Before I left home for the first time, I sat down with my mother’s recipe box and wrote down my favorite dishes. As I was making my chili California I had thought about using my mother’s recipe. I took it out and looked it over. I was surprised to find that it did not actually include any “chile.” I remember loving my mother’s “chili” as a child, but I am not sure I can call it “chili” any more—it was more of a German beef and beans. Continue reading
Category Archives: Main Dishes
Karl’s Cola de Buey en Chile Rojo (Oxtails in Red Chile Sauce)
I am making chili beans for Jan, but son-in-law Chris, is on a super low starch diet. I decided that I would make a beef chile for him (OK, it is for me too, I admit it). Normally I would use beef chuck for making carne con chili rojo. However, Chris really likes oxtail and I think this would go really well. For some reason, my recipe for Moroccan Oxtail is one of the most popular pages on my blog, so I do not think he is alone in this preference.
Karl’s Cola de Buey en Chile Rojo
(Oxtails in Red Chile Sauce)
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
Karl’s Cal-Mex Salad
Jan is hosting the Dean’s lunch today. Her staff ordered enchiladas, but there are Vegan and lactose-intolerant deans who will not eat those. She asked me to come up with an alternative.
Karl’s Cal-Mex Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Poultry, Salads, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Barbecued Moroccan Tri-tip
Jan and Chris both asked me to do another barbecued tri-tip. The last time I did a tri-tip I used a Californian-Mexican seasoning. This time I thought I would jump to another continent and do North African.
Karl’s Barbecued Moroccan Tri-tip
Filed under Barbeque, Beef, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
Karl’s Portuguese Steamed Clams
Adapted from a Leite’s Culinaria recipe
Happiness for Jan is a pot of steamed clams and/or mussels. Since I am doing a Portuguese feast with a salt cod dish and caldo verde, I thought clams would go very well. The first dish I looked at was roast pork smothered in steamed clams. Jan was quick to reject this. She does not mind a little pork in her clams as a flavoring, but in her mind it is all about the clams.
Karl’s Portuguese Steamed Clams
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood, Steaming, Stews
Karl’s Portuguese Salt Cod and Potato Casserole
Adapted from a chef Manuel Azevedo recipe
Traditionally this dish is serves as a casserole. Chef Azevedo, born on the island of São Jorge in the Azores, turns this Portuguese dish upside down. This allows the exposed codfish to brown slightly and the layer of potatoes on the bottom to crisp.
Karl’s Portuguese Salt Cod and Potato Casserole
Filed under Casseroles, Fish, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Seafood
Karl’s Caldo Verde (Portuguese Kale Soup)
Adapted from a Leite’s Culinaria recipe
Most of the people of Portuguese ancestry in San Jose actually come from the Azores. Although many families have been here for more than one hundred years, they still maintain a strong sense of cultural identity and family ties to the home islands. If they have room in their yard for a garden, you may be sure that kale is growing in there. Caldo Verde, green broth, a kale and potato soup is a staple of Portuguese cuisine.
Karl’s Caldo Verde
Portuguese Kale Soup
Filed under Green Vegetables, Pork, Soups
Karl’s Barbecued Veracruz-style Fish Tacos
This dish has become a standard weekday meal at my house. Jan asks for it at least once or twice a month. This makes it a bit boring for me, so I am always tinkering with the recipe trying to make it even better.
Karl’s Barbecued Veracruz-style Fish Tacos
Filed under Barbeque, Fish, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices, Seafood
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup III
This is a dish that I make every few months. When I make a chicken dish, I frequently buy whole chickens and cut them up myself. I cut out the back and freeze the necks, wing tips and any trimmings to make chicken stock.
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup III
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups, Vegetables
Karl’s Tri-tip Fajitas
Last Sunday I made Santa Maria barbecued tri-tip. By Tuesday I had only a scant half a pound of meat left. By itself it was not enough to use as a main dish, so I decided to stretch it with grilled peppers. Fajitas are seared peppers and can be made with any meat, something like a Mexican stir-fry.
Karl’s Tri-tip Fajitas
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes
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