What did you cook/eat today (November 2017)?

[Morning Glory]

We were given these water chestnuts yesterday. I haven't a clue what to do with them. Maybe a chop suey?

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I've never seen a fresh water chestnut before - only the tinned variety. Do you have to cook them before adding to a stir-fry or can they be added raw?

 

[Yorky]

I've never seen a fresh water chestnut before - only the tinned variety. Do you have to cook them before adding to a stir-fry or can they be added raw?

Apparently they should be boiled for ? minutes then peeled and sliced. I shall keep the forum updated.

 

[Lullabelle]

This evening my husband cooked paella

 

[Elawin]

My pizza is ready to come out of the oven

 

[Yorky]

Apparently they should be boiled for ? minutes then peeled and sliced. I shall keep the forum updated.

I boiled them for only two minutes and then doused them in cold water. My wife will attempt to peel them all later. They are still nice and crisp.

 

[Yorky]

Grilled honey and lime coated freshwater prawns on a bed of cabbage.

 

[Francesca]

Greek Olive studded Keftedes (oval meatballs ) in orange flour dust ..

Recipe is in the Meat Section ..

 

[ElizabethB]

@Yorky - You do know how to cook shrimp to perfection. Makes me happy!

 

[Morning Glory]

The first stage of a James Martin recipe posted by @Elawin for The Spice Challenge. The recipe is here: Vanilla cured salmon with cucumber ketchup, charred cucumber and pickled ginger.

 

[Morning Glory]

Aubergine and Potato Goulash for The CookingBites Cookalong: Goulash

 

[Elawin]

Sunday night's dinner was rather late - dry fried eggs with cherry tomatoes, onions and mushrooms, with chips and a chunk of bread, followed by semolina with whole almonds and honey.

 

[Yorky]

Given the water chestnuts it was time for chop suey.

I went for chicken as the base and my wife (bless her - but that's another story) managed to find almost all the ingredients that we didn't have in stock, in the market (snow peas excepted).

So this is it:

Chicken sliced

• Yorky
• 13 Nov 2017

Sliced chicken breast.

Chicken in marinade

• Yorky
• 13 Nov 2017

Chicken marinated for a couple of hours in the fridge (pureed garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, cornflour and salt).

Vegetables

• Yorky
• 13 Nov 2017

Peas, bok choy, mushrooms, capsicum, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, onion and bean shoots.

Stir fried vegetables (bok choy, mushrooms, onion, bamboo shoots, capsicum, water chestnuts and garden peas)

Stir fried bean sprouts

• Yorky
• 13 Nov 2017

Stir fried bean sprouts.

Stri fried chicken

• Yorky
• 13 Nov 2017

Stir fried chicken.

Chop suey in the wok

• Yorky
• 13 Nov 2017

The finished product transferred to a bigger wok. I now need to find half a dozen friends to help me eat it.

 

[Yorky]

Served on the stoep. I consider myself slightly proficient with chopsticks after living in Asia for over 20 years but I'm afraid garden peas were an insurmountable challenge. I went to find a spoon.

Served

• Yorky
• 13 Nov 2017

 

[Yorky]

I boiled them for only two minutes and then doused them in cold water. My wife will attempt to peel them all later. They are still nice and crisp.

I don't think that my wife will be on the shortlist for a water chestnut peeling job............

 

[Yorky]

I became aware during the stir frying of the marinated chicken that the aroma of garlic was very poignant. I may enter the recipe in the cookingbitesrecipechallenge tomorrow.