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Yangnyeom Tongdak ( Korean seasoned fried chicken )
Earlier this afternoon i started making this fried chicken , i happened to get a good deal on chicken wings and chicken legs , so i grabbed both packages . And since i found the recipe from Maangchi , for this fried chicken , i was tempted to try it . No , it’s not hard , it’s just deep fried stuff and in my mind , deep frying stuff is always good and always makes my kitchen messy . But i did it anyway , i had a electric deep fryer at home , but it’s been in the storage and i would think if i used that i…
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Kim Chi
Today i finally braced myself to try to make kim chi . One of our friend , Sara , her husband loves kim chi , and i guess it’s because he used to live there once , no he’s not korean . Anyway , he had made kim chi before , and according to Sara , the kim chi , stunk up the house .. And since then i thought many many times .. but i decided no .. i am not going to make kim chi if it’s going to make the house so smelly . But today , i thought … let’s just try it .. who cares…
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Star Anise Ginger Braised Whole Chicken
The other day i went to this spice place about 30 minutes from where i live , where you can buy spices as little as you need or as many as you need . Then i remembered that i need to get star anise , there was this dish from Simply Ming book that requires that . So tonight that’s what i cooked , i made chicken dish with star anise and ginger , and other root vegetables , the result .. the broth was OH MY .. it was so good !! Delicious and tasty . So here is the star anise ginger braised whole chicken Picture doesn’t do…
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My mom’s tomato soup ( sup merah )
When i was younger , sup merah , or as i called it now , tomato soup , was one of my favorite . I didn’t get to eat them too often , mom used to make them for special occasion only , such as birthdays , christmas or new year , those kind of things . I wonder why she didn’t make this more often , but now come to think of it , probably because back then , it was too much work to make this kind of soup , although now , and esp. over here in States , everything is made easy for us . Back…
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Mixed Berries with Creme Anglaise on a pastry shell
Last night , i didn’t cook for dinner .. i wasn’t feeling that well . Our son , had a sleep over at grandparent’s house , we just threw in frozen pizza in the oven . I had this awful strep throat .. and it was my first time ever had it , it was so painful and miserable !! So , anyway , i felt better later on that night , and after having some pizza , i thought why not throwing in this easy dessert together and we can have them . I have pastry shells on hand , which always comes in handy , you can make…
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Simple salad with homemade croutons
I usually buy croutons from the store , tonight when i was about to make salad , i just realized that we ran out of croutons , so i thought it shouldn’t be too hard to make , should it ? I grabbed about 4 slices of bread , cubed them , and then i mix some olive oil with salt , pepper and garlic powder , i mix the bread cubed in the olive oil , and then spread them on a cookie sheet , bake for 10 minutes at 400 F , the result ? Not too bad at all !!! I am sure you can always mix…
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Linguine with spicy turkey sausage
Tonight i made this dish , original recipe calls for italian sausage , but since we’ve been trying to eat some healthy stuff , i ended up replacing the sausage with turkey sausage . I picked Jenny-O , hot italian turkey sausage . Turned out to be pretty delicious too , as for the linguine i stick with the regular , instead of the whole wheat , i got traumatized the last time i used whole wheat linguine because they get so dry , maybe i needed to cook them longer , but i don’t like overcooked pasta , we love al dente pasta . So anyway , i also…
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Hummus Spread and Tuna Salad on Pita bread
As i ran through my recipe book few nights ago , i found this recipe , how to make hummus . I though it seems easy , and i couldn’t actually imagine the taste . I know how garbanzo / chick peas taste like , but mashed ? and mixed with lemon juice , garlic , and sesame paste ? I don’t even know how sesame paste taste like . However , i do know how sesame seed or sesame oil taste like .. LOL , I use that a lot in chinese / asian cooking . We love experimenting with food , we love trying new stuff .. we’ve…
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Choux Pastry with Meat Filling ( kue sus isi ragout )
How to make kue sus isi ragout , choux pastry with ragout filling . This is very easy appetizer or light snack to make ,
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BLT Sandwich with Sunny Side Egg
It’s just one of those nights , where you don’t feel like cooking because you’re too tired , you had too much thing going on .. and too cold to go outside to dine out .. That’s my night , i took a break from cooking , and choosing to fix myself a real quick dinner . My husband already took the pizza for his dinner , and my son also had the leftover pizza , for me ? Although my son said he would share his 3 pizza with me , i just don’t feel like eating pizza . Basically i am bored of pizza .. LOL .. What…
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Smothered Chicken with Mushrooms and Bacon Brussels Sprout
Tonight i decided to make a new dish , from a cooking book i just bought few days ago . It’s from one of the contestant on the tv cooking show . Was not too sure about how this dish turns out , although the picture looks great , but from the ingredients i was kinda doubting it . Not much of anything at all , but i was wrong , it turned out to be really delicious . The sauce was good , even my 6 years old was agreeing with me how delicious it was .Although i didn’t exactly followed the direction , i replaced some of the…
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Creme Brulee
On new year’s eve i decided to make creme brulee to close our new year’s eve dinner . It was one of Jay’s favorite dessert , he had mentioned so many times , since i haven’t been making it for a while … the last time i made it probably around easter or earlier than that . So i thought .. well why not giving the man a treat .. so i did . Creme Brulee is so easy to make , water bath is a must , to make sure the milk / cream doesn’t curdle . And you have to have ramekins with this dessert , or else…
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Chocolate Vanilla Pudding with Vla Custard and Longan Fruits
Back when i was in Indonesia , one my aunt was famous with all her skills with pudding and its kind . Let’s just say she’s really good with pudding , all kinds of pudding and vla , i call her ” the master ” LOL .. So , i also learned from her a while back ago how to make fruit cocktail pudding , mind you , this is not american style pudding , where they jiggles and has no shape . This is Indonesian style pudding , with the powder made from seaweed . Don’t freak out !! It’s really delicious , not only delicious it is super…
