So, while I was wandering about, I saw something that caught my eye.
"Rice Cake Sticks? What are these?"
If you can't read the package, it's authentic! |
Well, that's all the endorsement I needed. I picked up a package and a few other ingredients that I hope will be featured in a future post.
So, I did some research, and found some cool recipes . I decided to go with the fried version, and I'll do the boiled/ soup version sometime later. Before I started cooking, I tried one raw. Don't do this. It is hard, bland and plastic-y. Made me worry that this was going to taste like... well, cooked bland plastic.
So, I got some oil hot in the pan, washed the starch off the sticks and threw them in the pan.
mmmmm... packing peanuts |
...and started whipping up sauces.
Spicy red sauce. I took no measurements, just eyeball it. |
I shall call this sauce... 'brown.' |
Which is a good thing. It was starting to look like a Michael Bolton concert. |
Now it was time to enjoy a beverage...
Back to the experiments.
A while ago, my same co-worker told me how "Special Fried Rice" was made using a chinese dried sausage that would be diced and boiled with the rice as it was being prepared. So I took that idea and twisted it a bit.
'Sweet' rice and dried venison sausage. |
Now... what to do?
Did someone say 'Sticky Rice Fried Venison Balls?' No? |
Conclusion? Step out of the comfort zone. Play with some new ingredients. Have fun.
That looks pretty amazing!
ReplyDeleteBefore I moved here I lived in a big city much further east (temporary assignment). My neighbor was a neurosurgeon from Hong Kong who was here doing some medical research at a big hospital. His wife spoke no English when they arrived (he was fluent) and they had two little boys. I used to take them different "American dishes" to try (the kids loved the desserts) and his wife would bring me samples of some of the tastiest stuff on the planet. Her English got better. One night when we had ALL worked late, she came over with a plate of something, there was tofu, and some sticky sauce and noodles. It was awesome. The next day I asked her to show me how to make it. She nodded. The next day she came over from the Oriental store with some packaged noodles that was attached to jarred sauce and a pack of tofu, all tied together. She looked at it and me and grinned and said "Hong Kong Hamburger Helper"
I have got to try it...thanks. As most know I love to cook about as much as I love to shoot...
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