What did you cook today? (2015)

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Every time I go to see my grandfather, he has me take a bunch of fish out of the freezer that my Dad and uncle caught. They are avid fishermen! So tonight I fried fish, and made corn, green beans, and corn bread.
 
Just had a big barbecue for lunch with some family to celebrate this weekend being Fathers Day. We were originally planning to go out for lunch but a relaxing BBQ sounded a lot more appealing to everyone. Burgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken, some salads - it was perfect.
 
I was looking for something in the pantry, and just couldn't seem to get dinner together. Then I decided on quesadilla burgers. We always have flour tortillas (no hamburger buns in the house!), ground beef, cheese, and salsa. Everybody loved it!
 
Today is homemade frappucinos and cheese quesadilla

Spaghetti for dinner tonight
 
I was planning on making Pork with Garlic Sauce for dinner, but it requires celery and mine has gone over to the dark side. So I decided to make Spicy Pork Chops instead.

When I lived in California, my sister and I used to go to a Chinese restaurant in L.A.'s China town called Wong Kok's (really) and we always ordered Spicy Pork Chops. The chops were breaded and seasoned with undefinable spices and I made it my mission to try and duplicate them. I think I've come pretty close.

I marinate the pork chops in soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil, ground Sichuan peppercorns, salt and a pinch of 5-spice powder for 3 hours. Then I bread them with a mixture of panko, more ground Sichuan peppercorns, garlic powder and another pinch of 5-spice powder and then I fry them in peanut oil. One must use thinly sliced pork chops for this to work. My husband and I really like them. Of course my sister says they are good, but not like Wong Kok's

So that's what we're having, along with some roasted garlic tossed sugar snap peas and, I don't know, maybe garlic rice. Or maybe sesame noodles. I haven't decided. My husband won't be home until 11:00 PM so I have time to make up my mind. It's only 4:10 PM here at the moment.
 
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Dianemwj said:
I was planning on making Pork with Garlic Sauce for dinner, but it requires celery and mine has gone over to the dark side. So I decided to make Spicy Pork Chops instead.

When I lived in California, my sister and I used to go to a Chinese restaurant in L.A.'s China town called Wong Kok's (really) and we always ordered Spicy Pork Chops. The chops were breaded and seasoned with undefinable spices and I made it my mission to try and duplicate them. I think I've come pretty close.

I marinate the pork chops in soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil with ground Sichuan peppercorns, salt and a pinch of 5-spice powder for 3 hours. Then I bread them with a mixture of panko, more ground Sichuan peppercorns, garlic powder and another pinch of 5-spice powder and then I fry them in peanut oil. One must use thinly sliced pork chops for this to work. My husband and I really like them. Of course my sister says they are good, but not like Wong Kok's

So that's what we're having, along with some roasted garlic tossed sugar snap peas and, I don't know, maybe garlic rice. Or maybe sesame noodles. I haven't decided. My husband won't be home until 11:00 PM so I have time to make up my mind. It's only 4:10 PM here at the moment.
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All sounds good to me. But I haven't come across 'breaded' (I mean coated in panko) Chinese food before. Do you think this an American hybrid?
 
morning glory said:
All sounds good to me. But I haven't come across 'breaded' (I mean coated in panko) Chinese food before. Do you think this an American hybrid?
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It's very possible that Wong Kok is appealing to American palates. I never thought of that. But it is in China town and there were many Chinese customers eating there. The Chinese do bread their shrimp so a breaded pork chop wouldn't be all that strange. Perhaps it's just a specialty of that particular restaurant.
 
My husband wanted me to make another batch of lentil salad, but I just couldn't face it. So I stopped at the store on my way back from taking him to work and picked up some tomatoes. When I got home, I took a pound of bacon out of the freezer, defrosted it and cooked it in the oven. We're having BLTs tonight. Tonight that's as far as my culinary skills reach.
 
Tonight my husband gets his favorite: meatloaf, corn, and potato salad. Which means I'll be searching all day for a decent meatloaf and potato salad recipe. Every recipe that I've tried hasn't been right.
 
Rosemary & garlic sourdough foccia to go with the soup that was made yesterday.

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Good ol' whole-weat spaghetti with tomato sauce and two types of cheeses on top, accompanied by oregano and curry. What, too much? I don't care, it tasted amazing to me.
 
After a long and exhausting weekend in the wine vault, I put a chuck roast in the crockpot along with (ulp) a mixture of canned cream of mushroom soup, Lipton onion soup mix, and to class it up a bit, a half cup of a nice pinot noir.. It's a lazy man's (or woman's) dinner, but, believe it or not, it's very tasty. The gravy is good over rice.
 
I';m making tacos, but without the taco seasoning packet. I found a great recipe for home made taco seasoning. Its better than the packets, too.
 
It's too hot to cook. I bought some fried chicken and potato salad at the grocery store. Not gourmet, but some body else cooked it and my kitchen is cool.
 
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