Archive for March, 2009

TURKEY-VEGETABLE CHILI

TURKEY-VEGETABLE CHILI

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

1/2 c  Chopped green bell pepper
-(about 1 small)
1/4 c  Chopped onion (about 1
-small)
2    Cloves garlic, finely
-chopped
2 ts Olive or vegetable oil
3 c  Cut-up cooked turkey or
-chicken
1/2 c  Water
1 tb Chopped fresh or I teaspoon
-dried oregano leaves
1 tb Chili powder
1 ts Ground cumin /2 teaspoon
-salt
1 cn (16 ounces) whole tomatoes,
-undrained
1 pk (10 ounces) frozen mixed
-vegetables
2 c  1/2-inch slices zucchini
-(about 2 medium)

Cook bell pepper, onion and garlic in oil in 3-quart saucepan over mediumheat about 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is tender. Stir inremaining ingredients except frozen vegetables and zucchini; break uptomatoes. Heat to boiling; reduce heat Cover and simmer I hour, stirringoccasionally. Stir in frozen vegetables and zucchini. Heat to boiling;reduce heat. [...]

TURKEY WITH APRICOTS And CHILES

TURKEY WITH APRICOTS And CHILES

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

1 1/2 c  Uncooked long-grain white
-rice
2 ts Nondiet tub-style canola
-margarine or corn oil
-margarine
1 c  Chopped onion
2    Garlic cloves, minced
1 1/4 c  Defatted chicken broth,
-divided
1 ts Ground cumin
1/4 ts Ground coriander
1/4 ts Ground allspice
10    Dried apricots, quartered
1 tb Chopped canned green chiles
1 c  Chopped fresh tomato
1 lb Cooked turkey breast meat,
-cut into bite-sized pieces
Apricots sliced into strips
-for garnish, if desired

Cook rice according to package directions.
Combine margarine, onion, garlic, and 2 tablespoons broth in Dutch oven orsimilar large pot. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until onionis soft, 5 or 6 minutes. If liquid begins to evaporate, add a bit morebroth.
Stir in cumin, coriander and allspice. Add remaining broth, apricots,chiles [...]

GAENG KIOW WAHN GAI (GREEN CHICKEN CURRY)

GAENG KIOW WAHN GAI (GREEN CHICKEN CURRY)

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1    Chicken Breast
2    Chicken Thighs
1/2 c  Coconut Cream
1/4 c  Green Curry Paste
3 c  Coconut Milk
1 1/2 c  Diced Eggplant
2 tb Fish Sauce
1 tb Palm or Brown Sugar
1/2 ts Coriander leaves
1/2 c  Basil leaves
3    Red chilis

1. Bone and skin the chicken breast and thighs, you should have about1lb of meat. Cut the meat into large, bite sized pieces, and setaside.
2. In a medium, heavy bottomed saucepan, warm the coconut cream over amedium heat until it boils gently. Adjust the heat to maintain agentle [...]

Chocolate Sour Cherry Cake

Chocolate Sour Cherry Cake

Servings: 10
Ingredients:

12 tb Unsalted butter
6 oz Semi-sweet chocolate
1 c  Sugar
3/4 c  Sifted flour with 1 t. salt
6    Eggs, separated
1 ts Vanilla
1 cn Sour cherries, drained

Contributed to the echo by: Janice Norman CHOCOLATE SOUR CHERRY CAKEPreheat oven to 350. Melt chocolate and butter together, let coolslightly. Beat egg yolks and sugar until lemon colored. Add chocolateand egg whites. Pour into a buttered 10-1/2\’ spring form pan.Sprinkle drained cherries evenly on top. Bake for 55 minutes. Coolfor [...]

Minted Curried Fresh Pea Soup

Minted Curried Fresh Pea Soup

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

2 tb Butter
1    Med. Onion, diced
3    10 oz Cans Chicken Broth
1 c  Water
6 c  Peas, fresh or frozen
1 1/2 ts Curry Powder
1/4 c  Spearmint Leaves, loosely
-packed
Black Pepper, freshly
-ground, to taste
1 1/2 c  Milk
Plain Yogurt, for garnish
Mint Leaves, for garnish

Melt the butter in a large heavy bottomed pot. Add the onion and sauteuntil golden, about 10 minutes. Add the broth, water, peas, and currypowder and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to simmer and cook, covered for45 minutes.
Stir in mint leaves and black pepper.
In batches, puree the soup [...]

