What Kind Of Meals Are You Guys Making Now?

[Muse]

Beef with broccoli - right before it all comes together. Wok deglazed with a bit of Chinese wine and a chicken stock based sauce, blanched broccoli, flank steak which was marinated in corn starch and other goodies and briefly cooked on its own, and a slurry to thicken the sauce. A couple wham bam moments and out comes traditional american chinese beef with broccoli.

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I was shown personally beef with broccoli by a Chinese woman in our kitchen many years ago. She included shitake mushrooms, served it over white rice. I make it sometimes, usually with teriyaki-marinated sliced beef, which I keep in portions in the freezer.

What I have saved in my data is this:

1 lb. flank steak cut against grain in strips
~6 large dried Japanese shiitake mushrooms soaked in boiled water and then sliced (save water)
~1 lb broccoli, washed and cut in pieces
Lawrie's salt
~1 T sugar
~3 T soy sauce
~2 bullion cubes (??), minced
~ 1.5 T cornstarch

Sear oil in large fry pan, hurl over stripped meat. Add sliced mushrooms, Lawrie's salt, ~1 T sugar, soy, bullion cubes, cornstarch, mix and set aside. Hurl prepared broccoli into the hot oiled pan with ~1 T sugar and some salt. Cover and sear ~2 minutes, turning once and turn out into bowl. Wash pan, add oil and sear meat mixture, add mushroom juice and broccoli and serve at once over white rice.

 

[Iron Woode]

For the Labour Day long weekend I made a big batch of wieners and beans (franks and beans for the Americans).

I added some chopped onions and sweet red peppers and a good sprinkle of cayenne pepper. I put it all in my crock pot and it was awesome.

 

[bbhaag]

We did a smoked stuffed chicken breast tonight. The stuffing is a Mediterranean style stuffing with fresh herbs from the garden. Side dishes are wild rice and fresh vegetables.




Smoked for 1:30 hours at 225*F(107*C).