The Assassins' Super Secret Scullery (insert food here)

[mediaguy99]

As I've got the black lung, pop, I made myself some spicy tortilla soup.  Except I didn't put any tortillas in it.  Instead I made little dumplings out of cornmeal and put those in instead

 

6C chicken stock

2 large chicken breasts, grilled and diced

1 can Trader Joe's tomatoes and green chiles 

1 large green pepper, diced

1 large red pepper, diced

1 onion, diced

4 cloves of garlic

1/2 tsp ground NM red chile

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp oregano

1/4 C chopped fresh parsley

1/4 C chopped fresh cilantro

 

Grill and chop up the chicken.  Put the stock in a stock pot and turn on to medium heat.  Put the diced onions in a skillet with some EVOO, add the garlic and let it sautee over low heat for a few minutes until the onions become translucent.  Add all the spices including the parsley (but not the fresh cilantro) and stir.  Put the chicken and the onion sautee into the stock pot.  Chop up your peppers and put them in the pot. Cover and simmer for a half an hour.

 

Now it's time to make the dumplings.  Combine about 2/3 C of self rising flour or bisquick with 1/3 C coarse corn meal.  Mix with 1/3 C milk (almond, rice, soy, cow, goat...) until it becomes a thick dough.  Drop by the teaspoon into the soup, checking after the first one or two that they're coming out the size you want (they puff up very quickly).  The soup will thicken up substantially.  If you don't want that, just add more stock.  Let the dumplings cook for another 20 min and serve.

[Asuka]

I make something similar, with banana, egg, and pumpkin/apple pie spices, and the result is delicious!  I find they work best cooked over slightly lower heat, and you need to let them cook for a bit longer than you would regular pancakes or they fall apart when you try to flip them.  Good luck!

 

Elennare: You are a life saver!!

 

I tried making the banana pancakes according to the recipe and it failed miserably (so much I could NOT eat them). 

Following your instructions worked perfectly! 

 

I do believe adding chocolate would make these pancakes even MORE awesome . For the time being I added cinnamon and that was awesome too.

[obax]

Made North African Beef Stew, and it's so good! I was a little dubious, since I'm not at all familiar with these spices combinations, but I said 'To heck with it!', and made it anyway.

 

For the record, the veggies I used were celariac, carrot, turnip, and parsnip, and I put 1/2 the amount of prunes in, I was scared.

[erosan]

Elennare: You are a life saver!!

I tried making the banana pancakes according to the recipe and it failed miserably (so much I could NOT eat them).

Following your instructions worked perfectly!

I do believe adding chocolate would make these pancakes even MORE awesome . For the time being I added cinnamon and that was awesome too.

if you follow the egg+banana and nothing else recipe, and you fail… scramble them, add milk (or almond milk or coconut milk) and call it paleo "oatmeal"… that's what I do.

[Murphy's Roommate]

Chili.  What I like best about chili is that you can put nearly anything into it, and still call it a chili. 

 

Ingredients:

 

Two reasonable size sweet potatoes

A couple of chilis

about 2lbs of stew meat

a large white or yellow onion (I forget)

A large can of kidney beans

A wild serving of optimism (not pictured).

 

 

Slice, dice, and shove everything into a big pot.  This gives you an idea of the size stuff got cut up into. 

 

 

Now, comes the hard part.  I generally let it boil for about twenty minutes to ensure everything in the pot is good and dead.  Then, you have to dial the heat way back and just let it percolate for hours.  And hours.  It should end up as a hearty, thick chili - and it will take a long time for it to simmer down to that.  This needs TLC - I let a batch burn on the bottom by taking a nap and not turning the heat down low enough.  That was an epic fail as I was taking that batch to a super bowl party/chili cook off.  I came in last, but I came in!  Sometimes we learn more from our failures than our successes. 

 

It should look like this when you are done, except not burnt on the bottom

 

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 - Murphy's Roommate

[erosan]

…or slow cooker overnight and no risk of burning?

