Com Chien (Vietnamese Fried Rice)
Ingredients 3 tbsp oil 3 cloves garlic 2 leeks, chopped finely 2 red chiles, chopped finely 2 eggs, beaten 100 g diced carrot 200 g prawn, diced small 100 g green peas 600 g rice 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp…
Courses Side dish
Coleslaw II
This is not the watery goop you knew as a child! Serve chilled with something Southern, like fried chicken or some ribs. Ingredients ¼ head napa cabbage, shredded ¼ head red cabbage, shredded ½ cup mayonnaise ¼ cup apple cider…
Cabbage Kimchi
Kimchi (김치), also spelled kimchee or gimchi, is a Korean dish of pickled vegetables, usually napa cabbage or Korean radish and is commonly served as a side dish. It is usually fermented in a brine of anchovy sauce, ginger, garlic,…
American Potato Salad I
Potato salad is able to trace its origins to Germany before the turn of the 17th century, where it first became popular to use vinegar and spices on the potato as a side to a meal. The salad has a…
Albanian Mixed Vegetables
Several different dishes are called “mixed vegetables“; they all consist primarily of different kinds of vegetables cut into pieces and mixed together, then either served as-is or else cooked, typically by sautéing. This recipe is for an Albanian mixed vegetables…
Tacos
A taco is a traditional Mexican food consisting of a small hand-sized corn- or wheat-based tortilla topped with a filling. Ingredients Base ingredients Ground, finely sliced, or chopped beef Corn tortillas or ready-made taco shells 1–4 tsp per pound (450…
Central Texan Pinto Beans
Ingredients 1 lb (450 g) dry pinto beans 8 cups water 1 tsp ground black pepper 1 tbsp salt 1 ham bone or a rough equivalent of salt bacon 1–2 bay leaves 5 cups water A very small amount (3…
Candied Yams
Ingredients 6 sweet potatoes ½ cup margarine 1 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp vanilla extract ¼ cup water Procedure Preheat oven to 350 °F (175 °C). Boil yams in skins until about half done. Drain water from yams, remove skins, and cut…
Homestyle Fried Potatoes
Ingredients 1 pound Russet potatoes, cut into 2-inch chunks Salt Freshly-ground black pepper 2 quarts olive oil (not extra virgin) Sour cream (optional) Chopped chives (optional) Procedure Place potatoes into a container of very cold water. Let sit until potatoes,…
Falafel
Falafel is a fritter popular in Mediterranean cuisine. It is typically fried, but may also be baked. It always consists of one or more types of beans; usually fava beans or chickpeas. In some regional varieties parsley is added too.…
Eggplant Parmesan (Melanzane alla Parmigiana) I
Melanzane parmigiana was originally a Sicilian dish called Parmiciana di melenzane, parmiciana being the slats of a wooden shutter which resemble the layering of the slices of eggplant in the dish. In the form in which it is now known…
Cornbread Stuffed Zucchini
Ingredients 4 small zucchini, halved lengthwise 2 cups crumbled cornbread, divided ½ tsp salt ½ tsp freshly-ground black pepper ½ cup cream cheese 4 eggs, separated 1 ½ cups grated Monterey Jack cheese ⅛ tsp cream of tartar Procedure Scoop…