Curry Split Pea & Rice Soup

Ingredients

Ham Stock
- 4 Pork Hocks
- 2 bay leave
- 3 tsp chopped garlic
- 1/2 Tbsp Thyme
- 1 Tbsp Pepper
- 1/2 tbsp salt
- 1 tsp Oregano
- 2 Carrots, with skin speared
- 1/2 onion

Soup
- 16oz Green slit Pea
- Stock
- 1 Tbsp Curry
- 1 tsp powered ginger
- 1 Tbsp Pepper
- 6 cloves Garlic, chopped
- 2 Carrots sliced
- 1/2 Cup Brown Rice
- 3 Tbsp Butter
- 1/2 onion diced

Directions

Stock
1. Put all ingredients in large pot. Add enough water to cover.
2. Bring to boil.
3. Lower to about medium heat, to maintain a simmer.
4. Let simmer for 6 hours, adding water as the water level drops.
5. Strain
6. You need about 8 cups worth.

Soup
1. Melt Button over low-medium heat
2. Once melted add onions and sweat about 3 minutes.
3. Add garlic. Cook for about 2 to 3 more minutes.
4. Add curry, ginger, pepper, carrots, peas, rice and stock.
5. Raise heat to high and bring to boil.
6. Once at boil, cover and lower heat to low.
7. Simmer for 30 to 45, until both rice and peas are done.
8. Carefully blend using an immersion blender
9. Add water if soup is too thick.
10. Serve.

Salmon and Brown Rice Risotto

First before I give the recipe, the risotto, since it is made with brown rice, takes a long time, just under 2 hours. Next time I make it I will be using white rice and will put that recipe on, which I assume will end up being the same, just much less time consuming.

Salmon
Ingredients
- Salmon
- Smoked Papirika
-Tarragon
- Salt
- Pepper
- Lemons
- Butter

Directions
1. Set oven to Broil
2. Season the salmon first with a layer of the smoked paprika, then tarragon, pepper and salt.
3. In preheated oven place several inches below the coil
4. Cook for about 15 minutes, or until the salmon reaches 130 degrees or until flakey.
5. Take out and let sit for about 5 miuntes.
6. Serve with melted butter and lemon juice



Brown Rice Risotto

Ingredients
- 1.5 Cups Brown Rice
- 8 Cups Chicken Broth
- 2 Cups water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 diced onion
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon basil
- salt and pepper
- 4 tablespoons butter

Directions
1. Bring Broth and water to boil. Lower heat and keep at a steady simmer
2. Heat olive oil. Add onions and cook until translucent. Add Garlic, and cook until fragrant
3. Add rice and basil. Stir to coat with oil
4. Add about 3/4 to 1 cup of broth. You want the rice to have enough liquid to cook in, but not for the rice to be swimming in it.
5. As the rice absorbs the broth, add more broth about 1/2 cup at a time. Continue this process until the rice is cooked. Once rice is cooked all the way, allow it to soak up most of the liquid in the pan.
6. Add butter and cheese. Stir until melted and mixed in.
7. Add Parsley, salt and pepper.
8. Serve.

Home Mongolian BBQ Stirfry

This is more of a general recipe to imitate what you may get at a Mongolian BBQ restaurant. You can change any part of this recipe to your own taste.


Ingredients

-Rice or Asian noodles of any sort
-veggies (I like to use celery, cabbage, and carrots, all sliced)
-meat (I like to use pork chops cubed up)
-Soy Sauce
-Mirin
-Fresh Ginger
-Chopped garlic
-Peanut Butter (an old fashion, unsweetened crunchy is best)
-Various stir fry sauce
-spices (salt, pepper, chili powder, ect.)
-Any other ingredients you may like in a stir fry, one suggestion, which I have tried is tofu


Directions
1. Prepare all veggies and rice
2. Cook the meat. For my pork I heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan. Add the pork, along with equal amounts of mirin and soy sauce, plus salt, fresh garlic, powdered ginger, and pepper. I find a little black is a good thing on this.

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3. Once all is prepped, create sauce which may include any combination of the stir fry sauces, soy sauce, mirin, spices, garlic, ginger, and peanut butter. (You could just use one of the bottled sauces, but I find you can make a much better one by mixing it. Also the peanut butter is one of the most important components.) In addition to these ingredients add water so that the mixture becomes creamy. Once you the mix is complete add desired veggies and meat.

4.Heat fry pan on high heat, you want the pan as hot as possible. Add water to the pan, just enough to cover the bottom (it should boil). Add the mixture of sauce, veggies and/or meat to the pan.





5. Put several scoops of rice on top of the veggies mix. This will act as a lid, and help steam the veggies. Be sure to keep adding water to the pan. There needs to be water in it the whole time, about an inch.




6. After severl minutes mix the rice in the rest of the mix. If you want the veggies cooked longer, be sure to keep water in the pan. Keep adding water and mixing until cooked to your desired amount. Once the veggies are just right, stop adding water and allow the sauce to reach desired thickness, once there, remove from pan.




7. This will be extremely hot and takes a long time to cool down. So enjoy with caution.

Smelly House Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Ingredients
1 Boneless Pork Roast (about 2 to 4 pounds)
2 Tbsp Creole Season
3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Salt
1/2 C Vinegar
1 C Apple Cider Vinegar
2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Salt
1 Tbsp Pepper

Directions
1. The night before, mix together the creole seasoning, 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar, and 1 Tbsp Salt. Rub on roast. Let sit in fridge over night. Also night before mix together both vinegars, pepper, and remaining brown sugar and salt. Let sit over night in fridge to fix flavors. You may want to cover this tightly, otherwise your fridge will smell like vinegar.

2. Allow roast to come to or near to room temperature.

3. Preheat Oven to 225 degrees F

4. Place roast in a baking dish. Baste with vinegar mixture. Place in oven, basting about every 30 to 45 minutes. This will make your house smell like vinegar. While it may smell horrible now, it does not taste how it smells.

5. Bake until internal temperature is 160 degrees F. Cook time will be about 4 to 6 hours.

6. Once done, allow to rest for about 20 minutes.

7. Use 2 forks to pull meat apart. Mix with BBQ sauce and put back in hot oven to heat.

8. Put on large bun and enjoy.