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For your spice rack: Cajun Spice Mix
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The Red Lobster biscuits copycat recipe called for Cajun seasoning, and after browsing around there seems to be several different variations of it. I finally settled with the recipe from Allrecipes.com, since I had all the required ingredients on hand. Ingredients 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons garlic powder 2 1/2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon ground black…
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Weekend Cooking: Popcorn Chicken
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In the car on the way to lunch with our mothers to celebrate Mother’s Day, Rudy and I suddenly started talking about a few promising recipes I saw on the Internet, and finally on the spur of the moment we decided to invite our friends over for dinner and board games. After lunch, we…
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Weekend Cooking: Cheesy Garlic Biscuits
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When I was younger, the word ‘biscuit’ would bring to mind crunchy, sweet discs, some with nuts and some with chocolate chips, basically what we also call ‘cookies.’ The first time I ate a fluffy, buttery biscuit was when I was in the States, when Jeanny took me to Popeyes for the first time. When…
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Weekend Cooking: Kentang Bol (Potato Balls)
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When I was in Singapore visiting relatives, I got to try out – for the first time ever – Mak Abang’s famous Ramadan dish: Kentang Bol. Literally called “Potato Balls,” it is a super comforting dish, comprised of deep fried potato balls filled with spiced ground beef served in tangy tomato beef broth. Seriously…
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Weekend Cooking: Classic Chicken Jambalaya
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Tried out this dish over the weekend. All in all am pleased with the results, although I did take note of some improvements to put in if I make this again. Updated 11 Dec 2019: Made this for dinner with some mods. Definitely a good dish when done right. Jambalaya is practically like our…
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Weekend Cooking: Kicked Up Bacon Cheese Mashed Potatoes
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Together with the Chicken in a Box recipe I made, I also threw in some starch for good measure, and ended up with delicious, decadent mash potatoes by Emeril.
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Chicken in a Box
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This event actually started off as a simple gathering among friends to share a whole pile of uneaten chocolates. At the same time I wanted to try out Emeril’s fried chicken recipe, and needed guinea pi– I mean, food tasters. Then after some thought I figured I wouldn’t be right serving just fried chicken…
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Raya 2012 Part Deux: Beef Stroganoff
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Since Abg Fauzi didn’t spend the first few days of Hari Raya with us, we had a 2nd gathering of sorts, which involved a few dishes making a comeback (the meatballs and the tuna tetrazzini) as well as the debut of a very sinful, very yummy dish. While the total cost of ingredients may…
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Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2012
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It was gonna be a very quiet Hari Raya this year; Abg Fauzi & Abg. Hadi and their families won’t be in KL to celebrate Raya with us. Regardless, I was tasked to cook a few dishes, and knowing Mummy, her biggest concern was “tak cukup makanan.” So with that in mind, I picked…
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Make Your Own: Essence (Worth the trouble)
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This is the recipe for Emeril’s Essence, a blend of spices used in most of his recipes. Since most of my recipes in this blog are basically Emeril’s, I figured I’d post the recipe here. I basically double the recipe and keep the whole thing in an airtight jar stashed in the freezer. Some…