Author: Robert Andrews

Green Chile Pork

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 LB pork (or beef)
  • 2 TBL Oil or Lard
  • 4 Green Chiles – toasted & peeled
    Guajillo chilies or arbol chilies
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 med onion, chopped
  • 1 med tomato, chopped
  • 1 CU boiling water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 TBL ground cumin
  • 1/2 TBL oregano
  • 16 oz chicken broth
  • salt and pepper to taste

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cut meat into one inch cubes
  2. Saute in oil until well browned
  3. Drain off all but 1 TBS fat
  4. Remove meat and set aside
  5. Add garlic, onion and any dried chilies – Cook three minutes
  6. Add meat back in
  7. Add tomato, chopped chiles and broth just to cover – use water if necessary
  8. Top with Guajillo chilies, arbol chilies, bay leaves, cumin and oregano
  9. Simmer 2 hours
  10. Set meat aside to cool . Reserve liquid
  11. Serve with hot flour tortillas or use to make tamales

USING YOUR GREEN CHILE PORK FOR TAMALES

  1. In empty preheated pot add 1 TBL vegetable oil
  2. Add 1 chopped onion to soften
  3. 5 cloves minced garlic
  4. 1 jalapeño without veins or seeds
  5. Shred meat – about 1 – 2 cups
  6. Add to veggie pot with 1/4 C reserved liquid
  7. Simmer until reduced – just a few minutes
  8. Set aside to cool
  9. Mix in 1 C Oaxaca, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella  or Cotijo cheese
  10. Use this as your filling FOR MAKING TAMALES

 

Osso Bucco

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 Veal Shanks (8-10 oz, bone about size of Susan B dollar)
  • Mirpois (2 CU onion, 1 CU celery, 1 CU carrot – all diced)
  • 3/4 CU white wine to deglaze
  • 1/2 CU white wine for broth
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 2 CU chicken stock
  • 16 OZ diced tomatoes
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 TBL gremoulade as a garnish

STEP BY STEP

  1. Tie butcher string around shank to hold it intact as it becomes tender
  2. Season (rub) with salt/pepper mixture
  3. Sear shanks in 2 TBL HOT oil in Dutch Oven – 5 minutes per side without moving while it sears
  4. Set meat aside in glass mixing bowl
  5. Deglaze pan with 3/4 CU white wine – then dump wine into the glass mixing bowl
  6. Put 2 TBL oil into Dutch Oven and wait while it gets hot
  7. Add Mirpois veggies and cook for 9 minutes
  8. Add 6 cloves of garlic and cook 1 more minute
  9. Add 1/2 CU white wine and chicken stock and turn heat to high
  10. At near boil, add diced tomatoes and bay leaves and return to simmer
  11. Place shanks flat in the liquid. Hold any juices that might remain in glass bowl
  12. Cover and place centered in oven for 2 hours @ 350 degrees. Halfway through cooking time, pour liquid (Step 11) over top basting the meat.
  13. At end of cooking time, add gremoulade into liquid, and let meat rest 5 minutes
  14. Remove string and serve atop polenta (see recipe)
  15. Top with remaining gremoulade

Lunch or Dinner Quiche

INGREDIENTS

Start with Grandpa’s recipe for BASIC CUSTARD

  • 1/4 CU each Grated Swiss & Gruyere
  • 1/2 CU chopped hamburger (cooked) or ham (cooked)
  • 1/4 CU frozen spinach (thawed)
  • 1 tsp oregano

STEP BY STEP

You can make this with or without a crust, but if you make one with a crust, PRE-BAKE the crust at 425 for about 10 minutes.
Use commercial pie crust in place of Step 5 of the Basic Custard recipe, or MAKE YOUR OWN

  1. Prepare custard as shown in other recipe
  2. Place the above filling into a pie crust or four small well-greased ramikins without any crust.  DO NOT pack the fillings down.
  3. Slowly drizzle custard over top of filling until it “starts to show” This will be about 1/2 inch below the top of the shell or bowl
  4. Top with a sprinkling of parsley.
  5. Bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees.
  6. Allow to rest 10-15 minutes before cutting

This recipe is for 2-4 people. To increase to eight people (or two pie crusts) use 1 CU each of Swiss and Gruyere, 2 CU chopped meat, and 1 CU spinach.

