Current Events > CE, what's YOUR cooking speciality?

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What cuisine / dish do you particularly excel at making?

I guess most people have a meal that they really flourish at.

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Mine has to be a chilli. I have several variations of spice etc that I add, but I always (imo) get it perfect. The trick is to cook it on low and in adding the right ingredients at the right times. You can't hurry this dish.

I have made bowls of chilli for quite a number of people over the years, and not once have I seen any left on a guests plate :)
Usually it's 'got any more mate? That was banging!'
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My wife does the cooking.

I can cook you pizza rolls in the microwave.

EpicKingdom_ posted...

My wife does the cooking.

I can cook you pizza rolls in the microwave.

What does your wife excel at, mealwise then?

(I really wanted to make a judgemental remark based on your lack of cookin but I won't :p )
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Some burrito/wrap thing that I make all the time.

I sautee mushrooms, onions, pimentos, pepperoncinis, and garlic in soy sauce until all the soy sauce is evaporated. Then I wrap all that up in a burrito shell with ground beef, spinach, shredded cheese, and yum yum sauce. Shit is fucking delicious.
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Uhh. Toast.
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King_Rasty posted...

Some burrito/wrap thing that I make all the time.

I sautee mushrooms, onions, pimentos, pepperoncinis, and garlic in soy sauce until all the soy sauce is evaporated. Then I wrap all that up in a burrito shell with ground beef, spinach, shredded cheese, and yum yum sauce. Shit is fucking delicious.

That shit sounds like my 'cup of t'

Mate, I could eat one now...!
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Ham and cheese sandwich that gets microwaved so the cheese melts
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Last summer I dabbled in Thai cooking and it made me really good into the Asian cuisine with flavors, textures and cooking methods. I incorporate that in other cuisine as well.

My biggest strength in cooking is my palate, I know flavors and tastes very well and how they can mix together, I've also trained myself how to get more flavor out of different components in a dish.
I'm also good at improvising and utilizing what I can find, I get pretty creative.

I have a dish I created that I've only made couple of times, but want to have it as one of my signature dishes.

It's a Thai red curry chicken risotto.



Otherwise I've dabbled into Mexican cuisine and trained myself is some of the flavors there, trained myself in some French cooking skills, Italian flavors as well. And of course Swedish cuisine is something I like as well.
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I make some decent curry.

Chicken, onion, potatoes, carrots, mushroom, some garlic and ginger and a grated apple. Serve it over rice and it's p good.
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I was kinda hoping for less reliance on toasters and microwaves tbh...

C'mon CE! Cooking is fun!
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It's kinda cliche but I cook some good spaghetti. Add some refried beans and its a suprisingly good combination.

GhostOfTrayvon posted...

It's kinda cliche but I cook some good spaghetti. Add some refried beans and its a suprisingly good combination.

That looks like raw ground beef and brown gravy. What kind of noodles and sauce is that?
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GhostOfTrayvon posted...

It's kinda cliche but I cook some good spaghetti. Add some refried beans and its a suprisingly good combination.

Are you sure that is spaghetti?

FF_Redux posted...

Last summer I dabbled in Thai cooking and it made me really good into the Asian cuisine with flavors, textures and cooking methods. I incorporate that in other cuisine as well.

My biggest strength in cooking is my palate, I know flavors and tastes very well and how they can mix together, I've also trained myself how to get more flavor out of different components in a dish.
I'm also good at improvising and utilizing what I can find, I get pretty creative.

I have a dish I created that I've only made couple of times, but want to have it as one of my signature dishes.

It's a Thai red curry chicken risotto.



Otherwise I've dabbled into Mexican cuisine and trained myself is some of the flavors there, trained myself in some French cooking skills, Italian flavors as well. And of course Swedish cuisine is something I like as well.

@FF_Redux

This looks absolutely delicious. I could eat this all day long bro.
I also like a good curry, something I've enjoyed since a child.
My long term gf is Asian and she uses a lot of Asian flavours in her foods, like coconut milk, shrimp paste, chillis etc.

I think we share quite similar broad palates.

giantblimpN7 posted...

I make some decent curry.

Chicken, onion, potatoes, carrots, mushroom, some garlic and ginger and a grated apple. Serve it over rice and it's p good.

