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Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl & Sauce — Birdie Shoots. Yakiniku Sauce 焼肉のタレ. It’s summer and that means time to BBQ!

Yakiniku Sauce 焼肉のタレ

In Japan, Japanese style BBQ is called Yakiniku (焼肉) and literary means grilled meat in Japanese. It’s a popular dish originated from Korea. Each Yakiniku restaurant in Japan offers their own dipping sauce and it’s called Yakiniku no Tare (焼肉のタレ), or simply tare (タレ). Tare is the key seasoning for Japanese BBQ as we do not typically marinade the meat prior to grilling.

For Yakiniku, bite-sized meat (usually beef and offal) and vegetables are grilled over gas/electric grill or charcoals. Generally the meat is not marinated for yakiniku; therefore, the quality of meat is very important. Typical “tare” is made of soy sauce mixed with sake, mirin, sugar, garlic, fruit juice and sesame seeds. We also enjoyed dipping the grilled meat and veggies in Thai Sriracha Sea Salt from Season with Spice shop. Meat Sauce with Red Wine and Mushrooms. Meat Sauce with Red Wine and Mushrooms is a simple, flavorful pasta sauce with ground beef simmered in crushed San Marzano tomatoes with red wine, mushrooms, and spices.

Meat Sauce with Red Wine and Mushrooms

This is the only sauce recipe you’ll ever need. One of my favorite ever pasta sauces is my Pasta Sauce with Turkey Sausage and Mushrooms, and it was always my go-to until January of this year. After the holidays, I had a hankering for a good pasta dinner, and I was ready to whip up a batch of my mainstay. My husband had other plans. While he loves that sauce, too, he grew up on a meat sauce his grandmother and mother made. Garlic Butter Recipe - Steakhouse Garlic Butter Recipe. Nothing beats the sight of a melting dollop of garlic butter slowly disappearing over a perfectly cooked steak!

Garlic Butter Recipe - Steakhouse Garlic Butter Recipe

This easy to make garlic butter recipe is perfect for steak, chops, chicken, and even seafood recipes. Garlic butter will keep in the fridge, and can be made well in advance. Makes 1/2 cup of Steakhouse Garlic Butter Prep Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes. Homemade Butter Recipe. Lark&linenlark&linen. May 1, 2014 I recently had the extreme pleasure of guest posting over on one of my all-time favourite blogs: Cup of Jo.

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I participated in her Dips & Sauces series in which I, almost reluctantly*, shared my recipe for ridiculously easy homemade ketchup. Alyssa and Carla. Cauliflower Brain Bowl. Homemade Teriyaki Sauce - RecipeTin Eats. Teriyaki Sauce is made with just 3 ingredients and is so easy that store bought teriyaki sauce should be illegal!

Homemade Teriyaki Sauce - RecipeTin Eats

Besides being so easy to make your own, the ingredients of store bought teriyaki sauce is quite frightening. Bottled Teriyaki Sauce is not even made in Japan! Teriyaki sauce is used for most commonly for chicken, beef and fish, but also for pork and even for offal as well. The most popular of is Teriyaki Chicken. The thick, sweet, salty marinade matches perfectly with poultry, and creates a wonderful caramelisation when seared over high heat. My Japanese mother would rather eat plain chicken than marinated using a bottled Teriyaki Sauce, just the thought of buying Teriyaki Sauce offends her! To use, you simply combine about 3 to 4 tbsp of Teriyaki marinade per 1 lb/500g of meat and marinade for at least 20 minutes, but preferably overnight.

Crockpot Skinny Parmesan Spinach Dip. The Best Hot Creamy Artichoke Dip {Gluten-Free} Skinny Spinach Artichoke Dip - Live Well Bake Often. This skinny spinach artichoke dip is lightened up by using low fat cream cheese and sour cream instead of mayo.

Skinny Spinach Artichoke Dip - Live Well Bake Often

This dip makes a great appetizer for any party or get together! So, I’ve had my fair share of spinach dip in my life. You know, the kind with a bunch of mayo? But it wasn’t until a few months ago that I had spinach artichoke dip. I still wonder why it took so long for me to try it?! The other day when I was thinking of new things to make, this one instantly came to mind. This dip is still super cheesy because of the cream cheese, parmesan cheese, and mozzarella cheese.

Roasted Cauliflower White Pizza Dip. Time to get sneaky.

