Yuki was talking with her parents the other night about quinoa and her dad said that he’s never had it before. Since they’ve been doing most of the cooking the past week I took that as a cue to get my ass back in the kitchen, something I’ve been jonezin to do. I referred back [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ginger’
Roast Chicken with Apricot Curry and Quinoa
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged apricot, asparagus, cauliflower, charlie trotter, chicken, chicken stock, chives, curry, dried apricot, garlic, ginger, lemon, olive oil, onion, orange bell pepper, orange juice, persian cucumber, potato, quinoa, red bell pepper, rice vinegar, roast chicken, sesame seeds, shichimi togarashi, yellow bell pepper, yukon gold on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Chikuzen Ni
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged bamboo shoot, bonito, burdock, carrots, chicken, chikuzen ni, dashi, gelatinous, ginger, gobo, haricots vert, japan, japanese, konnyaku, kyushu, lotus root, mirin, potato starch, root vegetable, sake, soy sauce, sugar, tofu, white rice on April 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sorry I haven’t put a post up in a while, been kind of busy the past week with my beautiful baby boy, Otis. Yeah, I know, badass name. He is a handsome little badass though, so it fits. At any rate, Yuki’s parents came in from Japan a week ago to help us out. They’ve [...]
Fennel Grilled Chicken Breasts with Ginger Carrot Soup
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged broccoli, butter, carrot, chicken, chicken stock, fennel, garlic, ginger, lemon, olive oil, onion, radish, skirt steak, soy sauce, white rice, yellow bell pepper on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There are two seasons in my world…winter and grill! Grill season has just begun and I could not be a happier man for that. Well, I could, but this is certainly a happy moment. I actually opened up the grill a couple of weeks ago for a skirt steak, but the weather hasn’t been good [...]
Chicken & Quinoa Lettuce Wraps with Apricot Curry Sauce
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged apricot, canola oil, charlie trotter, chicken, chicken thigh, curry, curry powder, dried apricot, fried tofu, garlic, ginger, green onion, miso, miso soup, parsley, quinoa, red bell pepper, red leaf lettuce, rice vinegar, shiitake, tofu, wakame, white rice on March 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
So, this recipe is loosely based on a Charlie Trotter. The sauce is his, and the overall flavor concept is his, but I added some of my own touches and served the quinoa mixture in lettuce cups. Honestly, I think he’d prefer that I use his recipe for inspiration rather than to have me follow it [...]
Chicken and Lentil Stew
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged carrot, celery, chicken, chicken stock, chicken thigh, cucumber, garlic, ginger, hummus, jerusalem salad, lemon, lentil, olive oil, onion, parsley, pita, red bell pepper, red leaf lettuce, rosemary, salam, spinach, stew, tomato, vinaigrette on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I made this dish last Monday, so I’m a little late putting up here. A couple of our friends had a party for us since we’ll be new parents in a couple of months, and we came home with leftovers. We had some vegetables from the veggie tray as well as some leftover catered Middle [...]
Southeast Asian Shrimp Noodle Soup
Posted in Home Cooking, seafood, tagged asparagus, avocado, bean sprouts, black peppercorns, cilantro, coriander, ginger, green onions, lemongrass, lime juice, red bell pepper, rice noodle, shiitake, shrimp, southeast asia, sriracha, star anise, tomato on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This past Friday night I made a rice noodle soup with some really nice shrimp I picked up. Being a Friday night dinner, this is a 2 person recipe as opposed to my normal 4 person. First I had to make a broth. To do that I used the shells from my shrimp (I had [...]
Ginger Shrimp
Posted in Home Cooking, seafood, tagged chicken stock, cilantro, cornstarch, dashi, ginger, green onion, haricots vert, miso soup, onion, potato, rapini, shiitake, shiro miso, shrimp, snow peas, soy sauce, sriracha, tofu, vegetable oil, white rice, yukon gold on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a classic stir-fry dish that I made. Typically it’d be made with snow peas, but I used haricots vert because I had some in my fridge that needed to be gobbled up. Other than that I stuck to the basics for this one. My ingredients included a bunch of green onions sliced, 1 inch [...]
Punjabi Bolognese
Posted in Home Cooking, lamb, tagged bolognese, carrot, chickpeas, cilantro, cumin, garam masala, garlic, ginger, indian, lamb, masaledar chholay, olive oil, onion, pasta, punjabi, rapini, spaghetti, sweet potato, tomato, tomato sauce, turmeric, wheat on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Punjabi Bolognese…sounds kind of weird, right? Well, it isn’t, its delicious! Basically, all I did was take a classic Punjabi dish called Masaledar Chholay (spicy tomato sauce with chickpeas) and add a few things, take away some of the heat, and smother some pasta with it. It really worked out well and is a nice change from [...]
BOKA
Posted in Restaurant, tagged angus, asian, banana republic, bean puree, beef, beet salad, blood orange, bok choy, boka, brisket, candied walnuts, cauliflower, cheese, chef tentori, chicago, chocoate, croquette, dave brubeck, edamame, espresso, fava, forbidden black rice, french, frisee, fudge, ginger, ginger kulfi, green tea, kulfi, lincoln park, maine diver scallop, marshmallow, naha, oysters, parsnip, pork belly, red cabbage, restaurant week, scallop, soba, tangerine, tenderloin, wild mushroom on February 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Restaurant Week started here in Chicago this past Friday. Unlike last year where Yuki and I ended up going to 6 or 7 different places we’ve decided to only do 2 this year. We started off Saturday night at a place that’s been high on our list of places to try for a while but never got [...]
Ika To Daikon Ni
Posted in Home Cooking, seafood, tagged anchovy, bean sprouts, bonito, broccoli, carrot, chicken, daikon, dashi, garlic, ginger, hijiki, ika, japan, japanese, lime zest, mirin, nara, rice, sake, sesame oil, soy sauce, squid, sugar, yuzu on February 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In order to solidify my role as a good Japanese housewife I decided to make another classic comfort dish from the Land of the Rising Sun. I haven’t made anything with squid in a long time and came across this recipe from a Japanese cook book that I have. Since I had a piece of [...]
