Thursday, November 17, 2011

thai stir-fry

Ingredience,


1 cup of basmati rice
1 cup of water
1/2 cup of coq sauce/thai sauce
100ml of soya sauce
1 cup of cubed beef
2 pinchs of chinesse 5 spice
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper
1/3 cup of green beans
1/3 cup of brocoli
1/3 cup of red sliced red peppers
1/4 cup of water chestnuts



Instructions,


In a covered pan cook the rice with the water. Cook till done(around 20 minutes). In a wak on medium-high heat add in cubed beef and cook till the beef is browned on the outside. Once browned add in the soya sauce and thai sauce. After 45 seconds move the beef to the edges of the wak so theres a empty space in the middle and add in the veggies to the middle where the sauce is. Cook the veggies till they are soft. Stur it all together and let simmer on low heat till the rice is done. Put some rice on a plate and pour the ingredients over the rice. Serve while hot.

The reason why you brown the beef is so that all the juices stay inside the meat. I personnaly like alot of sauce, so for my personal stir-fry i add a total of 1/3 cup of coq sauce and 200ml of soya sauce. I put only 1/4 cup of brocoli, 1/4 cup of green beans. I add 1/2 cup of sliced peppers and 1/3 cup of water chestnuts. I choose to make it like that because I like peppers and water chestnuts more than brocoli and green beans. I would also put chilli powder in, only 2-3 pinchs to add a little bite to the dish.

The nutty flavor of the rice makes a weird but good combination with the spicy sauce and the veggies. Almost all the flavors combine into the beef and just get really intense. When you take a bite of the beef it melts in your mouth along with all the flavors of the dish. If you scoop some rice, peppers,water chestnut and some beef you will instantly fall inlove with Thai food.



Friday, November 4, 2011

chicken parmesan

Ingredients,
- 4 boneless chicken breast's
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- bread crumbs
- 4 table spoons of butter oil
- 10-12 slices of mozzarella cheese
- 16 oz spaghetti sauce
- parmesan cheese
- handfull of spaghetti noodles
- 7 bazil leaves
- 3 cloves of garlic
Instuctions,

Whisk together egg and milk. Dip the chicken breast in the milk and egg mixture, then in the bread crums. Heat up 3 tablespoons of butter oil on medium heat. When the oil is sizzling, add the chicken in till it gets a light brown/gold coating on the outside, takes around 3-4 minutes. Start to cook the noodles in water, add 1 tablespoon of oil to the water. Chop up the fresh bazil and the garlic really small. Put the chicken in a 2 inch deep pan. Put 3 slices of mozzarela cheese on each breast, add the bazil and the garlic into the spaghetti sauce then pour it over the cheese and then sprinkle parmesan cheese over everything. Set the oven to 350 degres and cook for 25-30 minutes.

Serve over the spaghetti. put 2 parssely leaves over the chicken when serving(optional).

This dish is a lengend in italien cuisine. If you go to any italien restaurant I am 100% positive that chicken parmesan will be on the menu. I find that its truly amazing because you get all the food sources. You get the veggies from the sauce, the meat from the chicken, the dairy from the milk and the graines from the bread crumbs. The flavors of the garlic, bazil, spaghetti sauce, cheese and the chicken really combine well. I added in the bazil to enrich the overall flavors of the dish.