Friday, October 26, 2018

Vietnamese Grilled Pork

Ingredients

Grilled Pork
- 1 kg pork (sliced pork shoulder inch, ground pork, pork belly or combination)
- 4 tbsp brown sugar (or caramel sauce)
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 4 tbsp fish sauce
- 4 tbsp minced shallot
- ground pepper

Nuoc Cham
- 6 tbsp lime juice
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 clove minced garlic

- rice vermicelli or rice
- lettuce
- pickled daikon and carrot
- mint, basil, cilantro

Directions
1. Marinate pork for a few hours (form ground pork into patties)
2. Grill for 3-4 minutes each side on high until slightly charred
3. Serve


Saturday, October 13, 2018

Green Tomato Jam

Ingredients
- 6-8 medium green tomatoes
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 lemon zested, and juiced
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp vanilla or almond extract

Directions
1. Chop green tomatoes. Add to pot with sugar and lemon juice. Simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Near end of cooking when tomatoes have broken down, add lemon zest, spices and extract.
3. Strain mixture through a fine sieve.

Turkey Tortilla Soup

Ingredients
- turkey bones
- 1 onion chopped
- 8 cloves garlic
- 2 tomatoes
- oregano
- leftover turkey, chopped
- avocado
- oaxacan or mozzarella cheese
- tortilla chips
- sliced radishes
- cilantro
- thinly sliced cabbage

Directions
1. Fry onion and garlic in pressure cooker until fragrant. Add oregano, tomatoes and turkey bones with water. Pressure cook for at least 1 hour, then season with salt and pepper.
2. Prepare bowls with avocado, turkey and cheese - pour hot soup over
3. Garnish with chips, radishes, cilantro and cabbage

Turkey Pho

Ingredients
- turkey bones
- 6 shallots, quartered
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 leek, washed and chopped into 2 inch lengths
- 4 inch ginger, sliced
- 2 star anise
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1/2 tsp white peppercorns
- 2 cardamom
- 3 inch cinnamon stick
- 1/2 palm sugar tablet
- salt
- fish sauce
- 2 turkey breasts
- rice noodles
- condiments: basil, cilantro, mint, green onion, fried shallots, bean sprouts, lime wedges

Directions
1. Dry roast spices in pressure cooker pot on medium low heat until aromatic, a few minutes, remove from pot
2. Turn heat to high, add shallots, onions and leeks. Fry until darkened about 5-10 minutes
3. Add spices, turkey bones and water to pressure cooker. Pressure cook for at least 1 hour
4. Release pressure, strain soup through sieve, mashing veggies to get liquid out
5. Add sugar, season with salt, fish sauce
6. While making soup, sous-vide turkey breasts (salt and peppered), at 142F for at least 1 hour
7. Prepare noodles, condiments. Slice turkey breast. Combine and serve