Bacon-wrapped Jalapeno Chicken Bites 610K+Add bacon to anything and it will fly off the table. That’s what a caterer once told me and I believe it. Certainly applies here. Whether you’re planning a cookout this weekend or cooking indoors (rain predicted here in Texas), grill up a few of these sizzling treats for a quick appetizer or serve as an entree. If you don’t like hot, leave out the jalapenos or skimp a bit. Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Chicken Bites Author: Recipe adapted from Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood 8 chicken tenders, flattened and cut in two3-ounce package softened cream cheese1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped8 slices bacon, cut in half Dab ½ teaspoon (more or less) of cream cheese on top of each chicken tender. Be sure to wear plastic gloves when handling fresh jalapenos. Crispy Jalapeno Cheese SnacksBacon-Wrapped MeatloafHearty Baked BeansCheesy Jalapeno Mashed Potatoes
Cilantro and Coriander Seed Naan So, you tell me you love Naan. I ask you why? - You say you love the way its bready and airy texture blows your mind away. I ask you how often you eat it then? You say as often as you make that weekly trip to Indian/Pakistani restaurant. Stop Stop..wait! Basic Information Prep Time: 2 to 4 hours Cook Time: Under 30 min Serves: 2 people Yield: Makes around 6-8 Naan(s) Ingredients Approx 5 cups of bread flour (or all purpose flour)1-1/4 cup plain yogurt1 tsp coriander seed1/2 cup water1-1/2 tsp dried yeast1 tbsp salt2 tbsp vegetable oil plus extra for brushingfew sprigs of cilantro for garnish Method Dry roast the seeds until aromatic Crush them coarsely using a Mortar and pestle, or use that coffee grinder that has been lying around unused for a while now :) They are perfect for this. Put them into a pan with the water and bring it to a boil. Put the yogurt into another bowl, add the yeast. Add 1-1/2 cups of flour and stir it well until blended. Then add the salt, oil and the remaining flour.
Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe If you can find it, use fine white cornmeal, which is the primary cornmeal used in the South. Buttermilk adds flavor and tang, but is not strictly necessary. Method 1 Cut unpeeled tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices. Sprinkle slices with salt. Let tomato slices stand for 5 minutes. 2 Heat the peanut oil in a skillet on medium heat. Got Asparagus? Try Shaving It - Kim O'Donnel - Licking Your Chops Image via Wikipedia In nearly every corner of the country, asparagus – the green and white spears of spring – is the ‘it’ veg of the moment, and cooks of all shapes and aptitudes are scrambling to come up with all kinds of ways to enjoy every last morsel. A few weeks ago at a seasonally-inspired Italian restaurant in Portland, Ore. , a group of us ordered a plate of shaved asparagus for the table. It would be a first for me, and in my mind’s eye, I tried to visualize its look and feel on the tongue. Nothing I had cooked up in my mind came even close to the plate of raw aspara-curls that arrived, thin as a whisper, delicate, crisp, yet packed with spring-earthen flavor. We lapped up every emerald green speck, yearning for more. The technique is hardly fancy; all you need is a vegetable peeler to run along the length of the asparagus spear to get those whisper-thin aspara-chards. Give this trick a whirl today. Place the cheese in a medium bowl. Season with the salt and pepper to taste.
Appetizer Recipe: Atomic Buffalo Turds BBQ Addicts - BBQ Blog Cooking up a barbecue feast for your friends and family can (and will) be an all day affair. Depending on the size of your cut, briskets and pork butts can take every bit of 18 hours to slow smoke to perfection. As much as I like starving myself all day in anticipation of the gluttony that’s soon to come, my willpower tends to falter somewhere around the noon hour. Since the smoker is already chugging away, there’s no need to power up the oven for that well deserved mid-day snack. Instead, I prefer to toss in a few stuffed jalapeno peppers…especially the ones dubbed “Atomic Buffalo Turds”!!! These smokey treats are really easy to prepare, and you may even have most of the ingredients hanging out in your fridge already: 12 fresh jalapeno peppers 12 slices of bacon 24 little smokies 1 package of cream cheese (room temperature) 2 tsp paprika 1 tsp cayenne pepperSweet barbecue rub To start the construction of the atomic buffalo turds, you’ll first want to wash and trim the jalapeno peppers.
bourbon peach hand pies Over a year ago, I made hand pies and declared them a delicious disaster. The pie dough wasn’t bendy enough to suit what I had in mind, and they too easily leaked and broke, but that had no effect on the final taste. Nevertheless, I promised to try them again soon, with one of three dough recipes I had in mind that would work better. But that wasn’t the only reason. You see the hand pies? They GOT STOLEN before my friends got to eating them. It was my friend Tim that had specifically requested pie, and I had the idea of hand pies to make them finger food, as there would be many people at the party and who wants to deal with plates and forks? The nerve. Flash forward a year, and Tim has never forgotten his stolen hand pies. And it is exactly what you should make this weekend, portable pies with peaches or whichever stone fruit get you daydreaming of a place where summer never, ever ends. One year ago: White bean roasted red pepper dip Peach Hand Pies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
LaSaGnA TiMpAnO I went to see tUnE-yArDs on Monday night with some friends, and as always we wanted to cook a meal that somehow related to the show we were heading to. Sometimes this is hard to do, but other times it seems to come naturally. Finding culinary inspiration in Merrill's lyrics seemed like it would be tough, but my sister knew what she wanted to make without hesitation. "How about something layered, because of all the vocal and instrument layering in the music?" From there we worked together to come up with this deep, colorful, and multi-flavored lasagna version of a timpano. If you are using words like deep, colorful, and multi-flavored to describe something inspired by tUnE-yArDs, you already know you got it right! Start by making a lasagna crust. Finally got it together. Now it's easy, just start building the layers! Alfredo sauce with some salami goes first. After 3 alfredo layers, I switched to pesto. A cheese only layer, just for fun. Tomato sauce is last. All sealed up. After baking.
Kerala Parotha, a Flakey South-Indian Flatbread There are a million good reasons to visit South India. The people, for one, are amazing – warm-hearted, generous, and absolutely vibrant in culture. Then there’s the setting – think, the most amazing beaches you have ever seen. Tropical trees heavily laden with sweet fruit. Winding waterways through villages, making it a “Venice of the East”. But even if none of that existed, I would still make the trek for one inimitable pleasure – flakey, buttery parotha and a creamy curry, consumed without such complications as plates or cutlery, but rather with a banana leaf and bare fingers – and a good dose of utter, shameless delight. If I had to choose just one food to eat for the rest of my life, this flatbread would be a sturdy candidate. The best part about it, beyond its general mind-blowing-ness, is how easy and fun it is to make! Kerala Parotha 2 cups flour1/4 tsp salt1 egg, lightly beaten2 tbsp oil3/4 cup water 4 tbsp butter, meltedoil, for frying 1. 2. 3. 4.