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[CrunkLord420]

Joshua Weissman's Chicken Tikka Masala came out well.

Done it twice. Added short julienne'd carrots the second time, did not harm the recipe. I add the leftover chicken marinate/yogurt when cooking the vegetables. I'm not wasting all those spices and stuffs. Consider adding extra garam masala or other spices to the recipe, by default it's a bit too tomato for me. The only annoying part about this recipe is you need heavy cream which isn't something I normally have on hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5l1SMavklI

https://www.joshuaweissman.com/post/2-chicken-tikka-masala-but-cheaper

 

[There She Glows]

The only annoying part about this recipe is you need heavy cream which isn't something I normally have on hand.

I usually use full fat coconut milk because it's shelf stable. The end product is fairly similar.

 

[AnOminous]

The only annoying part about this recipe is you need heavy cream which isn't something I normally have on hand.

I hate that because for whatever reason, nobody near me has it in anything less than quart or half-gallon quantities, when I use a half cup to a cup at most. And there's only so much I can put in coffee.

So I usually just substitute sour cream for heavy cream in anything with an otherwise strong flavor (like when I make steak sauce with Blue Stilton or Roquefort). Obviously that's no good for whipped cream (other than maybe mixing in a wee bit) but I don't make much with heavy cream.

 

[PositiveMonk]

I usually use full fat coconut milk because it's shelf stable. The end product is fairly similar.

I was reading about pantry staples yesterday and thought it was interesting that this was on it. So can I just replace heavy cream with this in most recipes? From what I'm reading here it can be used at a 1:1 ratio. Heavy cream is often one of those things which I'll see in a recipe and it will be the one thing I don't have at hand so I really like this idea.

Tax: Meal prepped some Mongolian beef bowls with some ground beef I didn't feel like making into hamburgers.

 

[There She Glows]

I was reading about pantry staples yesterday and thought it was interesting that this was on it. So can I just replace heavy cream with this in most recipes? From what I'm reading here it can be used at a 1:1 ratio. Heavy cream is often one of those things which I'll see in a recipe and it will be the one thing I don't have at hand so I really like this idea.

1:1 ratio for using it in soups, stews, curries and so on but it has a higher water content than heavy cream so you might want to reduce the liquid elsewhere in the recipe. It tends to curdle slightly at a high boil so if you're thickening the sauce or broth keep your temperature at a low simmer after adding it, it's best to add towards the end of your cooking time (but that's true of heavy cream also) - you're better off adding a thickening agent at the end of your recipe than doing a high heat reduction if you find that your dish hasn't thickened enough. Coconut milk will change the flavor profile slightly but it isn't really noticeable in a heavily spiced dish like tikka masala and coconut compliments Asian dishes anyway. It will be more noticeable in a mild cream of X soup, I don't mind it personally but some people really don't care for it. If you need to substitute heavy cream in baking then canned coconut cream is generally a better choice because of the comparable fat content.

 

[Juan But Not Forgotten]

I couldn't decide if I wanted to make kouign amann or blueberry danishes, so I made both.

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

Make a big batch and freeze em. Saw a guy using those ice cube molds to freeze sauce so he could have meal sized portions then after frozen he stored in a ziploc bag. I personally think it's a neat idea to do at home. I do this with stock because i usually dont feel like doing stock from scratch at home

Absolutely. Chuck the leftover sauce into one of those quart plastic containers and freeze it, then take the frozen ice block and vacuum seal it. Shit keeps for ages that way since it can't freeze burn.

 

[8reallybigbirds]

Made some creamy mashed potatoes and a gravy with onions, peppers, mushrooms, and sausage in it to go over top. Used a little bit of worcestorshire, beef broth and a little roux to make the gravy. The potatoes are the little golden ones which I just rough cube and boil until tender, drain and then give it a rough mash with my spoon. I like my potatoes chunky, skin on. I used milk, butter, and sour cream (holy milk trinity for potatoes) and the whole dish is seasoned with some fresh thyme, rosemary, and parsley.

 

[Nut-Roaster the 2nd]

It started with me needing to make something with cabbage and making cabbage rolls. Then finding I had some filling leftover, and making piroshkis out of them.

 

[Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X]

S&B spicy Japanese curry with pork, potatoes, carrots, onions, bell peppers. Served with rice. I was anxious that the pork was going to turn out undercooked but man was I wrong. 10/10 would cook again.

