Catholics celebrate All Saints’ Day on November 1st to commemorate all the sacred souls of saints and martyrs. They do not have any specific holidays. People also pray for the souls of family members who have passed away in recent years. As a celebration, provide a feast to enjoy traditional Halloween food.
In this elegant lamb recipe, perfectly entertaining, boneless lamb legs get rubbed with mint and garlic. Butterfly lamb is cooked in record time, and the different thickness means that some slices will do more than others, so there is something for everyone. The recipe calls for the cuts to be big enough to serve about 16 people and still have enough leftovers to make a delicious sandwich or pasta.
Directions:
Step 1
Finely chop mint, parsley and garlic and combine in a small bowl. Stir in oil, salt and pepper.
Step 2
Pat lamb dry. If you have metal skewers, thread 2 through the lamb horizontally to help the meat hold together and make it easier to flip on the grill. (If you don’t have skewers, just be sure you have long sturdy tongs.) Rub the herb mixture evenly over the lamb. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to 1 day to allow the flavors to penetrate.
Step 3
About 1 hour before you’re ready to grill, remove the lamb from the refrigerator.
Step 4
Preheat a gas grill to medium or prepare a medium-hot charcoal grill and push the coals to one side.
Step 5
Grill the lamb over direct heat until an instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into the thickest part registers 125 degrees to 130 degrees F for medium-rare, 10 to 15 minutes per side. If the meat is getting too charred, occasionally move it to the cooler part of the grill. (Alternatively, place the lamb in a roasting pan and roast in the oven at 425 degrees F until it reaches the desired temperature, 25 to 35 minutes.)
Step 6
Place the lamb on a clean cutting board, tent with foil and let rest 10 minutes before slicing.
Tips:
Make Ahead Tip: Marinate lamb (Steps 1-2) for up to 1 day.
Plan ahead when preparing a butterflied leg of lamb. Call your butcher a day or two in advance and ask them to “butterfly” a boneless leg of lamb for you (that is, open it up to a large, flat cut of meat) as well as trim off most of the visible fat.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 3-4 oz. Per Serving: 175 calories; protein 21g; carbohydrates 0.9g; dietary fiber 0.5g; fat 9.2g; saturated fat 2.5g; cholesterol 65mg; vitamin a iu 389.9IU; vitamin c 3.4mg; folate 25.7mcg; calcium 21.4mg; iron 2.4mg; magnesium 23.9mg; potassium 287.4mg; sodium 192.5mg; thiamin 0.1mg. Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1/2 fat
Now that life seems to be getting back to normal, or as they say our “new normal”, I find that we’re getting out more. With summer vacation in full swing the grandkids and I have been busy doing outdoor things; and we try to get out early enough to beat the crowds! So this means breakfast isn’t the huge meals we’ve been making during the past year’s lock downs. This is a good thing! It’s practice for school day breakfasts, something that seems to be in our distant past. Now since breakfast is the best way to start your day it shouldn’t be skipped, but a bowl of cereal or a pop tart don’t exactly rank high on my list. That’s why these Grilled Breakfast Burritos have become a big hit at our house!
These breakfast burritos pretty much have all the things one would consider breakfast food; eggs and potatoes. I make mine meatless, but you can easily add sausage or bacon if you like. The best thing about these burritos are that they can be made ahead of time and frozen. Just heat them up when you need them. They can also be eaten on the go which makes them very convenient, specially when you’re running late on a school day!
Of course if you want to be fancy you can plate them and top them with your favorite condiments. I love mine with sour cream, salsa, and a creamy lime cilantro sauce I find at Costco. I also use low carb tortillas but you can use whatever flour tortilla you prefer.
Here’s my recipe for Homemade Grilled Breakfast Burritos! Mix up a big batch today!
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Grilled Breakfast Burrito
Ingredients:
6 Medium Yukon Gold Potatoes (you can use any type of potato). Scrubbed and cubed, leave skin on.
Add potatoes and cook until tender. Be sure to keep stirring so they don’t burn.
When potatoes are almost done add peppers.
Sprinkle in spices and cook until everything is done. Set Aside.
Melt Butter in a skillet and scramble the eggs. Set Aside.
Assemble:
Place one tortilla on a flat surface.
Spoon some potato mixture across the center.
Add scrambled eggs over the potatoes.
Sprinkle cheese over all.
Roll burrito. Repeat until you’ve used all the fillings.
Spray a pan or griddle with cooking spray and heat up.
Place burritos in the pan and cook until the cheese melts.
Serve with with your favorite toppings.
To Freeze:
Place burritos in a large freezer bag.
Date and seal bag.
