Beef and chicken and pork, too. Or is that two? (Friday food for mid-June, 2023)


Last year I wrote a post: Beef and chicken and pork, oh my. (My cooking interests for December to May, 2022). And now I am back with another post featuring that trio of meats. Hence the funny post title. Unlike that post, this should be briefer, but just as good.

Beef: I made this recently and loved it: mississippi pot roast. I’d love to make this: corned beef and cabbage. Some day. I am due to make this: braciole (update: made it!) And this: crock pot short ribs with potatoes. I could make this, but I’d rather go to England and have someone else do it: Classic London Broil with Rosemary and Thyme.

Some other things I want to try is this nice slow cooker recipe for cuban skirt steak. I want to get some rice and put this over it: mongolian beef.

Of all the beef we eat at my place, most of it comes in the form of steak. If you love steak too, why not try a  balsamic marinated steak? Or a classic steak au poivre ? We know skirt steak is good. And steak cooked in cast iron is great. Speaking of advice, here’s some steak advice for you: Reverse Sear Steak .

Meatloaf fans, I have not forgotten you: meatloaf wellington. For sundried tomato fans, of which I am: Chatelaine Bistro beef with sun dried tomatoes 

And here’s two more beefy meals: beef and tomato rice bowl and beef and broccoli.

Chicken: I’ve made this chicken in vinegar from Laura Calder a number of times and its always come out delicious. Likewise  Martha’s braised chicken potatoes olives and lemon.

Speaking of Martha, I highly recommend this to anyone looking to cut up a whole chicken over at her Martha Stewart web site. Relatedly: How to Cut Up a Whole Chicken. Unleash your inner butcher. As for other advice, here’s: The Best Way to Cook Chicken Thighs.

I was going through websites pulling out good poultry recipes lately. Here’s a bunch I found at Saveur Tavuk Kebabi (Mint & Aleppo Pepper Marinated Chicken Kebab, their Best Chicken Cacciatore Recipe, and the classic chicken cordon bleu. Saveur also had the recipe for Raos famous lemon chicken, and great duck leg and andouille sausage gumbo recipe, and a hearty vegetable stew duck confit cabbage recipe. And while not Saveur, if you love duck, I recommend this: pan seared duck breast.

Of course the New York Times has lots of great chicken recipes. Here’s their chile butter chicken with vinegared potatoes recipe. Something I want to try really soon:  skillet chicken with mushrooms and caramelized onions. Something basic but good: chicken and potatoes. Something fancy and good: roast tarragon cognac chicken. And well, here’s a whole list of one pot chicken dinners.

I would be remiss without including these gems from Food and Wine. Here’s a classic: Chicken Diane. For people who have time: lazy-chicken-and-sausage-cassoulet. For rosemary lovers (me): Rosemary-Roasted Chicken with Artichokes and Potatoes Recipe. For marjoram lovers (also me): Wine-Baked Chicken Legs with Marjoram Recipe – Marcia Kiesel. And finally this is for fans of chicken legs (an underrated cut).

Slow cooker chicken is always great. If you agree, make this: slow cooker rotisserie dinner. I do…often. Pair it with some Swiss Chalet dipping sauce. If you want something a bit spicer, go with slow cooker harissa chicken. Also spicy, but not in a slow cooker: Buffalo Chicken Calzones.

Let’s close off with some oldies but goodies: chicken milanese. Another classic is  zuni roast chicken. Or this: Chicken Breasts with White Wine Pan Sauce. Finally, from Cup of Jo, this: chicken and white beans.

Pork:  I love the other white meat. And so do the dairy farmers of Canada. Over on their web site they have a TON of pork recipes. You can find out how to make braised pork chops cabbage and dried apricots and chorizo two berry compote stuffed pork tenderloin parsley cream sauce and pork chop green bell pepper and tomato sauce, too. For fans of pork and fruit, there’s this pork tenderloin feta dried fruit dish and this pork tenderloin medallions mango curry cream. Mint lovers, try prosciutto and mint pork tenderloin wraps. If you want it spicy, make this spicy pork tenderloin in a coffee cream sauce. Or this tuscan herb and tomato pork tenderloin.

