What Are You Chef-ing Tonight, Dr?

dmchicago

SciAggie

Appetizers then Cornish game hens over rice. Poultry cooked in the wood oven. Rice cooked in the wok on the Mini Max. 

Battleborn

It was good. 

shtgunal3

Battleborn said:

It was good. 

lousubcap

@Foghorn and @Battleborn - somehow my "off the chain steaks pass" failed to deliver your goods.  Dang- That is bringing it home across the board.   Way to appreciate those steaks.  
I will admit that each of those outcomes deserves separate acknowledgement but it is late (EST).
Stay healthy and safe out there-

caliking

dmchicago said:

Wow. 

fishlessman

some beef stew with mushrooms, used the chef stove

SciAggie

@fishlessman The stew looks fabulous. 

caliking

That's the best looking stew I've seen in a while @fishlessman.

And, I dig how the pic of the empty bottle is blurry. Likely because the bottle is empty

caliking

SciAggie said:

Appetizers then Cornish game hens over rice. Poultry cooked in the wood oven. Rice cooked in the wok on the Mini Max. 

I've wheeled back a few times to look at this pic again. Lovely presentation, colors, and variety in that one shot. Raichlen's gonna steal, for sure!

SciAggie

@caliking I love this rice dish. Cook wild rice ahead. Then caramelize sweet potatoes or butternut squash. Stir in kale and cook a bit - then add the rice. On it goes a mustard/maple syrup vinaigrette dressing. 

Cornish game hens were 5 for $10 at the store so they got the nod. That was a better choice than select grade ribeyes for $14.99 pound...
(funny side note - we’ve started using our “good dishes/serving dishes” for everyday meals. We’ve been married 35 years. What the h$ll are we saving it for?)
Here’s the rice recipe:
https://iowagirleats.com/caramelized-sweet-potato-kale-fried-wild-rice/

fishlessman

caliking said:

That's the best looking stew I've seen in a while @fishlessman.

And, I dig how the pic of the empty bottle is blurry. Likely because the bottle is empty

the recipe i loosley followed called for 2 cups cognac, the bottle was two cups. who writes a recipe that way. im thinking whoever wrote the recipe never cooked it.  so many changes, put 9 quarts of ingredients in a 7 quart dutch, add 2 cups cognac, if cooking in a shallow pan tilt pan over flame and light cognac

Langner91

Made an Apple Crisp in cast iron on the mini-max.  My sister and I had it over ice cream as our dessert.

caliking

fishlessman said:

caliking said:

That's the best looking stew I've seen in a while @fishlessman.

And, I dig how the pic of the empty bottle is blurry. Likely because the bottle is empty

the recipe i loosley followed called for 2 cups cognac, the bottle was two cups. who writes a recipe that way. im thinking whoever wrote the recipe never cooked it.  so many changes, put 9 quarts of ingredients in a 7 quart dutch, add 2 cups cognac, if cooking in a shallow pan tilt pan over flame and light cognac

I agree. Every recipe needs to start with "make sure the cook is well marinated...". Mine do.

caliking

SciAggie said:

@caliking I love this rice dish. Cook wild rice ahead. Then caramelize sweet potatoes or butternut squash. Stir in kale and cook a bit - then add the rice. On it goes a mustard/maple syrup vinaigrette dressing. 

Cornish game hens were 5 for $10 at the store so they got the nod. That was a better choice than select grade ribeyes for $14.99 pound...
(funny side note - we’ve started using our “good dishes/serving dishes” for everyday meals. We’ve been married 35 years. What the h$ll are we saving it for?)
Here’s the rice recipe:
https://iowagirleats.com/caramelized-sweet-potato-kale-fried-wild-rice/

Thanks! I feel like my sides game needs some help. Will definitely add this to the list. 

Howdy_Doody

caliking said:

Howdy_Doody said:

@blind99 Those Birra tacos look great !!!  I'm gonna have to make those.  Need to go to Fiesta for the chiles, though.  BTW, I live in Drippin'.

Glad to see ya back

Thanks buddy !  

ColtsFan

Baked potato in the oven 😂

SamIAm2

ColtsFan said:

Baked potato in the oven 😂

Baked potato and SPAM in the oven was a standard meal for much of my 15 yr old life. Haven't touched SPAM since. Enjoy.

dbCooper

Canugghead

(apology if it's a repost, can't remember where I saw it yesterday)
Speaking of SPAM 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-spam-burger-oreo-china-20201221-sjiyjndirzdudahsgo6ftw7az4-story.html

4TheGrillOfIt

Smoked turkey breast.

Foghorn

Canugghead said:

(apology if it's a repost, can't remember where I saw it yesterday)
Speaking of SPAM 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-spam-burger-oreo-china-20201221-sjiyjndirzdudahsgo6ftw7az4-story.html

The mayonnaise is a deal breaker.  

bubbajack

Vegetable beef soup/stew. 

JohnEggGio

The princess comes home today!  7 semesters down - 1 to go.  Celebrating with a chicken Parmesan and rigatoni dinner.  A very fond memory from my childhood - it's winter, after school playing football with my buddies, coming home just after dark and opening the back door into the kitchen - the wonderful warm smell of my mom's sauce simmering...   I'm giving that gift to my daughter tonight.

Howdy_Doody

@caliking That chicken dish is beautiful !!!!

caliking

Caliqueen chef’d up miso-glazed salmon, plated up with San Francisco-style Vietnamese garlic noodles. 

Damn tasty, but we’ve all got major garlic breath now

GrateEggspectations

@caliking: Great looking plate. I take all the garlic I can get, so will have to look up those noodles. Please do share if you have a solid recipe on hand. 

SciAggie

Those noodles look delicious. 

caliking

GrateEggspectations said:

@caliking: Great looking plate. I take all the garlic I can get, so will have to look up those noodles. Please do share if you have a solid recipe on hand. 

 Stumbled upon this a week ago, but haven't been able to get them out of my head. Still in development (2 tries this week), so I don't have a go-to recipe yet, but these are the sources I recall:

Flo Lum= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It4jb7KMoR0

Chef John/FoodWishes= https://youtu.be/VZckD_bZlso

Kenji= https://youtu.be/wK9OHVxB_Z8


The Kenji video was hard to watch... the camera work, the name dropping, etc. Chef John's version didn't include brown sugar (better with brown sugar IMO), but his videos are fun. Recipe-wise, I probably stuck closer to Flo Lum's. 

Moar garlic. And bucatini, because I like how sauce gets all up in it. Haven't had Maggi sauce in the pantry for years, but will probably get some soon. 

thetrim

This is turning into an awesome thread.