Simmer beef in water until it is tender. Set aside the broth. Boil potato in beef broth and set aside. Boil plantain and set aside. In a large skillet or saucepan, sauté garlic in oil. Add beef, chorizo or pepperoni, chick peas, broth, green beans, cabbage and green onions or scallions. Add quartered onion and peppercorns. Simmer until vegetables are done. Add salt to taste. When ready to serve, garnish with banana and potato. Serve with pochero sauce. To make pochero sauce, boil eggplant and...
This is a very interesting instructional video on how to make an onion relish. This is a very good food. Take white or red onion. Now peel off the outer layers of the onion. Now cut the onion into small pieces. You can cut the onion with a straight knife to get uniform sized pieces. Now put them into the boiling water in a pan. Now you have to filter the water. Now you can add salt, vinegar and sugar. You can keep this in the fridge for a few hours. Then you can add a few raw leaves and now t...
Combine pork cheeks (or de-boned pork hocks), heart, and tongue in pineapple juice, salt, water and crushed whole black pepper and bring to a boil; simmer for about 1 hour or until tender.
In a pot, simmer pork for 30 minutes and remove scum that rises to the surface. Keep stock. In a casserole, heat oil and sauté garlic and onion for a minute.
In this ten minute video, Chef Steven from Hands On Gourmet teaches you how to make a meatloaf. He explains the origin of the meatloaf and then takes you through the ingredients list step by step. He uses ground beef and pork, bread crumbs, onions, garlic, paprika, cayenne pepper, eggs, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce to make an All-American, traditional favorite. You'll learn that you can make it in a loaf pan or free form it as well. He finishes by topping off the meatloaf with a ketc...
You can make your own California rolls at home! California rolls are very similar to a sushi roll and are typically made inside out. This video from Panlasang Pinoy is a perfect example of a typical California roll that you can find at an upscale Japanese sushi bar.
This video shows you how to prepare a sweet, creamy coleslaw. . This is a simple way to make coleslaw it is not that hard coleslaw is better when it is made fresh.
Is your computer's LCD screen getting so dirty you can barely make out what you're typing. Use a few household ingredients to keep a clear, sharp image on your LCD screen without clouding or scratching it.
With just a few ingredients you can take your ramen noodles from mundane to mouthwatering. You Will Need
Learn how to make one of the all time favorite take out dishes! Follow along in this cooking how to video to learn how to make General Tso's chicken. This recipe is a classic Asian recipe, and now you can prepare it at home. Forget the take out, make General's Tso's chicken tonight. Ingredients for this recipe: chicken breasts, soy sauce, green onions, chicken broth, sugar, soy sauce, white vinegar, Sherry, and hot chili garlic sauce.
This is an amazing recipe that is so easy and delicious your whole family will love it! Follow along in this cooking how-to video and learn how to make Asian style Mongolian beef. Watch as Lila demonstrates the proper way to cut and marinate the beef strips. The ingredients you need for the marinade are: Rice wine vinegar, salt, baking soda, cornstarch, chili oil, sea salt, sesame oil, sugar, and soy sauce. Enjoy this recipe for Mongolian beef.
Forget the Chinese takeout tonight. This cooking how-to video shows you how to make an old Chinese favorite, sweet and sour chicken. Watch this video cooking lesson to learn how to make this chicken dish that is sure to delight your taste bud with the sweet and sour flavors. Serve this Chinese inspire dish over cooked ramen noodles.
Here is a sandwich that is perfect for dinner or a light snack. Watch this cooking how-to video lesson and learn how to make a homemade BBQ pork sandwich. You won't have to turn on your grill for this barbecue pork sandwich.
Forget about going out for sushi tonight. Watch this video lesson in preparing sushi at at home. This sushi cooking lesson shows you how to make both a vegetarian sushi roll and a smoked salmon roll. Make a veggie or seafood roll or both. Have fun making sushi at home.
You've had sweet and sour chicken now try sweet and sour wings. Watch this how to video tutorial and let Chef Kai show you how to make them. This chicken wing dish is very easy. You just need to deep-fry, steam or boil chicken wings and add sweet'n sour sauce.
Forget the take out tonight, cook some Thai food at home instead. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to cook up an authentic dish of phat thai (or pad thai). This Thai style fried noodle dish can be found at an Thai restaurant, but now you can make it at home.
Forget the take out tonight, cook some Chinese food at home instead. Watch this how to video tutorial as professional Thai chef Kai shows you how to cook up an authentic dish of hot and sour chicken. This hot and sour Chinese dish is a little bit different and much more spicy than the regular sweet recipe. Try it tonight.
The origin of this classic sandwich is uncertain but legend has it that it comes from the 1930's Conti's Grocery out of Patterson, N.J.. The sandwich got it's name "Submarine" from the Groton Navy Submarine Base in Connecticut. During World War 2, this huge sandwich was fed to returning sailors and solders because it was quick to prepare and inexpensive to make! This classic sub is essentially a 12 inch Italian bread stuffed with cold cuts including salami, prosciutto (dry cured ham), capicol...
There's nothing better than serving up some of your own homemade BBQ baked beans right off the barbecue grill. Watch this how to video and let one of the BBQ Pit Boys show you how easy it is to do.
Buffalo chicken dip is spiced blue cheese dressing that is perfect for your chicken wings. This is a great addition to your Super Bowl recipes or an awesome blue cheese dressing for your favorite salad. Chef Tips host Jason Hill also recommends it as a grilled steak sauce. The ingredients are blue cheese, buttermilk, mayonnaise, sour cream, white wine vinegar, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic. Learn how to make this blue cheese dip, sauce, or dressing by watching this video cook...