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL FILLINGS

  • Sauteed mushrooms
  • Cooked chicken
  • Brocolli florets
  • Chopped olives
  • Finely shredded cabbage
  • Diced onion
  • Bell pepper
  • Jalapeno pepper
  • Minced garlic
  • Crab

TOPPING OPTION

  • Grated Parmesan cheese and butter, then cook 5 minutes more.

 

Math Logic Puzzle

Yep… this is the type of crap that I do for fun when I am not cooking:

One man wanted to get in to his work, but he forgot his PIN.
Although, he remembered certain clues for his PIN.
(Here are the 5 clues)

A *The 1st number is 1 less than twice the 2nd number A = 2B – 1
B *The 2nd number plus the 3rd number equals 10 B + C = 10
C *The 3rd number is not yet mentioned, but based on the clue for E… C + E = 14
D *The 4th number is 1 more than the 2nd number D = B + 1
E *The 5th number plus the 3rd number equals 14 E + C = 14
aka
E = 14 – C
ABCDE *Adding all the numbers equals 30 A+B+C+D+E=30

Logic Follows
A = 2B – 1
B = 10 – C
C = 14 – E
D = B + 1
E = 14 – C
–
A =

–
B = D – 1

B = A + 1

B = 10 – C

C = 14 – E

–

A + B + C + D + E = 30

20 – 2C – 1 + 10 – C + C + 10 – C + 1 + 14 – C = 30

20 – 2C – 1 + 20 – C + 15 – C = 30

39 – 2C – C + 15 – C = 30

54 – 4C = 30

4C = 24

C = 6

–
A + B + C + D + E = 30

A + B + 6 + D + E = 30

Title Math Logic Puzzle

SOLVE FOR B = B = 4
SOLVE FOR A = A = 7
SOLVE FOR D = D = 5
SOLVE FOR E = E = 8
–
TEST

7 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 8 = 30

11 + 11 + 8 = 30

 

Lettuce Tie-up and Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce Tie-up
Three twelve inch pieces of butcher’s string per person
Three outside leaves per person of Romain or Bibb lettuce
Julienned cuts (or peels) of any five of the following:
– Cucumber
– Cucumber peel
– Bell pepper
– Parsley (chopped)
– Cilantro (chopped)
– Pickle
– Chive
– Cheese
– Salt / pepper (sprinkle to taste)
– Deli, regular or Chinese mustard
– Ground red pepper

OR MAKE UP YOUR OWN TOPPINGS

  1. Spread mustard on top part of leaf
  2. Add selected five ingredients
  3. Roll as tightly as possible, make sure not to burst the leave
  4. Tie lightly near the middle with one length of butcher’s string
  5. Trim excess string
  6. Cut off the white end and discard
  7. Serve aside any meat dish

 

Tips: Just what is a pinch?!?

These are approximate, but they will help you in… a pinch

  • Four drops equals one pinch
  • Sixteen pinches equals one teaspoon
  • Three teaspoons equals one tablespoon
  • Two tablespoons equals one ounce
  • Four tablespoons equals one forth of a cup
  • Eight ounces equals one cup
  • Two cups to a pint
  • Two pints to a quart
  • Four quarts to a gallon

MINCED, DICED OR CHOPPED?!?!?!?

  • Minced is very very small, followed (in order) by
  • Diced
  • Chopped
  • Julienned
  • Cubed
  • Chunked
  • Pieces

Good Gorilla Banana Bites

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 or 2 Bananas
  • 1 C chocolate chips
  • 1 C smooth peanut butter

STEP BY STEP

  1. Slice bananas into 1/2 inch pieces, poke a toothpick all the way into each one
  2. Fill coffee cup half way with peanut butter
  3. Melt (soften) smooth peanut butter in microwave for 30 seconds
  4. Remove and stir
  5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 if necessary – peanut butter should be runny, but not watery
  6. Using toothpicks, dip bananas into peanut butter covering the entire thing, and put onto waxed paper
  7. Put into refrigerator for 1 hour
  8. Melt (soften) chocolate in microwave for 30 seconds
  9. Remove and stir
  10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 if necessary – chocolate should be runny, but not watery
  11. Dip peanut butter bite into chocolate only half way
  12. Put onto waxed paper to cool
  13. Put into refrigerator for 1 hour
  14. Serve cold

ALTERNATE:  Use fresh strawberries and do just steps 8-14 with chocolate only.

