2023 Chinese New Year Eve

Canugghead

Had our celebration yesterday, 
not a bad start…


Shrimp and chicken soup made with seafood broth, tofu, mushroom, egg


Fried shrimp with simple S&P seasoning 


Instapot side ribs cooked in home made glutinous rice wine with shiitake mushroom and rehydrated tofu skin, they soaked up the booze like sponge!


Maple roasted Brussel sprouts with bacon


Asian salad


Leg of lamb with Five spice based Asian seasoning, sous vide 8 hours @ 144 for medium (stayed away from medium rare due to seniors and kids under five), seared in screaming hot XL after duck was done. Served with chimichurri sauce

Tried a new method for Peking duck… hung to dry overnight in the ‘walk in’ fridge with fan, XL 350 indirect, 30m breast up, 45m breast down, 30m breast up. When it finished at breast IT 165, leg 190, the skin was still kind of oily. Had to grill direct with few flips to dry and crisp up (butcher string leg bondage used for hanging came in handy for flipping). A lot of work for mediocre returns, much easier to just buy one but the lineup at local bbq places are usually crazy, I heard at one place there were 30+ ppl in line around 1pm.

Wrapped in Pac-Man bao instead of traditional crepe


Roasted black sesame seed rice balls in ginger syrup, symbolic of family togetherness 


Excuse the chaotic tasteless spread 


Happy Sunday all!

1voyager

WOW!

JohnInCarolina

Amazing.

caliking

Fabulous!!

I've honestly been waiting for this thread ALL WEEK A couple of podcasts I listen to have been talking about Lunar New Year, which immediately made me think " oh man, I can't wait to see what @Canugghead is going to throw down". You did not disappoint, my friend. What a spread!

Wanted to make a few of things, but found out late that it is today. May still be able to make something, so stay tuned. 

(I hope this is correct)  新年好 and 恭喜发财 to you and your family. 

dbCooper

Wow, just wow!  Very impressive.

Botch

What a spread!!

GrateEggspectations

Hope they were happy celebrations. With those cooks, would be hard for them not to be. This is easily one of the best collections of cooks I’ve seen all in one place. Well done. 

lousubcap

Now that is an incredible cook and spread.  Way to pull it all together and deliver.  Impressive does not do that banquet justice.  You  set quite a high bar right there.  Congrats!!

MasterC

Very impressive 

Stormbringer

I find the same thing when I'm cooking duck in the Egg tbh but you totally nailed the end result.

ColbyLang

phenomenal eats there. What a spread!

Jstroke

I will humbly admit defeat. I bow low from the waist, while exiting the room backwards. Well played.

Langner91

That Peking Duck almost makes me want to go back!  I miss the food, but not the flight!

Nice meal!

johnmitchell

Good grief!!!!

Canugghead

Been out all day, truly appreciate and humbled by all your kind comments. 

Canugghead

caliking said:

Fabulous!!

I've honestly been waiting for this thread ALL WEEK A couple of podcasts I listen to have been talking about Lunar New Year, which immediately made me think " oh man, I can't wait to see what @Canugghead is going to throw down". You did not disappoint, my friend. What a spread!

Wanted to make a few of things, but found out late that it is today. May still be able to make something, so stay tuned. 

(I hope this is correct)  新年好 and 恭喜发财 to you and your family. 

Haha, after two Christmas get togethers and with grandkid #1’s bd next weekend, this was meant to be a small cook but it snowballed. Thanks for the pressure.

Can’t wait for your cooks, I won’t be surprised to see fares more authentic and traditionally Chinese than ours. Mark my words😋

Your Chinese greetings are spot on. Thanks!

Canugghead

GrateEggspectations said:

Hope they were happy celebrations. With those cooks, would be hard for them not to be. This is easily one of the best collections of cooks I’ve seen all in one place. Well done. 

Indeed, food is a great way to bring family/friends together. Hard to believed I never cooked before getting my first BGE, my better half still does most of the cooking though 

Canugghead

lousubcap said:

Now that is an incredible cook and spread.  Way to pull it all together and deliver.  Impressive does not do that banquet justice.  You  set quite a high bar right there.  Congrats!!

Thanks cap, never said it before, I really admire you tirelessly cooking for the folks at the firehouse/s. That’s the true high bar 🫡

shtgunal3

Bravo good Sir, bravo! More important than the outstanding food is the time spent with family. You are living large my friend.

WeberWho

Whoa!!!

Canugghead

Stormbringer said:

I find the same thing when I'm cooking duck in the Egg tbh but you totally nailed the end result.

Took a refresher by reading past duck posts in the forum, more or less followed @smak’s post you recommended. What I want to try is low and slow (may be even sous vide?) and still somehow get the skin crispy, perhaps @fishlessman can chime in?

Florida Grillin Girl

Wow, Gary, that is just FANTASTIC.

Canugghead

shtgunal3 said:

Bravo good Sir, bravo! More important than the outstanding food is the time spent with family. You are living large my friend.

Couldn't agree more my friend, as the saying goes everyday is a gift, at our age being able to cook and share is blessed.

danhoo

Those are some tasty looking treats. 

caliking

Canugghead said:

caliking said:

Fabulous!!

I've honestly been waiting for this thread ALL WEEK A couple of podcasts I listen to have been talking about Lunar New Year, which immediately made me think " oh man, I can't wait to see what @Canugghead is going to throw down". You did not disappoint, my friend. What a spread!

Wanted to make a few of things, but found out late that it is today. May still be able to make something, so stay tuned. 

(I hope this is correct)  新年好 and 恭喜发财 to you and your family. 

Haha, after two Christmas get togethers and with grandkid #1’s bd next weekend, this was meant to be a small cook but it snowballed. Thanks for the pressure.

Can’t wait for your cooks, I won’t be surprised to see fares more authentic and traditionally Chinese than ours. Mark my words😋

Your Chinese greetings are spot on. Thanks!

You're too kind. I dropped the ball this year, because I found out the date without enough to time properly prepare. Plus, it coincided with caliprince's birthday. The only thing I managed was noodles (all unbroken!), so hopefully we'll have a healthy, long life

I have 2/10/24 marked on my calendar, so I can be prepared for the Year of the Dragon. Which is the same as the year I was born  

Canugghead

@caliking thanks for the pressure a year in advance! btw, if I'm not mistaken, happy 47th this year? 

caliking

Canugghead said:

@caliking thanks for the pressure a year in advance! btw, if I'm not mistaken, happy 47th this year? 

correct !

Canugghead

Some follow up pics, the duck that keeps on giving 

Deconstructed the carcass and wings, had another round of it with freshly made wraps and made soup with the bones


Learned something new, about 3/4 of the way in the warm duck fat wouldn't drip through the coffee filter, a hairdryer on high took care of it


Harvested white gold

nolaegghead

Insane spread!  Making and serving all that at one sitting is no small feat, especially given the technical difficulty in some of your dishes.  👏

Canugghead

nolaegghead said:

Insane spread!  Making and serving all that at one sitting is no small feat, especially given the technical difficulty in some of your dishes.  👏

Thanks  We managed by finishing some dishes and tasks a day or two ahead. 

caliking

Canugghead said:

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Harvested white gold

This pic made me swoon...