Thursday, July 28, 2005

Mexican dishes, chile, tacos, tostadas, ...

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Ground Turkey Recipes

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Bastille day CĂ´telettes de Porc au Chef Dereque

Pork Chops with brandy and apples
Thinest pork chop cooked to 142 then the thickest to 145 F . DON'T GO MORE DONE.
Pork Chop brine for 1 chop.
1 cup apple juice
1 oz of salt.
1 Tbs brown sugar
3/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp sage
2 Tbs apple cider vinegar, this seems pretty acid but you dont notice the final dish is acid.

Friday, July 08, 2005

Brining

Chez Panisse brine
Weber How_to
Bruce Aidells use 2/9 cup "kosher salt" per cup of liquid. = 1.11 oz per cup
America's Test Kitchen uses 1 cup kosher salt in 2 quarts of liquid.
America's test kitchen uses 1 cup table salt in 4 quarts of water
Weber says 5/8 oz per cup of liquid.
I compromised on 1.0 ounces per cup. 4 hrs brine.
1.0 ounces avoids the big density problems between types of salt (factor of two)
1 oz of Morton Kosher Salt = 2 Tbs.

Cook's Illustrated High Temp Brine
High-Temp Brine
1 quart cool water
1/4 cup Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt = 5/4 ounces
2 tablespoons sugar
Mix in a non-reactive container until dissolved. Substitute 3 TBSP Morton Kosher Salt or 2 TBSP table salt for Diamond Crystal.

Make 1 quart of brine for each pound of meat, not to exceed 8 quarts (2 gallons). Soak meat for 1 hour per pound, but not less than 30 minutes or longer than 8 hours. If brining multiple pieces, base the brining time on the weight of an individual piece.

Pork Chop brine for 1 chop.
1 cup apple juice
1.0 oz of salt. = 11 145.9664 milligrams of Na
1 Tbs brown sugar
3/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp sage
2 Tbs apple cider vinegar

Salt in stuff
1 g salt = 393 mg Na
1 cup lite soy sauce has 9200 milligrams of Na
1/4 tsp(1 g) of MSG contains 135 mg of Na
1 tsp (3 g) of maggi chicken caldo has 600 mg of Na
1 tsp knorr caldo de pollo has 870 mg sodium
1 tbsp 3 crabs fish sauce has 1420 mg sodium
1 tbsp lee kum kee soy sauce has 1150 mg sodium
1 tbsp san-j tamari has 700 mg sodium
1 tbsp of Silver Swan soy sauce has 1020 mg sodium
1 top ramen flavor packet = about 1420 mg sodium

chicken leg brine. brine 2 hrs.
5.5 g msg
3 cups water
3oz salt = 85 grams
3tbs brown sugar
1 tsp black pepper
3/4 tsp mix sage and thyme
6 tbs chinese black vinegar

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Special Balsamic Chicken from KimJ

For landen
Balsamic-Glazed Chicken and Bell Pepper Sandwiches
4 teaspoons olive oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1 1/4 pounds chicken breast tenders
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar, divided
2 cups red bell pepper strips (about 2 medium)
2 cups vertically sliced onion (about 1 large)
2 (8-ounce) loaves focaccia bread, cut in half horizontally
4 ounces provolone cheese, thinly sliced
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon salt over chicken. Add chicken to pan; cook 1 minute on each side or until lightly browned. Add 1/4 cup vinegar; cook 2 minutes or until chicken is done and vinegar is syrupy. Remove chicken mixture from the pan; cover and keep warm. Wipe pan clean with a paper towel.

Return pan to medium-high heat; add remaining 2 teaspoons oil. Add bell pepper and onion; sauté 7 minutes or until tender. Stir in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 cup vinegar; cook 1 minute or until vinegar is syrupy.

Arrange chicken mixture evenly over bottom halves of bread; top with bell pepper mixture. Arrange cheese over pepper mixture, and sprinkle with black pepper. Top with top halves of bread. Place a cast-iron or heavy skillet on top of sandwiches; let stand 5 minutes. Cut each sandwich into 6 wedges.


Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 2 wedges)

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 433(24% from fat); FAT 11.4g (sat 4.2g,mono 5.4g,poly 1g); PROTEIN 34g; CHOLESTEROL 68mg; CALCIUM 170mg; SODIUM 709mg; FIBER 1.9g; IRON 3.6mg; CARBOHYDRATE 49g

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Appetizers