Buffalo Chicken Strips with Cilantro Slaw

On 18/03/2012 (Sunday) at 8:04 pm by Benny.
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• Prep Time:
  5 min
• Cook Time:
  20 min
• Ready Time:
  25 min

Ingredients

• Organic Chicken Breast or Chicken tenders if chicken breast cut into chicken strip sizez
• olive oil
• Panko Bread crumbs
• pinch of kosher salt and pepper

Cilatro Slaw

• 2 cups cabbage
• 1 cup Cilantro
• tablespoon Japanese Mayo
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• pinch of kosher salt and pepper

Buffalo Sauce

• 1/2 cup Franks Buffalo Sauce
• tablespoon unsalted butter
• fat free Greek Yogurt

Directions

Start with the chicken strips, coat them with a little olive oil and roll them in some seasoned (pinch salt and pepper)  panko breadcrumbs making sure to press the panko into the chicken. Now into a 425 degree oven for between 15-20 min turn when starting to brown after about 10 min let cook until a golden brown.

While the chicken is cooking put the Franks Sauce and butter into a small pan and melt the butter low heat until incorporated keep warm.

Make the slaw, slice the cabbage and give the cilantro a rough chop. Add to a bowl with the Japanese mayo and rice wine vinegar and mix well. Adjust for your taste more mayo, more Ric Wine etc.

To serve slaw into a bowl, lay the chicken strips on the side and drizzle some of the buffalo sauce on them. Put a dollop of Greek Yogurt in a small serving bowl and put some more buffalo sauce top.

Enjoy!

Benny

Rock and Roll Shrimp

On 28/02/2012 (Tuesday) at 2:23 pm by Benny.
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• Prep Time:
  5 min
• Cook Time:
  10 min
• Ready Time:
  15 min

Ingredients

• 4-5 large cleaned shrimp per person this recipe if for 9-10 shrimps
• fresh lime

Marinade

• 2 tablespoons Japanese mayo Kewpie is my favorite
• tablespoon Sriracha Sauce
• one clove of garlic chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon curry powder I like Madras
• teaspoon lime juice

Directions

Combine all the ingredients for the marinade and mix well. Drop your shrimp in and make sure they are all coated well and let marinade for ten min.

Take shrimp out making sure all the shrimp is covered in the marinade and lay them on a baking sheet making sure not to crowd them.

Now under a broiler for about 3 min one side then turn over for another 2 min until you can see the marinade starting to caramelize a bit, the sauce/marinade will be running off a bit but this is ok.

Take shrimp our and plate them on their side as you can see in my photo. Now drizzle the sauce that is on the baking sheet over the shrimp. To get that extra level of texture and flavor using a blow torch start to brulee the sauce until it bubble and start to char just a bit.

Serve with some lime wedges and cold beer. Best when eaten with the new Van Halen record blasting!

Benny

Littleneck Clams with Crispy Shallots

On 26/02/2012 (Sunday) at 7:20 pm by Benny.
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• Prep Time:
  15 min
• Cook Time:
  3 min
• Ready Time:
  18 min

Ingredients

• 5 littleneck clams per serving
• crispy shallots in olive oil finely slice shallots and fry them in olive oil until browned
• fish sauce
• sliced scallions
• chili sesame oil
• fresh lime juice

Directions

Start by shucking the little necks. If you are not good at it you can always put them in a 375 degree oven for a couple min or until they just start to open.

Lay on a baking tray and put some of the crispy shallots with some of the olive oil on top of the clam. Add a dash of fish sauce and a little bit of scallions and a drop of sesame chili oil.

Now under the broiler middle rack for about 2 min until you can see the juice bubbling. Finish with a squirt of fresh lime juice.

How easy is that and absolutely delicious!

Benny

Oysters with Citrus Vodka

On 05/02/2012 (Sunday) at 8:23 pm by Benny.
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• Prep Time:
  15 min
• Ready Time:
  15 min

Ingredients

• 12 good sized oysters
• one orange or tangerine
• juice of 1/4 of a lime
• 2 tablespoon vodka freeze it first if you can
• slices of fresh chili
• fresh cilantro

Directions

Start by making the sauce cut the orange into segments and then chop them up into a bowl. Add the lime juice and vodka put into the freezer to get really cold.

Shuck the oyster and make sure to cut the muscle from the bottom and turn them over they look plumper this way.

Spoon some of the orange segment sauce on top and finish with one piece of chili and a piece of cilantro.

Beautiful to look at and beautiful in the mouth.

Benny

Cherrystone Clams Shrimp and Chorizo

On 05/02/2012 (Sunday) at 4:56 pm by Benny.
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• Prep Time:
  5 min
• Cook Time:
  12-15 min
• Ready Time:
  17 min

Ingredients

• 5 cherryystone clams
• 4 large shrimp
• 1/2 cup diced chorizo sausage
• olive oil
• knob of butter
• sliced scallions
• toasted crusty bread

Directions

Start by washing you clams to make sure they are clean, do the same for the shrimp shell off tails on clean out the digestive track (sh%^t sack really). and butterfly  the shrimp so it sits up in the pan.

Using a large pan olive oil in the bottom then arrange the clams and shrimp like I did i. Now sprinkle the diced Chorizo sausage around and into a 400 degree oven. After 5 min add the knob of butter. Roast until the clams pop open and take out right away.

Add some sliced scallion and eat with some nice crusty bread. You will want to sop up all that lovely broth the clams have made so so good!

Enjoy

Benny

Spicy Head On Shrimp

On 15/01/2012 (Sunday) at 6:00 pm by Benny.
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• Prep Time:
  15 min
• Cook Time:
  5 min
• Ready Time:
  20 min

Ingredients

• 3 large head on shrimp
• kosher salt and pepper
• 1/2 bup Sriracha sauce
• tablespoon honey
• 1/2 teaspoon chili oil
• olive oil

Directions

Most important part cleaning and prepping the shrimp. Use my photos to help, start with a pair of scissors and cut from the head towards the tail the shell so you can expose the digestive track of the shrimp. You can see me pulling it out this you want to get rid of. Most of the prep time is the cleaning.

Now using wooden skewers that have been soaked in water for at least 30 min thread it through the shrimp to keep them straight. This is good for presentation and helps with them to cook evenly most important.

Mix the Sriracha honey and chili oil and brush on the shrimp all over season with salt and pepper then onto a hot grill for about 2 min a side until there is a little char happening.

Take off the bbq let rest for a min then pull the skewers out and serve with a little more Sriracha sauce and drizzle some chili oil on for some extra heat.

Don’t forget to suck the brains out of the head!

Benny

Chinatown Clams

On 04/03/2012 (Sunday) at 10:05 pm by Benny.
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• Prep Time:
  5 min
• Cook Time:
  6 min
• Ready Time:
  11 min

Ingredients

• 5 littleneck clams per serving
• sliced scallion

Chinatown Sauce

• tablespoon honey
• tablespoon sriracha sauce
• tablespoon lime juice
• teaspoon minced garlic

Directions

Make the sauce combine all the ingredients and adjust to your taste more heat more Sriracha sauce.

Clams into a bamboo steamer and steam until open about 6 min. Spoon some of the sauce into each clam and put the put back on for 30 seconds. Lid off, scallion on and enjoy

EASY! now go get yourself some clams!

Benny