If it was me, I'd lose the apple and carrots. I've had curries with these before, and although they were ok - I wasn't convinced that they added much in a way.
Maybe put some spinach in there instead.
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Egg whites
Sausage
Southern-style diced hashbrowns
Bell peppers and onions (optional)
Country gravy

Cook eggs first and chop up when solid. Add in sausage, hashbrowns and other ingredients with lots o' butter and cook thoroughly. Take egg-saus-hash mixture and put on tortilla, then slather in country gravy. Add Mexican cheese for extra flavor. Wrap tortilla like burrito and fry it a little longer so it stays closed. Revel in the portable snack's majesty.
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unpleasant_milk posted...

If it was me, I'd lose the apple and carrots. I've had curries with these before, and although they were ok - I wasn't convinced that they added much in a way.
Maybe put some spinach in there instead.

The carrots add absolutely nothing, just a habit. The apple is really noticeable in mine, though.
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King_Rasty posted...

That looks like raw ground beef and brown gravy. What kind of noodles and sauce is that?

Nope they're beans. Its the Great Value canned spaghetti and sauce :)

EpicKingdom_ posted...

GhostOfTrayvon posted...

It's kinda cliche but I cook some good spaghetti. Add some refried beans and its a suprisingly good combination.

Are you sure that is spaghetti?

Looks like diarrhea and tiny hot dogs.
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giantblimpN7 posted...

The carrots add absolutely nothing, just a habit. The apple is really noticeable in mine, though.

Carrots are one of the best basic vegetables to add some sweetness and body, in any stew tbh you should have carrots as a base. BUT you can't just throw it in, you need to saute it first usually along with other vegetables like onion and celery is classic, but you can do onion and garlic, or just onion...etc. Look up mirepoix and learn that, I didn't believe carrots did much until I started using this skill, and damn it makes a difference.
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nothing beyond package direction foods. guessing spaghetti with pasta sauce used to eat that alot but it messes with the taste buds if consume it too many days in row. tomato sauce is acidic.
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mostly meats tbh - jerk chicken, lamb tagine, curry goat, crayfish linguine, jerk salmon

i do a killer macaroni cheese + potato salad but my speciality is more in mains
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FF_Redux posted...

giantblimpN7 posted...

The carrots add absolutely nothing, just a habit. The apple is really noticeable in mine, though.

Carrots are one of the best basic vegetables to add some sweetness and body, in any stew tbh you should have carrots as a base. BUT you can't just throw it in, you need to saute it first usually along with other vegetables like onion and celery is classic, but you can do onion and garlic, or just onion...etc. Look up mirepoix and learn that, I didn't believe carrots did much until I started using this skill, and damn it makes a difference.

Will do
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giantblimpN7 posted...

Will do

I even do a mirepoix for instant ramen xD, onion, garlic and carrot. Then depending on my mood I strain the vegtables sometimes, but the carrot there makes a huge difference in a subtle way.
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FF_Redux posted...

giantblimpN7 posted...

Will do

I even do a mirepoix for instant ramen xD, onion, garlic and carrot. Then depending on my mood I strain the vegtables sometimes, but the carrot there makes a huge difference in a subtle way.

I do love making ramen, so I'll try it out, thanks.
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Don't really have a specialty. I have a handful of foods I can prepare decently. I'm moderately proud of myself for being able to sauté broccoli and mushrooms for my fettucine alfredo. I can also make chicken fried rice pretty well.

I'm not a great cook by any means. I had to learn most of this in college because I never learned at home.

Some tips about cooking:

Taste every component, before preparing them and after (if you can, don't eat raw chicken), taste with every new step and change, keep on tasting. It's something you need to train, and the more you've tasted, the better you get in cooking.

Balance salt, sweet and sour sometimes bitter. A dish needs everything most of the time, acidity is very important, you can have that without it tasting sour, a bit of sweetness as well. Depending on the dish it will have dominant taste profile but you almost always need the others to balance it out.

