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How to Make Perfect Rice, Every Time
By broots
This method gives you perfectly cooked rice every time, but there are variables
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 cups jasmine or other long-grain white rice
- 3 cups water
Sweet Potato Fries
By broots
Slice potatoes very thinly on a mandoline
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled - for every 4 people you want to serve
- Corn oil for deep frying
- Kosher salt (and other seasonings as you desire)
Deep Fried Prawns with Asian Dipping Sauce
By broots
Have prawns ready and oil heated before mixing up the batter
- 1 pound spotted prawns,(shelled and deveined prawns but leave on the tail)
- 1/2 cup ice cold water or soda water
- 1/2 flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Peanut oil for deep-frying
Caramel Crunch Bars
By broots
Line an ungreased 9X13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an extension of foil on either end
- 80 club crackers (I used multi-grain)
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
- 1/2 cup butterscotch morsels
Southern-Style Pork Roast
By broots
In slow cooker, combine onions, garlic, tomatoes, molasses, vinegar, brown sugar, chili powder, salt and pepper
- 2 onions, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 can (28 oz/796 mL) diced tomatoes
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) cooking molasses
- 1/4 cup (60 mL) cider vinegar
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) packed brown sugar
- 2 tsp (10 mL) chili powder
- 1 tsp (5 mL) salt
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) pepper
- 3 lb (1.4 kg) pork shoulder
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) all-purpose flour
Crack {Chicken, Bacon, Ranch} Pasta
By broots
Cook pasta according to package directions
- 1/2 c. diced cooked bacon
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked & shredded
- 2 Tbs. dry ranch salad dressing mix
- 2 Tbsp Flour
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 4 cups dried medium noodles
- 1 Tbs. finely shredded Parmesan cheese
Pastry
By broots
Sift flour & salt into bowl
- 5 cups sifted flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 lb shortening (2-1/3 cups)
- 1 egg
- cold water
- 1 tblsp vinegar
Mean Chef's Chinese-Style Spareribs
By broots
Note: Yields 1/2 cup spice rub and about 2/3 cup sauce
- 1 tablespoon five-spice powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon ground fennel
- kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried red chili pepper flakes
- 2 full 13-rib st. louis-cut pork spare rib racks (about 3 pounds each, ask the butcher to remove the breastbone and adjacent strip of fatty joints)
- sliced scallions
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons hot chili powder
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
Dulce de Leche Apple Pie
By broots
1. Toss the apples in the dulce de leche, cider and vanilla, 2
- 6 cups of apples (cored, peeled and sliced)
- 1/2 cup dulce de leche
- 2 tablespoons apple cider
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 2 pie crusts
- 1 egg white mixed with 1 teaspoon of water
Tourtiere
By broots
Place all the ingredients except the bread crumbs and pastry in a saucepan
- A Flaky Pastry Recipe for use with Tourtiere:
- 1 lb pork -- minced
- 1 small onion -- chopped
- 1 small garlic clove -- minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp celery salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs -- up to 1/2 cup
- Break an egg into a measuring cup and beat lightly with a fork. Add the juice of one lemon, along with 2 ice cubes and fill to the two-thirds mark with water. Mix well together. Let stand until ready to use.
- Place in a large bowl 3 cups of all-purpose flour, 1teaspoon of salt, a good pinch of soda and a half pinch of sugar.
- Cut into the flour, half pound (one cup) of pure lard. Use a pastry blender or two knives.
- Add half the liquid to the flour and mix well with a fork. Keep liquid (no ice cubes) until the dough clings together in a ball. Turn on table, gather together and use as needed.