Cream cheese and roasted tomatoes dip / spread
A lovely dip with three components: cream cheese flavored with roasted garlic and dill; a sauce made with butter, honey, chili and lemon juice; and roasted tomatoes.
Appetizers
Small dishes served before a meal, appetizers may be hot or cold. Called hors d'oeuvre in Europe, zensai in Japan, banchan in Korea, lěng pán or qián cài in China, chaat in India, and meze in the Mediterranean and Middle East, an appetizer can be a snack or cocktail food too.
Beef tongue with lemongrass chili sauce
Inspired by the South American beef tongue in vinaigrette and Thai fried egg salad (yum khai dao), this is a dish of thinly sliced boiled beef tongue soaked in a sweet, …
Fast and easy cheesy bacon fries
Frozen fries from the grocery are cooked in the air fryer then smothered with cheese sauce, crumbled crispy bacon and thinly sliced scallions. A real crowd pleaser.
Enoki mushroom tempura
Floured enoki mushrooms are dipped in a thin batter made with rice flour and aonori, deep fried until golden and crisp, and served with spicy mayo for dipping.
Teriyaki mushroom fries
Lightly battered oyster mushrooms are deep fried, tossed with reduced teriyaki sauce and garnished with toasted sesame seeds and finely sliced scallions. Serve as a …
Salmon, tomato and cheese salad
Cubes of raw salmon are seasoned and tossed with cherry tomatoes, sliced red onion, Apetina (a white cheese similar to feta) and two salad dressings. Yes, two. One for …
Beef tendon with soy chili garlic ginger sauce
Beef tendon is cooked to tenderness in the slow cooker, cooled, chilled, cut into bite-sized pieces then braised shortly in a savory sweet-salty sauce spiked with chili …