As much as I love this dish, I love this picture. It has made me consider to put chili on my regular cooking list now. My worry of turning chili into a regular beef sauce has gone, because what makes this chili so different is I put cocoa powder, lime juice and most importantly beer. [...]
Category Archives: Beef
20-Jun-10
Red Bean Chili
18-Apr-10
Beef Brisket with Turnips
I don’t usually cook Chinese. Because I suck at that. I can’t even manage to cook a decent dish of Chinese vegetable. I am THAT bad! BUT, I do have a signature dish. A super simple, not too many ingredients, very Chinese dish. Ingredients (serves 4): 1 2-pound flat-cut beef brisket 1 tablespoon dark soy [...]
28-Mar-10
Lasagna Bolognese
I’m in a lobby of an old apartment building where a homicide just happened. A wife was stabbed exactly 100 times by her husband. I’m assigned to go up to that apartment and examine the wife’s body. Inside the elevator I go. The walls, floor and the ceiling are splashed with blood. Light is dimmed. [...]
09-Mar-10
Osso Buco
I intended to make osso buco long time ago because I love to eat veal, and we don’t eat veal that much. So, when I decided to make this dish last weekend, I went to my favorite Italian butcher hoping to buy some very good quality veal shanks. What surprised me was they offered two [...]
12-Sep-09
Ragu alla Bolognese (Bolognese Sauce)
Ragu! I just like the sound of this word! So exotic, so European! One thing I love about this recipe is its flexibility. You can make a delicious stew with big cut of chunky meat, served with mashed potato or rice. With minced meat, you can make an amazing pasta sauce. Leftover sauce could be [...]
02-Sep-09
Minced Beef Wellington
When I flip through cookbooks looking for ideas, I tend to skip recipes which go with ostentatious pictures – little sampler-sized food on a gigantic-enough-to-hold-your-butt plate overloaded with excessive decorations. It might look pretty, but not any more appetizing! Most importantly, the tiny portion ain’t going anywhere to my stomach because I don’t think I [...]
15-Aug-09
Julia Child’s Boeuf Bourguignon
Continue “Julie and Julia” frenzy. One of the dishes featured in “Julie and Julia” was Boeuf Bourguignon. Honestly, I’ve made beef stew like thousand times before that I can actually made one completely blind-folded. So, I was curious how big the difference would be with Julia Child’s version. And……OMG, MY VERSION IS HOPELESS!!!! Only the [...]
28-May-09
Chinese Style Braised Oxtail
Have you ever tried oxtail? It may sounds strange to some people. Yes, it’s practically the tail of an ox or a bull. But unless you try it, or you can never imagine how delicious a tail can taste. If you are into dishes like beef short ribs, I definitely recommend you to try oxtail. [...]
10-May-09
Beef Stew
Just read an interesting article about what most mothers want for mother’s day. To my surprise, they prefer not receiving any appliances or kitchen equipments because that reminds her of the years of work she’s done for you, even if she really needs it. General moms want something that make her life easier, not your [...]
23-Mar-09
Spaghetti and Meatballs
It’s been a while since last time I posted on my blog. But I do keep browsing other blogs……just to keep myself in the cooking mode.Well, though my baby is still a baby (5 months old), I’ve already been imagining cooking his favorite food for him, making cookies/cupcakes with him; been wondering how he likes [...]