I'm intrigued by this recipe. no salt? no other spices? I guess canned beans have enough salt, and there is sweet and spicy already… but really? no spices?

also, very important for me, since I live in Mexico and I have access to tons of different kinds of wildly different tasting chiles… what kind of chiles?

[Murphy's Roommate]

The slow cooker would be smarter.  I just went with a large pot because I have a large pot.

 

No spices - I like the earthy flavor of the beans and meat and don't need much in the way of excitement beyond the onion and sometimes garlic.

 

A couple of generic store bought chilis - thai and cirano (I think, maybe?), sometimes Anaheim chilis.  I like just a certain amount of heat, not all that much at all.

 

 - Murphy's Roommate.

[erosan]

just used all of the sweet potatoes I had but as soon as I go shop for more. I'm trying this one

[raptron]

Chipotles en adobo give nice umph to chili recipes.

[kaelvan]

Great now I want to make chili now. If only banana peppers were in season.

[L_A_Malone]

I've got slow cooker Kalua Pig on for tonight. Paleo-friendly, and my house will smell like pork for at least a day. There's no downside.

[erosan]

OK Assassins, here's a question for y'all.

 

For my 6wc I decided to come up with 3 recipes per week. Since it's the main interest of the thread... would you have me cross post? link to the recipes? or keep them recipes away from here to avoid duplicate content?

[starsapart]

I'd say post it if it's good!  Especially if there are photos.

[erosan]

ok then.

 

I'm starting small, because I needed some snacks:

 

Microwave potato chips

 

Slice thinly. Spread on wax paper, single layer so the slices do not touch.

 

 

Nuke on high until you start to see some browning (on my microwave that is between 4 and 4.5 minutes), flip them and nuke another 20 secs (keep an eye on them to stop if you see any browning too much).

 

 

Take em out, allow them to release the steam for a minute or so, then spice them (I used on these a mix of salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic salt... a spritz of vinegar can be nice too), but anything works really, try curry powder for a kick.

 

Consume.

[kaelvan]

Well I'm doing a meal a week, but this week I'm making this spinach lasagna. I've been having serious craving for spinach lasagna for the past few days. It's just so delightful.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-vegetarian-spinach-lasagna/?scale=6&ismetric=0

[obax]

I've got slow cooker Kalua Pig on for tonight. Paleo-friendly, and my house will smell like pork for at least a day. There's no downside.

 

Oh my..................

 

 

 

I believe I may have my next recipe...

[starsapart]

Does anyone have a particularly fabulous lamb stew recipe?  I thought I'd branch out from the standard and try something new........

[Maia]

I've got slow cooker Kalua Pig on for tonight. Paleo-friendly, and my house will smell like pork for at least a day. There's no downside.

 

I've been eyeing that recipe for ages, but I can't seem to find red hawaiian salt. Do you use the red salt or regular sea salt? Let me know how it turns out

[raptron]

Does anyone have a particularly fabulous lamb stew recipe?  I thought I'd branch out from the standard and try something new........

 

I just made lamb stew last week! I did a variation on this recipe: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-simplest-cinnamon-lamb-stew-recipes-from-the-kitchn-81492with some toasted walnuts added in and served it over roasted sweet potato. It was luscious and lovely. 

[starsapart]

 

I just made lamb stew last week! I did a variation on this recipe: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-simplest-cinnamon-lamb-stew-recipes-from-the-kitchn-81492with some toasted walnuts added in and served it over roasted sweet potato. It was luscious and lovely. 

 

Oooooh, this is exactly what I want.

 

When did you add the walnuts?  And how do you think it would transition to the slow cooker?  I'm thinking do the browning in a pan, then dump in crock pot on low for maybe 4 hours?

 

Tempted to add raisins, too.  That's got a plov sort of feeling to it and I miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiss The Russian take on Middle Eastern food, hmmmmmmmmm.

