Recipes

Balsamic Onions

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Course Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oz Olive oil
  • 3 each Onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 each Garlic clove, thinly sliced
  • 4 oz Balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tsp Light brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp Rosemary, chopped
  • 2 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 tsp Black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in large saute pan over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, cook until onions start to brown, about 15 minutes.
  • Add balsamic vinegar, brown sugar and rosemary. Stir well.
  • Lower heat and cook an additional 5 minutes. Add salt & pepper to taste, and plate.

Baklava Cupcakes

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Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Mediterranean

Ingredients
  

CUPCAKES

  • 1 ¼ cup Vegetable oil
  • 2 ½ cup Sugar
  • 1 ¼ cup Water
  • ½ cup Orange juice
  • 1 each Orange rind, grated
  • ½ tsp Cloves, ground
  • ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp Baking powder
  • 4 cup Flour

Honey Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Water
  • ½ cup Honey

Filling

  • 1 cup Toasted walnuts, ground fine
  • ½ tsp Cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 4-5 tbsp Honey syrup

Cream Cheese frosting

Instructions
 

Cupcakes

  • Make cupcakes, using cream method. Bake 18-22 minutes.
  • Core when cooled.

Syrup

  • Combine ingredients, bring to boil for 5 minutes.

Filling

  • Combine ingredients in processor, process to thick paste.
  • Inject into cupcakes.

Assemble process

  • Brush cupcakes with syrup, frost & top with filling. Garnish with baklava crumbs & cinnamon-sugar.

Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Hot Dog

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Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

Mayonnaise Mix

  • Mayonnaise
  • Dijon mustard
  • Black pepper
  • Cayenne pepper

Chicken Prep

  • Chicken breast split lengthwise
  • Bacon

Condiments

  • O Bachan's Japanese BBQ Sauce
  • Pickled jalapenos

Instructions
 

Mayonnaise Mix

  • Combine mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, black pepper and cayenne pepper, mix well.

Chicken Prep

  • Season chicken strip with salt, then brush with the Mayonnaise mix.
  • Wrap chicken strip with bacon. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet.
  • Cook chicken wrap in 500℉ oven for about 20 minutes.
  • Brush cooked chicken with Japanese BBQ sauce. Serve on hot dog bun with mayo mix & pickled jalapenos.

Chef Ken's Homemade Bacon

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Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Side Dish
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 5 lb Pork belly
  • 1 ¼ tsp Prague powder 5.7 grams
  • 5 tbsp Kosher salt
  • 5 tbsp Brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp Maple syrup + 1 tsp
  • 3 tbsp Black pepper, cracked + 1 tsp
  • 1 ½ tsp Red pepper crushed

Instructions
 

  • Prepare cure, combined all ingredients into a paste.
  • Place pork in a large zip lock bag, rub cure onto meat.
  • Seal the bag, and refrigerate for 7 days, turning once daily.
  • Remove from bag and rinse off cure & slimy build-up on exterior of pork.
  • Pat belly dry, place on wire rack over sheet pan, sprinkle with more black pepper, and leave on the rack, refrigerated for another 24 hours.
  • Develop the pellicle on the outside of the bacon.
  • Pre-heat smoker to 160-170℉. Use hickory, apple, or maple wood chips.
  • Place bacon on grill plate and smoke approximately 6 hours, or until 155℉.
  • Remove and chill bacon completely. Slice to purpose and cook.

Bacon Cured With Maple

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Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Side Dish
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup Kosher salt
  • 2 tsp Pink salt
  • ¼ cup Brown sugar
  • ¼ cup Maple syrup
  • 5 lb Pork belly

Instructions
 

  • Combine dried ingredients and maple syrup in a bowl. Mix well.
  • Rub pork, place in a zip lock bag and cure in refrigerator for 7 days.
  • Rinse and dry off, let sit uncovered, overnight.
  • Cook or smoke as purposed.

Baba Au Rhum

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Course Dessert
Cuisine French

Ingredients
  

For the cake

  • 1 pkg Dried yeast
  • 4 oz Milk
  • 2 each Eggs
  • 1 ⅔ cup Flour
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Orange zest
  • 1 tsp Lemon zest
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 4 oz Butter softened
  • ⅓ cup Golden raisins or dried currants
  • 1 tbsp Dark rum

For the Rum Syrup

  • 1 ½ cup Water
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • ⅔ cup Dark rum
  • ½ tsp Vanilla

To Serve

  • Lightly whipped cream or sabayon
  • Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, apricot preserves

Instructions
 

  • Soak dried fruit in rum, set aside.
  • Brush baba molds with melted butter.
  • Heat milk to 115℉, add yeast and sugar. Let sit for 5 minutes.
  • With mixer on low speed, add eggs, then flour, salt, and remaining soft butter.
  • Bring mixer up to medium speed, and beat mix for 5 minutes.
  • Cover bowl and let rise for 1 hour, or when doubled in size.
  • Preheat oven to 375℉
  • Make rum syrup.
  • Drain dried fruit, punch down dough, add fruit, place in molds, and let rise another 50-60 minutes.
  • Bake cakes for 25-30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before tapping out of molds.
  • Pour rum very slowly on cakes. Brush cakes with warm apricot preserves, mixed with warm water.
  • Garnish with whipped cream and assorted fresh berries.

Peking BBQ Sauce

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Course Sauce
Cuisine Asian, Chinese

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ tbsp Ketchup
  • 2 tsp Plum sauce
  • 2 tsp Chili sauce
  • 1 tsp Sweet bean or hoisin sauce
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire
  • 1 ½ tbsp Black vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • ½ tsp 5 Spice
  • 2 tbsp Water

Instructions
 

  • Combine all and blend thoroughly.

Asian Marinade for Ribs/Chicken Wings

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Course Sauce
Cuisine Asian

Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup Red chilies mild
  • 2 tbsp Garlic
  • 2 tbsp Ginger
  • 2 tsp Onion powder
  • 2 tsp Garlic powder
  • ¼ cup Brown sugar
  • ¼ cup Soy sauce
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • ¼ cup White vinegar
  • 1 head Pickled garlic peeled

Instructions
 

  • Combine and blend well.

Notes

Marinade ribs or pork overnight. Bake in a foil bag for 2 hours at 275F degrees.
Reduce leftover marinade and baste ribs or chicken when they're done. Glaze in a broiler.