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mouse

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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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andrew wrote: |
Brine the chicken with with a 1:1 water to salt solution |
is this right - as in, 1 c water + 1 c salt? can you even dissolve that much salt in that amount of water? _________________ aka: neverscared!
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Snorri

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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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mouse wrote: | andrew wrote: |
Brine the chicken with with a 1:1 water to salt solution |
is this right - as in, 1 c water + 1 c salt? can you even dissolve that much salt in that amount of water? |
Pretty much. Kitchen salt dissolves like a maniac in water, as opposed to sugar which doesn't. It's all a bunch of chemistry. _________________
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mouse

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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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still - 1:1 seems like a lot. and it seems like a way more heavy-duty brine than usual.
i mean, we used to make corned beef, and we didn't use that much salt. _________________ aka: neverscared!
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andrew
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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mouse wrote: | andrew wrote: |
Brine the chicken with with a 1:1 water to salt solution |
is this right - as in, 1 c water + 1 c salt? can you even dissolve that much salt in that amount of water? |
No, it's a mistype - thanks for catching. It's a 1:1 cup:tbsp solution - forgot the latter half of that. |
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mouse

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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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_that_ sounds better - even with rinsing, i don't think you'd taste the marsala for the salt otherwise!
hm...think i have some marsala around.... _________________ aka: neverscared!
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andrew
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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If you make it, lemme know what you think! |
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Lemontree

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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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For Fiona:
Japanese-Style Curry .. as I figured it tonight.
Curry:
1 box of Golden Curry.. preferably Mild. I found it in my foreign foods aisle of my local Krogers.
1 large white onion.. actually only used 2/3 of it.
Several red potatoes.. the amount is unsure, I just tried to make them proportionate to the onions.
1 bag of baby carrots, just dumped some in the skillet til' the matched the onions and potatoes.
2.42 pounds of chicken breasts.. there were three in the package, and I cut off alot of the fat, but they seemed to equal out to the other ingredients.
Dump these initial ingredients in a large skillet.. mine was a deep dish 12". Add oil just enough to coat. Stir and Fry at Med. High heat til' most of the onions are golden brown-ish. Then add just enough water to reach the top of the ingredients in the skillet. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to low - Med. Simmer for 10 minutes to help cook meat.
The golden curry mix I bought came as a block that broke into smaller bricks.. once the meat has simmered, add the broken up blocks of curry and stir into meat, veggie, water mixture to thicken.. then simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
Serve with accompanying side of sticky rice. Preferably use short grained rice. For rice cooking procedures, I follow the ones outlined on www.About.com under "Sushi Rice" minus the addition of rice vinegar, sugar and salt. I think it has a link on that page for Japanese style rice.
Anyway, dinner tonight was full of deliciousness and I was brought back to happy memories of my host-mom in Okinawa Japan making the same for me. ^_^ Its such comfort food! Let me know if you try it and what you think! Its nothing like the hotter styles from India.. though those are fantastic as well, of course. |
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Darqcyde

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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Curry mmmmm...I know what I'm having for dinner tomorrow...though we have boneless pork chops thawed but I figure they should work in curry too, right? _________________ ...if a single leaf holds the eye, it will be as if the remaining leaves were not there.
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Lasairfiona

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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Everything works in curry. That is the point!
Thanks for the recipe! Now I have to find decent curry. The Kroger around here is rather full of suck. Actually, that is the whole town but what are you going to do when you are stuck for university. ::sighs:: _________________ Before God created Las he pondered on all the aspects a woman might have, he considered which ones would look good super-inflated and which ones to leave alone.
After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael |
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Tiogshi

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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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jwing wrote: | Tiogshi, i made that stew for dinner friday, but misread the recipe. instead of one or two <i>handfuls</i> of seashell noodles, i dumped the whole bag. so it was more of a casserole than a stew. still good, though. i plan to make your stew again but put in the proper amount of noodles. (-: |
Ah, when I use Rotini I like the mixture to double in volume. An entire bag of Seashells is overkill, though.
Might I ask what meat you tried? I'm always looking for a good new meat to try with this, since my girl can't stand sausage, ham is expensive, and chicken is too chewy when it's not too plain. Making this recipe "vegetarian" works fine, but it isn't nearly as filling, nor varied in texture.
Also... I must remember to post my mother's recipe for Disgustingly Rich Brownies. _________________ (( Tiogshi Laj :: Average ASCII Artisan And Ambitiously Anachronistic Assonanteur ))
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eureka00

