The Cooking Thread

[minux]

Whatever you do... If you ever find yourself in the middle of cooking up a storm and need some white wine for your white wine sauce, dont forget to take off your apron before you head to the local bottlo!

Can be embarassing :whistling:

LMFAO, shuddup smartarse

 

[nicko]

buy some good chicken breast cover then im your normal pizza toppings and bake in the oven. Farking amazing and the kids love em to.

strips of beef, every veggy u can find in yor fridge some oyster sauce, garlic and 2 minute noodles/rice goes great. Tastes different everytime because you just use random stuff from your fridge

 

[Pub247]

i do all the cooking at home mainly specialise in asain style food but have some all round skills. I have a really good peanut satay recipe. Costs a fair bit to make but ****s all over anything you can buy

 

[AirStrike]

Girlfriend is a Turk, so can't go past her mums cooking.

 

[MasterOfReality]

My mum is Italian, so i picked up a fair bit from her. She is from the north of Italy so the food is like a mix of Italian/Yugoslav/Austrian.

Its all cooked on the same basic principal - simmering and reducing until you end up with a nice sauce.

My favourite at the moment is chicken wings cooked this way. Also works for lamb.

1. 1kg of chicken wings, cleaned, excess fat trimmed off.
2. Cut each wing into 3 pieces at the knuckes, discarding the end part, or tip of the wing.
3. Dice 2 small to medium onions.
4. Pot or pan needs to be big enough to lay the chicken pieces out in one layer.
5. Add olive oil to pan, just enough to cover base.
6. Add chicken and onions to pan, generous sprinkle with salt and brown gently.
7. When its browned properly, the chicken should be a nice tan colour and the onions will be getting caramelised.
8. When browned, take off heat. At this stage you can add around 4 cloves of finely chopped garlic if you want.
9. Add chopped herbs eg oregano, parsley etc etc. If you want to be lazy, just get the Masterfoods Italian herbs. Put plenty on.
10. Now cover the chicken with water until it is just covered. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up all the browned onions at the bottom of the pan.
11. Return to high heat and when its boiling, reduce to low heat.
12. Let simmer until the sauce reduces.
13. Add flour to thicken if you want.
14. Serve with rice or pasta.

It takes about 2 hours all up, there is no such thing as good fast cooking in my family hehe.

You really have to keep an eye on it, stirring it every 30 minutes or so, and to watch that you dont reduce the sauce to nothing.

The results are well worth it though.

My girlfriend is from a malaysian background, and her mum is an awesome cook, which thankfully my girlfriend has inherited those skills, although she likes my food more than her mums

 

[XeKToReX]

My favorites when the old girl ain't cookin are:

-beef/chicken(it works) with black bean sauce
-home recipe bolognese
-butter chicken
-random veg/tomato pasta
-big bbq!

 

[Julie]

Tacho,s are a quick easy meal and different:thumbsup:

lol @ tachos.. u mean tacos but it is a car forum afterall so can't blame u

Burritos, fajitas, nacho's, taco's, enchiladas.

Mexican is FTW!! Best, foreign, food, EVER!!

They are regulars at our house actually we are having a bit of a variation to that with baked potato plus all the mexican trimmings. Would love to find a nacho hat like on the simpsons lol

Whatever you do... If you ever find yourself in the middle of cooking up a storm and need some white wine for your white wine sauce, dont forget to take off your apron before you head to the local bottlo!

Can be embarassing :whistling:

rofl thats a classic. Not a chance of that happening to me, I don't bother with aprons. I'm an artist, painting every day so I only wear daggy paint stained clothes around the house:embarrass

buy some good chicken breast cover then im your normal pizza toppings and bake in the oven. Farking amazing and the kids love em to.

strips of beef, every veggy u can find in yor fridge some oyster sauce, garlic and 2 minute noodles/rice goes great. Tastes different everytime because you just use random stuff from your fridge

Definately trying the chicken breast pizza this week! Sounds like something the kids and hubby would love because I can give them all different toppings to suit their tastes. As for the stir fry done that before many times, can't do oyster sauce because I am allergic to shellfish but have used honey, soy garlic etc instead.

My mum is Italian, so i picked up a fair bit from her. She is from the north of Italy so the food is like a mix of Italian/Yugoslav/Austrian.

Its all cooked on the same basic principal - simmering and reducing until you end up with a nice sauce.

My favourite at the moment is chicken wings cooked this way. Also works for lamb.

1. 1kg of chicken wings, cleaned, excess fat trimmed off.
2. Cut each wing into 3 pieces at the knuckes, discarding the end part, or tip of the wing.
3. Dice 2 small to medium onions.
4. Pot or pan needs to be big enough to lay the chicken pieces out in one layer.
5. Add olive oil to pan, just enough to cover base.
6. Add chicken and onions to pan, generous sprinkle with salt and brown gently.
7. When its browned properly, the chicken should be a nice tan colour and the onions will be getting caramelised.
8. When browned, take off heat. At this stage you can add around 4 cloves of finely chopped garlic if you want.
9. Add chopped herbs eg oregano, parsley etc etc. If you want to be lazy, just get the Masterfoods Italian herbs. Put plenty on.
10. Now cover the chicken with water until it is just covered. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up all the browned onions at the bottom of the pan.
11. Return to high heat and when its boiling, reduce to low heat.
12. Let simmer until the sauce reduces.
13. Add flour to thicken if you want.
14. Serve with rice or pasta.

It takes about 2 hours all up, there is no such thing as good fast cooking in my family hehe.

You really have to keep an eye on it, stirring it every 30 minutes or so, and to watch that you dont reduce the sauce to nothing.

The results are well worth it though.

My girlfriend is from a malaysian background, and her mum is an awesome cook, which thankfully my girlfriend has inherited those skills, although she likes my food more than her mums

Sounds yummy, will have to try this one too. Only thing is its a pain in the butt having a daughter that hates any form of onion and will just about throw up if eating it

 

[Cody]

Can't go past shepherds pie, so quick and easy and always tastes good, so many variations to it aswell, put aside some of the cooked onion and put it in the mash, cover top with cheese and breadcrumbs, put a little red wine in the mince mix, magic!

 

[Cobez]

they are regulars at our house actually we are having a bit of a variation to that with baked potato plus all the mexican trimmings. Would love to find a nacho hat like on the simpsons lol

Nacho nacho man, i want to be, a nacho maaaan!!!

 

[Turd Ferguson]

mmmmm tacho's