Tag: roasted
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Vietnamese Roasted Chicken (Ga Ro Ti)
The highlights of the trips were the amazing home cooked Vietnamese meals prepared by my great aunt. Her roasted chicken (ga ro ti) and sticky rice were my favorite dishes.
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Colorful Cardamom Roasted Cauliflower
Actually, it’s cardamom, cumin, coriander, chili pepper, peppercorn and red onion roasted cauliflower. It’s easy to make and has wonderful flavors from the Indian spices. The past few months, we’ve seen purple and orange cauliflower at the grocery store and finally tried them in this roasted cauliflower recipe. Wouldn’t you want colorful cauliflower too?
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Chickpea Salad with Roasted Pepper Puree
We were extremely happy with our chickpea salad recreation. The quenelles of roasted red pepper puree were fantastic on their own. Add them to a minty chickpea salad with mozzarella cheese and you have a great starter course or even a complete meal. We were hesitant to splurge on burrata cheese the first time we…
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Trader Joe’s One Clove Per Head Garlic
We recently discovered Trader Joe’s The Emperor’s New Cloves — one clove per head garlic. It’s super easy to peel and doesn’t have a sticky skin. I’m guesstimating one clove of this garlic is about five to six normal cloves of garlic. It’s sold in a little wicker basket and contains six cloves of garlic…
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Vietnamese Pulled Pork
Instead of making pulled pork with a traditional vinegar or tomato based sauce, I decided to create a Vietnamese pulled pork with my favorite Vietnamese ingredients. I used the flavors from my mom’s braised chicken in caramel sauce with lemongrass and chili peppers (ga kho xa ot) as the inspiration for my pulled pork. My…
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Curry Cauliflower Soup with Honey
It’s a simple puree of roasted cauliflower and onions with a touch of curry powder and cayenne pepper. Our version of the soup is a golden brown color due to the slightly caramelized onions. We’d rather have the extra flavor from the browned onions than to try to keep it a creamy cauliflower color.
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Sunday Nite Dinner 