Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Sweet and Sour Turkey Thighs

This flavor profile appealed to me because I wanted to experiment with using cinnamon in a savory dish.  I must admit, I found the recipe in the package of thighs but the process they used was intuitively wrong to me. With the exception of baking, I don't measure so just deal with that.

Ingredients:
2 Humongous Turkey Thighs
flour
cinnamon
ketchup
cider vinegar
honey
cloves (i didn't have any so I used some nutmeg)
vegetable oil
1/2 large white onion chopped
curry powder (my idea)
garlic powder (my idea.  fresh garlic woulda been better but I didn't have any)
Water

Season turkey with salt, cinnamon (not too much), garlic powder, pinch of nutmeg, and curry powder.
Coat in flour.  Heat vegetable oil in pot.  Add turkey and brown on both sides. Remove and add onions to pot and let them sweat it out.  Add more cinnamon and garlic powder and saute some more until it smells like heaven in your kitchen. Add ketchup, honey and cider vinegar and stir.  Add turkey back into pot and coat both sides with the mixture. Once coated, leave skin side up and then add enough water until it just almost covers the top.
Bring to a boil and then cover and turn down the heat to simmer.
In about an hour and 1/2 later, the turkey should be falling off the bone.  Take the top off and simmer some more to reduce the sauce.
OMG.  This is so YUMMY!
I'll either serve it with stuffing or mashed potatoes but I sure wish I had some couscous in the cabinet..DARN!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Whateva-u-got WholeWheat Bread Pudding

Pre-heat your oven to about 350.
Tear up that whole wheat bread you got left in several different bags in the fridge.
I put that in a bowl with some frozen fruit mix I had in the freezer.
In another bowl mix some eggs (i dunno how many. i don't measure nuthin), milk, melted butter, brown sugar, pure maple syrup (if you grab some pancake syrup, ima kick yo ass), and some kinda extract (i had some almond and banana in my pantry..hehe pantry). OH! and some cina..ciman..cinnamon.
Pour that mixture over the bread and fruit, and let that sucka soak up alla dat liquid (where'd I get this weird accent?)
Let it sit until most of the liquid is gone.
Pour mixture into a loaf pan or mini loaf pans...whateva you got.
DON'T FORGET TO SPRAY THE PAN!!
Put in the oven and bake for...until you can smell something good. Go check on it. Is it all puffed up and goldenish on top??
Then it's done!
Enjoy!