I did not want all of my dishes to be the same, so I decided to leave the Sichuan pepper out of this one. When I am home alone, I will frequently make a lunch of some sautéed vegetables with a tablespoon of Chinese chili garlic sauce stirred in. I decide to carry that idea a step further in these roasted vegetables.
Karl’s Chinese Chili Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
A salad, which was my original plan, did not quite an appropriate side dish to such an Asian meal. Eilene had planned to go to a party. I decided on a mushroom dish, which she would never eat.
Karl’s Mushrooms Stuffed
with Szechuan Shrimp
Filed under Shrimp, Side Dishes, Vegetables
The rest of my meal is so fancy, plain rice seemed bland. A few weeks ago I made confetti rice with Chinese chives. That technique should work just as well with scallions (green onions).
Karl’s Scallion Rice
Filed under Rice, Side Dishes
Eilene is having her friends over again and she has requested lembas bread and Lord of the Rings stew. I did not want to make the same one that I made last time, but none of the ones on-line struck my fancy.
Karl’s Shire Hens in Apple Wine
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Stews
Jan came back from Sonoma raving about the Venezuelan restaurant Pica Pica. On her website she gives her recipe for leek soup. Of course, I am incapable of following a recipe so I made a few changes. I am also not feeding a crowd so I reduced many of the ingredients.
Karl’s Leek Soup ala Pica Pica
Filed under Soups
I needed a protein dish to do with my leek soup. I started making these only a few weeks ago, but they are so good that I know my family will eat them whenever I make them. The last time my son-in-law, Chris, mentioned that they needed la jiao (hot pepper) to go with the hua jiao (flower pepper).
Karl’s Szechuan Salt & Pepper Shrimp III
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood, Shrimp
I wanted a starch dish to go with my leek soup. I have always had a problem with making latkes. I never seem to be able to have them cooked through before they are starting to burn. One reason for this is because I try to use as little oil as possible when frying them. My solution is similar to making Venezuelan arepas, first fry and then bake.
Karl’s Potato Latkes
Filed under Potatoes, Side Dishes
Jan had been going on about the stuffed arepas that she had had at Pica Pica. You can fill these corn bread pockets with almost anything. I want to make my filling Venezuelan, but this was for a weekday meal, so I did not want to start from scratch.
Karl’s Venezuelan Arepas Rumberas
(corn pockets with pulled pork)
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
Jan went to Sonoma a few weeks ago and while she was there she went to a Venezuelan restaurant, Pica Pica. She came back raving about arepas, Venezuelan corn pocket breads. I was ordered to learn how to make them.
Venezuelan Arepas
(corn pocket breads)
Filed under bread, Side Dishes
I wanted to do braised French pork for dinner, but nothing on-line even came close to what I had in mind. I pictured something herby, falling off the bone tender, with a rich pan sauce. Looking in my spice cabinet, I picked out the herbs I thought would go together, not a fines herbes, but a unique blend of my own. It may not be actually a French recipe, but I associate these herbs with French cooking.
Karl’s French Braised Pork
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
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