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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Wild Rice Bake Recipe

How to make a delightful and inviting Wild Rice Bake. It is made up of long grain and wild rice, combined with onion, celery, green pepper, mushrooms, pimientos, and chicken soup. It is then baked in the oven until brown and bubbly.

Baked Salmon Fillets Dijon

"Delicious baked salmon coated with Dijon-style mustard and seasoned bread crumbs, and topped with butter."
Ingredients

* 4 (4 ounce) fillets salmon
* 3 tablespoons prepared Dijon-style mustard
* salt and pepper to taste
* 1/4 cup Italian-style dry bread crumbs
* 1/4 cup butter, melted

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a shallow baking pan with aluminum foil.
2. Place salmon skin-side down on foil. Spread a thin layer of mustard on the top of each fillet, and season with salt and pepper. Top with bread crumbs, then drizzle with melted butter.
3. Bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until salmon flakes easily with a fork.

Actually Delicious Turkey Burgers

"This is a simple and delicious recipe. After making them the first time my husband said 'no more' to beef burgers. These are really good - any cooking method may be used, and they freeze very well. The recipe can also be used for meatballs or meat loaves."

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Lemongrass Tamarind Fish – Arsin Ikan Mas

With plentiful lakes and rivers, Sumatra is the source of many delicious freshwater fish recipes, including this one.
Ingredients:

2 lbs (1 kg) freshwater fish such as carp or trout, either whole fish or fillets

1 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground white pepper

2 cups (500 ml) water

2 stalk lemongrass, thick bottom third only, outer layers discarded, inner part bruised

1 spring onion, sliced to garnish

2 limes or ½ lemon, cut into wedges, to serve

Spicy Padang-style Eggs – Gulai Telur

Ingredients:

8 eggs

2 cups (500 ml) thick coconut milk

½ turmeric leaf, shredded (optional)

1 tablespoon tamarind juice (see our sambal recipe)

½ teaspoon salt

Crispy Fried Shallots (see our sambal ), to garnis (optional)

Spice Paste

1 in (2 ½ cm) fresh galangal, peeled and sliced

½ in (1 cm) fresh turmeric, peeled and sliced, or ½ teaspoon ground turmeric

1 in (2 ½ cm) fresh ginger, peeled and sliced

2 to 4 bird’s-eye chilies, deseeded

5 shallots, peeled

3 cloves garlic, peeled

Lotek – Stearmed Vegetables with Peanut Dressing

The sauce served with this cooked vegetable salad has ground peanuts for extra flavor and nutrition. It is said that Sundanese women have such beautiful skin because they eat so many vegetables.
Ingredients:

6 oz (175 g) water spinach (kangkung) or spinach

6 oz (175 g) pumpkin or squash

6 oz (175 g) green beans

1 large potato, peeled and diced

1 cup (50 g) bean sprouts, seed coats and tails discarded