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Saturday, September 14, 2024

Long John Silver's Batter


Ingredients
8 cups vegetable oil (for frying)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon onion salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
16 ounces club soda
2 pounds cod or white fish, cut into 3-ounce pieces
 
Instructions
 
FIRST STEP:
Heat the oil in a skillet
Begin by combining the dry ingredients, salt, baking powder, flour, cornstarch and baking soda.
 
SECOND STEP:
Gently stir in the club soda. You do not want to over stir because the bubbles will pop and dissipate.
 
THIRD STEP:
Fry the fish as soon as you have coated it with batter.
 
Enjoy!

 

NOTE: Any leftover batter can be used to make onion rings, battered fries or other battered foods.

Source: Arch Shapper 

 

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Chicken Burritos

 

Ingredients  

  • 6 flour tortillas 12"
  • 1 jar salsa 16 ounces
  • 2 cups monterey jack cheese shredded, divided

Burrito Filling

  • 1 rotisserie chicken small
  • 2 cans mild diced green chilies 4 ounces each
  • 1 can fire-roasted tomatoes diced, 24 ounces, or canned tomatoes with green chiles
  • 1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce seeded and minced
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon oregano

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 400°F and spray a 9x13" casserole with non-stick spray, set aside.
  • Remove skin from chicken and pick the meat off in bite-size pieces. Place into a bowl.
  • Set a 12" skillet over medium heat, add burrito filling ingredients. Stir to combine.
  • Cook the burrito filling mixture until it’s warm, about 5 minutes.
  • Add in the chicken and stir to combine. If there is a lot of moisture in the skillet keep cooking over medium just until the water cooks off.
  • Add an equal amount of chicken to the center of each burrito and top them equally with 1 ½ cups of the shredded cheese (reserve ½ cup).
  • Roll them up burrito style and set them seam side down in the prepared casserole dish. Spoon the salsa over the burritos and top with remaining shredded cheese.
  • Add the dish to the oven and bake for about 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the burritos are warm throughout.
     
     

Monday, July 15, 2024

Star Trek Cookbook

 

Not great. No photos of the foods. Not exactly what I expected from this book but I'm sure I'll use it from time to time.


Saturday, July 13, 2024

Luke Skywalker's Blue Milk

 

 

Ingredients

  • 1 quart milk-you can use what ever milk you like I have used unsweetened almond milk, cow's milk, or unsweetened cashew milk
  • 1 or 2 drops of blue food coloring
  • 1 cup water

Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/2 vanilla bean deseeded OR 1/2 teas. vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Gather all ingredient and equipment.
  • Prepare the simple syrup, by placing all ingredients into a small sauce pan and simmer over medium low heat. After all the sugar has dissolved, remove from heat and strain. Allow to cool.
  • Mix together the cold milk, 6 oz. vanilla simple syrup, water and food coloring. Add more simple syrup if you like it more sweet and keep cold.
     
     

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Fried Endorian Tip-Yip

 


2 large chicken breasts - skinless, boneless

Oil for frying

1 1/2 cups AP flour

1 teas salt

1/2 teas pepper

Pinch cayenne pepper

1 egg

1 tables buttermilk

1 batch of Mashed Chokeroot or Mashed Potatoes

1 cup mixed veggies such as peas, carrots, corn

1 batch Gurreck Gravy or Brown Gravy


Cut the chicken into pieces and then flatten somewhat with a kitchen mallet. Fill pan 2 inches with oil. Place of medium heat and heat to around 350f while you prepare the chicken.

In a bowl, whisk together flour, salt, pepper and cayenne. In another bowl whisk together egg and buttermilk. Dip the chicken pieces into the flour then into the egg mixture then back into the flour. Do this with all the chicken pieces. 

Fry the chicken pieces a few at a time. Flipping chicken occasionally while cooking a total of 10 minutes. Fry all the pieces of chicken. Drain on paper towels.

To assemble the dish, stir together mashed potatoes/chokeroot with the mixed veggies. Add a generous dollop of the this to each plate. Pour gravy around the mash. Top with pieces of the fried chicken. Eat right away - enjoy!


Source: Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Cookbook



Han-Burgers

 

1 lbs. ground beef

1 teas salt

1/2 teas pepper

1 teas Worcestershire sauce

4 tomato slices

4 hamburger buns

Toppings of choice: Lettuce, pickles, cheese, ketchup or mustard


Put ground meat into a bowl. Mix in Worcestershire, salt and pepper. Make 8 equal size balls. Pat each ball flat. Top 4 of the patties with the tomatoes then top with another patty and pinch the tomato closed inside each patty - repeat until you have 4 patties. 


Heat a large skillet on medium heat and cook the 4 patties about 6 minutes on each side or until done.

Transfer the cooked patties to the buns and top with toppings of choice. Be sure to blast ketchup or mustard onto the bun! Enjoy


Source Star Wars Wookiee Cookie Cookbook

 


Mos Eisley Morsels

 

 These morsels can be served as dessert or breakfast because it's not overly sweet.


Butter for greasing pan

2 cups AP flour

2 tea baking powder

1/2 tea baking soda

1 1/2 tea cinnamon

1 tea nutmeg

1/2 tea cloves

1/4 tea salt

3 large bananas

1 large egg

2 table vegetable oil

2 tea vanilla


Heat oven to 375f.

Lightly grease 8-in baking pan with butter.

Put flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt in a bowl and stir together.

In another bowl, mash the bananas then mix in the egg, oil and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Pour batter into the buttered pan and place into the oven. Cook 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Transfer the cake to a wire cooling rack. Cut into squares. 

Variations: Before serving, mash another banana and top each slice of cake with the mashed bananas and eat right away.

Another idea is to top the slices with powdered sugar.

 

Source: Star Wars Wookiee Cookies Cookbook