Thai Crab Cakes
Enjoy this Thai meal, and found a nice New York Time’s Thai crab cake recipe. It was very simple to make, yet packed with flavors. IngredientsYield: 4 servings 6 medium raw shrimp, shelled, washed and de veined1 teaspoon fish sauce1 pound fresh lump crab meat, picked over for cartilage1 egg¼ cup chopped scallion¼ up chopped cilantro1 fresh chili, preferably Thai, minced1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerSaltfreshly ground black pepper2 to 3tablespoons bread crumbs, preferably freshAbout ½ cup all-purpose flour for dredging (I used almond flour)Peanut or vegetable oil as neededLime wedges for serving Purée shrimp in a food processor (smaller is better) until you have a smooth paste, or chop and mash by hand. Add fish sauce. In a bowl, mix the shrimp purée, crab...
Shrimp Pad Thai
Pad Thai is one of the simple pleasures of life. A bright, kinda healthy meal. And for some reason I’ve never written it up. So for a Friday night dinner, I decided to go Pad Thai on this chilly Colonial Beach evening and to share it with you, in case you’ve never tried to make it. It’s really a simple meal to prepare and the flavor is incredible. I did 1/4 of the amount since I was cooking for myself, and I used 10 shrimp. For the sauce, I actually did the full amount. Greedy greedy makes a hungry puppy. It’s so good! 8 ounces rice noodles 1 tablespoon tamarind paste 1 ½tablespoons fish sauce 1 ½tablespoons sugar (I use agave) 1 tablespoon lime juice 4 cups broccoli florets 1 carrot, thinly sliced ½ cup canola oil 2 teaspoons minced...
Baked Garlic Chicken
Yes, we see a pattern establishing. Don cooks a lot of chicken leg quarters in various ways. Leg quarters are my go-to dinner, but I do try to make them interesting. Tonight is a Garlic Pan Roasted Chicken. And I’m dragging out my trusty cast iron skillet on this one tonight, a cold winter (but beautiful) Virginia evening. Heat your oven to 425° Ingredients: 6 cloves garlic, finely minced1 teaspoon dried oregano1/2 teaspoon kosher salt1 teaspoon chili powder1/4 teaspoon ground cumin1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil3 chicken leg quarters1/2 cup chicken broth1/2 cup white wine Mix up the seasonings and oil in a bowl. Heat up your cast iron pan to medium high. Put in some olive oil and cook the chicken on all...
Cast Iron Ribeye done right
It’s Red Meat night tonight at the Storybook House in Colonial Beach. I generally allow myself one steak a month, and I only eat half of it (for dinner). Steak is easy, right? Trust me, having spent 60 years on this planet and haven endured SO many poorly cooked steaks (and hamburgers) at backyard barbeques…I can attest to the fact that to prepare a TRULY good steak does take a bit of effort. And amazingly enough, the best I’ve cooked has not been on a grill, but a cast iron skillet. On a skillet you can control all the variables. First, of course, is a quality steak. I bought a great angus steak at Wegmans. A day before cooking it, I put it on some paper towel on a plate and put a light coating of salt on (I have a secret at the end, so don’t use too much salt),...
Slow Cooked Italian Seasoned Chicken
On a rainy winter night, this evening’s meal was all about comfort food. Italian seasoned slow cooked chicken with carrots and onions served on top of saffron rice. The nexus of this meal was a crock pot. I needed one for next week’s Colonial Beach Chili Cookoff. I had created my beta (and posted it) chili last November (https://goodpointofview.com/2022/11/14/dons-chili/) in preparation for the cookoff. It was great, but I didn’t have a crock-pot to serve it in. Last year when I attended as a civilian, there were about 15 crock pots lined up, so I knew I’d need one. Usually I just cook in a dutch oven. Now that I have a crock pot, it seemed only right that I should explore slow cooking recipes. I didn’t find one that sounded spot-on,...
Almond Flour Air Fried Chicken 2.0
Yes, I’ve posted two fried chicken recipes lately. But on a cold Virginia night, I wanted to take a stab at improving my latest almond flour air fried chicken. And I was so happy with the results, I decided to make it a new post, and not just an update for the records. I went with A LOT less seasonings than my previous recipe, and I let the chicken sit in the egg/buttermilk for much longer. 1 Cup almond flour 1 tsp cayenne 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder 2 tsp salt 2 tsp black pepper 1 cup buttermilk (1 cup milk + 1 tablespoon vinegar) 2 eggs. Mix the eggs and buttermilk, put in the chicken for 10 minutes. Dredge in the dry ingredients. The above was perfect for 2 leg quarters (cut into two drumsticks and two thighs). Air fried at 370° for 20...