Chef's Corner - Cool Recipe!

[Cichlid_Man]

Spicy Shrimp and Sausage
(For those who cannot eat spicy, substitute your favorite smoked sausage)
(For non seafood eaters, sub in chicken!)

Ingredients
1 tsp capers
3 or 4 plum tomatoes cut up
4 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 lb. raw shrimp, peeled, tails on
2 links of Andouille Sausage cubed (smoked hot sausage)
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup of rice
1-˝ cups of white wine.
I medium white onion diced
˝ cup of fresh parsley chopped
Loaf of Italian or French bread
Green Onion minced

Add the oil, onions and sausage to a sauté pan on medium heat.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Stir frequently until onions are translucent and sausage is slightly browned.
Add in the rice, tomatoes and wine and simmer until rice is tender, adding a bit more wine if needed. (Add a bit more salt and pepper to taste.)
Add capers, parsley and peeled shrimp and stir well.
Reduce heat to low and cover for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Slice the bread and position it on the outer edge of your dinnerware.
Scoop in a generous portion of the shrimp mixture on the center of the plate and garnish with green onion.

Serve immediately with a glass of white and a glass of red wine. Don’t ask, just do it!

Compliments of Chef Joe!

[Severus]

Sounds great! Wish i had the time to make it.

[Glasstapper]

Here's one I made up myself while I was in college. I call it Dorito Surprise!

you'll need:
1/2 pound ground meat (or ground turkey, if you prefer)
taco seasoning (the little packet)
one bag of nacho cheese doritos
a good couple of handfuls of shredded cheddar cheese (I buy the block and shred it myself)
some pasta (I prefer elbow noodles, but you can use whichever you like)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees farenheit.

optional ingredients:
sour cream
one can of corn
green onions

Step one: boil your noodles until soft. while those are boiling, brown your ground meat (or turkey).

Step Two: drain out most of the grease from the meat and add your taco seasoning. Stir and simmer for a few minutes. (there should be directions on the back of the packet.

Step Three: Put your meat and noodles (drained, of course) into a large oven-safe glass bowl or casserole dish. I find a bowl is easier to use. Stir together adding in crumbled up doritos and some shredded cheese, if you like. I also add a can of corn and some chopped green onions at this time, but you can skip it if you want. As for seasoning, knock yourself out. I like just a little red pepper and a touch of salt. Garlic powder is good, too, but just remember not to overdo your seasoning. You can always add more to taste later, but can't get any out if you put too much.

Step Four: Put a nice layer of shredded cheese and whole doritos on top. Put it in the oven at 350 farenheit for about 10-15 minutes or until your cheese is slightly bubbling.

Step Five: If you want sour cream, go ahead and add a few dollops on top, then serve! (you can add more doritos to the plate to use it as a sort of dip, too!)

What's so great about this dish is there is no measuring. You can make as much or as little as you like and put more or less of whatever ingredient you want. Trust me, it's good stuff. Not so healthy for you, but damn tasty!

[Cichlid_Man]

Glasstapper!

That is a great recipe.
I am going to make it tomorrow.

I love that kind of stuff!

[Glasstapper]

lol, thank you. I love to cook and so I just put a bunch of my favorite stuff together one day and voila! Yummy!

You can't go wrong with college food, huh? haha!

[Drumachine09]

Great guys. Now im hungry!:brow34: ... oh wait, i have hot pockets.... SCORE

[Glasstapper]

I'm hungry, too. I've been thinking about shrimp ever since I read the first recipe.

*drool*

I really need to go grocery shopping. All I have left is some fruit. Oooh, there's chinese take out!!

[jeffs99dime]

this is a GREAT THREAD!:thumb:

[Severus]

I love cooking as well.. Maybe that is why i enjoy my job so much. I am a cook at Friendly's. lol

[Cichlid_Man]

I love cooking too.
I sometimes want to go back to being a chef but the hours are cruel.
Money and rewrdas are super, but unless you own your own place and your family works with you, you hardly get to see them.
Been there done that.
Any more good recipes?

[Glasstapper]

um....I have another one!

have you guys ever had fried pickles? or fried eggplant? or sweet potato french fries? I know some really good southern Louisiana stuff, and the fried foods are always my favorite. If you'd like to try these, see below:

Basic supplies:
serving platter
"egg wash" bowl - this is your raw egg and milk mixture
flour bowl - just some plain all-purpose flour does best
tongs - for flipping the stuff in the grease over
paper towels - to put on your serving platter so it absorbs some grease
slotted spoon - to help reduce some of the grease when transferring cooked items to your serving platter.
a frying pan and some grease - I use Crisco, but any good cooking oil will work fine.

fried pickles:
take some sliced dill pickles, dip them in a egg wash of one raw egg and some milk to coat the pickle, then dip into plain flour (that's how me and Mom do our frying batter). Place them, not overlapping, in hot grease in a pan. Cook them until batter is brown.

fried eggplant:
slice the eggplant into french fry slices. use same "batter" as listed above, which is first the egg wash then the flour. fry until batter is brown. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top, then serve!

sweet potato french fries:
no batter on this one. :) all you do is slice up the sweet potato like you did the eggplant (french fry style OR you could do them in a chip style). put them in the hot grease and brown them well. When you take them out, sprinkle sugar on top and serve!

a couple of tips for you: scoop all of the above fried items out of the grease with a slotted spoon and then place them on a couple of paper towels to help absorb the grease. It helps with clean-up and it also helps so you don't have grease dripping off of your fingers. Another tip is if you're not sure if your grease is hot enough yet, take a little pinch of flour and drop it into the grease. If it starts sizzling right away, it's ready. If it doesn't, then you need to wait. If you put your stuff in too soon, it will come out soggy.


You notice my recipes don't require any measuring? It's because you don't really need it. Just use some common sense and estimating, and you're good. Trial and error is your friend.

You just can't go wrong with greasy southern soul food. :)

[sergo]

i love me some fried pickles.
heres one:
i call it a turkey casserole (it's not so much)
1lb groung turkey
1 small can chopped black olives
2 cans diced Rotel (regular, hot, or mexican. you pick or mix)
1 can black beans
1 big can of mexicorn
1 reg bag shredded cheddar or jalapeno cheddar cheese (or block)
1 jar of jalapenos (hot or mild)
1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix (a must!!! or homemade corn bread but must be sweet)
ok details, this is SO easy and can easily be varied to taste:
cook turkey (i add cumin and garlic powder just before done)
drain and mix all canned veggies
mix turkey and veggies together and put in large shallow pyrex dish
mix corn bread per box or homemade
add corn bread to top of turkey mixture (best as possible it won't cover the entire dish unless you make more)
cook per corn bread directions (400* until brown)
remove from oven and add as many japs as you like
top with cheese
put back in oven for a couple of minutes just to melt cheese
remove and enjoy
this recipe can be tweaked and modified very easily as this version is fairly modified currently and still getting tweaked.

[sergo]

more to follow. heading home from work.