Pelican Parts Forums - Picture Thread: What's For Dinner?

Not a tempura fan... when that is done poorly, it's inedible.

Grew up with the traditional breading on fried shrimp, sometimes they add panko which is nice if done right. Nothing beats fresh gulf shrimp, cooked right and eaten immediately. I seldom get it anywhere inland, unless it's a pretty high end restaurant.

I quit cooking fried chicken. Like Dixie and shrimp, it's too much trouble to do it right. I had gotten to the point that I was using Thomas Keller's recipe and it seemed hard to get the chicken properly cooked without overcooking the crust. Always wanted to eat it in person at his chicken restaurant but I'll probably never go there again. I've quit eating fast food fried chicken altogether. Although, there is one place in Dallas I want to try, run by Vietnamese (?) dude. Made to order, takes 45 minute.

I align with your fried chicken values 100%. I don't like the mess and dealing with the oil. my biggest success was frying to the correct "golden brown and delicious" and finishing them in an oven. still hell, in a kitchen. our local fast food fried chicken is scary. huge drumsticks. like hormony big. nope.

javadog

10-04-2024 08:38 AM

I'm having increasing difficulty eating the modern chicken, which seems to be a freak of nature. 6 months old and twice as large as the full grown chickens of yore. Honestly, I can't think about it much before deciding, nope... Also not a fan of the "healthy option" $20 chicken. That's duck money...

Leaning towards more beef, much more.

mthomas58

10-05-2024 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dixie (Post 12332761)

I made fresh fried shrimp. Lesson learned, It isn't worth the trouble. :)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1727972079.jpg

Several years ago we visited O'steen's in St Augustine FL famous for their fried shrimp. They were featured in a show on the Food Channel. Best fried shrimp I've ever had. Found the recipe on line and have tried and it turned out great. Key is using cracker vs bread crumbs, panko or corn meal for the breading. Makes a huge difference. I used the cracker meal breading in a bag found in the grocery store/seafood section.

Give it a try. Don't think you'll be sorry.

https://www.saltchef.com/preparing_fish_seafood/shrimp_recipes/osteen_fried_shrimp.html#google_vignette

This pic is from O'Steen's website.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1728132784.jpg

mthomas58

10-05-2024 05:12 AM

Here is a beter pic

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1728133833.jpg

javadog

10-05-2024 05:51 AM

Remoulade sauce?

Baz	10-05-2024 05:57 AM

Back in the 70's the first girlfriend I had in college lived in Miami. I remember during my first visit there she was so excited to take me to a place that made Tempura.

We were in our teens so still learning the ways of the world.

Large cities like Miami you get a taste of it faster than other places.......no pun intended......

mthomas58

10-05-2024 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by javadog (Post 12333959)

Remoulade sauce?

No, a sauce produced from locally grown Datil Peppers which originated from Minorca believed to have been introduced to St Augustine in the 1700's via the Spanish Shipping Trade.

https://www.minorcanmikes.com/datil-pepper-pink-sauce

javadog

10-05-2024 06:46 AM

Wow, never heard of those peppers... They look like a cousin of the habanero.

jyl	10-15-2024 10:09 AM

Dinner last night.

Started with salmon, lightly sauteed in a mirin-sake-soy-sugar sauce (teriyaki, basically, but it is so easy to make there’s no reason to buy it bottled).

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1729015355.jpg

Then some oysters, from SW Washington, with a standard mignonette.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1729015522.jpg

Scallops, coated in flour and onion, garlic, mushroom powder, sauteed, over sweet rice and chicken-stock simmered veg.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1729015628.jpg

Finally flanken short ribs, made in my new toy, the Anova Precision Oven. First sauce the ribs and cook at 350F w/ 100% steam for 10 minutes, then coat with a dry rub and broil at 425F w/ no steam for 3 min.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1729015786.jpg

Baz	10-18-2024 07:49 PM

Cream of Celery soup for lunch today.....freaking amazing!

Dixie

10-19-2024 03:01 AM

Shrimp Creole

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1729335639.jpg

Targa68

10-19-2024 03:16 AM

Yummyhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo.../eat_arrow.gif

Baz	10-30-2024 04:08 PM

Steak and cheese sandwich tonight! Sourdough bread, too.....yum!

Racerbvd

10-30-2024 07:40 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1730345992.jpg

john70t

10-31-2024 07:34 AM

Made some pizza dough balls and froze them. Easy to thaw and cook in cast iron at 400.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1730388697.jpg

john70t

10-31-2024 10:17 AM

General Tso chicken.

Used a recipe for 1/2c corn starch, 1/2c flour, 1c water. Deep fried in peanut oil.
(too much water and needs garlic/onion/wht pepper)

Basic sauce is sweet chilli, chilli flakes, a little hoisin dash of rice vinegar, orange juice
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1730397482.jpg

stevej37

11-04-2024 07:47 AM

Creamy Bay Scallop Spaghetti
Bay scallops are down to $10/lb. here.
They call these Patagonia Scallops

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1730738758.jpg

Evans, Marv

11-04-2024 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevej37 (Post 12351483)

Creamy Bay Scallop Spaghetti
Bay scallops are down to $10/lb. here.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1730738758.jpg

I dearly love scallops, but I had my first gout attack some months ago not long after eating a dinner of them. Since then, I've sort of educated myself on foods high in purines/uric acid producing foods. Scallops unfortunately is one of those at the top of the list. No more for me.

stevej37

11-04-2024 08:02 AM

^^^ Did it get you in the big toe joint? I've heard that it can be very painful.

Evans, Marv

11-04-2024 03:35 PM

About the most painful thing I've experienced, Got it in the left knee first, then in the left big toe hoint, and abit in the two center joints on my right foot. Been avoiding overdoing it on purines since them, though the blood test showed I was barely above the high limit of average. It was hell.

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:59 AM.

Page 206 of 211

206

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.