January 29, 2023

Clam chowder

 The Goods

  • 3 strip bacon
  • 2 celery
  • 2 onion
  • 2 garlic clove
  • 2 potatoes
  • 2 Clams cans man
  • 2 handfuls flour
  • Bottle clam juice or water
  • 1/2 cup cream
Flavoroids
  • Thyme
  • Fish sauce
  • Worchestershire sauce
  • Hot sauce (Cholula)
  • Chicken powder
  • Bay leaf
  1. Bacon into small strips
  2. Toss into pot
  3. Mince celery/onion, crush garlic
  4. Add after fat renders out
  5. Cook until reduces
  6. Add flour
  7. Let brown slightly
  8. Add clam juice/water till well covered
  9. Add clams
  10. Add flavoroids to taste
  11. 1 hr
  12. Cut up potatoes
  13. Add
  14. .5 hr
  15. Add cream
  16. Scallions on top if you wanna be fancy

April 07, 2022

Chicken Soup (sans chicken)

The Goods:

  • 2 carrots
  • 2 stalks celery 
  • 1 onion
  • garlic (opt)
  • olive oil
  • 1 qt. stock
  • 1 qt. water
  • chicken powder
  • S&P

  1. Chop veg.
  2. Sauté veg in olive oil.
  3. Add stock and water and bring to a simmer.
  4. Add chicken powder, salt, and pepper.
  5. Cook until veg is softened.

Chicken Stock

 The Goods:

  • Old Bones
  • Veg odds & ends
  • Celery
  • Carrots
  • Onions
  • Garlic (opt)
  • Tomato Paste (if roasting)
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • Peppercorns
  • JB Chicken Dust
  • Water

  1. Pre-heat oven to 400F.
  2. Dump everything into roasting pan.
  3. Bake until nice and golden brown.
  4. Brush on tomato paste (if using).
  5. Keep baking until it smells right.
  6. Dump all into big pot.
  7. Cover with water.
  8. Add aromatics and JB Chicken Dust.
  9. Keep just below a simmer for 12+ hours.
  10. Strain and enjoy.

October 17, 2021

Steamed minced Pork with Shiitake mushrooms

 The Goods:

  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 2 handfuls dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 scallion
Marinade:
  • 3 tbs Dark soy
  • 1 tsp Light soy
  • 1 tsp Oyster
  • 3 tbs Cooking wine
  1. Soak mushrooms overnight
  2. Dice mushrooms
  3. Combine mushroom, pork, marinade
  4. Crack eggs in
  5. Snip in scallions
  6. Combine thoroughly (squeeze through fingers)
  7. Place into meatloaf tray
  8. Rest in fridge however long
  9. Steam 20 min (145 degree safe)

March 20, 2021

Pizza

 The Goods:

  • 1 block full-fat low moisture mozzarella

Dough:

  • 2 1/4 cups warm water
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp active dry yeast
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp kosher salt
  • 4-5 cups flour


Sauce:

  • Pastene crushed tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp oregano
  • 2-3 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1-2 tbsp crushed red pepper
  • 2 tsp salt

Basting oil

  • Tuscan olive oil
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Garlic powder


  1. 550 preheat 1 hr
  2. Add water, sugar, and yeast to stand mixer
  3. Wait 5 minutes, check if yeast lives
  4. Dump in rest dough
  5. Mix on medium until stretchy window
    1. Add flour if it sticks to sides
  6. Let rise until doubled in size
  7. Mix sauce things
  8. Shred mozz
  9. Mix oil things
  10. Stretch dough and pre-bake for 2-2.30 mins
  11. Take out
  12. Sauce and oil crust
  13. Cheese it
  14. Bake until done


Based on Adam Ragusea's New York-style pizza at home, v2.0

November 25, 2020

Cha Siu

The goods

  • Random pork
  • 2 tbs honey

 Sauce

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tbs salt
  • 1 tbs soy
  • 1 tbs hoisin
  • 3 garlic
  • Splash sesame oil
  • Double splash cooking sherry
  • 1/2 tsp five spice powder
  • 1 cube red bean curd
    • Some of that juice
  1. Cut pork into flaps
  2. Mix sauce
  3. Rub it all in there
  4. Overnight
  5. Foil up a sheet
  6. Oven 550 F
  7. Put water into sheet
  8. Plop pork flaps onto rack over sheet
  9. 25 min
  10. Flip
  11. 15 min
  12. Heat up marinade
  13. Strain
  14. Mix with honey
  15. Baste
  16. 10 min
  17. Broil to crisp

April 14, 2020

Basic Pot Roast


The Goods
  • Chuck steak
  • 3 Onion
  • Bag carrots
  • Can tomato sauce
  • Handful flour
Aromatics
  • Half bottle Red Wine
  • Bay leaf
  • Bf/Ch Bouillon
  1. Preheat oven 350
  2. Sear steak all sides
  3. Set aside
  4. Cut onion into ribbons
  5. Brown onions 
  6. Add flour
  7. Add aromatics and tomato sauce
  8. Submerge steak
  9. 2 hours in oven, lid on
  10. Cut carrots
  11. Throw them in
  12. 2 hours in oven, lid off
  13. Get some spuds in there why don't you
  14. Take it out
  15. Fish out bay leaves
  16. Finish with balsamic if you please