Lettuce Wraps ( Like Changs but way better)

Wash/dry lettuce. I like Butter.

Mix up a nice drizzle sauce. Soy, rice vinegar, fresh grated ginger etc.

Chop some Fungus and green onion.

Sear and chop chicken into small pieces.

Return to pan and saute with veg and fungus. Don't forget to add some Waterchestnuts for crunch and to throw in a nice stir fry sauce.

Serve with some sauces and some bean sprouts.

Very, very Tasty.

Beefy Beef and Vegetable Soup

1 lb Tri-Tip steak cut into 1/2" cube
2 Tbsp Soy or Tamari Sauce
1 tsp Olive Oil
1 Large Onion chopped
1 lb Mushroom chopped
2 clove Garlic minced
2 Tbsp Tomatoe paste
1/2 cup red wine (perhaps a nice Beaujolais Villages)
4 cup Beef broth
1 3/4 cup Chicken broth
2 Carrot chopped
2 Celery chopped
1 Bay leaf
1 Tbsp Gelatin
1/2 cup cold water

Bloom Gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water

Marinate Beef in Soy sauce

Chop Onions

Mushrooms

Carrots & Celery


Saute Onions & Mushrooms well in 1 tsp Olive Oil. (8-12 min) Remove from pot.


Sear Beef until well browned. (6 minutes ish)

Add in Minced Garlic, Tomatoe paste, Red Wine, Beef Broth, Chicken Broth, Carrots, Celery and Bay leaf as well as the Mushrooms & Onions. Bring to a light boil and simmer for 25 Minutes. When soup is ready remove from heat and stir in Gelatin until dissolved. This step is essential in creating that smooth mouth feel... Garnish with fresh chopped Parsley and serve.

Enjoy!

Marinated Chicken Kabobs

We decided to marinate a little chicken and make kabobs for dinner. Here I'm grating ginger while making Miranda's Ginger Glazed Chicken marinade.

1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 sesame oil
1/4 cup olive or vegetable oil
1/4 cup honey
1.5 Tbsp of minced garlic
1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
1 tsp black pepper

Marinating Away.

And since that marinade we made last night for the beef was pretty good, we whipped some of that up too to see how it goes with chicken.

And Mojitos!

Marinating.
Us and/or the meat.

Teamwork in action while making the Kabobs.

Looks pretty good!

David, grill master extraordinaire.

Ah, the ambiance.

It all turned out great.

Beautiful.

Chris' Flavor Saver
(for Matt)

And see!
Miranda does it too!

Marinated Sirloin Steaks

Aight. First thing you need is a couple of dudes with a passion for well made food, and who're willing to cook.

Next you're going to need a little something for a marinade.

Measure out the liquid bits of your marinade. We used -
.5 cup fresh lemon juice,
a third cup evoo,
a quarter cup red wine vinegar,
and two Tablespoons of soy sauce

Then we minced up about a quarter cup of shallots. Added them to the marinade...

We also threw in two Tablespoons of fresh minced rosemary.

Place your steak in the marinade and turn to coat. Then cover and marinate.

And marinate... have a beer... it going to be at least a half an hour...

Then grill your steaks to your desired doneness.

For a side, we also grilled up some corn. It turned out excellent.

Miranda and David also have a garden overflowing with salad greens, so we plucked some and served it up.

Ummmm. Steak.
It's what's for dinner.

Can't beat that!

It was so good... Miranda caught me going in for seconds!

Tasty Grilled Tuna

Mix together in a small bowl: 1 Tbsp Brown sugar, 1 Tbsp Sesame oil, 1/3 cup Soy sauce, 1/3 cup Rice wine vinegar, 2 minced Garlic cloves, 1/4 inch piece fresh ginger grated, Fresh cracked pepper and Chili pepper flakes to taste.

Drop in hunk of tasty Tuna steak and marinate 2-4 hours.

Grill and eat with your favorite sides.

A Different Kind of Kalbi

Matt made this last summer while I was crashing on his living room floor. It's good.
Really Good.

Get yourself another onion named Ingrid... and a can of 7-up(yours).
This is going to make up your premarinade.

Wow... That fish I ate last night must've gone bad.
It's really putting the zap on my mind.
Crank up the Floyd man.

Um, yeah. Anyway, grate the onion. You'll need a 1/2 cup of it.

Mix the grated onion, 2 Tbs of Honey (I subbed the 7-up(yours) in for the honey.)
Then let your meat soak in this for a couple hours and then drain. You don't need to get all the onion off of the steak, it's ok. I'm using a flank steak for this bit.

Now you'll need to make up your real Marinade... prep some garlic & onions. Maybe six onions and 8 - 10 cloves of garlic.

Add the garlic and onions to:
1.5 c soy
1/4 c sugar
1/4 c sesame oil
3 Tbs vegetable oil

Let this marinate at least a couple of hours... or longer.
Note - reserve some of the marinade for reducing on the stove to make an insanely flavored drizzling sauce for the meat... or your rice... or whatever. I'd probably eat cardboard with that sauce on it.

Introduce your meat to the grill.

I served the steak up sliced thin, with mandarin orange squeezed over the top. Sides included grilled asparagus, grilled scallions, salad, and a brown/red/wild rice mix.

This marinade would be wonderful on most beef. I think next I'll do skewers with it.