Mắm chưng

Ingredients

  • một khứa mắm lóc,
  • một chén thịt xay,
  • ba khúc củ hành lá,
  • đường,
  • tiêu xay.

Cách làm:

  • 1/2 củ hành lá trộn vô thịt bầm với chút tiêu.
  • Lấy một cái tô lớn lót 1/2 thịt bầm,
  • kế khúc mắm,
  • xong một lớp thịt nữa lên trên,
  • tốp củ hành lá với tiêu xay là xong.
  • Xong lấy một cái nồi đổ nước vô chưng cách thủy cho tới khi thịt và mắm chín.

Chicken Bò Kho with lemongrass

Combine skinless chicken 6-8 thighs, salt and pepper, spoon of fish sauce, mince ginger, bo kho seasoning packet (see picture).
Put in plastic bag to marinade over night or in bowl for couple hours (go do laundry).

In instantpot use sauté function with some oil (we use olive oil) & 3 garlic
Brown the chicken,
then pour a big can of coconut water,
add tsp chicken powder/aromat in to broth,
add spoon of tomato paste,
cut and add 1 onion into cubes,
add lemongrass stalks to broth.

Turn on pressure cooking function for 10 min.

Afterwards, add baby carrots in sauté function 8 min until carrots are done. Season with salt and pepper flakes to taste and eat with baguette.

Salted Daikon (Củ Cải Muối)

One daikon 7-8” long
1 tablespoon table salt
2 garlic gloves, chopped
Thai peppers, sliced (optional)

1/2 cup fish sauce
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

Cut up daikon into pieces 2”x1/2”x1/4” and soak with salt for about 2 hours. Rinse well and dry under Texas sun 2-4 hours.

Bring fish sauce and water to a boil. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Turn off heat and cool completely.

Give daikon a quick rinse if it was not covered during the drying process, mix in chopped garlic and sliced Thai peppers. Put daikon in a mason jar and pour fish sauce solution to cover daikon. Make sure daikon is always submerged (use pickling weight if you have it.) Daikon should be ready to eat the following day.

Pickled Carrots (Đồ Chua)

Two medium carrots
Two medium daikon
1 tablespoon table salt

1 1/4 cups water
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 tablespoon white sugar

Shred carrots and daikon and soak in 1 tablespoon table salt for about an hour. Rinse well and squeeze dry.

Bring water and vinegar to a boil. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Turn off heat and cool completely.

Put carrots and daikon into a mason jar and add brining solution to cover. Make sure carrots and daikon are always submerged (use pickling weight if you have it.)

Pickle should be ready to eat in 3 days.

HOUSE SPECIAL RICE CAKE (Bột Chiên)


3 servings

1 block of rice cake dough
2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
6 eggs
3 tablespoons of chopped salted daikon (see recipe)
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3 chopped green onions
Pickled carrots (see recipe)
Dipping soy sauce
Sriracha

Cut rice cake dough into pieces roughly the size of a domino, sprinkle 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce, and mix well. Set aside for at least 2 hours.

Heat oil in a stir-fry pan on medium heat. Add enough dough pieces for 1 serving and fry roughly 3 minutes, flip dough and fry 3 more minutes. Break up 2 eggs over dough and use spatula to break up yolks and fry about 2 minutes (or until eggs are golden brown.) Flip dough, sprinkle chopped salted daikon, and fry for two more minutes. Slide rice cake onto plate, sprinkle chopped green onions on top, and serve with pickled carrots, dipping soy sauce, and sriracha.

Bon appétit!

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BEFORE

Lễ Khởi Công Xây Dựng/Ground Breaking Ceremony

Lễ Khánh Thành / Opening Ceremony / AFTER

Bò Kho (braised beef stew)

Ingredients

  • beef for stew or shank, cut into cubes
  • chinese five spice
  • garlic
  • carrots, cut in chunks
  • lemon grass, cut into finger length
  • corn starch (to thicken stew)

Directions

  • marinade meat with spices, garlic, ginger, lemon grass
  • use a cast iron pan, sear meat on both sides over high heat
  • add water (3TBs) on sides of pot
  • cover and cook til you hear sizzling sound
  • continue to add 1/2 C of water into the pot (pour on the side)
  • watch to make sure it doesn’t burn
  • keep doing this for ~45 minutes, the meat will shrink & soak in the liquid, spices, and cooked slowly
  • after the 5th time, add enough water to cover the meat about 1″ over
  • in an instant pot, cook while covered, add more water

Notes

  • meat tender and seasoned.
  • add carrots about 10 mins before the stew is done
  • add corn starch to thicken as desired
  • eat with french bread or Hu Tieu noodle

Buffalo wings

Medium Hot Buffalo sauce

Cup of Franks Red Hot
Half stick of butter
Splash of vinegar
Pinch of Salt
Pepper to taste

*Hotter – add cayenne and/or chili flakes, or whatever hot sauces you want
*Sweeter – use sweet chili sauce

Pre baking mix

https://cafedelites.com/crispy-buffalo-chicken-wings-baked/

How to make crispy chicken wings

The magic ingredient to crispy wings without a lot of oil is aluminium free baking powder. It may sounds unappealing, but coating chicken wings in seasoned baking powder is what makes the skin super crispy. You won’t taste it in the end results, so long as you use aluminium-free. To be clear, make sure you use baking powder, NOT baking soda, because there is a big difference!

Additional flavors would be to add to the raw chicken:
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
You an also add a dash of Cayenne pepper