these receipes.

 

[iamme]

Mmmm good stuff...

That Pork Chili sounds real good.....

Time to cut and paste these recipes

 

[Kerouactivist]

That CHICKEN PAPRIKASH looks real good so does the Panamanian Pork Green Chili but, I don't have a dutch oven:frown:

 

[tcsenter]

I was in a pinch the other day because I started making some killer waffels and realized I had no PANCAKE SYRUP...DOH! Turns out you can make darned good syrup yourself. Tastes just like store bought, but nothing beats "real" maple syrup.

1 - cup brown sugar
1 - cup granulated sugar (white)
1 - cup corn syrup (light or regular)
1 - cup water
1/2 - tsp salt
1 - tsp vanilla flavoring/extract
2 - tsp maple flavoring

COMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS EXCEPT FLAVORING IN A SAUCE PAN. BRING TO A LOW BOIL. STIR FREQUENTLY. BOIL FOR 10 - 15 MINUTES OR UNTIL SYRUP IS FULL BODIED WHEN POURED FROM A SPOON. REMOVE FROM HEAT. COOL 5 MINUTES THEN STIR IN VANILLA AND MAPLE FLAVORING. POUR SYRUP INTO CLEAN BOTTLES OR CONTAINER. STORE FOR UP TO 6 WEEKS IN THE REFGRIGERATOR.

This actually takes some practice to know when the syrup has cooked long enough to thicken like syrup is supposed to when cool. If the syrup doesn't 'set' like syrup is supposed to after cooling, put it back in the sauce pan then boil for an additional 5 - 10 minutes. You can tell when the syrup is 'done' by how it rolls off a spoon, preferrably a wooden spoon. Takes some practice.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Argh! I want to do that chili recipe but I don't have a cast iron pan....err...I do, but they're new, and I dunno how to season them

 

[randomlinh]

sounds good that chilli... just don't have the crock pot for it... i'll try it this summer when i have time at home how much does that stuff serve anyway??

 

[sandorski]

Fausto beat me to it!

My dad made it different than that Paprikas recipe, but if any of you want something wonderfull, make Faust's recipe!!

 

[Smaulz]

<< sounds good that chilli... just don't have the crock pot for it... i'll try it this summer when i have time at home how much does that stuff serve anyway?? >>



It serves a TON, depending on how you serve it. The point is to make a bunch and freeze it so you don't have to do it that often... lol <--- lazy

PsychoAndy, check this out... How to Season Cast Iron

tcsenter, that's a killer idea, have to remember that one seeing as how I can never remember to grab syrup when I'm at the store... :|

BTW, for anyone that cares, we ended up having about 20 people over (two bed apt. !!) and everything was AWESOME (<-- tooting own horn lol) Got tons of compliments and sent everyone home with a Glad "throw-away" full of the stuff.



Thanks everyone for the ideas... KEEP 'EM COMING!!!!

 

[Spendthrift]

wish i was in the states to try these recipes! its difficult to get western ingredients here in japan (depends on what they are). not to mention the fact hardly anyone in japan has an oven. go figure.

anyway ive got a recipe for pollo rellenos that my friends like a lot. ill try and remember it off the top of my head.

Pollo Rellenos

4-5 deboned chicken breasts
3 eggs
1-2 cups cornmeal (cant remember excatly)
1 packet of taco seasoning (or to taste)
1 can whole green chiles
1/2 a small block of monterey jack cheese
1/2 tsp salt or garlic salt

1. pound chicken breasts with a mallet or whatevers hand (us college students used an empty rum bottle)
2. cut chunks of monterey jack cheese and insert them into the whole green chiles
3. place cheese stuffed chiles in the center of the pounded chicken breasts and roll the breast around the chile (similar to chicken cordon bleu) it may work well to use toothpicks to pin the ends of the breast closed
4. combine cornmeal, taco seasoning, and salt/garlic salt in a bowl (you may only want to use half a packet of taco seasoning, play around with amounts)
5. beat eggs in a bowl
6. dip rolled breasts in the egg and then roll them in the cornmeal mixture until completely covered.
7. bake at 350 for 25 min (or until done, i cant remember exactly)

well thats the recipe as best i remember it. its out of a cookbook. nothing special but its one of my favorite dishes and one that my friends ask me to make on occasion.

good luck and enjoy.

spendthrift

 

[tcsenter]

<< tcsenter, that's a killer idea, have to remember that one seeing as how I can never remember to grab syrup when I'm at the store... >>

You can make you're own for 1/4 of the price you pay at the grocery store. Sugar is cheap. Some people like a 'darker' syrup, so they use dark corn syrup instead of light, but I don't. Other recipes call for no corn syrup at all so you just use more dark or granulated sugar. It's hard to screw it up unless you burn it, which is also hard to do as long as you use a low boil and stir it constantly. If you like butter, you can drop a tablespoon or two in it before serving (while still warm).