Roasted Cauliflower White Pizza Dip

With cauliflower and lots and lots of cheese! Guys, this dip? It’s like eating one giant pile of cauliflower…. Pico Guacamole - Garnish with Lemon. Two of my favorite Mexican condiments are combined in this fiesta-ready Pico Guacamole.

Pico Guacamole - Garnish with Lemon

Whenever we go to Chipotle, I have an internal battle over what to order. I love, love, love chips and guac, but I wince whenever I shell out $2 for that teeny, tiny cup of guacamole. I realize that I’m probably cheap (BTW, I prefer the term “fiscally conservative”), but, c’mon! Fresh Home Made Guacamole. Easy Thai Peanut Sauce: How to Make My Mom's Thai Satay SauceSheSimmers. My mother, in whose memory this site was created, was a cookbook addict.

Easy Thai Peanut Sauce: How to Make My Mom's Thai Satay SauceSheSimmers

Her philosophy in life was based upon a statement attributed to Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536): When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food and clothes. Replace “books” with “cookbooks” and you’ll get my mother. Over the years, she had passed on several of her cookbooks to me for fear that years of living in the United States would result in me abandoning the cuisine of my original country or, worse, becoming so culinarily syncretic that I can’t tell how a dish is supposed to taste. Well, Mom is no longer with us, so she and I can’t have our once never-ending discussion on her view on culinary syncretism and how I think it might not be built on terra firma. Copycat Whole Foods Fresh Salsa Recipe. Mango and Tomato Salsa Recipe. How to Make Pesto like an Italian Grandmother Recipe. If you've ever tasted pesto in Italy you know that the pesto here in the United States just isn't the same.

How to Make Pesto like an Italian Grandmother Recipe

I received a lesson in how to make pesto from a real Italian grandmother last week and now I understand the difference and what makes it so. My friend Francesca makes the trip from her small town near the pesto-epicenter of Genoa, Italy to San Francisco once or twice a year - this time (lucky for us) she brought her mom and two-year old son Mattia. Her mom makes a beautiful pesto (and perfectly light, potato gnocchi to go along with it) and offered to show me and my friend Jen how it is done. I have to say, I'll never look back, and will never make pesto any other way. If you love pesto, you really have to try this. Most of the pesto you encounter here in the U.S. is different for a few reasons. Another thing, Genovese pesto is famous in part because it is often made with young, small basil leaves. Book signings & sightings!

Makes about 1 cup. Bright Green Basil Pesto. Homemade Nacho Cheese Sauce Recipe. Garlic Confit. Homemade Mustard. Memorial Day weekend typically involves the grill, fresh and creamy salads, big servings of spring fruits and cocktails in the yard. Sometimes I don’t want to mess with the old standbys like a good burger or smoky grilled sausages, but the add-ins are fair game. Matthew shares a homemade mustard that will elevate my dinner party dishes. And gosh, it’s so easy.

Happy weekend! -Maggie Maybe it just occurs in my kitchen, but I’ve noticed a small collection of condiments rapidly taking hold over the shelves on my fridge door. I searched through my spice rack to see if any inspiration would develop, and then I came upon the caraway seeds. Giving the flavors a day to settle in gave this mustard a completely different vibe. Homemade Mustard Ingredients: 6 tbsp mustard seed, freshly ground (Coarse or fine, your choice!) Directions: Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Homemade Grainy Mustard - Yes, Really - Attainable Sustainable. Mm. Mustard. I love mustard. But those fancy pants Dijon mustards give me a headache. I can get organic Dijon that comes in plastic. Homemade Mustard (and a Honey Balsamic variation) The idea of making my own mustard never crossed my mind, but a recipe from Yvette van Boven immediately changed that. Yvette is our Dutch pride: she and her wonderful ‘Homemade’ cookbooks are highly successful all over the world.

Her fresh and down-to-earth approach to cooking is very inspirational and her mustard recipe is no exception. I had no idea making your own mustard was just minutes work. 25 Cheesy Dips That Will Make You Swoon. Chipotle Enchilada Sauce. One of the best parts of enchiladas is the sauce. There are different kinds: red, green and white. The green sauce is made from tomatillos and the white is a creamy sauce.

Red sauce is tomato based, but I like to add some chipotle peppers to give a deeper flavor as well as some heat. This recipe is very easy to make and tastes amazing on baked enchiladas with melted cheddar and monterey jack cheese. Italian Bread Dip Seasoning. Texas Queso Dip. Absolutely Awesome BBQ Sauce. Award Winning Chili Con Carne Recipe.