Living on a budget often means compromising what you want for what you need—or at least, for what's affordable. But that doesn't necessarily mean you have to compromise on flavor, especially if you know the right tips and tricks to make something spectacular out of the ordinary.
One of my favorite things about American Chinese food is how easy it is to eat: the pieces are bite-sized, the flavors are addictive, and the meat is always tender and easy to chew. But if you've ever tried to replicate any of your favorite takeout in the kitchen, you've likely noticed that the high heat required for most recipes thoroughly dries out the meat that you're trying to cook.
I was mesmerized by the decoration in Rosalind’s. It has pictures of the Ethiopian people from tribes, the walls are painted bright yellow and covered with black nyala’s an endanger species found in Ethiopia, amazing hut roofs on top of the tables, Hi-Definition television playing a basketball game and neon lights that attracts the eyes. I felt like I was in a different country.
In this tutorial, Betty shows you how to make her sister's famous lasagna. This meaty, cheesy pasta is very filling and the perfect dish to make for large gatherings or family dinners. Follow along and make this easy recipe that is full of flavor. Delicious!
This recipe from Holiday Kitchen shows you their impressive, celebratory dish that satisfies the most discriminating crowd. Beef Wellington will leave your party guests grinning and wide-eyed as you present and carve this spectacular meal at the table. This masterpiece of meat is worth the effort! But don't worry— there's no foie gras here.
Not sure what to make for dinner tonight? Try making a heart healthy penne with beef strips dish using canola oil. Watch this cooking how to video tutorial to learn how.
I hate wasting money. To be fair: I doubt there are many people out there who relish the idea, but I especially hate it. And I also dislike spending in excess of what I need. This happens all too often, I feel, when it comes to recipes that involve using sausage.
Dumplings have been around for centuries in various forms; spätzle, as well as chicken and dumplings, are dough-y dumplings with no filling, whereas Russian pierogis and Chinese jiaozi are dumplings that contain meat, vegetables, or both.
There is no greater food to master than steak. If you can make a steak that's only marginally better than your neighborhood Applebee's, you'll still have friends waiting outside your door for steak night. And if you can make steak as good as that expensive gourmet steakhouse you went to for your birthday? Well, your popularity is about to increase dramatically.
Whether you call it chicken-fried steak, country-fried steak, Milanese, wiener schnitzel, or breaded cutlet, there's something irresistible about a piece of meat that's been treated until it's thin and tender, dredged in beaten egg and flavorful bread crumbs, then fried until the coating is crisp enough to shatter when you bite into it.
Marinades are among my all-time favorite tricks as a cook for several reasons. They're easy like Sunday morning, they let time do what it's supposed to, which is work for you, and you get a huge return for relatively little effort on your part.
John Kass from the Chicago Tribune and Gary Wiviott, author of Low & Slow, demonstrate how to make perfect ribs. The first step is to run them under cool water and rinse them with cider vinegar to clean them off. Second, coat them with mustard. This holds the rub on the rib. By holding the rub on, you will get more bark (the spicy, smokey, crusty exterior) on your rib. Gary's rub is a mix of 7 different toasted Mexican peppers, paprika, salt, black pepper. Make sure to place a good layer of r...
This technique uses indirect heat. When cooking the ribs make sure to place the coals over to one side in the grill. When choosing your meat make sure to get bone in beef short ribs. First coat ribs well with your favorite dry rub. Then cover them with olive oil. Next sear the ribs on all sides in direct heat. Once they are seared you then place them in to a pan on the side of the grill without the coals. Next pour chicken broth over the ribs. The liquid is what tenderizes the ribs. You do no...
This is a whole new level of "Paleo," guys. Seriously: there's nothing more primal than a giant hunk of meat cooked in direct flame. Fancy grills and grill masters be damned—this method of cooking your meat is both the past and the future.
Whether you simply can't stand it or consider it a separate food group (or not food at all), there's no denying that Spam is everywhere. America's favorite canned mystery meat got its humble beginning in Minnesota, but is now used in dishes and found in homes around the globe.
Whether it's college football, the NFL, basketball, soccer, or baseball, sporting events are prime opportunities to entertain. No matter what the sport, food that's easy to eat is a must. Your guests should be able to mingle, eat, and talk trash... all at the same time! So a meat and cheese plate—also known as a characuterie board— is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
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Once you grill your tri-tip it is important that you know how to carve it. In this how to video Chef Robyn takes us into her home kitchen to show us the proper way to slice your grilled tri-tip meat.
Cook venison chili mole with tips from this how-to video. The special ingredient of this venison chili dish (if you are not familiar with mole) is chocolate! Its a great recipe for all the gaming meat you have in your fridge.
In Missouri squirrels are plentifully. Squirrel meat is delicious and versatile. This how to video shows you how to cook a squirrel skillet. Make squirrel a tasty treat with mushrooms, onions, and green peppers.