 

[OrionBalls]

I have a summer cold, so I made some ginger carrot soup.

 

[Michael_Jordan_Peterson]

Made steak au poivre. So easy to make and it cleans/deglazes the pan. The smell when you pour the cognac in is probably the best thing I've smelled in my entire life.
I've made it with Ribyes, NY Strips and Filets now getting slightly better at it.

 

[Tetopettenson]

i honestly dont know what it was called (it came in a bowl that had to be microwaved so its not like i was just tossing shit into more shit aimlessly) but it had corn and peppers in it and was yummy. cookings not my thing but i like reading about the stuff everyone here makes, you guys know how to make ur meals sound so good lol

 

[Pickman's Modeling Agency]

Laab moo (Thai pork "salad")

Made my own toasted rice flour by dry-toasting some thai sticky rice in a pan then running through our coffee grinder:


Then made the meat:


Add cilantro, culantro (didn't have, lol), mint leaves, and shallots (also didn't have - green onion instead). Serve as a lettuce wrap (napa cabbage in my case) and/or with rice:

 

[AnOminous]

I chopped up a bunch of red potatoes straight from the ground and some banana peppers I grew, and soaked the chopped potatoes in ice water for a few hours and mixed the banana peppers with red, yellow, green and orange peppers and onions, combined them with bacon grease and bacon, beef tallow, and butter.

I separated out the other vegetables and did the cubed potatoes by themselves in bacon grease, beef tallow, and butter. Sizzled them without stirring for several minutes on each side to make sure they were crispy and done before doing the other side.

Added back the onions and peppers to the potatoes, and stirred in the chopped up bacon too.

Too rich to eat too much so I saved most of it to have it with eggs or wrap it with scrambled eggs in a burrito tomorrow.

I'm going to have ridiculous amounts of red potatoes and need as many ways as I can use them.

 

[souschef]

Mom didn't want to eat her vegetables and just picked up the meat, so i got pissed off and decided to cook something else. Since she won't eat the vegetables, i'll just stir fry everything with the chicken so she can't be picky

So for tomorrow, styr fry with zucchini, broccoli, eggplant, cabbages, roasted bell pepper and chicken. I'll just prep plain white rice to go along with it and that's that

Last few weeks i'm feeling like a nutritionist above all else, since she's treating gastritis lately, so i have to research every item to make it so her meals are all gastritis friendly. Sad to not use garlic and onions, but those are too risky. I risked a lot already by adding a little sesame oil and mirin to give a aromatic boost to the dish

Now making rice without garlic and onions is basically a sacrilege where i live, but it can't be helped. She will have the vegetables.

 

[AnOminous]

Now making rice without garlic and onions is basically a sacrilege where i live, but it can't be helped. She will have the vegetables.

DU VILL EAT ZE VEGGIES DU VILL LIEBE ZEM! (I love mangling German.)

Sometimes you have to cope with the fact your loved ones will not eat decently. If you've ever had an anorexic girlfriend you've probably had to sneak some bacon grease into her salad. Spinach salads are particularly good for this, because they also provide iron.

 

[souschef]

DU VILL EAT ZE VEGGIES DU VILL LIEBE ZEM! (I love mangling German.)

Sometimes you have to cope with the fact your loved ones will not eat decently. If you've ever had an anorexic girlfriend you've probably had to sneak some bacon grease into her salad. Spinach salads are particularly good for this, because they also provide iron.

Yeah, its a bummer. I'm eating really bland stuff (as far as my competence go to make it less bland) because if i use what i usually like she could end up eating against my advice and hurt her stomach

So if i want to do something my taste, i usually just do it bite sized

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

Have you niggas ever made a milkshake with maple syrup? I only do it because I forget I'm out of chocolate syrup and have already poured the milk in. The first time I couldn't shake the mental image of pancakes, but the second time felt very natural.

 

[CIS White Droid]

Have you niggas ever made a milkshake with maple syrup? I only do it because I forget I'm out of chocolate syrup and have already poured the milk in. The first time I couldn't shake the mental image of pancakes, but the second time felt very natural.

This sounded really good but I don't typically keep ice cream in the house so I decided to make one as a "classic" shaken milkshake. I went a little too heavy on the syrup but I am definitely adding this to my repertoire. If you can get it I assume maple walnut ice cream would make for a mean blended milkshake.