They certainly have a lot of pork tenderloin recipes. It’s a great cut, but easy to overcook. You want to read this: How to how to cook pork tenderloin in oven 3 marinades.

Martha also loves pork. So on her site you can learn how to make  pork pears and parsnip mash plus a pork and soba noodle salad and chili lime pork corn salad. You can also start making your own homemade sausage patties.

Food and Wine is another site that likes tenderloin: Pesto Pork Tenderloin Recipe and stuffed pork tenderloins bacon and apple riesling sauce. It also has something fancy:  Pork Chop au Poivre with Red Wine Shallot Sauce. And some oldies but goodies, like this  Pork Schnitzel with Warm Potato Salad Recipe from Wolfgang Puck, or this  Italian Sausage with Onions and Peppers, or even this: blackened skillet pork chops beans and spinach. Finally, here’s all their pork chop recipes in one place.

Fans of spicy (and Alison Roman) will want to make harissa rubbed pork with white beans. Fans of non spicy, try this  Pork bulgogi.

Pork chop fans, try these Orange Molasses Pork Chops from Budget Bytes. Or these boursin pork chops (trust me it’s good). Here’s how to make breaded fried pork chops.

For fans of pork stew, Saveur has a wonderfully looking spanish pork rib stew. It’s an acquired taste, but here’s the recipe for Jacques Pepin’s pork neck stew.

Last but not least, here’s a guide to making a baked ham with brown sugar glaze here. Love that. Here’s how to make slow cooker Carolina pulled pork sliders.

Ribs! They can be pork, they can be beef, they are always delicious. I’ve blogged about ribs before (those, from Mark Bittman, are great). I want to try these soon: Grilled Korean Style Short Ribs.

I make these often: slow cooker cheater barbecue ribs. For fans of tasty,com: Slow Cooker Ribs.

Not a recipe, but rib related:  The McRib is back but possibly for the last time McDonald’s hints.

Thanks for reading. Happy cooking!

(Top image: New York Times; Middle image: Cup of Jo)

BBQ is over! :) It’s time for autumn cooking. (My cooking interests for early Fall, 2021 )


If you are thinking: Bernie, I could really use some good recipes to cook this fall, can you help me? Why yes, I think I can. (I even have some grilling recipes because hey, keep BBQing if it makes you happy.) Here’s my fall list of food links (mostly recipes) I’ve found interesting and that I think you will find interesting too!

Recipes

Fish: first up, here’s a feast of fish recipes. I love clams, and I want to make this: Clams with chili and limes. Speaking of fish with citrus, try this: Citrus Shrimp Rice Bowls. If you are still grilling: This Fish Is Sustainable Cheap and Delicious on the Grill. Or maybe you want to roast: Roast Fish with Cannellini Beans and Green Olives. Do you like cod? If so, here are two for you: Rice Bowls with Flaky Cod and Green Seasoning Baked Cod. Back to shellfish with Quick Calamari With Garlic Mayonnaise  and Spicy Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp with Parmesan Corn Polenta. Finally, this sounds fun if you want something sushi-like: DIY Hand Rolls Are My Last-Minute Dinner Party Savior. And this is worth a look: The Best Fish Cakes.

Vegetables: when you want carbs and veg: Greens and Beans with Fried Bread. This sound delicious: Vietnamese Tomato Salad. How about some dishes with emulsions? Here’s Carrot and Beet Salad with Scallion Emulsion or Roasted Red Pepper Emulsion. Or how about soups? This sounds amazing: This Lentil Soup Is So Good One Nurse Has Eaten It for Lunch Every Workday for 17 Years  and this sounds classic: make Any Vegetable Soup. If you need dips: Make a Ton of Impressive Dips With This Simple Formula. Or chickpeas: Warm Chickpea Bowls with Lemony Yogurt. Feeling like beans? Here’s 12 Easy Ways to Cook a Can of Cannellini Beans. If you are still grilling: Grilled Mushrooms and Carrots with Sesame. Maybe you are using the oven again…then make Sheet-Pan Ratatouille.  Or bake a pie: Golden Root Vegetable Potpie close. Put your kimchi to work with Kimchi-Fried Grains. Or your last summer tomatoes: rice-stuffed tomatoes.