Pork tenderloin is a delicious cut of meat if it is prepared and cooked properly. It's incredibly lean, but takes on a great deal of flavor from proper seasoning. This how-to video features a southwestern pork rub that packs this tenderloin full of flavor. Pork tenderloins are most often sold in packs of two, so this recipe for my southwestern pork tenderloin prepares two tenderloins.
This how-to video demonstrates how to trim pork ribs. Trim spare ribs into St.Louis rack of ribs, these are simply ribs with just the meat and the bones. Remove the knuckle part that causes the ribs to over cook. Marinade with regular mustard and cook on a grill.
This is a fabulous meat dish with an amazing aroma! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make Indian lamb curry. You will need: boneless leg of lamb, onions, garam masala, ground cumin, tumeric, chili powder, salt and plain yogurt.
A meze is a Greek term for small plates of food served with wine at parties. This delicious pork meze gets its name from the wine that is used to braise the meat, resulting in rustic Greek cooking at its best.
BBQTalk.ca shows you how easy it is to make homemade bratwurst sausage. You will need to have a meat grinder for this.
Cooking steak can be a challenge but head Chef Donald Russell will show you how you can cook your steak perfectly every time. It is important to start with a nice piece of fresh meat and with a few helpful tips you will be sure to have succulent steak.
Betty makes cocktail meatballs which are served right out of the crock pot. Line a broiler pan with tinfoil.
Are you a vegan who dreads Thanksgiving with your folks because there's so much, well, meat? Get some yummy in your tummy this Thanksgiving without meat by making this homemade tofurky.
Here he is, The Butcher, the guy who left you for dead and took your girl to do unimaginable things to her! (Even if you could find out, would you really want to?) If The Butcher is chopping your meat and leaving you tender, then you might need to watch tis video to dump him in the meat grinder! In this video you'll learn the strategy and the patterns needed to finish this Butcher off for good!
A simple and easy way to make lasagna with the 10 minute cook. There are three parts to making a lasagna, there's making the meat sauce, making the white sauce and the third part is just assembling it all together it placing it in the oven.
In the spirit of foods stuffed with other foods such as Turducken and macaroni and cheese stuffed meat loaf, comes this seafood inside seafood dish. This video tutorial shows how to make King Crab stuffed lobster tails. This gourmet meal is surprisingly easy to pull off, provided you’re working with some decent crustaceans.
Make London broil grilled steak by following these easy steps! Enjoy cooking! London broil is a preparation, not a cut of meat. It is a steak that is pan-fried (and therefore not grilled) over high heat only to medium rare, beyond which point it becomes inedibly tough. It is a useful preparation for lean, tough cuts of meat, such as flank steak, shoulder, and round. To the less pure, London broil is a preparation that involves marinating a flank steak, then grilling, broiling, or pan-frying i...
You don't need a stove to whip up pasta, soup, vegetables, meat, or even dessert—all you need is a rice cooker! Watch this video to learn how to use a rice cooker to cook foods other than rice.
There's actually several different kinds of fats. You have your unsaturated fats, which are typically heart-healthy fat, which are like olive oil and canola oil. And then you have other fats like saturated fats, which are found in food such as meats, especially any animal product, fatty cuts of meats such as bacon, sausage, butter, lard, high fat dairy products, whole milk, and creams. And saturated fats have actually been linked to increased risk of heart disease. So these are things that yo...
In this how-to, Gary Rosenzweig of MacMost.com takes a look at how to use Flying Meat's VoodooPad, the personal wiki software for Mac. He uses it for to-do lists, taking notes and organizing information. Get organized with this VoodooPad and this how-to.
Cutting the meat off a mango can be tricky if you don't know there is a pit inside. Chef Paul talks about mangos and shows you how to cut the fleshy part off in this how to video. Watch and learn to dice the mango and enjoy this tropical fruit.
This how-to video demonstrates how to make and cook chicken lollipops. Simply take your chicken wing drummette and cut around the base to scrape the meat to one end. Grab some bacon and wrap it around the meat portion of the chicken lollipop. To cook place them in a holder and place on top of the grill.
Learn how a meat hook is used when grilling foods by watching this video.
Italian salsa verde is a parsley-based sauce flavored with salty seasonings like anchovies and capers. You can enjoy this easy salsa verde over pasta, meat, or fish. You will need anchovy filets, capers, canned tuna, olive oil, parsley, lemon, pepper and a galic clove. This sauce is like a parsley-based pesto and can be served with meat, fish, or pasta. You can store extra salsa verde in the freezer.
Okay, first things first: Turducken, as you may be able to guess by the name, is a delicious (and usually carnivorous) dish made of turkey stuffed with duck that's been stuffed with chicken.
