Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Why discover the world: Benin Chicken Peanut Sauce

Why discover the world: Benin Chicken Peanut Sauce

Benin Chicken Peanut Sauce

  • Benin Chicken Peanut Sauce
Chicken breast cubed
6 tbsp peanut butter unsweetned
4 cup water
oil
5 green onions
2 garlic clove minced
2 fresh diced tomatos
2 tsp thyme powder
7 carrots
2 sweet potatos
3 cup shredded cabbage
salt

Bring water to broil and add peanut butter. Simmer for 20 min. then cool and remove the extra fat from the surface. Fry chicken in oil, add green onions, then add garlic, stir, add, thyme and salt, stir, add tomato, carrot and cabbage. Stir and fry for 1 min. Then add peanut sauce, bring to broil then reduce and simmer for 20 min. cover in. Add sweet potato and cook for another 40 minutes. Taste often, need a lot of salt. I like it but I had to add more salt. It's not a stronge taste witch is good for kids. Enjoy.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Benin Beef Stew



  • Benin Beef Stew

Beef cubed for stew
5 Green onions
3 tbsp curry powder
2 tsp salt
pepper cayenne
1 can of coconut milk
2 sweet potatoes cut in cube deep fried
1 tbsp flour
4 tbsp butter
4 tbsp unsweetened peanut butter
4 garlic clove minced
1 hot red chili, sliced big
1 cup water
6 whole Okra, jst remove the top

First brown the beef in butter and remove. Saute green onions and garlic in the remaining butter. Add flour, mix constantly, add curry powder, salt, pepper, peanut butter. Heat for a minute at mid heat. Add coconut milk but little by little, stir all the time. Slowly add water. Cook until the sauce thinckens. Add the meat and chili. Cook for 2 hours. 20 minutes before the end add okra and sweet potatoes. It's a very nice recipe but be careful, it can be hot for children, don't add to much chili. My husband loved it, it's one of his favorite recipe. Enjoy.


Friday, March 4, 2011

Costa rica Beef tortillas

  • Costa rica Beef tortillas
ground beef or any type of meat.
1 garlic cloves
1 green onion
salt and pepper
Hot picked banana pepper

2 cup cabbage cut finely
1 cup of fresh dice tomato
juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp olive oil
fresh cilantro
salt and pepper

saute green onion and garlic in a pan, add beef, salt and pepper. Prepare the cabbage salad in last minute. Mix in the bol cabbage, tomato, lemon juice, olive oil, cilantro, salt and pepper. Heat the tortillas in a pan. Add the beef on the tortillas, top it with the cabbage salad and add as many as you want banana pepper. Really good and easy to do. Love it.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Next Country Benin (West Africa)

Next week we pick Benin as the country that we will visit in dishes. Benin is in the west africa continent. They have a lot of different type of food. We will do the traditionnal Red sauce, Beef stew, Fish stew, Chicken with peanut sauce, and dish of rice. I hope you enjoy the food and the recipe.

La semaine prochaine, nous choisissons le Bénin, comme le pays que nous visiterons en plats. Le Bénin est dans le continent d'afrique de l'ouest. Ils ont beaucoup de différents types d'aliments. Nous ferons la sauce traditionnelle rouge, Ragoût de boeuf, ragoût de poisson, poulet sauce aux arachides et un plat a base de riz. J'espère que vous profitez de la gastronomie et des recettes.

Why discover the world: Costa Rica Tilapia dish

Why discover the world: Costa Rica Tilapia dish: "Costa Rica Tilapia Dish Marinate Fish in juice of 2 lime, 2 tbls olive oil, fresh cilantro, 1 garlic clove minced, salt, 1/4 tps sugar.Marin..."

Costa Rica Tilapia dish

  • Costa Rica Tilapia Dish

Marinate Fish in juice of 2 lime, 2 tbls olive oil, fresh cilantro, 1 garlic clove minced, salt, 1/4 tps sugar.

Marinate in a dish for 10 minutes each side.

2 tbsp olive oil
fresh cilantro
1 garlic clove minced
1 cup of rice cook
4 green onions
2 oranges peeles and choppes in small
1 can of dice tomato
1 can of black bean
1 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
salt

Start oven at 400 f. In a pan saute garlic and green onion. Add cilantro, orange, tomato, bean, oregano, salt, cayenne pepper. Cook for about 8 minutes with cover, mix often. In a baking dish, transfer cook rice and the mixture of the bean together. Put the fish on top of it and over lap a little bit the mixture on it. Drizzle with the rest of the marinate on top of the fish. Bake in the oven for 18 minutes. Baby loves it but older kids, not so much. I did love it and my husband too. Great dish. Enjoy