Chicken: sticking with the lighter items, let’s move to chicken. Here’s a fantastic and varied list of chicken dishes: Chicken Braised in Lime and Peanut Sauce,  Chicken Schnitzel with Crunchy Salad (read this too:  The BA Sandwich Primer: Saltie), Stir-Fried Noodles With Chicken, Coq au Riesling, Curry-Poached Chicken with Rice and Scallions and finally Peperoncini Chicken.

Pasta/Noodles/Grains: are an excellent trio. Let’s start with gnocchi…I highly recommend this: Five Delicious Reasons to Always Have Gnocchi in Your Pantry. I also keep wanting to make these noodles, so I want to try one of these: Dan Dan Noodles, or this (it’s different) Dan Dan Noodles. Pasta Aglio e Olio Gets a Plus One is good for fans of it. Here’s a simple pasta dish: Macaroni and Peas Is the Desperation Meal That Always Satisfies. As is this: Pasta with Sausage and Arugula. Maybe you want to make your own pasta: Make Pasta From Scratch with Two Ingredients. Kudos to you!

What else? If none of those catch your fancy, what about you try this: Make This Pork Roast on Sunday Eat Well All Week Long. Or make this and have them on standby: 4 Homemade Spice Blends That’ll Level-Up Your Meals. This sounds amazing: Burnt Orange and Coriander Roast Pork. Same with this:  Maple Chicken ‘N’ Ribs. Finally there’s Lamb Meatballs With Pecan Romesco and .the Absolute Best Way to Cook French Fries According to So Many Tests.

Lists: I always come across lists of food more and more each month. These are some good ones:

  1. 45 Healthy Dinner Recipes for Low-Stress Weeknights.
  2. 9 Martha Stewart Recipes We Can’t Stop Making from One-Pan Pasta to Slab Pie.
  3. 30 Refreshing Slaw Recipes for Summer.
  4. 29 Healthyish Chickpea Recipes Here for Your Weeknight Dinners.
  5. These 81 Easy Pasta Recipes Are Your Weeknight-Dinner Saviors.
  6. Our 11 Best Summer Sangrias Including One With Rose.
  7. 30 Juicy Pork Chop Recipes for Easy Weeknight Dinners.
  8. 18 Classic French Appetizers.
  9. 9 Ways To Use Up Overripe Fruit.
  10. Arugula Salad With Shaved Parmesan Three Ways

Not recipes, but interesting: 

For steak lovers, here’s:  Cuts Of Steak Ranked From Worst To Best. For fans of budget cooking like me:  The Healthyish Guide to Low-Waste Cooking. You might ask: Why Do American Grocery Stores Still Have an Ethnic Aisle? Why indeed. Is American BBQ ethnic. I dunno, but here are two good pieces on American barbeque:  The Evolution of American Barbecue and  The media has erased the long history of Black barbecue skewing our understanding. As you know, fermented food is hot:  How Fermented Foods May Alter Your Microbiome and Improve Your Health. Finally, this was excellent:  Chez Panisse reimagined the way we eat. After 50 years is that enough?.

Happy cooking!

New recipe and food links. Because we all need more of that. :)

I clearly collect too many food links. 🙂 These are some of the better ones I have found and think worth sharing.

Image from: Slow Cooker Bread Recipe | Baked by an Introvert

4 p.m. recipe: pan-fried chicken thighs by Michael Ruhlman (@ruhlman)

I am a fan of Michael Ruhlman in general, so I am happy to recommend this recipe of his: Pan-Fried Chicken Thighs. Three comments:

  1. This recipe is dead simple, but it delivers alot of flavour
  2. It smartly replaces boneless chicken breasts, which are overpriced and underflavoured, with chicken thighs, which are just the opposite. (BTW, you could easily replace chicken thighs with turkey thighs if they are on sale. Just make sure you flatten them to roughly the same thickness as you see here.)
  3. It replaces buttermilk (which often just goes to waste and takes up room in my fridge) for a more common yet better set of ingredients.

Ruhlman keeps it simple here, but you could easily add dry flavourings (i.e. herbs and spices) to the flour, or wet flavouring (e.g., hot sauces) to the dairy mix. Once you start doing that, you can vary this recipe in all kinds of ways.