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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Chicken Adobo

Recipe from https://thenovicechefblog.com/mexican-chicken-adobo/

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds skinless chicken legs
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 3 Roma tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 1 white onion, roughly chopped
  • 3 large cloves garlic, peeled
  • 4 dried guajillo chiles, seeded and chopped
  • 1 dried ancho chile, seeded and chopped
  • 1 dried chipotle chile, seeded and chopped (add more or less depending on preferred spice level)
  • 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth, divided
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 dried bay leaves

Method

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the tomatoes, onion and garlic to the pan and stir and cook until the tomatoes and onions start to char.

Add the dried chiles and 2 cups of the chicken broth and stir and cook for 10 minutes.

Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool for five minutes. Add it all to a blender along with the remaining cup of broth, vinegar, salt, coriander, cumin, thyme, oregano and cloves and blend until smooth. 

Return sauce to the pot.  Add chicken and simmer 45 minutes.

Monday, January 16, 2023

Sheetpan Roast Duck

Ingredients

  • 1 5-lb duck
  • ½ tablespoon + ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ cup honey
  • ¼ cup Momofuku Soy Sauce
  • 2 large oranges, thinly sliced into coins
  • 1 large white onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 bunches broccolini or other similar bittergreen
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Momofuku Tingly Seasoned Salt


Mise en Place

Prepare the duck one day in advance. Remove giblets and slice off the duck neck and excess fat from the duck cavity. Discard or save for another use. Lightly prick the duck all over with a knife or cake tester (piercing skin but not the flesh), then make diagonal scores starting from the top of the duck breast down to the legs, again taking care not to slice all the way through the flesh. (At this point your duck can be refrigerated for up to 7 days—or just proceed to next step.)


Method


Sunday, November 14, 2021

Apple Coffee Cake

 Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 1 C white whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 C all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 C butter, softened
  • 1/2 C sugar
  • 1/4 C brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 C apple cider
  • 1 C chopped tart apples


For the Topping:

  • 1/2 C all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 C brown sugar
  • 1/4 C sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 5 tbsp butter


Mise En Place

Let stick of butter warm up to room temperature.

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9x9 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, or with an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Add in egg, vanilla extract, and apple cider until creamy. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat until combined. Stir in chopped apples.
  4. Prepare topping by stirring together flour, sugars, and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  5. Spread batter into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with crumb topping.
  6. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.