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Made gyoza for the first time and completely from scratch. They came out great and it was surprisingly easy (just very time consuming), the hardest part was folding them up so they look nice and more than a few came out looking wonky. I'm sure an actual Japanese person would call this a disaster but I enjoyed em. They only thing I didn't like recipe wise is I added a little too much ginger to the filling so the ginger flavour was a bit too pronounced for my taste. Will definitely make again.
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I made my first keto bread. It tastes great but is so flat that not sure I could make a sandwich with it. I crave a sausage sandwich with brown sauce.
Do you have the recipe for that bread?
 
pls bake for me
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Best I can do is give the recipe
  • 4 cups

    all-purpose flour​

  • 2 cup

    banana mashed ripe (4 to 6 medium)​

  • 1 cup of white

    sugar and one cup of brown​

  • 1 cup of salted butter (2 sticks)

  • 4

    eggs​

  • 2 tsps

    baking powder

  • 1 tsp

    baking soda​

  • 2 cup

    Semi-Sweet Chocolate chips​

  • 1 cup

    walnuts chopped​

  • 350°f for 60-75 mins​

  • Use large bundt cake pan​

 
Best I can do is give the recipe
  • 4 cups

    all-purpose flour​

  • 2 cup

    banana mashed ripe (4 to 6 medium)​

  • 1 cup of white

    sugar and one cup of brown​

  • 1 cup of salted butter (2 sticks)

  • 4

    eggs​

  • 2 tsps

    baking powder​

  • 1 tsp

    baking soda​

  • 2 cup

    Semi-Sweet Chocolate chips​

  • 1 cup

    walnuts chopped​

  • 350°f for 60-75 mins​

  • Use large bundt cake pan​

The one time I tried to make banana bread, it went poorly.
 
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The one time I tried to make banana bread, it went poorly.
Its really easy to make heres the base recipe I used only i doubled it add brown sugar and used butter instead of shortening and instead of walnuts I had pecans
 
Chili that will trigger @AnOminous I have beans in it.

Base is a cup of beef stock, a can of tomato paste, half a cup of Molasses, a quarter cup of brown sugar, and a quarter bottle of Chipotle tobasco sauce, a large dollop of pasta sauce.

I soaked the dried black beans for two days then simmered them with an onion for 12 hours before setting them aside.

Pan fried another onion finely diced in olive oil with chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, black pepper and salt. Poured that into the simmering base then in the same pan browned half a pound of ground beef and a pound of hot Italian sausage removed from case. Seasoned both with another dash of chili powder and once drained threw it into the pot too.

Then the final step. Poured in a can corn to include its water, a little more black pepper and chili powder and the secret spice. A healthy dollop of cinnamon. Slow simmer for half an hour.

Served with a lump of sour cream and some cheddar cheese. Amazing on a winter night.

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We had a chili contest at work, so I tried my hand at a fusion recipe. I absolutely love mapo dofu, which is a very spicy Szechuan dish, so I took that and made it into a chili.

The big secret to mapo dofu is Szechuan peppercorns, which aren’t always easy to find in general grocery stores, but have this really powerful spicy numbing kick that just sits on your lips and tongue (almost like a very mild allergic reaction). So I really wanted to emphasize that in the chili - I used whole peppercorns in the initial sauteing of my onions and garlic, I mixed another 1/2 tsp into my chili spices, and then provided a small cup so people could mix in a little bit after they took their portion.

Basically, I made a mapo tofu, but instead of the dobun jiang, I substituted a can of black beans, instead of the ground pork I used a pork/hamburg blend, and then I added a can of stewed and a can of diced tomatoes, a bit of gochujiang and soy sauce, and my usual chili blend.

It was interesting trying to make it because I had literally no sense of taste that night, but the reviews were about 50% that it was the spiciest dish of the event and 50% that it was the least spicy dish (not too spicy vs too mild, MOST spicy vs mild, which is really weird.). Personally, as an experiment I think it came out very well, but I’ll probably just stick to mapo tofu which is easier and I like kore.
 
After the skirt steak talk last night, I decided to made steak sandwiches tonight. Garlic bread, grilled onions finished with some blue cheese, and arugala (cause I'm a fancy bitch).
The big secret to mapo dofu is Szechuan peppercorns, which aren’t always easy to find in general grocery stores
Fun fact, they used to be illegal.
 
Sounds good actually. I'm not really a zealot about no beans but almost any time I could add them, I'd rather just add more meat instead.
I feel like the meat just needs that fiber from the beans to really set it up. Plus it pads things up and allows the batch to go further. Cannot stress enough how amazing Cinnamon is in Chili though, especially when you use Molasses in the base. I've never seen a recipe for Chili that calls for it, but oof. It turns the entire thing into a texican Christmas.
 
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