[raptron]

Yeah, I would have added raisins too, but I didn't have any! I added the walnuts in when you brown the onions + cook down the celery + carrot.

 

I think it'd adapt nicely to a slow cooker, especially if you browned the meat in a pan ahead of time anyway. If you have the extra time, I'd brown the meat, add the onions, walnuts, carrots, celery to cook for 5 minutes. Deglaze with wine and then dump that whole thing in the slow cooker. Then you might want to take the lid off for the last hour or two so that the sauce can reduce down if that is an option. If you don't have the extra time for that, I'm sure it'd still turn out tasty! Plus you can always reduce the sauce a bit after the fact. 

[starsapart]

Yeah, I would have added raisins too, but I didn't have any! I added the walnuts in when you brown the onions + cook down the celery + carrot.

 

I think it'd adapt nicely to a slow cooker, especially if you browned the meat in a pan ahead of time anyway. If you have the extra time, I'd brown the meat, add the onions, walnuts, carrots, celery to cook for 5 minutes. Deglaze with wine and then dump that whole thing in the slow cooker. Then you might want to take the lid off for the last hour or two so that the sauce can reduce down if that is an option. If you don't have the extra time for that, I'm sure it'd still turn out tasty! Plus you can always reduce the sauce a bit after the fact. 

 

Will report back on my results for sure~

[erosan]

Spicy tuna fishcakes. Improv version

 

Do what you can with what you have, right? I had 2 cans of tuna, eggs, ginger and hunger. so I made this:

 

Drain the tuna (not all of the liquid, but most of it), add some freshly ground ginger, a dollop of garlic/habanero paste, a dash of soy sauce, some chopped cabbage, and two eggs scrambled. Make patties and cook em, bout a minute a side.

 

 

Voila. Easy spicy tuna fishcakes. Good with a squeeze of lime, but then again what isn't? Maybe not the prettiest looking, but I can assure you they were GOOOOOOD.

 

Full spanish instructions, and several more pics here.

[blkhole24601]

I COOKED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME TONIGHT

 

Baked honey and mustard chicken with sauteed spinach and mushrooms with pine nuts. Boyfriend approved!

 

For the chicken, it's: 0.5 cup honey, 0.5 cup mustard (I used honey mustard), 0.5 teaspoon chives (original recipe called for parsley), 1 teaspoon paprika, and 1 teaspoon oregano (original recipe called for basil). Mix it all together and pour half the mixture onto 3-6 chicken breasts and stick it in a 350 preheated oven for 30 minutes. Then take it out, flip the chicken over, and pour the remaining mixture over the other side. Brush to spread evenly if desired. Bake for another 10-15 minutes or until chicken is done and then let it cool for 10 minutes, and voila! Chicken!

 

The side dish is simple: heat up a tablespoon or less of vegetable/olive oil, and then toss in spinach and mushrooms, and then once the spinach has shriveled up as pictured, finish cooking with the pine nuts. Flavor as desired; my boyfriend used the honey mustard sauce leftover in the pan, I used lemon garlic ghetti.

 

 

 

 

Seriously guys, though, OMG, I missed cooking!!

[iatetheyeti]

Spicy tuna fishcakes. Improv version

 

Do what you can with what you have, right? I had 2 cans of tuna, eggs, ginger and hunger. so I made this:

 

Drain the tuna (not all of the liquid, but most of it), add some freshly ground ginger, a dollop of garlic/habanero paste, a dash of soy sauce, some chopped cabbage, and two eggs scrambled. Make patties and cook em, bout a minute a side.

 

 

Voila. Easy spicy tuna fishcakes. Good with a squeeze of lime, but then again what isn't? Maybe not the prettiest looking, but I can assure you they were GOOOOOOD.

 

Full spanish instructions, and several more pics here.

 

I think I've just found what I'm doing for lunch today!