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Recipes that include ketchup

Valentine’s Day Shrimp Cocktail

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Before you call me cheesy, isn’t Valentine’s Day all about being cheesy? Excessive hearts, everything in red and pink, cute and cuddly bears, and more sweets than we can handle. Somehow shrimp just popped into my head in a heart-shaped image. Of course, I am in love and so these thoughts come easily. Each shrimp is the perfect half of a heart so you can share each one.

For those that never cook and Valentine’s Day is your only foray into the kitchen, you can buy cooked and peeled shrimp (look for tails on) and the cocktail sauce, and just arrange it on the plate. For those that want to do more cooking, you can buy raw shrimp, cook it yourself, and make fresh cocktail sauce. I like mine extra spicy and tangy.

shrimp hearts 2

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Chinese Chicken Roll

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Some Chinese dishes are so well known that there’s already an accepted English name for them. It certainly minimizes confusion when all the restaurants use the same name on their menu. We have no doubt what Hot & Sour Soup is. We recognize the word wontons and Ma Po Tofu signals heat to us.  For every widely known Chinese dish, there’s at least 5 that have not met with such fame and fortune. I don’t read much Chinese so even I get confused when reading the English translations on menus.

It always causes me to think about naming when I write these recipe posts. Sometimes, like this time, I really didn’t know what to call this dish. In Chinese, it’s called Jee Jwen, which translates to Chicken Roll.

Chinese Chicken Roll 6

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Asian-Style Pork Barbecue and Hot Slaw Sandwich

Saturday, May 23, 2009

We had pork left over in our fridge.  When I looked at it, I kept envisioning some type of Asian-inspire barbecue sandwich.  We had some Coke left over from a recent party and I thought about how some Korean mamas marinate beef in the sugary soda.  I wanted the crisp caramelization found in Korean barbecue, the vinegary-dressing in Vietnamese sandwiches, and I had various Chinese spices around the kitchen.

Asian-Style Pork Barbecue and Hot Slaw Sandwich

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Two More Barbecue Sauces

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

What’s better than barbecue sauce? Two barbecue sauces! In continuing our Pulled Pork fest, I made two more barbecue sauces. The first is a nice and spicy sauce that features molasses and heat. The second is a super basic sauce, similar to one my mom used to make for chicken.

Spicy BBQ Sauce

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Pulled Pork & Killer BBQ Sauce

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Wandering through BJs the other day, Jessica spotted a luscious looking pork leg and asked if I thought we should make it. Of course my answer was “YES!” However, the two of us came to our senses and decided to just buy a pork shoulder weighing in at just under nine pounds, as opposed to the leg, which was probably 20 or 25 pounds.

pork shoulder

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Tonkatsu

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Tonkatsu is simply pork cutlets, considered part of a whole genre of food called Yoshoku, Japanese interpretations of Western food. Well here’s my take on it. You’ll notice a little bit of Malaysian curry powder, which adds just a touch of something special and a teeny kick. No one will be able to tell what the secret ingredient is though.

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Goan Chilly Fries

Saturday, March 8, 2008


I love French fries and our friend at Finely Chopped, was kind enough to write me a recipe for Goan Chilly Fries. He gave me some choices so here’s exactly how I made it.

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Awesome BBQ Turkey

Friday, December 7, 2007

We’ve been trying to eat less pork because of Lon’s cholesterol. He doesn’t like tofu that much and I don’t want to eat chicken every day. As you may have read before, I’m not a fan of breast meat so I bought turkey legs. I decided to de-bone them (leave skin on) because I wanted to use the grill. This marinade is enough for 2-3 turkey legs. Grill time will vary because turkey legs vary greatly in size.

Marinade:

  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons mirin
  • 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce
  • 1 tablespoon granulated garlic
  • 1 tablespoon granulated onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Just mix ingredients together and marinate meat for at least 4 hours.

The turkey tasted a bit like BBQ Pork and we both loved it!! I’m sure the marinade would be great for chicken or pork as well.

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