Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
Chicken Adobo is a wonderful dish indigenous to the Philippines. It has a complex flavor that comes from a mixture of soy sauce, garlic, spices, and vinegar! Originally, the vinegar was added to the dish (along with all the salt from the soy sauce) to help preserve the meat… something that was necessary in a [...]
Recently, we decided to invest in a “Big Green Egg” Charcoal Grill. The Big Green Egg is a “Kamado” style grill - a traditional Japanese wood or charcoal fired earthen vessel used as a stone or oven. It uses natural lump charcoal to sear, roast, or smoke any meat of your choice. This cooker is [...]
After Thanksgiving, many people wonder what they can make with all the leftover turkey! After the meal is over, I usually simmer the leftover roasted turkey carcass (bones, skin, & wings) to make a hearty turkey stock to use another day. That stock, combined with any leftover meat, will make a wonderful meal of “Turkey [...]
I remember the first time I roasted a thanksgiving turkey. I followed the advice of some website I read, and roasted the turkey breast side down – supposedly to keep it “juicy”. What did I end up with? An ugly flesh colored bird, with rubbery skin, that was neither “juicy” nor appetizing. The meat was [...]
A couple days ago, I posted a tutorial on how to butcher a whole beef tenderloin (PiSMO) into filet mignon steaks. I usually do this about 3 times a year… mainly when we have company over for dinner, and typically for Christmas Eve dinner. My most favorite method for preparing filet mignon is based on [...]
Several years ago, I learned how to butcher a whole beef tenderloin (a.k.a. “pismo”) from watching my favorite Food Network star, Alton Brown. His show “Good Eats” was my FAVORITE! (I recorded so many episodes that I ran out of space on the DVR). Anyway, one night, I watched the episode of Good Eats [...]
I was browsing the meat department at the supermarket the other day, and came across a package of thin cut sirloin steaks marked “buy one get one free”. Well ok then! Each package contained about 4 thin-cut steaks, so that worked out to about $1.25 a steak! Score. For REAL steaks (for the grill), I [...]
Picture it: 6:30pm on a Thursday night, and I had a bunch of Anaheim chilies that I needed to use before they went bad, a package of wonton skins, and a pound of ground pork. Originally, I was thinking of making a Mexican inspired meat loaf… but standing there at the kitchen counter, it just didn’t sound [...]
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