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Steamed Broccoli with Shaved Parmesan
Photo: flickr / CC0
3 -4 cups fresh broccoli florets
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup butter
water
- Place the sugar the bottom of your pan, insert steamer basket.
- Add the enough water to come just below the bottom of the steamer basket.
- Bring to a boil.
-Reduce heat to medium.
- Add broccoli to basket and cover with a lid.
- Steam for 7-8 minutes, depending on your tenderness preference.
- Melt butter in the serving bowl in the microwave.
- Add broccoli and stir to coat.
19 votes
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Fried Shrimp
Photo: flickr / CC0
1 1/2 pounds boiled shrimp
2 cups milk
1 egg
flour
cornmeal or bread crumbs
1/8 teaspoon salt
dash pepper
- Add shrimp and let stand for 3 minutes.
- Mix equal parts of flour and cornmeal or bread crumbs with salt and pepper.
- Coat shrimp well with mixture.
- Cook shrimp in hot deep fast at 375° until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
6 votes
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Chicken Tenders
Photo: Metaweb / GNU Free Documentation License
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups Italian-style seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons water
24 chicken tenderloins
2 quarts oil for frying
1 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons prepared horseradish
1/2 cup sour cream
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons prepared mustard
- Place breadcrumbs in a separate shallow bowl, and mix with ground black pepper and cayenne pepper.
- Place eggs and water in a small bowl.
- One piece at a time, coat the chicken in the flour, the eggs and the bread crumbs.
- Set aside.
- Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Fry chicken 6 to 8 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove chicken.
- Drain on paper towels.
- In a separate small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, horseradish, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and mustard.
- Mix well, and serve with the chicken for dipping.
10 votes
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Grilled King Salmon
Photo: Metaweb / CC-BY
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 (6-ounce) Alaskan salmon fillets
Salt and freshly ground white pepper
- Season both sides of each salmon fillet with salt and pepper and place on the grill.
- Grill until the center is still slightly pink, 6 to 8 minutes total, rotating fish 90 degrees halfway during cooking on each side - Remove from the grill.
21 votes
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BBQ Baby Back Ribs
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2 tbsp. kosher salt - Combine ingredients well and rub on ribs.
2 tbsp. paprika
4 tbsp. granulated garlic
1 tbsp. onion powder
1 tsp. cumin seed
1 tsp. Durkee Ancho pepper
2 tsp. dry mustard
2 tsp. black pepper
- Remove membrane from ribs by sliding knife underneath and peeling back the membrane on the back.
- Season ribs all over with rub, concentrating on the meatier portions and rubbing seasonings well into the ribs.
- Cook ribs over indirect heat (250°F-300°F) for 3-4 hours.
- Hickory, mesquite, apple or other fruit wood may soaked in water and tossed in small quantities.
- Add more charcoal to the fire as the cooking progresses in order to maintain temperature.
- After 3 or 4 hours of slow barbequing, arrange the ribs on a shallow-sided disposable aluminum pan.
- Mop them on both sides with the mixture below.
- Cook for another hour, mop again, turn.
- Baste the ribs and check the coals at least once every hour for the next 3-4 hours.
- Baste on both sides well with your preferred BBQ sauce .
- Sprinkle lightly with garlic and onion powder, and wrap each rack of ribs well in heavy duty aluminum foil.
- Allow to rest in the foil for 30 minutes.
- When ribs are done, they will be fall-off-the-bone tender.
- Total cooking time is approximately 4-8 hours but this will vary according to your grill and the size of the rib rack (s) being cooked.
-The ribs are done when falling-off-the-bone tender.
1 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon garlic
1 cup water
3 tablespoons soy sauce
16 votes
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Sesame-Teriyaki Chicken Breast
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1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses
1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon liquid smoke seasoning
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into thin strips
1/4 cup sesame seeds, lightly toasted
8 ounces cellophane noodles, soaked in hot water until tender
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 teaspoons sesame oil
4 cups snap peas, steamed
- Set over medium-high heat to preheat.
- In a shallow dish, whisk together soy sauce, honey, molasses, ginger, garlic, liquid smoke seasoning, and black pepper. - Add chicken strips and turn to coat.
- Place chicken on hot grill and cook 5 to 7 minutes, until cooked through.
- Remove chicken from grill pan and roll in toasted sesame seeds.
12 votes