Gravy's Cooking Thread

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Abefroman_sl said:
1 can green curry paste(Maesri brand)
2 cans coconut milk
1 can bamboo shoots
assorted veggies for stir fry.
Fish sauce
sugar
basmati rice.
Chicken, pork, beef, fish, seafood( whatever you want)

Take the can of curry paste and stir fry it in 1 Tbsp of Veggie oil.
Add can of coconut milk and mix till paste is disolved.
Add a pound of your desired meat sliced how you want it and simmer for 5 min.
Add other can of coconut milk and bring to boil.
Throw in your veggies, bamboo shoots, a couple Tbsp of fish sauce and a Tbsp of sugar and let simmer for around 5 min.

Ladle over white rice and enjoy. The longer you stir fry the paste in the oil the hotter your dish will be. Adjust to your taste.
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I'll give this a shot, on a scale of 1-10 how bad is my apartment going to stink after making curry?

Thank you btw.
 
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It's Thai curry. It's not bad. It's a different breed than Indian curry.

I basically do the exact same thing except without the sugar. Make sure you wash your rice and you're set.
 
Gravy

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It must just be me, but two cans of coconut milk sounds like a lot of liquid. Dunno, but I do like curries, and that sounds good.
 
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You can also add a couple packs of ramen noodles to the liquid when it's boiling if rice isn't your thing. As tea said it's a thai curry so it won't stink up the place. It's basically lemongrass, basil, thai peppers and some spices.
 
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I usually just use 1, but if you're throwing a lot of veggies in there then 2 is fine.

I use that same paste, and I don't normally use the whole thing with 1 can of coconut milk.
 
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Gravy_sl said:
It must just be me, but two cans of coconut milk sounds like a lot of liquid. Dunno, but I do like curries, and that sounds good.
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It is but your rice or noodles will soak that up big time. It's also supposed to be brothy.
 
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Tea_sl said:
I usually just use 1, but if you're throwing a lot of veggies in there then 2 is fine.

I use that same paste, and I don't normally use the whole thing with 1 can of coconut milk.
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I'm cooking it for 4 plus people. So yeah you should scale it to how many servings you need.
 
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I made the standard Vegetable Beef soup today.

One thing I do different, that I got from way back in the day from Mom, is use V8 juice instead of stock or water. Today I used a low-sodium off-brand V8, and with the beef in the soup, makes a great base.
 
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I'd be torn on sous vide (sp). It's hard to gauge other people's taste and I'd be annoyed to try setting something up only to find that it's only marginally better than just cooking a steak how you normally would.

How much stock do you put into anecdotal evidence on the Internet? Hell, I even take what my own family tells me with a heaping dose of skepticism - I remember being told that netti pots would work wonders too when you're sick and that seemed like a waste of my time after I tried it.

When I read people say how good it is as though BrutulTM has never had a "really good" steak, my mind wants to flip that around and ask if people think sous vide is incredibly good because they HAVEN'T ever had a good steak themselves. I dunno, maybe if I get a wild hair sometime I'll set something up. It just seems like an odd thing for a person to just go out and try doing themselves :/
 
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It doesn't taste any different than cooking it the normal way, it just makes it so you can cook it to an exact temperature with no chance of screwing it up. I think if you practice even a little you shouldn't be having so much trouble cooking a good steak that you need to buy an expensive appliance that's bigger than anything in your kitchen after the stove, refrigerator, and possibly the microwave and computerize it. I never overcook a steak if I'm paying any attention at all.
 
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Actually now that I think about it, I'll have two classes this semester in the ProcessControl/HMI/Networking lab, wonder if they'd let me set something up to try this LOL. Might be more fun than working on the half-ton autoclave machine they want rebuilt.
 
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joeboo_sl said:
Chicken wings have been goddamn ridiculous in price for the past year or so. I used to make them at home quite a bit, but finally stopped as it became more expensive to make a meal of chicken wings than a meal out of a filet mignon. Something's not quite right about that.
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I read its because McDonalds basically locked up a ton of supply for the mighty wings rollout.
 
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BrutulTM_sl said:
Yeah, I can see using it in a restaurant situation where you want to keep something hot and ready to go when it's ordered although I doubt that would be a good idea with steak.
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I dont think you understand the point of sous vide.

Though I agree steak (in the traditional sense) isnt a good use for the technique.
 
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BrutulTM_sl said:
It doesn't taste any different than cooking it the normal way, it just makes it so you can cook it to an exact temperature with no chance of screwing it up. I think if you practice even a little you shouldn't be having so much trouble cooking a good steak that you need to buy an expensive appliance that's bigger than anything in your kitchen after the stove, refrigerator, and possibly the microwave and computerize it. I never overcook a steak if I'm paying any attention at all.
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That's the point of doing it in a cooler or these new kickstarters. They don't require you to buy thousands of dollars of equipment to make what is essentially just a water bath.
 
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BrutulTM_sl said:
It doesn't taste any different than cooking it the normal way, it just makes it so you can cook it to an exact temperature with no chance of screwing it up. I think if you practice even a little you shouldn't be having so much trouble cooking a good steak that you need to buy an expensive appliance that's bigger than anything in your kitchen after the stove, refrigerator, and possibly the microwave and computerize it. I never overcook a steak if I'm paying any attention at all.
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You can do it with a cooler, and even the appliances aren't as big as stove. You really have no idea what this shit looks like, do you?
 
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