I accidentally made a rice version of grits. It is amazingly good.
I accidentally made a rice version of grits. It is amazingly good.
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How do you do it? I've mixed rice and grits for years.
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I was making congee. Something my mother made once in a while, and which I've also had in places like Hong Kong and Singapore. It was my first attempt. Basically started with rice in a pot and cooked it with lots of water. And I kept adding warm water as it evaporated. Kept doing this for an hour, with lots of stirring. So that's congee (aka water rice) and I was satisfied with the result.
But then my son tried it and complained it was too bland. So I told him to add some butter and more water and to boil it until it reached the consistency he wanted. Which he did. Well the version with butter is pretty fantastic. It is more like grits or polenta. Or even rice pudding.
Last edited by nsacpi; 11-22-2020 at 08:21 AM.
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Runnin (11-22-2020)
Sounds similar to okayu, a Japanese dish. I'll eat it on a really cold day but I prefer oatmeal if I go that route.
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Last edited by nsacpi; 11-22-2020 at 09:18 AM.
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"I am your retribution."
Use some chicken broth and/or cream for my grits.
If I don’t have that I use a spoon ful of bacon grease to the water
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I'm down with the bacon grease.
Bacon is the thing I miss the most when I have to spend time in a country that doesn't sell pork products. Turkey bacon is a very weak substitute.
Last edited by nsacpi; 11-22-2020 at 11:30 AM.
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"I am your retribution."
I've also used this time to screw around with Sous Vide fried chicken. This was a pretty successful one. Then I threw them into a cast iron and made a spicy maple syrup that I covered it with. it was so good.
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Lastly, a throwback to my semi-yearly tradition, of making Thanksgiving Ramen with leftover turkey, and turkey stock. Sometimes I incorporate other things. This year I want to make something cranberry sause related. Maybe reduce it heavily for a drizzle.
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nsacpi (11-22-2020)
I'll drop some **** here.
This quarantine I've done some culinary exploration. This one was me toying around with Sodium Citrate to make very fancy Cheez Wiz. The was made with 3 year aged cheddar.
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Ramen with leftover turkey. I like that idea.
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"I am your retribution."
nsacpi (11-25-2020)
I bought the Ivan Ramen book because I think Ivan Orkin is a genius. I'm looking forward to using this winter to work on crafting some pretty legit Ramen. SO far my attempts have all been bastardized American takes I'd like to get something a little closer to traditional, with my twist of course. Like iI want to put in for my aroma oil a chili bacon oil.
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