Two toasts are better than one 😋⠀ ⠀ #dEats : two slices of sour dough bread, toasted. One topped with mashed avo and a fried egg and one with pb, banana, honey, and chia seeds ⠀
Turkey Dumplings :) These little pillows of dough really make a satisfying dinner! They are deviously savory/sweet and nut and dairy free! No need to worry about nuts with takeout. What more could you ask for?
Ingredients :
Dough-
1. 2 cups of flour
2. 1 1/2 tsp of salt
3. 1 cup of warm/ hot water
Filling-
1. 1 tsp of minced garlic
2. 1 tsp of onion powder
3. 1 tsp of ground ginger
4. 1 pound of ground turkey
5. 1/4 tsp salt
6. 1/4 tsp pepper
7. 2 tsp of sugar
8. 1 tsp of soy sauce (you could use more but I limit soy in my diet)
9. 2 tsp of rice vinegar
10. 1/3 cup of chicken broth
11. 2 medium sized carrots shredded.
12. Canola oil for frying
Method:
Dough-
1. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, and water until you form a dough.
2. Knead the dough on a floured surface until it becomes smooth.
3.Cover the dough and let it sit while you prepare the filling.
Filling-
1.In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground turkey, garlic, onion powder, ginger, salt, pepper, sugar, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chicken broth, shredded carrots.
Forming the dumplings-
1. Divide the dough into around 24 round balls. Roll them until they are about 4 inches wide of late dough.
2. Measure 1 tablespoon of the meat mixture and put it in the center of the dough. Fold the dough in half and make a crescent. Seal the sides but pressing down and then sing a fork to make pleats along the edges. Repeat this for all 24 dough balls.
3.Bring a large pot to a boil. Heat a frying pan with a thin layer of canola oil.
4.Put about 5 at a time of the formed dumpling into the boiling pot of water and let them sit for about 4-5 minutes. They should be floating on top of the surface at 4 minutes.
5. After the 4-5 minutes used a slotted spoon to fish the dumplings out of the water and place them carefully into the hot frying pan. Be careful not to get water onto the pan because it will start to spit oil at you! Let them fry until the bottoms are brown.
6. Transfer the fried dumplings onto a plate with paper towels on it to absorb excess oil.
7. Repeat the boiling of dumplings and frying until all 24 are finished.
8. Serve them with a vegetable and a dipping sauce. ( I love sweet and sour sauce!)
More slow cooking adventures in quarantine. Tonight’s experiment: slow cooker teriyaki chicken with rice and and sautéed pak choi. Will defo be doing this again. 😊 #cooking #teriyaki #chicken #igfood #quarantineeats #nom #instamood #instacook #iguk #instalife https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqrvOnhY_0/?igshid=1xzrwxmn9virx
Support your local restaurants. Respect their rules. 😷🍸 __________________________________ It's a recession when your neighbors lose their job, it's an impression when you lose your own. Take care of your servers. __________________________________ #Noras #italian #italiancuisine #food #distantdining #catchmeifyoucan #travismoet #vegas #vegasdays #instaeats #vegasnights #foodiegram #vegaslocals #vegasrestaurants #essentialservers #maskedwaiters #Quarantinedining #May #covidcooking #Quarantineeats #covidmeals #drinks #pandemicpantry #foodporn #italianrestaurants #pandemicdining (at Nora's Cuisine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAUohn5heAv/?igshid=wz7uoj29id9j
Yay! Finally got time to bake. Was only imagining making our own bread before. Watched a lot of baking vlogs wondering when I can do mine too.
Tadah! The day has come 😂 Was actually afraid of baking breads because I don’t really know how to deal with yeast or dough or kneading. But there’s always a first time for everything, right? So here it is! Our first ube cheese pandesal.
Dough:
1 cup warm milk
1 tbsp white sugar (to activate the yeast)
2 tsp yeast
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used corn oil)
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup bread flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 tsp ube flavoring (the more the merrier?😂)
2 tbsp ube jam (optional)
1/2 cup bread crumbs (just add if more if needed)
Filling:
Quickmelt cheese (regular cheese will do)
Ube jam
Steps:
1. On a separate bowl, mix the warm milk, 1 tbsp sugar, and yeast. Set aside for 5-10mins until the yeast is activated.
2. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add in the all purpose flour, bread flour, salt, and 1/2 cup sugar. Mix them well.
