Anyone have any recipies they are willing to share?

[Jasonkhowell]

One thing I have gotten a interest in lately is the way people prepare various foods. Does anyone have any recipies they are willing to share?

[Alchy]

Weirdly my dad sent me a recipe for chicken soup a few minutes ago, so I guess I'll post it up.

The main thing you need to make a decent bit of chicken soup is chicken bones. It really is the heart of it. This means either using a whole chicken - a hassle, or buying pre-cooked joints - the easiest and simplest. So here goes.

Chicken joints, 1 or 2 legs ("drumsticks"), 1 breast/wing, with bones, pre-cooked
1 onion
1 potato
1 carrot
Other veg if available, eg celery, peas, green beans, mushrooms (not cabbage type greens)
2 tablespoons red lentils
Cooking oil
Salt, pepper, herbs

Remove the meat from the chicken joints, carefully keeping all skin, bones, gristle etc.
There will probably be more meat than you'll want for the soup, so a chicken sandwich, salad etc is a possibility.

Put the bones etc. and a small amount of chopped up meat into a pan with about as much water as you want to have soup at the end. Peel the onion and add the outer skins to the chicken bones, also any other vegetable trimmings such as mushroom stalks, peapods. If possible, add a finely chopped carrot. Bring to the boil, turn down, cover and simmer for an hour, topping up the water if it gets too low.

Meanwhile, in a separate pan, boil the lentils in about a coffee mug of water. Again, bring to boil, turn down and simmer (lentils boil over easily!) till mushy, topping up if necessary.

Also meanwhile, chop and fry onion in oil or fat, any kind, till soft and golden but not brown. Add chopped vegetables such as carrot, parsnip, potato, mushrooms, celerary, whatever, about halfway through.

Strain the stock into a bowl and throw away the skin and bones. Leave to cool a bit. If there is a large amount of fat on top, spoon some of it off. Add stock to lentil pan, then add onions etc, add plenty of pepper and salt to taste, and simmer for another 30 minutes. If you have a blender, you may want to wizz the whole thing, after about 20 minutes.

10 minutes before serving (after whizzing for a lumpy meaty soup, before whizzing if you want to really mash the chicken into the soup), add the chopped up bits of chicken meat, amount according to your taste, check seasoning again and serve really hot with bread and butter.

He's left a few things out, assumed knowledge like peeling/1 inch cubing the potato etc, but it sounds like a pretty good recipe to me.

[Jasonkhowell]

Weirdly my dad sent me a recipe for chicken soup a few minutes ago, so I guess I'll post it up.

He's left a few things out, assumed knowledge like peeling/1 inch cubing the potato etc, but it sounds like a pretty good recipe to me.

Sounds more like a stew then a soup, but still sound great.

[Mqark]

I'm really trying to make some nice sauces recently, but only know the basic "white sauce" with flour, milk and butter. Stick flour and butter in a pan on the hob, heat a bit and stir till it makes a paste, then slowly add some milk and stir like mad till it's smooth. Keep doing till you get your desired thickness. Then put grated cheese sauce in and keep stirring.

A hang over from the student days, but top stuff over most cheap things like pasta etc.!

I'ds like to learn to make pukka sauces though and I'd also love to know how to cook a steak the way they come out in restaurants. Mine are always grey and tough :(

I'd like to cook more asian food, but I've never had asian food cooked by someone who isn't asian that tastes authentic.

[mairsil]

Don't knock it until you try it.

Ingredients:
- 1 can of Spam
- 1 box of macaroni & cheese
- 1 bottle of ketchup
- 1 can of cream of chicken soup
- Broccoli, cauliflower and other vegetables optional

Instructions:
1) Cook the macaroni and cheese according to the package.
2) Dice up the Spam and precook (microwave of pan fried) as desired. Spam does not need to be precooked.
3) Combine Spam, macaroni and cheese and can of cream of chicken soup. Add vegetables and several squirts of ketchup to preference.
4) Stir thoroughly and heat for 1-2 minutes, depending on amount prepared.
5) Eat.

[liquitt]

since i'm vegan, the reciepes are vegan and of course, spicey! ok, let's say HOT! :D
but if you're free-minded and not afraid to try something new, this is it.

Vegetable Chili:
3 T. olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 C. chopped mushrooms
2 C. chopped cauliflower pieces
3 C. corn kernels
1 large potato, peeled and cubed
2 carrots, chopped
1 green capsicum, chopped
3 C. kidney beans, cooked and drained
1 can chopped tomatoes with juice
1 C. tmato juice or puree
2 T. chili powder
1 tsp. paprika
1 T. cumin
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 T. tomato paste
3 T. red wine vvinegar

Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Sautè onions and garlic untiil onion is translucent, then add the mushrooms and sautè another 8-10 minutes.

Stir in the rest of the ingredients one at a time and mix well after each addition.

Bring the entire mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer covered for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching on the bottom. Serve hot.

{Taken from "Hot Damn and Hell Yeah - Recipes for hungry Banditos"}

[Jasonkhowell]

mairsil's actually sounds pretty good (Well, besides the ketchup part. Sort of had bad cooking experiences with ketchup and meat). liquitt's also sounds good for a Vegan meal (Spicy is always good).

Anywho, does anyone have any recipies for steamed buns with stuff inside, such as Meat or various other fillings (The type you see at Asian all you can eat buffets)

[Radiac]

I'd also love to know how to cook a steak the way they come out in restaurants. Mine are always grey and tough :(

The best advice I have for steaks is to cook them at an extremely high temperature for a short period of time. I cook mine at 700 to 800 on my Big Green Egg. 2 minutes per side then close the vents for another 2-3 minutes depending on how well you like them done. They turn out great when cooked this way. Granted much of the credit goes to the egg, but there is also some skill involved.

After mastering the BGE, restaurant steaks just don't cut it anymore. :thumbsup:

[Blur2040]

I'm not much for cooking dinner, but I am a prolific baker. Cookies, cakes, breads, various sweets. Very fun to make, fairly easy too. Best part is that everybody loves baked goods. You'll be a hero. Cmon...give it a try...no cheating and using prepackaged mixes though.

[Sonikku]

Well, not complicated so I don't know if it's really a recipe but:

1 Bowl of Rice Crispies (NO MILK!!)
add 2 softboiled eggs (remove shells ;p)
mix together with a bit of salt
eat! :D

Yea, it's wierd. My grandmother used to make it when I was a kid and untill 6th grade I thought everyone ate the stuff ;-)

yummy :D