Monday, February 28, 2011

Gallo Pinto (Bean & Rice)

  • Gallo Pinto (Bean & Rice)
2 tbsp Vegetable oil
4 green onions
2 cloves garlic minced
3 cup of cooked rice
1 can of black beans drained and rised
1 tsp cumin
1 tps ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground ginger
salt & pepper
Fresh cilantro

Saute green onion in oil, add garlic, add spice but not cilantro. Add bean and rice mix well and heated until warm. Serve warm and garnish with fresh cilantro. Wow, the kids love it. Enjoy

Costa Rica Chicken Marinated

  • Costa Rica Chicken marinated
1 Grated lime peel
Juice of one lime
1/4 cup tomato juice
bunch of cilantro
1 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt
1/8 tsp Red pepper sauce
2 Cloves garlic minced

Mix all ingredients in a plastic bag and marinate chicken, pork or beef for at least 8 hours. Cook on a grill or pan. Serve with Gallo pinto (bean & rice). Very nice recipe, kids enjoy too.

We begin our week with the tasting of dishes from costa rica. Costa Rica does not have many varieties, but we'll still cook 3 dishes typical of Costa Rica. Tonight we will eat a marinated chicken served with gallo pinto. We will also make this week tilapia from Costa Rica and tortillas with beef. So good week and good trip to Costa Rica.

Nous débutons notre semaine avec la dégustation de plats du costa rica. Le costa rica n'a pas énormément de variétés mais nous allons tout de même cuisiner 3 plats typique du costa rica. Ce soir nous mangerons un poulet mariné servi avec la gallo pinto. Nous allons aussi cette semaine faire le tilapia du costa rica et des tortillas au boeuf. Alors bonne semaine et bon voyage au costa rica.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Russia Beef Stroganoff



  • Russia Beef Stroganoff
Beef sirloin cut into strips or venisson
salt
3/4 tsp ground black pepper
5 tbsp Butter
mushroom sliced
4 green onions
1 tbsp tomato paste
2 tbsp flour
1 can of beef broth
5 tbsp sour cream
2 tsp dijon mustard
Fresh basil
egg noodle

Cook the noodle first and et aside.
Cook beef in butter with salt and pepper, do not over cook otherwise it will be hard. Tranfer beef in plate. Add mushroom in the pan cook until well browned and add green onions. Add tomato paste, whisking constantly add a little bit of butter add the flour. Add the beef broth slowly, don't forget to keep whisking, lower the heat add sour cream and mustard then the meat and the basil. Rinse pasta in hot water. Put in the plate and top it with the beef. Very delicious. Enjoy

Indian Fish Dahi Machi

Dahi Machi
Fish Fillet
2 tsp dry mustard Mix in a little bit of water
flour
oil
4 green onions
a little of fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves minced
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp cardamom
2 tsp salt
1 cup 1/2 plain yogurt

Garnish with fresh cilantro and green chilies minced

flour the fish, and browned about 1 minute per side in the pan. Move to plate, reheated the oil and add green onion about 3 minutes then add ginger and garlic, saute for 1 minute. Add all spice but not the mustard saute 15 sec. Remove from heat add yogurt and mustard. Put in blender to have a smoot paste. Bring back in the pan simmer and add fish. Cook for 3 to 4 minute per side cover in. Garnish in your plate.
I was so suprise that my kids eat that fish so fast. They loved it. It's amazing. Enjoy

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Vietnamese barbecue Rolls



  • Vietnamese barbecue Rolls
  • ground beef
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 2 tbls fish sauce
  • Juice half of a Lemon
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • salt and pepper
  • basil leaves
  • dry peanut chopped for garnish
  • Mix fish sauce and sugar together. Mix garlic, lemon, fish sauce salt and pepper in the meat. Mix with your hand. Lay down basil leave and roll the meat inside. Put your meat on a skewers. Cook on barbecue for 3 minutes each side. Garnish on top with peanut in your plate. Kids again love it. Enjoy