3. Check if the yeast is already activated so we can mix it with our dry ingredients.
Apparently, I was not able to mix well as seen here hahaha. But hey, the yeast was pretty much activated. Look at those tiny bubbles and foam.
4. Once your yeast is good to go, make a little crater at the center of your dry ingredients. Pour and mix in your milk/yeast mixture.
5. Add the vegetable oil, vanilla essence, ube flavoring, and ube jam. Mix well until the color is already well-combined and the texture is dough-like.
6. Dust your table/counter top with flour and transfer your dough for kneading. Didn’t use the electric mixer for kneading because I wanted to try kneading with my hands 😂 Experience points++
7. Knead the dough for about 10mins or until it’s smooth and not that sticky anymore. You can also do the window pane test wherein you get a portion of the dough and check if it stretches well. Continue kneading if your dough still breaks easily upon the test. After that, it’s now ready to rise!
8. Grease your bowl and dough with oil. Cover the bowl with a cloth or cling wrap. Let the dough rise for about 2hrs.
Got curious right here. Haha. So I kept on checking my rested dough from time to time, amazed with the rising that’s happening.
Finally, after two hours... (it actually has risen higher than this one. Just wasn’t able to document it 😅)
9. Gently give your dough weak punches to release the air
10. Dust the table with a bit of flour again and transfer your dough to the table.
11. Time for cutting! Roll your dough and cut into your desired partition. I cut mine into half first so it’s easier to manage. Partitioned it into six smaller chunks. Did the same for the other half.
12. Get a piece of chunk, flatten in and add in the cheese and ube jam for the filling.
Actually didn’t use a rolling pin, I just flattened it with my hands. Haha.
13. Seal the dough
14. Roll it to cover the flaps of the seal we made.
15. After you’ve finished adding the filling in all your chunks, roll them on the bread crumbs, and lay on a tray.
Haha. Please don’t mind the differences in sizes 😂 Was able to produce 13 instead of 12 because there was a piece we find too big and ended up splitting it. Also, it would be better if there are no cracks on the dough.
16. Cover with cloth and rest for another 30mins.
17. After 30mins... the dough should still expand a bit
18. Time to bake! Don’t forget to pre-heat your oven. Bake for 20mins at 180C
19. Time’s up!! Time to get our pandesals out of the oven!
Love the aroma of a freshly baked bread! Yum! Did you notice that the color is not that purple? Well, it’s because we didn’t add purple food color. We thought the ube flavoring is enough since the packaging said “ube flavor and color”. Hence, we didn’t buy additional food color. Hahaha! Anyway, the inside has a pale purple color nonetheless. Here it is, our first ever ube cheese pandesal. So proud and happy because it was a success!
I really love that it’s soft and chewy just like how I wanted it to be.
It’s so fun, fulfilling, and relaxing to bake your own bread! Also tests your patience because there’s a lot of waiting time when dealing with yeast.
But I’m already used to waiting, so who cares. Haha!😏
Quarantine dinner: @mikevsuarez made some fish and shrimp, I had mine with leftover brown rice & some leftover steamed veggies. At least being home so much means leftovers get eaten before they go bad? #ieatfoodjustlikeyou #noms #fish #shrimp #attemptinghealthy #quarantineeats #cheapeats #leftovers #wehavefoodathome #tastycakes #witnessmybeanchewing https://www.instagram.com/p/B-vZeLsjF_P/?igshid=igtp46s2hrgt
I love having a variety of different foods for my meals (It keeps things interesting 😜), so this snack bowl was a great lunch the other day. This week is my last week of class before finals, and let me tell you I am so ready to be done. I hope everyone finishes the semester strong 💪. ⠀
Still cooking up a storm in this quarantine! #friedrice #eggrolls #glutenfree #quarantineeats (at Eau Claire, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CADp7oMFFVM/?igshid=fyp9sjfteqa3
Tried out the slow cooker for the first time and made slow cooked shredded chicken tacos with a mango salsa and chipotle mayo on top. 😊🌮 #tacos #mexican #quarantineeats #slowcooked #food #cooking #instamood #iguk #instalife https://www.instagram.com/p/CAjGUnxhE1-/?igshid=2awao8eo4jyj