Tag: spicy
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Mapo Tofu
We’ve been really bad about taking pictures of our Sunday nite dinners lately. Sometimes we just want to eat and not deal with the photography, especially when dinner is not at our place. It’s a pain in the butt to lug around the DSLR and tripod to our friends place and figure out the lighting…
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Roasted Five-Spice Pork Tenderloin
We made the roasted five-spice pork tenderloin by modifying a recipe from Susanna Foo. The main changes were adding an habanero pepper and increasing the quantity of Chinese five-spice. The tenderloin was moist and flavorful.
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Spicy Fresh Corn Salad – A Taste of Yellow 2008
Hungry Bear and I made a spicy fresh corn salad. It’s a simple salad made with corn, red onions, basil and a vinaigrette. For a spicy kick, I threw in a few Thai chili peppers. It’s a light, refreshing salad that’s perfect for a picnic/BBQ or a hot summer day.
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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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Vietnamese Chili Garlic Sauce (Tuong Ot Toi)
http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf <!– Hungry Bear and I were snowboarding in Whistler the last five days. We had a great time on the slopes and relaxed in a very posh hotel with a ski concierge service… talk about being pampered! But after five days of eating ski resort food, Hungry Bear had a major craving for rice…
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Spicy Lemongrass Chicken (Ga Kho Xa Ot)
I love the dish for its simplicity and wonderful flavors. It has a great combination of salty and bittersweet from the fish sauce and caramel sauce. While the chicken simmers, the lovely aroma of lemongrass fills the kitchen. The spiciness from the chili peppers is critical and balances the sweetness of the dish.
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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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Thai Green Curry with Braised Chicken
This past Sunday, Hungry Bear and I had friends over for Sunday Nite Dinner. We wanted to make a simple, one-pot cooking dish. Hungry Bear suggested one of her favorite meals, Thai green curry with chicken. It’s been awhile since we made green curry, so it sounded good.
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Sunday Nite Dinner 