Eggs in a Basket

egg-in-a-holeINGREDIENTS

  • 2 slices thick sourdough bread
  • 2 eggs
  • butter
  • salt to taste

PREP: Break 1 egg each into custard cup without breaking yolk

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cut a hole in center of bread using a juice glass
  2. Butter both sides of bread
  3. Place bread in hot skillet (1 min) until it browns (cook the “holes” too)
  4. Pour egg into the receptacle and cook two more minutes
  5. Flip bread/egg, putting non-cooked side down and cook two more minutes
  6. Flip egg (and bread) onto plate
  7. Serve with bacon, sausage or ham

Drop Biscuits

Drop biscuits are just about the easiest and best thing that you can serve with breakfast.

Here is the recipe from the Bisquick box, which is just about perfect. I do like, however, to sometimes add shredded cheddar cheese or chives.

Easy for Yesica to make for Eliseo.

Biscuits and Gravy Recipe

Basic Drop Biscuits

INGREDIENTS & STEP BY STEP

  1. 1 CU Bisquick
  2. 1/3 CU milk
  3. Mix and drop onto ungreased baking pan
  4. Bake at 400 for about 12-15 minutes

For Corn Dogs add 2 TBL corn meal to the above recipe. Roll dough flat, cut into wedges, wrap around hot dogs.  Bake as directed above.

Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
  • 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

STEP BY STEP

  1. Heat oven to 450ºF.
  2. Stir Bisquick mix, milk and cheese until soft dough forms.
  3. Drop dough by 9 spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  4. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
  5. Stir together butter and garlic powder; brush over warm biscuits.

Grandpa’s Biscuits

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 CU Bisquick
  • 2 stalks of chives – diced
  • 1/4 CU softened butter
  • (mix above lightly together)
  • 1/4 CU Sour Cream
  • 1/2 CU Buttermilk

STEP BY STEP

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
  2. Combine (fold) all gently until soft and sticky – DO NOT OVER MIX
    – If too sticky or wet, add more Bisquick
    – If too dry, add ONE tablespoon of milk
  3. Lightly flower your baking surface (preferably a baking stone)
  4. For drop biscuits
    – Pull off golf-ball sized chunks and let drop on baking surfaceBiscuit
    – You can moush into shape, but do not roll.  They should be rustic.
  5. For more traditional biscuits
    Pull off smaller than golf-ball sized chunks and roll lightly into balls
    – Flatten slightly, then place onto baking surface
  6. Brush top of bottom later lightly with butter
  7. Roll another and place it on top of the first layer
  8. Press them together
  9. Bake at 400º for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown

Drop Biscuits from Scratch

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 CU All Purpose Flour
  • 1 TBL Baking Powder
  • 1 TBL Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp cream of tartar
    (sift above five together)
  • 1/4 CU cold butter
  • 1/2 C cold shortening
    (cut above into dry ingredients)
  • 1/2 CU Sour Cream
  • 1/2 CU Buttermilk

STEP BY STEP

  1. Sift together dry ingredients
  2. In separate bowl, mix wet ingredients
  3. Cut in shortening and butter into dry ingredients
  4. Combine (fold) all together gently – DO NOT OVER MIX
  5. Drop small chunks onto baking stone
  6. Bake @ 350-400º degrees for about 12-15 minutes

 

Banana’s Foster

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 Bananas
  • 4 TBL butter
  • 1/2 C dark brown sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Juice and zest from one lemon (do not get white)
  • TBL high proof Dark rum
  • 2 scoops each of high quality vanilla ice cream

