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Shanghai Noodles (Cu Chao Mian)

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These Chinese fried noodles feature thinly sliced pork, cabbage, garlic, ginger, green onions, and a sauce that will make your mouth water!  Quick and easy to make, they're perfect for a weeknight meal!Shanghai, China.  The most populated city in the world.  Bustling … Continue reading →

BEST Easy Homemade Mexican Chorizo

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Behold the secret ingredient to giving your Mexican dishes an authentic and incredibly amazing flavor!SALIVARY GLANDS AND LYMPH NODES. That's what you'll find in the list of ingredients of a lot of  store-bought chorizo. I bought some a while back, cooked with it, … Continue reading →

French Pork Rillettes (Rillettes de Porc)

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I'm always amused by dishes now considered gourmet and upscale that were in years past ridiculed as peasant food.  Foods like lobster, oysters, foie gras, and famous dishes like coq au vin and boeuf bourgignon used to be the food of the poor - now they're only served in the … Continue reading →

Homemade Breakfast Sausage Links (or Patties)

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Truly nothing beats the quality and flavor of homemade sausages!Not only do they taste better, you know exactly what's in them and what isn't.  You have full control over the quality of the ingredients that go into making them and good choices always pay off in the … Continue reading →

Honey Peach Cardamom Sauce

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Peaches are in season here in Washington State and I picked up a bulk load of 75 pounds of them last week!  I've been busy chopping and freezing them for smoothies, canning them, making fruit leather, peach cobbler and peach crisp, and thought I'd try something new - this … Continue reading →

How To Smoke Neck Bones & Ham Hocks

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At the heart of Southern home cooking, smoked neck bones and ham hocks are commonly enjoyed with things like beans, potatoes, rice, cabbage as well as in soups and stews where they're slow-cooked until their smoky, fork-tender meat falls right off.Most of you have … Continue reading →

How To Render Lard (and why you should use it)

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Chances are the vast majority of people reading the title and looking at this bottle of lard will have a negative reaction.  What will follow is the pronouncement of a string of health conditions that through decades of medical myths have come to be associated with eating … Continue reading →

BEST Italian Wedding Soup

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I've partnered with Aneto, my favorite broth manufacturer, to bring you this post.Served at every Italian-American wedding across the nation, this soup is so delicious that no self-respecting Italian-American couple would ever think of getting married without … Continue reading →

Hungarian Meatballs

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I've partnered with Veal Made Easy to bring you this recipe.  Thank you to my readers for supporting the brands that help make The Daring Gourmet possible.Friends, you simply have to make these meatballs!  Your taste buds will thank you over and over again.  They may … Continue reading →

Greek Meatballs

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Thank you to Lindsay for sponsoring this post!Our family loves meatballs.  And really, who doesn't?  For many of us they're linked to childhood memories of comfort food around the family dinner table or a favorite Italian restaurant.  My mom made the best Swedish … Continue reading →

Spicy Chipotle Chili with Hominy

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Chili makes for some of the best comfort food, don't you think?  That rich velvety red sauce laden with beef and beans and a multitude of spices including a bucket of chili powder, then topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, cilantro, avocado, and anything else your hungry … Continue reading →

Curried Pumpkin & Coconut Meatballs

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Here is a fun medley of flavors:  Beef, pumpkin, curry, raisins, mango chutney and coconut.  Formed into meatballs, fried and simmered in a luscious and creamy sauce, this dish is sure to satisfy your tummy and soul!Halloween is coming up in just a few days and our … Continue reading →

Szegedin Goulash (Székely Gulyás)

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The weather is slowly warming but I figure there's still time to squeeze in one final cool-weather stew.  Especially one as good as this.  It's one of my personal favorites:  Szegedin Goulash. I can remember the aroma that filled our home every time my mom made this.  I'd … Continue reading →

Mushroom, Ham and Wild Rice soup

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Typically made with chicken, this wild rice soup really benefits from the flavor of smoked ham.  Quite frankly, it's better than chicken.  This Mushroom, Ham and Wild Rice Soup is super easy to put together and the end result is pure comfort-in-a-bowl.  The flavors blend … Continue reading →

Pulled Pork Gyros

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The Best Homemade Gyros recipe I posted a while ago has been a family favorite for several years.  These Pulled Pork Gyros are an even easier take on that original recipe with identically flavorful results. … Continue reading →

Mu Shu Pork Wraps

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Thank you to Campbell’s Dinner Sauces for sponsoring this post! Mu Shu Pork originated in northern China and first became popular in the U.S. in the 1960's.  It quickly became popular and is now a staple in Chinese American cuisine.  There are many variations of this … Continue reading →

Weeknight Jambalaya

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Thank you to Pollinate Media Group and Hillshire Brand Company for sponsoring this post. As much as I love to cook, it can be challenging to find the time to do it.  I know you can relate.  I've found that to be especially true now that I have two toddlers.  And so … Continue reading →

Ultimate Chicken Chow Mein

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Good food is therapeutic.  It adds spice to life, offers comfort for the "blah's", provides warmth on a cold evening, coolth on a hot day...and helps unravel and unfrazzle you after having spent two hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the cursed I-5 headed south of Seattle … Continue reading →

Best Homemade Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce

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Last week I posted my recipes for Greek Tzatziki Sauce and Greek Seasoning Blend.  Now it's time to combine those two recipes to make a third one!  One that you're going to fall in l.o.v.e. with!Growing up in Germany, there were Gyros and Döner Kebab shops and stands … Continue reading →

Geschnetzeltes (Creamy German Hunter’s Sauce)

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Geschnetzeltes (prounounced geh-shnet-sel-tess), German for "sliced meat", is a sauce with pork or veal, mushrooms and cream that is popular throughout Germany and Switzerland, some versions named Züricher Geschnetzeltes.  Traditionally served with Spätzle, egg noodles, or … Continue reading →

Southern Kidney Bean and Andouille Soup

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Rich, satisfying and tummy-filling, this Southern-style soup is slowly simmered with smoked ham hocks and topped with slices of spicy andouille sausage.Kidney beans are extremely healthy.  Besides having lots of cholesterol-lowering fiber (one cup of cooked beans has … Continue reading →

Barbecued Pulled Pork or Chicken Sandwiches

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Sundays are the perfect day to pull out the slow-cooker.  At least in my family.  After attending church for 3 hours it's so nice to come home to a ready-made meal.  To open the front door, walk in, and be greeted by the aroma of something succulent cooking in the kitchen, … Continue reading →

Andalusian Gypsy Stew

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Andalusia is the southernmost part of Spain.  Although economically the poorest region in Spain, it is arguably the richer in culture and cultural identity.  Bullfighting, flamenco, and Moorish-influenced architectural styles, to name a few, are all of Andalusian origin.  It … Continue reading →

BEST Feijoada

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Feijoada (pronounced fay-jwa-da), is the National Dish of Brazil. It is essentially a black bean and meat stew, most commonly served with sliced oranges and rice, though fried bananas and chilies are also common accompaniments. Feijoada is made in virtually every Brazilian … Continue reading →

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