Knowing when the oil in the pan is hot enough to put in your ingredients (most important with protein). The pan should first be hot before you add the oil, otherwise there is a risk of burning the oil, especially low-smoking point oils like olive oil. When the oil stops being smooth surface and starts to have like a tiny wavy surface it's close to the smoking point, it's now when you add the ingredients, it's now you get that nice sound when the meat hits the pan and gives it that nice sear. Too cold oil, it will seep into the food and not give that nice initial sear, too hot oil...it's burnt and give a bitter taste to the food.
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Parappa09 posted...

mostly meats tbh - jerk chicken, lamb tagine, curry goat, crayfish linguine, jerk salmon

i do a killer macaroni cheese + potato salad but my speciality is more in mains

I've always wanted to make proper jerk chicken with the rice and peas

Imma gonna try that soon. Seeing as I have 2 months off since coming back from my long stint abroad, may as well!
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unpleasant_milk posted...

Parappa09 posted...

mostly meats tbh - jerk chicken, lamb tagine, curry goat, crayfish linguine, jerk salmon

i do a killer macaroni cheese + potato salad but my speciality is more in mains

I've always wanted to make proper jerk chicken with the rice and peas

Imma gonna try that soon. Seeing as I have 2 months off since coming back from my long stint abroad, may as well!

https://img.tesco.com/Groceries/pi/032/5012389010032/IDShot_540x540.jpg

a few spoons of this is the trick
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Pasta. I always cook up some chicken cacciatore if a first date calls for it
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I'm really good at burning anything.

Literally anything. I'll find a way to burn ice cream if you put me in charge of it. >_>
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I make pretty good chicken tikka masala, fajitas, and beef and broccoli.
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Soups and stews. Ten-bean soup with ham hock, split pea soup, chili, minestrone...I'm all over it.
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instant noodles
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I have a few favourites -

Thai green curry
Korean fried wings
Braised ribs
Pulled pork
Cubanos

Mostly though I just keep trying new things all the time, it's amazing how much you learn if you keep pushing outside of what you know.
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I make some pretty good ground beef shell pasta, but I'm gonna go with enchiladas since they are harder/take more time to make than a simple pasta

plus enchiladas are great and since I'm a mexican I am obligated to have my best dish be a mexican one
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Oh I happen to have pics of all of the above. Maybe one day I'll learn how to use a camera:

Thai green curry


Korean fried wings (and buffalo, and twice fried fries with blue cheese sauce)


Braised ribs, homemade bbq, coleslaw, fries


Pulled pork


Cubanos


As you can tell I like comfort food more than anything.
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I'm thinking of starting to take a random cookbook and make the dishes cover to cover. Of course tweak them all to mine liking, but I'd learn new stuff and such.
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I can make some darn fine crab cakes
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I made this for breakfast, Cheese omelet with chili in the middle!

GhostOfTrayvon posted...

It's kinda cliche but I cook some good spaghetti. Add some refried beans and its a suprisingly good combination.

This looks like it would be a Resident Evil enemy
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@FF_Redux I know you meant to delete it but I saw the link before you did -

How did you fire the tacos? Were they soft and you used a naked gas flame or an oven?
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Lasagne

I am God Emperor of lasagne.
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Guy_Fieri posted...

GhostOfTrayvon posted...

It's kinda cliche but I cook some good spaghetti. Add some refried beans and its a suprisingly good combination.

This looks like it would be a Resident Evil enemy

Its the last boss of Resident Evil 2.
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salads
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pinky0926 posted...

@FF_Redux I know you meant to delete it but I saw the link before you did -

How did you fire the tacos? Were they soft and you used a naked gas flame or an oven?

I deleted it because it didn't load up all the pics. And I can't get imgur to work either ugh.. it's 57 pics

I deep fried the tacos from soft tortillas. But they need to be 100% corn tortillas to be the tastiest, these were a corn/wheat mix, and we can't buy 100% corn tortillas in stores here. Need to order online.

What I did was put the tortilla in hot oil in a frying pan, when it bubbles up then use tongs to bend it like that and against the side of the pan and keep frying like that and turn it around.
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I lack funds to cook actual meals, but my most frequent thing I cook is a sort of Tofu Stir Fry, with vegetables, a package of ramen mixed in, and a bit of the flavor packet.

It comes out looking kinda meh, but it's pretty good considering what it is.
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steak.
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GhostOfTrayvon posted...

It's kinda cliche but I cook some good spaghetti. Add some refried beans and its a suprisingly good combination.

What the fuck
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I wouldn't say I excel at making them, but I can make chocolate souffles. I also like using my smoker.
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