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I had a phenomenal "Tapioca Custard" dish at one of Tyler Anderson's restaurants the other night. It is now my mission to recreate it.
I never knew tapioca was used for things other than desserts like pudding but this was a savory dish. It was bacon, clams and potatoes with tapioca as a binder. It tasted like a lightly fried new england clam chowder cake. Amazing.
I never knew tapioca was used for things other than desserts like pudding but this was a savory dish. It was bacon, clams and potatoes with tapioca as a binder. It tasted like a lightly fried new england clam chowder cake. Amazing.
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No, it looked way more appetitzing than that.dis?
Tapioca Custard: all the flavors of clam chowder
Brutul, I'm not really sure as a matter of fact.
Okay so I did it last night. If anyone else wants to do it here are some tips.
Make sure you have a sharp knife like super sharp. Cutting an uncooked cold turkey is a pain. I am sure this is obvious to most but I did not have a really good sharp knife. I realized I just don't even own good knives. Also, you are going to lose out on a lot of little cuts unless I guess you take all the sloppy little pieces and throw it in the bag.
I didn't do the legs because we aren't a fan of the dark meat. We usually have other people over and the dark meat gets eaten by everyone else.
So last night all I did was cut off the breasts as well as I could and sous vide those. I got a large portion of them off and didn't waste much. I bathed them in 145 for about 4 hours. Dunked them in cold water and put them in the fridge. Tonight the wife is going to broil it for about 45 minutes just to warm it back up and ensure everything is good. She will then save a few pieces aside but chunk up the rest for turkey tettrazini.
Mainly this was a test to see how well it would turn out to make Thanksgiving day easier. I am not sure it's worth it. Sure you can prep a day in advance and just spend an hour cooking on the day off but you lose a decent amount of meat in the process. I just don't know. When I taste it tonight I will make a decision then.
I know! My knives are decent but I think they needed to be sharpened quite considerably.
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if you're lazy about sharpening, maintaining, a decent product i bought for my parents (and one sister) months ago is
Amazon.com: Smiths 50264 Adjustable Manual Knife Sharpener: Home Improvement
It's an adjustable angle, i REALLY don't recommend using the carbine (black) portion, as that takes off TONS of metal, but i mean if your knife is that bad... but the ceramic is pretty nice.
imo, if you hone w/ a rod and use the ceramic sharpening side, it'll last. (i wouldn't even recommend a strop, everyone that comes to my kitchen and sees a barbers strop hanging from my oven door gets leary)
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If your Whole Foods carries the curried chicken salad, do yourself a favor and buy all of it. It's so good.
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Sad story here. I put some center cut pork choppies in for some sous vide hot tub action and let them cook for 3 hours at 135. I just left it without checking and as it turns out I failed at vacuuming all the air out of the bag (or rather my damn FoodSaver failed!). Cooked unevenly as a result and had to finish in the oven.
I don't need this kind of stress in my life.
I don't need this kind of stress in my life.
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chef johns.
this tonite, (i'm using a foodsaver to vac it, to marinade it faster) whole foods sells low fat buttermilk, wtf? I had to buy some grassfed cow milk to get full fat.
I'm gonna try it in coconut oil. Holy shit this stuff is awesome as cooking oil, the flavors are off the charts, initially i bought a mega tub for just my popping popcorn
Amazon.com : Coconut Popcorn Popping Oil (Gallon) Gourmet Food
but a few days ago, i ran out of olive oil and canola oil (i had in my pantry but i didn't feel like refilling), but i had that big tub of coconut oil, so i slapped it on, and my wife was amazed at the chicken, it has like a "glow" and i only used like 1tsp of oil for 6oz of chicken breast.
this tonite, (i'm using a foodsaver to vac it, to marinade it faster) whole foods sells low fat buttermilk, wtf? I had to buy some grassfed cow milk to get full fat.
I'm gonna try it in coconut oil. Holy shit this stuff is awesome as cooking oil, the flavors are off the charts, initially i bought a mega tub for just my popping popcorn
Amazon.com : Coconut Popcorn Popping Oil (Gallon) Gourmet Food
but a few days ago, i ran out of olive oil and canola oil (i had in my pantry but i didn't feel like refilling), but i had that big tub of coconut oil, so i slapped it on, and my wife was amazed at the chicken, it has like a "glow" and i only used like 1tsp of oil for 6oz of chicken breast.
So the turkey turned out great. More importantly all I need is one hour to broil it the day of since it is fully cooked before hand.
I am going to sharpen my knives and carve a bigger turkey and do dark and white this time.
I am going to sharpen my knives and carve a bigger turkey and do dark and white this time.