Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe

Day 18
12 Recipes
2 Projects in progress
1 Restaurant Review

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to everyone out there.  If you could not guess today I am making corned beef and cabbage. I love this dish so much I stock up on corned beef when its on sell and freeze it so I can have it later in the year.

Corned Beef and Cabbage
1 Corned Beef 3-5 Pounds
6 Large Carrots
6 Red Potatoes (All about the same size)
1 small yellow onion
1 head green cabbage

In a large pot add corned beef and seasoning packet that comes with it. Fill with water to top of pot, bring to a boil and cover for 2 hours. Peel carrots and slice into 1 ½ inch pieces, slice a little bit off two ends of each potato, Slice the onion into large chunks. After the 2 hours add the onion, carrots and potatoes to pot. Turn to med heat and cover back up for 1 hour. Cut cabbage into 4 pieces, add to pot for 15 min. Remove corn beef, slice and serve with a little of each vegetables on a plate.

 

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Shrimp Won Ton Soup Recipe

Day 16
10 Recipes Completed
2 Projects in progress
1 Restaurant Review 

When I was a kid, I would always want to go to Hong Kong restaurant. A little chinese food place in Lakeport CA near where I had grew up. I don’t remember much of what I ate, except 2 dish’s stand out in my memory one was pot stickers, the other won ton soup. As a kid I don’t think I even cared that much of the soup, I was more excited to use one of those big Chinese soup spoons.. Now that its years later I have learned to also enjoy the soup it’s self.  It is a simple recipe, and healthy.

Shrimp Won ton Soup

Won ton’s
½ Pound raw Shrimp
1 Large Carrot
2 Cups napa cabbage
¼ Cup soy sauce
Won ton Wrappers

Soup
10 Cups Chicken stock
1 Bok Choy
2 Large Carrots
salt to taste

Add Chicken stock to large pot, Slice bok choy into med strips across the leaves and stems. Chop all the carrots into small squares, place ⅔ of the carrot and the bok choy in pot with the stock. Cover and turn to med high heat. Remove any skin and tail from shrimp and chop into small pieces. Chop napa cabbage into small pieces. In large bowl mix the shrimp, remaining carrots, cabbage and soy sauce. Place about 1 spoonful of the shrimp mixture on each won ton wrapper and fold.
When soup begins to boil, drop in won tons. Do not over crowd pot with to many boil for about 7 min and serve.

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Fried Corn Recipe

Day 11
7 Recipes Completed
2 Projects in progress

As you can see this is not the most beautiful dish to look at, but it is truly one of my favorite holiday side dish’s. Right up  there with green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. My father would always make this and I was to busy shoveling it into my mouth to think how it was made. Last year he was unable to make it do to his arthritis and gave me the recipe. Takes a little time but not much work and its a great recipe to start as you do other things.

Fried Corn
6 Corn on the cob
5 Garlic cloves
2 stalks celery
2 carrots
6 slices bacon
1 Large onion
Salt and Pepper

Cut bacon into ½ inch pieces and throw in frying pan, meanwhile cut corn off the cob and milk the cob and put aside. In another bowl mince garlic, chop celery, onions and carrots fine. Once bacon is crisp add corn and fry for about 5 min. Then add garlic, onions, carrots and celery cover to top of vegetables with water, add salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil on med high heat. Once at a boil stir and turn to med heat cover and let slowly boil for 2 hours.

This can be served with the liquid drained or as a soup.

Mexican style Boiled Meatloaf Recipe

Day 8
5 Recipe Completed
2 Projects in progress

    After pushing threw second place the last 4 throwdowns I have emerged the champion once again. My Mexican style boiled meatloaf came out on top but it was not easy I had some major competition, from friends Sabrina and Chris. I will go over the whole throwdown in tomorrows post, for now I would like to share my meatloaf recipe with you.

Mexican style Boiled Meatloaf
Meatloaf
½ Pound Ground Beef
½ Pound Ground Pork
1 Egg
2 tsp Chopped Fresh Mint
2 tsp Crushed Oregano
2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Cumin
½ Cup bread crumbs
¼ cut onions chopped fine
2 tsp garlic minced
½ cut raw uncooked rice
ketchup

Vegetables and serving stock
4 Cups chicken broth
2 Roma tomatoes chopped
2 Serrano chilies chopped
2 tsp garlic minced
1 large carrot cut into med size pieces
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp salt (2 if the chicken broth has no salt)
¼ pound of fresh green beans (remove tips and slice into 1 inch pieces)


Start with the Vegetables and stock add all the ingredients together and turn on a med high heat and cover.

In Bowl add all ingredient for the meatloaf except the ketchup and mix together. Place in large muffin pans and bake at 350 for about 45 min. Once you take them out remove from muffin pans and add each one into the vegetables and stock turn to med heat and boil for ½ hour. Remove meat loafs from liquid and place on oven sheet, cover with the ketchup and place back in the oven for 20 min. Slice and serve with a spoon full of vegetables and juice


I got my inspiration from the Mexican soup albondigas with a little traditional meatloaf twist.