Beef Stroganoff

Beef Stroganoff

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1 T  Vegetable Oil
1 lb Sirloin Steak *
8 oz Fresh Mushrooms, Sliced
1/4 c  Water
2 T  Unbleached Flour
1 t  Dry Mustard
1 t  Salt
1/4 t  Pepper
1 c  Dairy Sour Cream
2 c  Hot Cooked Rice Or Noodles
1 ea Medium Onino, Sliced

* Sirloin Steak is to be boneless and sliced intothin strips.~——————————————————~—————— Stir oil and meat in 2-Qtcasserole until beef is coated. Cover and micro- waveon high (100%)) until meat is no longer pink, 4 1/2 to5 Minutes. Remove meat from casserole; reserve meatand juices. Add mushrooms and onion to meat juices.Cover and microwave [...]

EVIL JUNGLE PRINCE WITH CHICKEN (OR MIXED VEGETABLES)

EVIL JUNGLE PRINCE WITH CHICKEN (OR MIXED VEGETABLES)

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1/2 lb Boneless chicken breast or:
1/2 lb Mixed vegetables
4    Small red chile peppers
1/2    Stalk lemon grass
2    Kaffir lime leaves
2 tb Oil
1/2 c  Coconut milk
2 tb Fish sauce
15    Basil leaves
1 c  Chopped cabbage

thinly cut chicken into 2-inch strips. If doing veggie version, cutveggies into thin strips. Grind together red chili peppers, lemon grass,and kaffir lime leaves. Heat oil and saute pepper mixture for threeminutes. Stir in coconut milk and cook for two minutes. Add chichen (orvegetables) and cook for [...]

EGGPLANT WITH CHICKEN (OR TOFU)

EGGPLANT WITH CHICKEN (OR TOFU)

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1/3 lb Boneless chicken breast, OR
1/4 lb Tofu
3/4 lb Japanese eggplant
6 tb Oil
3    Garlic cloves
4    Red chile peppers
12    Basil leaves
2 tb Yellow bean sauce

Crush garlic. Chop peppers. Slice unpeeled eggplant crosswise into slices1/8 inch thick. thinly slice chicken (or, if using tofu, cut into 1/2 inchcubes) Heat oil. Add garlic and stir fry until light brown. Add eggplantand chicken (or tofu) and cook for five to seven minutes. Add red chilepeppers, basil leaves, [...]

Baked Apples With Buttermick Stresuel

Baked Apples With Buttermick Stresuel

Servings: 68
Ingredients:

8 c  Newtown pippin apples             1/2 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
-(about 2 1/2 lb total;             2 ts Ground cinnamon;
-=OR=-                            1/2 ts Ground ginger;
8 c  Golden delicious apples           1/2 c  Butter (1/4 lb.)
-(about 2 1/2 lb total)                  -=OR=-
3/4 c  All-purpose flour;                1/2 c  Margarine; (1/4 lb.)
1/2 c  Dry buttermilk;

Peel, core, and thinly sliced apples into a shallow 2 1/2 to 3-quart bakingdish. In a bowl, stir together flour, dry buttermilk, sugar, cinnamon, andginger. Rub butter with flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. Stir 1/3cup crumb mixture into apples, spread fruit level. Squeeze remaining flourmixture into lumps. Break into [...]

Sate Babi (Pork Sate)

Sate Babi (Pork Sate)

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1/2 kg (1 1/4 lb) fillet  of pork
1 tb Melted pork fat or  butter
1    Clove garlic, crushed
2 ts Dark soya sauce
2 ts Lemon juice

2 tb Clear soya sauce2 Cloves garlic, crushed1 ts Ground ginger1 ts Five spices1 tb Clear honey1/2 ts White pepper
An important difference between this and other kinds of sates is thatwe do not usually eat pork with peanut sauce. We eat it by itself,or with Sambal Kecap.
Cut the pork into small [...]