Grilled Lamb with Tomato Quinoa and Veggies

Photo posted by Kaishin Chu © 2008. For the first time, I cooked with lamb. Bought a lovely pkg of lamb leg steaks, organic to boot! Med rare seems to work best here. Also for the first time, cooked the quinoa with some tomato juice (V8 was used) along with water. The flavour was richer [...]

Pan seared Cod with Sesame Soy Garlic/Ginger Glaze

Photo posted by Kaishin Chu © 2007. Finally got around fine tuning the Glaze recipe. Sorry for the wait Heather! Sesame Soy Garlic/Ginger Glaze 3 Tbsp Soy Sauce (or any other soy based sauce, Memmi or Teriyaki works well too) 1 Tbsp Cooking wine 1 tsp Crushed garlic 1/2 tsp crushed ginger (optional) 1 tsp [...]

Polpette di Kai

(Italian style Meatballs or Burger Patties) Photo posted by Kaishin Chu © 2007. I made a scrumptious ground meat recipe that worked both for meatballs and hamburger patties. I did spaghetti the classic Italian way for Jason, while I used kamut rotini for myself, since I’m to avoid wheat and rice. 2 kg Ground Pork [...]

Roasted BBQ Ribs and Garlic Crunch Potatoes

Photography by *kaishin* Okay, here’s my working recipe (I just came up with this recipe and have yet to work out any tweaks it might need in the write up of hte recipe.) Crunch Potatoes Take 2-4 medium russet potatoes, washed and cleaned.Poke holes for steam to escape with fork on 4 sides and top [...]

JiaoZi, Potsticker, Gyoza

mix 3 cups reg. ground pork, 1 egg, 1 c minced chives, 1 T garlic, 1/4 c dark soy, 1 T salt, 2 t blk pepper, 2 Tsesame oil, and 2 T cornstarch. Then spoon into store bought wrappers and seal with a bit of water and pinch shut, then creat pleats. Cook right away [...]