STEP BY STEP

  1. Heat butter in a sauce pan
  2. Pour clarified butter into a larger saute pan – Discard butter solids
  3. Add brown sugar, cinnamon stick, and lemon zest
  4. Cook until it starts to caramelize. Add dark rum, (helps sugar dissolve)
  5. Peel ripe but firm (2 bananas) slice 4 halves into sauce flat side down.
  6. Turn heat down to low
  7. Cook 1-1/2 – 2 min each side, baste, flip delicately till coated
  8. Dish out ice cream – ready to flambé.
  9. Add dark rum, take off heat and set on fire.
  10. Spoon the sauce over bananas & ice cream

 

Margarita Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS

  • CRUST
    • 4 oz. Pretzels
    • 1/3 cu sugar
    • 4-6 tbl butter
  • CHEESECAKE FILLING
    • 24 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
    • ¾ cu sugar
    • zest of 1 lime
    • 8 oz. Sour cream
    • 2 tbl grand marnier
    • 1 tbl tequila
    • 4 eggs

STEP BY STEP

  1. Pulse 4 oz. Pretzels in blender till broken
  2. Add 1/3 cu sugar in blender till combined
  3. Add 4-6 tbl butter in blender and pulse till smooth
  4. Press into 9 1/2 “ spring form pan and bake @325° for 7 min. Cool before filling .
    PREPARING THE FILLING
  5. Blend together cream cheese, sugar, lime zest, grand marnier, tequila.
  6. One at a time add the 4 eggs, ONE AT A TIME, beating each to combine
  7. Pour into crust.
  8. Bake in a water bath, put boiling water into baking pan filled ½ way
  9. Bake @ 325° for 1 hour.
  10. Cool completely, turn out, then cut.

Butterscotch Sauce

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cu light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cu light corn syrup
  • 4 tbl water
  • 6 TBL butter (cold)
  • 1/4 cu sweetened condensed milk

STEP BY STEP

  1. Heat first three ingredients stirring constantly
  2. Add 6 tabs butter, turn off heat as soon as butter melts
  3. Add ¼ cu sweetened condensed milk.
  4. Cool slightly before serving

IMPORTANT NOTES

  • This is an easy recipe, but it should not be for junior chefs, because there is the possibility for SEVERE burns from the hot mixture.
  • Extreme spill precautions should be observed during the preparation of this recipe.
  • If a burn DOES occur, hold the afflicted part under cold TAP water for five whole minutes.  See your doctor the next day.

Baked Squash

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 squash – acorn, butternut or pumpkin
  • 1/2 CU grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 TBL EVOO

STEP BY STEP

  1. Cut squash into 3/4 inch cubes
  2. Toss with EVOO
  3. Sprinkle with salt
  4. Spread onto baking pan
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes
  6. Flip pieces to other side and cook anothe 20 minutes
  7. OPTION:  If you want to, you can remove the skin and puree, then continue with this recipe
  8. Place pieces or puree in greased baking bowl and top with cheese
  9. Bake 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees

Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 TBL garlic powder
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne
  • 4 pounds chicken wings
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 2/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 pound blue cheese, crumbled (about 1 cup)
  • 2 scallions including green tops, chopped
  • 5 teaspoons vinegar
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
  • 8 ribs celery, cut into sticks

STEP BY STEP

  1. Heat the oven to 425 degrees F.
  2. Mix together in a paper bag the garlic powder, pepper, salt and cayenne pepper powder
  3. In a large bowl, toss the thawed wings with the cooking oil
  4. Put into the paper bag and shake until coated – save any excess powder in the bag
  5. Arrange the wings in a single layer on two large baking sheets.
  6. Bake until just done, about 35-45 minutes.
  7. Meanwhile create your dipping sauce: In a medium glass or stainless-steel bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sour cream, blue cheese, scallions, and ONLY ONE teaspoon of the vinegar
  8. To coat your cooked wings, in a large bowl, combine the ketchup, the remaining 4 teaspoons vinegar, the Tabasco sauce, and the remaining powder from the bag – ALTERNATE:  Simply use Frank’s Red Hot Cayenne Pepper Sauce
  9. Add the wings and toss to coat.
  10. Serve the wings with the celery sticks and blue-cheese dressing alongside.

