Our recipe for smoked oxtails has several moving parts, which means you need a little forward planning. There are four basic steps marination, smoking, braising and glazing. Please note this recipe doesn’t use advanced cooking techniques, it just takes some preparation and time to cook.
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Avocado toast is a versatile dish that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even as a tasty snack in between.
Tender, succulent, flavorful, melt in your mouth prime rib roast cooked at home. If you have ever wanted to cook prime rib roast at home for that special occasion, but felt a little intimidated, here’s a foolproof recipe that will help. In fact, this recipe is more about technique than a list of ingredients.
Salmon roulade, is a butterflied filet salmon stuffed with a savory spinach and cream cheese filling, rolled and baked to perfection. This recipe is easy to make, and can be prepared in advance making for a delicious stress free week night dinner. Today's recipe serves 4 people, but if you want to make 8 or 10 servings use the whole filet. See notes for a variation on the stuffing.
This is an all-purpose fusion style go to sauce that can be customized to suit your needs and complements any recipe that you are making. The beauty of this recipe is that it’s quick, easy, flavorful and that it’s customizable.
Much like calamari, shrimp, and lobster, if octopus is overcooked the texture turns to rubber. And that texture is awful.
Honey Cashew Shrimp is another one of my variations of the iconic Panda Express’s honey walnut shrimp. Sweet, succulent, sticky, tangy with the subtle crunch from the cashews that gives a...
Curried whole fish (pieces) is one of my most delicious signature recipes. It is easy to prepare and explodes with flavors that capture the tropical eclectic essence of the West Indies.
A quick, tasty, and easy work night recipe that can be on the table in 30 minutes. Serve with fragrant jasmine rice and buttery steam vegetables. Then drizzle with siracha chili sauce, and kewpie mayo and experience, pure harmonies on a plate.
You don’t always need meat, poultry, fish, seafood or even dairy to have a flavorful, delicious, and satisfying meal. I can hear the push back already. But you don't. It's all about your selection of herbs, spices, and aromatics you choose to use. It's about how you layer flavors throughout the cooking process, focusing on what you want in the background or what you want the first bite to taste like. All that, along with using cooking techniques like caramelization, searing, flash frying, sweating etc. So, give this a try.
