Pork, Lamb and Beef
Slow Roasted Miso Pork
Miso Tender! Super tender pork that is marinated in miso, then slow roasted for hours, and the roasting juices made into a rich gravy. You will love this recipe! The pork here will be fork tender, because of two things. First, it is roasted really low (80 deg C) and...
Roast Lamb Basics
Sometimes, I like a little lamb. A roast lamb rack. I like it pink on the inside, with a nice, charred crust. And I like it an even and uniform pink, all the way from the edge, to the bits around the bone. And after reading quite a bit, and trying it a few times, this...
Bak Kut Teh (肉骨茶, Pork Ribs Tea)
My take on this classic. One, marinate (i.e. brine) the ribs. Two, supercharge the soup with pork bone. Three - a modernist touch - use a thermometer. 70 degree C is the magic number. Intro If you understand the title, we share a common language. Bak Kut Teh, or 肉骨茶...
Miso Cured Skirt Steak
(Credit : I first read of this recipe from the book "The Japanese Grill" by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat) The idea is so simple and elegant, I loved it straight away. Take a tough but flavourful steak cut, smear a dark miso all over it. Wait. One day. Two, or maybe...
West meets East : Miso-BBQ Ribs in a Chinese Wok
(Nope, I didn't stir-fry them) Barbecue Ribs. An ironic dish of the Southern United States. Pork ribs, marinated, then cooked by smoking for hours over coals at very low heat. Fire, smoke, meat - my kind of food. I really like the fire bit, with real coals. The...
Gyu Don. Blow Torch Recipe.
I am extremely happy with this. Yes, I am serious. This recipe can be done without a stove, Without an oven. Just a blowtorch. Yup. This lovely bowl of Gyu Don can be done, with just a blow torch. This is a technique I first witnessed being executed by the sushi chefs...
Steak. Four minutes, five tips, six steps.
A steak, seared to perfection in its own fat, beautifully browned spuds (i.e. potatoes), topped with delicious beef "crackling", served with a red wine sauce. You can do this, in thirty minutes. And you can manage this on a Monday night, to reward yourself for...
DIY Sous Vide (with recipe for lemongrass skirt steak)
Its not as hard as you think! This recipe is easy! Two obstacles stand in the way of the home cook trying use the sous vide technique : 1. The sous vide machine itself (at least a few hundred dollars). 2. Vacuum packing (another few hundreds) This post shows how I...
Mangalica Pork on Bee Hoon (Rice Vermicelli)
Mangalica Pork on Rice Vermicelli A mangalica pig is a curious creature. It is a lard pig, fat and round, with a long, sheep-like, woolly coat. Yes, a lard pig. Fat and round. With a woolly coat. Like this : Retrieved 28 Feb 2015 from the Zoo Chat website...
Fun with Beef Hor Fun
Hor Fun FunThis is something I should probably leave to the professionals. The good guys at any of the many Tze Char stalls that dot our land. Its good, cheap and fuss-free. But I always wanted to try it. To get that prefect, charred, delicious Hor Fun at home....