MENU SUGGESTION

  • Pair these wings with more finger food. Corn on the cob would go nicely.
  • Roasted potato wedges are a good alternative and can be cooked alongside the wings.

 

Eggplant Babaganoush

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 eggplant
  • 2 cloves garlic (diced)
  • 5 TBL lemon
  • 4 TBL tahini
  • 1 sprig parsley
  • Salt

STEP BY STEP

  1. Wash outside of eggplant.
  2. Perforate skin of eggplant multiple times with fork.
  3. Cook over hot but indirect heat for 8-10 minutes, or until charred and reduced in size
  4. Turn, continue cooking – About 30 minutes total. (or roast in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes)
  5. Wrap in plastic wrap, leaving stem exposed
  6. Cut off stem and squeeze from belly button, removing all the flesh
  7. Put flesh into a colander and let drain for 1/2 hour
  8. Add diced garlic, salt, lemon, parsley and tahini
  9. Blend well. A food processor helps a lot
  10. If bitter add 1 TBL honey
  11. Serve with pita chips

Velez-Malaga Lomo Cerdo Picante

When we lived in Spain for two years, we had a “favorite” Chinese restaurant that we frequented while living in Velez-Malaga, Spain. Nie Xun Zhie (locally called Xi Xie) was a very authentic Chinese restaurant, where they all spoke… you got it… Spanish.. This as close as I can recreate to my favorite dish that I got every time we went there.

INGREDIENTS

  • Whole grain rice (not quick cook)
  • 1 carrot (julienne strips then diced – aka riced)
    MEAT TOPPING
  • 1 thin Pork cutlet
  • 1/2 onion (thinly sliced)
  • 1 stalk celery (diced)
  • 5 small hot chili peppers (minced)
  • 1 clove garlic (diced)
  • EVOO
  • diced scallion
    SAUCE
  • 1 tsp (to taste) Siracha
  • 2 TBL Soy sauce
  • 1 TBL tomato paste
  • 1 TBL Corn starch
  • 2 TBL Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • zest and juice from one lime

STEP BY STEP

  1. Start rice cooking. This will take about 30 minutes.  Stir rice at 15 minutes, then continue with preparation.
  2. 15 minutes from completion of rice, heat oil in saute pan
  3. Sweat onions over low heat
  4. When the onions START to become translucent, add celery
  5. Stir to combine (30 seconds) then add chili peppers
  6. Stir to combine, then add garlic
  7. Cook 1 more minute, then remove from heat

Once you become familiar with this recipe, you can start Step 8 at the same time as Step 2

  1. Heat cast iron skillet to high heat
  2. Sear pork over high heat in lightly oiled pan just until edges start to curl
  3. Flip and cook about half the time the other side cooked
  4. Remove from heat and place on cutting board to let juices redistribute for about 5 minutes.
  5. Cut pork into thin strips, then into small cubes, then mince a bit more
  6. Combine both onion mixture and pork into saute pan over LOW heat
  7. Put carrots into skillet pork was cooked in and put over medium heat
  8. Mix soy, corn starch and sugar in small bowl
  9. Mix in with pork mixture and stir until it starts to thicken
  10. Mix riced carrots into the rice, reserving some for garnish
  11. Server mixture over rice and top with carrot rice and scallions

 

Cocos’ Asian Sesame Dressing

 

SEE THIS PAGE FOR ENTIRE HISTORY OF THIS POST

This is the label from Coco’s bottled Asian Sesame Dressing

 

 

 

* To emulsify an oil into a liquid requires constant whisking of the liquid as the oil is VERY SLOWLY drizzled into the liquid.

So in the emails with Coco’s Corporate, I told them “there is no contender.”
I have, however, found a contender!
The Asian Chicken Salad here at Beatitudes has an incredible dressing. I was sure that it was made from scratch, so I had tried to re-create it.
CLICK HERE FOR MY COPY-CAT RECIPE.
It’s not too bad, but still fell short of the mark.
I finally asked them for the recipe, and they told me it was Ken’s Asian Dressing.   Click here for a link. I think you will like it.