It will be fine in the freezer for about a month.
When ready to use you can thaw it out and grill on the stove or if you’re in a rush wrap a burrito in a slightly damp paper towel and microwave on high for about 2 minutes or until it’s heated.
Add potatoes and cook until tender. Be sure to keep stirring so they don't burn.
When potatoes are almost done add peppers.
Sprinkle in spices and cook until everything is done. Set Aside.
Melt Butter in a skillet and scramble the eggs. Set Aside.
Assemble:
Place one tortilla on a flat surface.
Spoon some potato mixture across the center.
Add scrambled eggs over the potatoes.
Sprinkle cheese over all.
Roll burrito. Repeat until you've used all the fillings.
Spray a pan or griddle with cooking spray and heat up.
Place burritos in the pan and cook until the cheese melts.
Serve with with your favorite toppings.
Recipe Notes
To Freeze: Place burritos in a large freezer bag. Date and seal bag. It will be fine in the freezer for about a month. When ready to use you can thaw it out and grill on the stove or if you're in a rush wrap a burrito in a slightly damp paper towel and microwave on high for about 2 minutes or until it's heated.
In Hawaii we call Soy Sauce “Shoyu”. It’s the Japanese name for this dark salty sauce made from mashed soy beans.
We use Shoyu in many things, from dips to main dishes, Shoyu is a staple in almost every kitchen in Hawaii and is a condiment at most restaurants. One of the most popular dish made with this ingredient is Shoyu Chicken. It’s served at most local drive-ins and definitely in just about every local home.
I think of Shoyu Chicken as one of my favorite childhood comfort foods. I remember waiting for the days it was on the lunch menu at school.
This sweet salty chicken dish served over hot steamed white rice is delicious, or as we say in Hawaii “Ono”!
It’s really easy to make and requires ingredients you’ll find in an Asian Market, or if you live in Hawaii in any grocery store. I usually make up a large batch so that we can have left overs. This is one of those dishes that is just as good or even better the next day!
Best of all it doesn’t take all day to make and can be made in one pan! No fuss, no bother, just pure yummy! Here’s the recipe.
Shoyu Chicken
Ingredients:
6- 8 Chicken Thighs (bone-in, skin-on)
1 Tbs. Oil
3/4 Cup Soy Sauce or Shoyu as we call it
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup Water
1/4 Cup Rice Vinegar
6 Cloves Garlic, minced
1 Tbs. Fresh Ginger, peeled and slivered
1/4 Cup Green Onions, chopped
1 Tbs. White Sesame Seeds
Directions:
Heat oil in a deep skillet or pot.
Add Chicken, skin side down and fry until it turns golden brown. Flip over and fry the other side too.
In a bowl combine soy sauce, sugar, water, and rice vinegar. Pour over the chicken.
Add in garlic and ginger. Bring to a boil.
Turn down heat and cover. Simmer for about 15 minutes.
Flip chicken over and simmer covered another 15 minutes.
Remove lid and turn up the heat to reduce the sauce until it thickens to the consistency of honey.
Move to serving dish if desired and sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds.
Shrimp Scampi is a shrimp dish just about everyone loves. It’s a simple dish with just 4 ingredients; and it can be made in a matter of minutes. I mean how hard is it to sauté shrimp in a garlic butter sauce?
Sautéing in garlic butter is very easy, specially if you’re making scampi for just 2 or 3 people. But how about making it for a crowd? If you’re making scampi for a crowd you’ll probably want to make it in batches, you really can’t expect perfectly cooked shrimp when you’re pan is heaped with raw shrimp. It’s not always easy to get a frying pan of shrimp to cook evenly. So what’s the solution?
Baked scampi! Yes instead of sautéing a huge pan of shrimp or making several smaller batches it’s easier to bake them. This is seriously the easiest way to make Shrimp scampi for a crowd! It takes just minutes to put together then baked for about 15 minutes. This impressive looking dish can be made in about half an hour leaving you plenty of time to spend with guests instead of slaving away in the kitchen!
Baked Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients:
1 Lb. Medium Shrimp, peeled but leave tail on
1/4 Cup White Wine
1 Stick butter, melted and divided in halves
1 Lemon, juiced and zested
3 Cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 Cup parsley, chopped, divided into thirds
Dash of Cayenne Red Pepper
1/2 Cup Panko bread crumbs
1 Tbs. Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper to taste
Pasta, cooked and ready to serve
Lemon wedges for garnish
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 425º
Combine wine, 1/2 of melted butter, lemon juice and zest, garlic, 1/3 of chopped parsley, Cayenne pepper in a bowl.
