3-Course Dinner #5

We have some sliced beef and chicken left from hot pot, so I thought I'd cook some bulgolgi.

Bulgolgi

The Mayo Shrimp is actually known as Walnut Shrimp. I ran out of candied walnut, so it's just shrimp in mayo. The mayo sauce is really simple to make. Mix mayo with sugar, vinegar, a little water, and touch of salt. How much of each to put depends on your own personal preference.

Mayo Shrimp

The green bean dish is copied from a Thai dish called Prik Khing. I just cut the green beans to smaller pieces to match the ground chicken. Sate with red curry paste.

Green Beans with Ground Chicken in Red Curry

The Everything Omelete

Allen loves omelet. Whenever we go to a breakfast buffet, we always order the everything omelet. Basically we want everything in the omelet; ham, sausage, bacon, green pepper, onion, mushroom, tomato, green onion, spinach, and, yeah, don't forget the jalapeno pepper and cheese! Sounds good, doesn't it? But you know who makes the BEST omelet? ME! Yes, yours truly!
The trick to get the fluffy omelet is to add a little milk when beating the eggs. Also add some garlic salt and black pepper to season. Sate 'everything' in the pan for a few minutes, then pour the egg onto the pan. Once the bottom side is cooked firm enough, flip it over. (I have mastered the 'flipping', just so you know) Place some grated cheese on 1/2 of the omelet. When omelet is fully cooked, fold the omelet and transfer to plate. I guarantee you it tastes yummy!

The Everything Omelet

2-Course Meal #2

In case you haven't noticed, my family loves curry. I like cooking curry, too, because it is one of the easiest dish to make. Cut chicken, potato, onion, and carrots into cubes. Sauteed red curry paste for a couple of minutes then throw in the onion. After about 5 minutes, add coconut milk, a tablespoon of fish sauce, some brown sugar, and the rest of ingredients and let simmer until potato is tender.

You can eat this with rice or baguette. It's so good!

Chicken Curry

Another one of my family's favorite dish is Stir Fry Green Beans. Costco sells a big package. They are very fresh and tender. They don't keep for very long, so make sure you cook them within a week.

There are several ways to cook this. Tonight I was a little lazy, so I basically stir fry it with garlic. Sometimes I add ground meat and dry shrimp for added flavor. Amway you cook it, it is still yummy.

Stir Fry Green Beans

Stir Fry Spaghetti with Beef and Chili

One of the problem with shopping at Costco is that you have to buy in bulk. A package of New York Steak came with 5 huge pieces. Because we eat our steaks medium-well, I usually cut one piece into 2 so it cooks easier. Well, that creates another problem - I now have 10 pieces of steaks!

Trying to use up all the New York Steaks before they go bad, I decided to make Spaghetti Stir Fry with Beef. This is a slight variation of Kung Pao Spaghetti which I learned to cook from eating at California Pizza Kitchen. I can't put peanuts tonight because Allen can't eat them yet. Without the peanuts, I can't call it Kung Pao. Nevertheless, it still tasted great!

Stir Fry Spaghetti with Beef and Chili

Black Pepper Beef

I am not a steak and potato kind of gal. After having a steak dinner the other day, I still had several pieces of New York steak left. I decided to stir fry it. I like my meat cut into smaller pieces instead of one big chop. Maybe it's the Chinese in me.


Just so you can see I actually cooked it, I included 2 more pictures while I was cooking.

Where is the Beef?

New York Stead with Baked Potato and Green Salad

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3-Course Dinner #4

One of the most popular food in a Chinese Restaurant is Tofu. It's easy to make it vegetarian style as well as non-vegetarian style. The only difference is with or without meat. The tofu was first grilled on the pan to give it a little crispy texture. Allen is not a fan of tofu but he actually liked it tonight.

Home Style Tofu (with ground chicken and mushroom)

The Panang Beef is a Thai dish. Panang curry is less spicy than the red curry I usually cook with. Allen just had oral surgery a week ago and can't have spicy food. He loved how I made this tonight and had 2 big servings.

Panang Beef

I usually cook asparagus with bacon, but I ran out of bacon and substituted it with Chinese Sausage. Didn't exactly turn out as I like, but edible. =)

Asparagus with Chinese Sausage

I just throw this in for the fun of it.

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Teriyaki Chicken 2

Teriyaki Chicken with Frid Rice and Cucumber Salad. Damn it was good!

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Club Salad

Mmmmnnnn, Salad! I like to mix my dressing, Italian and Ranch are a perfect combination. They should invent a dressing like that.