    1. This message sent January 26 to Coco’s HQ: I am a regular customer here in Phoenix, and I loved the Asian Chicken Salad. I am a chef – and there is a lamentation heard across the world. NO DRESSING ?!?  Please bring back the dressing. There is no contender. Robert “Grandpa” Andrews – http://www.GrandpaCooks.com

    2. I heard from Coco’s Corporate. Here is their reply:

      Dear Robert:

      We received your message about the Coco’s Spicy Asian Dressing return and yes, the dressing is back in the restaurants. So you can frequent your closest Coco’s to get Coco’s Asian Salad and this month’s promotion we feature the Thai Chicken Salad with noodles and lettuce that you may also like. We don’t currently sell it retail but you can ask the restaurant for a 16 oz to-go container and they can sell you that until we sell it retail. Thank you for your interest in this great product.

      Susan Sullivan
      Operations Assistant
      Food Management Partners
      Email ssullivan@foodmps.com

    3. A note to Susan Sullivan,

      FYI…
      I got the Asian Chicken Salad at Cocos at 2026 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ 85006. The dressing had separated. I’ve never had that happen before. Ever. And I’ve ordered it at least a dozen times. If you are using a different manufacturer, they need to address this issue.
      I’ve only ordered it once since the change but I wanted to let you know.
      PS:
      Thanks for bringing it back.

      Susan’s Reply:

      Thank you for that information, I heard about it like in November but it was fixed so let me follow up on that right away and thank you for letting me know – as you know we want this product to be perfect since it’s such a signature of Coco’s.

     

Asian Salad

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 CU Napa cabbage (sliced thin)
  • 1/2 CU red cabbage (sliced thin)
  • 1 CU Chicken scraps (shredded)
  • 1 TBL scallions (chopped)
  • 1 TBL carrot slivers
  • 2 TBL cilantro (chopped very roughly, include stems)
  • wasabi root (or powder) to taste
  • 1 tsp ground ginger (optional)
    TOPPING
  • 1 TBL cashews (optional) OR 1 TBL peanuts (optional) OR 1 TBL almond slivers (optional)

Top with COCO’S ASIAN SESAME DRESSING – to taste – or simple Asian Dressing listed below

STEP BY STEP

  1. Put serving plate into refrigerator
  2. Toss all ingredients
  3. Add dressing and toss again
  4. Remove plate from refrigerator
  5. Serve cold on top of soba noodles (or other Chinese noodles)
  6. Top with cashews, peanuts or almonds

ASIAN DRESSING

  • 1 TBL soy
  • 1 TBL sesame oil
  • 1 TBL rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp Yakisoba sauce or Asian Fish Sauce
  • 1 tsp poppy seeds

Asian Noodle Salad

INGREDIENTS for the SALAD

  • 3 cups Napa cabbage (sliced thinly)
  • 1 small red pepper (chopped)
  • 1 bunch scallions (chopped)
  • 1 small orange pepper (chopped)
  • 1 bunch fresh cilantro (chopped)
    TO FINISH
  • 2 tablespoons of toasted sesame seeds
  • 1 lime
  • 1 lb Udon noodles

SPECIAL ASIAN SAUCE

  • 1/2 cup water or chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter – smooth or chunkey
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon hot sesame oil
  • 1/4 cup minced fresh ginger
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced

Put all of the sauce ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth.

STEP BY STEP

  1. Combine sauce ingredients and put in microwave safe glass container
  2. Combine all salad ingredients except the lime and Udon Noodles
  3. Cook Udon Noodles according to instructions
  4. Set aside 1 tsp sesame seeds
  5. Toss prepared salad ingredients with the juice from one lime
  6. Toss everything with The Sauce
  7. Sprinkle with sesame seeds

 

Arizona Punch

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 can frozen orange juice
  • 1 cup pineapple juice
  • 2 TBL maraschino cherry juice
  • 8-12 ice cubes
  • 1 quarts ginger ale

STEP BY STEP

  1. Mix first three ingredients using a blender
  2. Pour the mixture over ice cubes
  3. Add ginger ale

Serves 4-6 people

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