Toss raw shrimp in this mixture and let sit about 5 minutes.
Arrange shrimp on baking dish and drizzle marinade over it.
Toss Panko in olive oil and 1/3 of the chopped parsley
Sprinkle over shrimp.
Drizzle remaining butter over all.
Bake in hot oven for about 10-15 minutes or until the shrimp has turned pink.
Serve over pasta, sprinkle remaining parsley over all and serve with a wedge of lemon.
You won’t believe me until you try this recipe. I tried to create this recipe much easier to approach at home, without a huge traditional wok or using so much oil for deep fry!
The key for this recipe is cast iron wok/pan. You can also use any pan (non stick skillet or stainless skillet) you have too. It doesn’t have to be cast iron, but if you have one… just dust off and bring it out!
We will use minimum oil to shallow fry for the deep fry taste & texture. After the shallow frying, you can save and repurpose the leftover oil too, since it’s just a little bit.
It is amazing with steamed or fried rice. I like to enjoy with side steamed or stir fried veggies too. I have many different fried rice & veggie recipes you can serve with Beijing beef, so check it out down below!
Are we ready to start the recipe?! I’m already so hungry!
Let’s jump into it!
First, slice your beef thinly abut 1/8 inch and bite size. You don’t have to use expensive steak for this recipe, because we will cook the beef long enough to make it super crispy and tender. I recommend you to use beef chuk, tri-tip or flank steak.
Combine the sliced beef, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp shaoxing wine (or dry sherry. If you don’t want to consume alcohol, just omit) and pinch of black pepper in a mixing bowl. Marinate while preparing other ingredients.
Chop 5 to 7 cloves garlic. Dice 1/4 of medium size onion and 1/4 of red bell pepper. You can use any onions- I used yellow onion.
You won’t believe how simple is the sauce. Combine 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 2 tbsp vinegar, 2 tbsp ketchup, 2 tbsp sugar and 2 to 3 tsp sambal in a mixing bowl. This is is the BOMB! Super simple and so delicious!! Set aside.
Preheat 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup frying oil to 350°F. (If you are using cast iron wok/pan, just heat them over medium heat) We will do shallow fry, which is in-between deep frying & pan frying. More oil than pan frying but whole lot less than deep frying.
If you ware using wide skillet, less oil you will need.
Dust marinated beef with 1/2 cup of potato or corn starch evenly. You could coat them evenly one by one, but I’m hurry to cook & eat this Beijing beef so I just dumped the starch and mixed with my hand.
Check if the oil is preheated to 350°F by stick the end of a wooden chopstick or spoon into oil. If the oil starts steadily bubbling, then the oil is hot enough for frying.
add beef into frying oil one by one. Fry beef 6 to 7 minutes or until brown and crispy. You need to cook them well, almost the point that you are worry about if this is becoming a jerky. lol No worries, it won’t turn out to jerky though.
Remove beef from frying oil and place on a baking pan lined with cooling rack. Do batches as needed. I did 3 batches.
Turn off heat. Remove most of the frying oil from wok, leave 2 tbsp oil for stir frying.
You can keep used oil for later use, for stir frying or make this recipe again!
urn on heat to medium if you are using cast iron wok/pan or high heat if it’s regular wok or skillet. Add garlic, onion and red bell pepper. Stir fry them for 1 minute then pour sauce mixture. Let sauce boil, for 30 seconds, then add fried beef. Toss everything together and it’s read to serve!
Serve with steamed rice (or fried rice), chow mein, steamed veggies and more!
Combine beef, soy sauce, shaoxing wine and black pepper in a mixing bowl and marinate while preparing other ingredients.
Combine all ingredients for sauce in a mixing bowl and set aside.
Preheat frying oil to 350°F in a cast iron wok or a large skillet. (If you are using cast iron wok/pan, just heat them over medium heat)
Dust marinated beef with starch evenly. Now, carefully add beef into frying oil one by one. Fry beef 6 to 7 minutes or until brown and crispy. Remove Remove beef from frying oil and place on a baking pan lined with cooling rack. Do batches as needed.
Turn off heat. Remove most of the frying oil from wok, leave 2 tbsp oil for stir frying. You can keep used oil for later use, for stir frying or make this recipe again!
Turn on heat to medium if you are using cast iron wok/pan or high heat if it’s regular wok or skillet. Add garlic, onion and red bell pepper. Stir fry them for 1 minute then pour sauce mixture. Let sauce boil, for 30 seconds, then add fried beef. Toss everything together and it’s read to serve! Serve with steamed rice (or fried rice), chow mein, steamed veggies and more! Enjoy!