Beef tenderloin recipes are easy with the help of Chef Tips host Jason Hill. Hill explains how to make a great steak sauce and talks about steak cuts with a recipe that will rival any steak house. Cooking perfect steak will no longer be a mystery with this restaurant recipe. It's the best way to cook a steak. The ingredients are tenderloin steaks, olive oil, sea salt, cracked pepper, water, tomato paste, marsala wine, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and a shallot. Learn how to prepare...
How to cook Puerco Pibil by Robert Rodriguez. This is an excellent spicy breakfast. This is the slow roasted pork as seen is his film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. 5T whole annato seeds 2t whole cumin seeds
Craving a California roll? Watch as sushi chef Lin demonstrates how simple it is to make this delicious Japanese sushi roll at home.
Making hollandaise sauce isn't as difficult as you may think. Check out this simple recipe for creamy hollandaise sauce. Hollandaise sauce has withstood the test of time. Historians traced its first appearance to a cookbook that's nearly 400 years old. Despite import and export worldwide, the recipe has remained much the same. We use hollandaise sauce on meat and vegetables but the most common destination is on eggs benedict. Tinkering with this recipe is simple, as you flavor to your own tas...
When a headache strikes, I reach for the nearest painkiller. Forget closing my eyes, laying down, or even applying an ice pack—I seek the quickest and most immediate relief possible, and normally that comes in the form of pills. However, fast relief can be found from another, more natural source: herbal beverages. So if you're tired of popping pills when you have aches and pains, try some of these herbal drinks out instead.
If you consider yourself a regular coffee, tea, or hot chocolate drinker, you probably have a kitchen cabinet full of stained mugs that refuse to scrub clean. Thankfully, there is a better solution that doesn't involve continuing to fight those stains with a sponge, bleach, and elbow grease. The answer to your coffee or tea stain problems is Cafiza: an awesome espresso machine cleaning product that is popular amongst professional baristas... but also doubles as an extremely effective ceramic ...
Summer is the best friend of poison ivy, oak, and sumac. When the weather is hot outside, people spend more time in the great outdoors, which means more people accidentally running face first into some poisonous shrubs, leaves, and vines. If that sounds like you, instead of suffering through the itch or spending money on expensive pharmaceutical solutions, try some of these home remedies out.
In this tutorial, learn how to make spooky voodoo inspired cupcakes. These are great for Halloween and any other party that needs a little funky factor.
You can make your own bread from scratch with wheat grain. You will have new appreciation for the ease in buying store brought bread but absolutely nothing beats having warm homemade bread. If you like to cook then baking your own wheat bread is a must.
It's easy to make a peck of pickled peppers – or any other vegetable – with this basic recipe. You Will Need
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When it comes to household versatility, baking soda is king. Here are just some of the many cleaning uses for baking soda. Cleaning tips:
Hot and sour soup is a popular Chinese dish that is loaded with veggies and usually chicken. Try this flavorful and hearty Indian Chinese version which is completely vegetarian and can be made vegan also. It’s simply delicious! Just watch this how-to video to learn how.
Home chemistry is great, but what happens when you forget to label your chemicals? How do you know if you turned a clear glass of ammonia into a clear glass of unobtainium? Chemists have a tool for just that.
So you've found the perfect jacket, sweater, or pair of pants in your trek in the thrift or vintage store. The only problem? Your new find smells like grandma. The way to fix this issue is easy. All you have to do is lightly spray the item with two parts water and one part vinegar. Voila! Smell is gone!
in this tutorial, we learn how to make hot wings. First, wash two lbs of chicken wings, then sprinkle with salt and barbecue seasoning. After this, mix the chicken up so they get evenly coated. Now, place the chicken onto a baking pan and bake at 425 degrees for 45 minutes - one hour. While these are cooking, place 2 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp vinegar into a wok over medium heat. Then, add in 1 tbsp Chinese hot mustard and 1/4 c soy sauce. Mix this together and then add in as much hot sauce as you...
In this tutorial, we learn how to peel a hard boiled egg. Before you do this, when you boil your eggs, make sure to boil them with a little bit of white vinegar to make them easier to peel. To start, lay your cooled eggs on a hard surface. After this, gently crack the egg on the hard surface, then start peeling out the outer hard shell from half of the egg. After you peel half, crack it again and start peeling the other half. To make it even easier, after you peel half, blow on the half that ...
Chef John from foodwishes.com shares his recipe for Argentinian Chimichurri sauce and is assisted by his wife Michelle. He lists the ingredients as garlic, spices, and herbs including italian parsley, cilantro, and oregano. Chef John suggests shaving the leaves of the herbs off the stems and then throwing them into a blender with all his spices, oil, and vinegar. Chef John uses a long spatula to push the herbs down. He purees the sauce slowly in the blender, scraping down the sides of the ble...
In this cooking tutorial, learn how to make spicy honey Caribbean salmon with a delicious salmon sauce. To make the sauce, you will need the following ingredients:
In this video tutorial by Dr Suzann Wang you will learn how to prevent gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It is a hyper or low acidity problem in the stomach. The ph factor measures the acidic or alkaline nature of anything and it has a range of 0 to 14; 14 being highly alkaline and 0 being highly acidic. The stomach acidity tends to be 2. 0 which is pretty acidic. The acidity should be 2. 40. If the acidity is lower, it affects the rest of the digestive system. You can rectify this by t...
