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Sauces and Gravies – Theory and Ratios
Serving Size: A typical serving size for sauces is 4 oz. per person. A typical serving size for gravy is 8 oz. per person. Assume the end product will be equal to the added liquid. The roux will add very little volume. So, if you are using 16 oz. of liquid, it should serve 4…
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Biscuits – Randy’s 30 minute rise Buttermilk
NOTE: Biscuits are pastries. They are not bread. We don’t want to roll, knead, or punch down the dough or beat it up in any way. Unproven Tip(s): If you don’t need an entire batch for one meal, flash freeze raw, cut biscuits on parchment paper. When they are frozen solid, place them in a…
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Noodles – Easy Egg
This recipe makes fresh non-raising egg noodles suitable for chicken noodle soup and stroganoff. INGREDIENTS 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 pinch salt 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1 Tbsp butter DIRECTIONS Add dry ingredients to Mixing bowl Cut butter into 1/4″ chunks and add to mixing bowl Pour milk into measuring cup Add eggs…
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Oven Bread Loaves
The original recipe was consolidated from articles on Serious Eats describing The Workhorse Loaf YIELD: Makes 2 large (850g) loaves ACTIVE TIME: 1 hour TOTAL TIME: About 5 hours Ingredients 1000 grams all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 700 grams room-temperature water, divided if using active dry yeast 22 grams salt Yeast (either): 4 grams…
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Chili con Queso – Maryann’s
Easy and Excellent! Freezes well. If you make half a batch, you can add the whole can of cream of mushroom soup and it still tastes great. Ingredients: 2.5lbs Velveeta Cheese 2 8oz packages of Cream Cheese 1 10.5oz can of Cream of Mushroom Soup 2 10oz cans of Rotel Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilis…
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Teriyaki Sauce – from stuff you already have in your cupboard
Ingredients 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons mirin or dry cooking sherry or dry vermouth or saki or omit this if you don’t have any. 2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger (from one 6-inch piece, peeled) or 1 tsp grated ginger 1 clove minced garlic 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes…
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Chicken for Tacos and Enchiladas
Notes: For a drier product, you may want to try draining some of the liquid from the Rotel before adding it to the sauce. If you don’t there may be liquid in the bottom of the pan. I drained most of the liquid from the Rotel in the last batch and the sauce was still…
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Taco Meat – Boiled
I have several opinions about this: INGREDIENTS: For 2 lbs of Ground Meat Gravy INSTRUCTIONS: Meat Instructions:
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Pork Loin Rub
This recipe is enough for a 4 – 5 lb Pork Loin INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder 1 teaspoon dry mustard powder 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2…