Sunday, April 30, 2017

Pork tenderloin two ways

1. Bacon-wrapped

1.5 lb pork tenderloin, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, wrapped in 1 lb bacon. Went onto a rack over a sheet pan at 400 (convection) for ~25 minutes until bacon was pretty crispy all over, then broiled for 5 minutes until quite crispy. Rest for 10.


2. Pinchos Morunos


Essentially followed this entirely, minus ground coriander, which I didn't have and subbed dried oregano added to the sauce early so it could reconstitute.



Served both with Jasmine rice and steamed broccoli.

Bacon-wrapped pork was excellent as expected, just medium.
Pinchos morunos were very nice and well-seasoned, but a bit dry. Good and different flavor for me.



Thursday, April 20, 2017

Lazy grilled cheese with turkey cold cuts for dinner.

Then heated the ham I had defrosted to eat over the next couple days.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Ribeye with Cajun boiled potatoes

  1. quick cured two inch thick steaks in sea salt for over an hour.
  2. rinsed.
  3. dried for 15 on paper towels.
  4. salt, pepper, garlic powder.
  5. sear in butter and canola on both sides then into 350 oven for 8 minutes.
  6. took out, put a pat of butter on each, and tented for 10 while making crap frozen creamed spinach.

made this recipe, but smaller and without really measuring:

result: potatoes just like at Deanie's in New Orleans! steaks amazing! probably wouldn't do the cure on ribeye again though. didn't need it.