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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Lemontree wrote: | For Fiona:
Japanese-Style Curry .. as I figured it tonight.
Curry:
1 box of Golden Curry.. preferably Mild. I found it in my foreign foods aisle of my local Krogers.
1 large white onion.. actually only used 2/3 of it.
Several red potatoes.. the amount is unsure, I just tried to make them proportionate to the onions.
1 bag of baby carrots, just dumped some in the skillet til' the matched the onions and potatoes.
2.42 pounds of chicken breasts.. there were three in the package, and I cut off alot of the fat, but they seemed to equal out to the other ingredients.
Dump these initial ingredients in a large skillet.. mine was a deep dish 12". Add oil just enough to coat. Stir and Fry at Med. High heat til' most of the onions are golden brown-ish. Then add just enough water to reach the top of the ingredients in the skillet. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to low - Med. Simmer for 10 minutes to help cook meat.
The golden curry mix I bought came as a block that broke into smaller bricks.. once the meat has simmered, add the broken up blocks of curry and stir into meat, veggie, water mixture to thicken.. then simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
Serve with accompanying side of sticky rice. Preferably use short grained rice. For rice cooking procedures, I follow the ones outlined on www.About.com under "Sushi Rice" minus the addition of rice vinegar, sugar and salt. I think it has a link on that page for Japanese style rice.
Anyway, dinner tonight was full of deliciousness and I was brought back to happy memories of my host-mom in Okinawa Japan making the same for me. ^_^ Its such comfort food! Let me know if you try it and what you think! Its nothing like the hotter styles from India.. though those are fantastic as well, of course. |
I make Curry all the time with the Golden Curry boxes. It's great stuff. Now they even have microwaveable sauce packets so you can add it to whatever with out all the fuss, but I like the blocks better I think. If you wanna try something different, don't use the rice and cook up some ramen noodles (sans seasoning packets) instead. They're very cheap and cook up fast. Udon noodles are great in this too. I usually use the same veggies as Lemontree did too: potatoes, carrots, onion, sometimes green pepper. _________________ Eureka00: "Reminding you of your addictions" since 1982. |
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Lemontree

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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Yep! As well as here. ^_^
Eureka: Yeah I thought of trying portabello mushrooms in it next time, but then a friend of mine pointed out that they're strong flavor might unbalance the dish. What do you think? As for green peppers.. I can take them in small doses, but I don't think I'd really want to throw them in with the rest of my nummy curry. But thats just my own malfunction. =p I do really like the idea of the ramen noodles though and shall definitely try it in the future! (they'd be a hell of a lot easier than the fine science that is sticky rice, sans rice cooker)
Fiona: Of course it wouldn't be as fun because it'd take longer, but worse comes to worse you could always order some curry from websites like Asian Food Grocer. Also, here's the one I used last night, Golden Curry - Mild. But I was also told by friends that, Vermont Curry is supposed to be excellent because it adds an apple flavoring. |
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Darqcyde

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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So I made the Golden Curry medium hot, it was good. I used 1 1/4 lbs. pork, 1 lbs.~vidalia onion, 1 lbs.~bell pepper, 1/2 carrots. I probably could have used almost 2 lbs. onion. The only bad thing was that it came out sweetre than I hoped and not quite hot enough. _________________ ...if a single leaf holds the eye, it will be as if the remaining leaves were not there.
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Uncle Bebby

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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I think the main problem is that vidalia onions and bell peppers has a natural sweetness.
whenever I make curry I tend to add mixtures of curry powder into it before I finish everything up with the japanese curry cubes.
I hate thai curry, but some of them has such an amazing aroma that I can't help but want to use it... then I can't eat them because it made me poo lava. |
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