lazy leftovers

Cast iron can absolutely handle this, and adding a little liquid will give you the best of both worlds: gentle cooking without drying out, and a bit of pan sauce at the end.

🍳 Cast Iron Nuoc Cham Chicken (Semi-Hands-Off)

What to do

  1. Preheat pan: Medium-high, add a thin film of neutral oil.

  2. Quick sear: Lay your marinated chicken slices in a single layer. Let them get a little color (1–2 min per side).

Korean-Flare Basmati Rice

To accompany bok choy and salmon

🍚 Korean-Flare Basmati Rice (1–2 servings)

Ingredients

  • ½–¾ cup basmati rice (dry, uncooked)
  • 1 cup chicken broth (for ½ cup rice) or 1½ cups broth (for ¾ cup rice)
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil (plus more to drizzle)
  • ½ tsp soy sauce (optional, adds umami + saltiness)
  • Pinch of gochugaru (Korean chili flakes) or red pepper flakes (optional, for heat)
  • ½ tsp garlic powder or 1 small clove fresh garlic, minced
  • Sprinkle of black pepper
  • Garnish: sliced green onion, sesame s

Rice and Beans on a Friday

Here it is Friday 8:00 and I want to eat not think. Just so happens I have some leftover chicken fried rice, a tin of beans and small tin of corn that dutifully sits in the cupboard for this very moment. 

1/4 c chicken broth if using already cooked rice 

Chopped green pepper 
Chopped green onion 
Cumin paprika coriander 

That just about does it. There was almost a tie between Black beans or White Spanish beans, just because I have two tins of white spanish beans. 

Ratatouille

Teri and I just shared a Ratatouille from Potager Yvanhoe. We picked it up yesterday on 550 Route Campagna.

Let’s reverse-engineer it from the label and learn a bit more about this delicious use of harvested vegetables.

Tuna Quesadilla

In the pantry 

  • 2 (120 g) cans tuna, drained -- solid pack tuna is best, again with the runny and flaked
  • 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise (or less - else runny)
  • 1⁄4 cup prepared chunky salsa (or make some)
  • 6 8-inch flour tortillas
  • 3⁄4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (about 3 oz) directions 

Combine tuna, mayo and salsa. 

Spread 3 tortillas with the tuna mixture, top with cheese and cover with remaining tortillas. 

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More about the dish

Veggie Broth

Once you have experienced homemade broth it's so difficult to go back. It's hard to believe that I once thought a teaspoon of flavour mix added to a cup of boiling water was even a thing. All that salt? Don't get me started! 

Just a dash

The Culinary Evolution of Raita in Pre-Colonial South Asia

An early 20th-century Hindi definition describes raita as yogurt or buttermilk containing boiled greens, gourd or pumpkin, or fried droplets such as boondi, seasoned with salt, chili, cumin, and mustard. That is clearly a robustly spiced relish, not merely a seasoned cucumber cold soup.

Note to self

I want to check here again

https://www.mykitchenlove.com/crispy-baked-cauliflower-with-hummus/#wprm-recipe-container-11178

And here:

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Two fer seafood

I have two pounds of frozen chowder mix: haddock, scallops, and shrimp. Each ingredient is in it's own bag so in theory I don't have to defrost all three today. But doesn't a full seafood and fish chowder sound absolutely wonderful as the autumn wanes to winter?