With more fresh produce coming to market, I’ve backed into new (to me) ways of putting ingredients together. I think I’ve learned something about composing dishes.
Stumbling into composition with tomatoes
Tag: chicken
Chicken adobo with a chicken liver
Instead of only accumulating notes, I’ve decided to post short “reports” on my adobo experiments. A long post pointing out my favorite versions will follow some time in the future. Chicken adobo with a chicken liver I add coconut milk…
“Sous vide” at home
I’ve been asked if low-temperature methods are practical and affordable for home cooks. They are indeed both.
Smoked paprika chicken soup
Until recently brothy soups escaped me. During the “Snowpocalypse” I finally figured one out. The idea that had eluded me was the balance between a strong stock and aromatic vegetables and other aromatic ingredients (e.g. herbs and spices). In the…
Animal slaughters
Every now and then my wife and I talk about our future home. Recently we added a chicken coop to the imaginary layout. My wife likes the idea of freshly-laid eggs. I know raising chickens will also involve harvesting their…
January cooking
I always wonder what food blogger home cooking really looks like. I figure some of you think like me. So here are a few of my recent home-cooked meals.
Leftover tomato sauce
When I’m organized I cook tomato sauce ahead of time. It’s insurance against too-busy-to-cook nights. It’s amenable to small portions and saucing pasta practice. The general principle is disaggregating cooking. The more cooking I’ve put in the fridge, the easier…
Full-flavored pressure cooker chicken stock
If you need a full-flavored chicken stock recipe, here’s mine. It is based on the recipe starting on page 91 of James Peterson’s Sauces. For what it’s worth, the book is a classic. Following his procedure exactly will obtain superior…
Two chickens
Last summer I stopped buying pre-cut chicken parts and started buying whole chickens. That’s a big change for someone like me. Let me describe what a whole-bird-buyer gets himself into. Yield Of course, it depends. I took How to Cook…