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Fried Pork Cutlet Bowl, Katsudon

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The Original Recipe can be found here. I have made significant changes from that, but that was my main source. I don’t have bread crumbs at the moment, so I used crushed potato chips. I also used some Worcestershire sauce in this recipe because it has more flavors and herbs than standard soy sauce.

Katsudon is very good. This recipe, though it seems like a lot, is actually quite simple. Before serving the rice, you could fry it with additional vegetables like peas, carrots or green beans for additional flavors. Since the broth is built on soy sauce, it is very salty. The vinegar and onion adds additional savory flavor, and was very delicious. Finally, the pork cutlet was exceptional. It was very tender and tasted particularly good with the savory broth. The only think I would change is the addition of frying the rice with a veggie, other than that the dish is perfectly balanced, filling. This recipe makes 5 adult sized portions.

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What You Will Need

  • 1 Large Pork Cutlet
  • 2 Cups Cooked White Rice
  • 1 Medium Onion Diced
  • 2 1/4 Cups Water
  • 2 Chicken Bouillons
  • 1/4 Cup White Wine Vinegar
  • 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp Ground Ginger
  • 2 Eggs beaten
  • 2 Tbsp Flour
  • 1 1/2 cup bread crumbs
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • Chives

Directions

  1. Make rice, then keep warm. Combine in a pan, diced onion, water, bouillons, vinegar, soy sauce, worcestershire, sugar, and ginger. Simmer for 15 minutes.
  2. Using a large sided container, add your oil and heat over medium heat. In three separate bowls, add egg, flour, and bread crumbs. Cover your pork first with flour, coat in egg, coat in bread crumbs, coat in egg a second time, then coat with bread crumbs a second time.
  3. Transfer your pork chop to the oil and fry for 3 minutes on each side. Once fried, coat in broth before transferring to a paper towel to strain.
  4. Add your rice to your bowls, top with sliced pork, drizzle broth over top, then sprinkle chives over top before serving.
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English Muffins

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The original recipe is found here.

These English muffins were very delicious. The original recipe calls for instant yeast, however I substituted in active dried yeast instead. They both seem to work well, however instant yeast seemed to provide less rise during cooking. I also believe that waiting 12-18 hours was unnecessary with active dried yeast, since it seemed to only mature the flavor of the dough. My dough almost had no rise, and with active dried yeast you’d probably be fine cooking these muffins in an hour rather than waiting 12-18. I rolled my dough to about 1 cm thick and that was plenty for the rise I wanted. I also rolled some thicker, and it had no real affect on the overall thickness of my muffins, the only thing that did seem make a difference was what temperature you cooked them at. My first three rose very little due to the pan not being fully hot and heated before cooking. The rest popped up like balloons due to the heat within a minute. My oven has heat settings from 1-9 and I used 4 for this recipe.

What You Will Need

  • 2 1/2 cup Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Active dried yeast
  • pinch of Salt
  • 2/3 cup Milk
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 1 Tbsp Butter

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine first three ingredients. In a separate microwaveable bowl, add your wet ingredients and butter. Microwave until liquid is finger warm and the butter can melt.
  2. Slowly add ingredients until a dry dough has come together. Mix until smooth adding additional liquid sparingly.
  3. Leave dough in bowl and cover with a tea towel and let sit for 1-2 hours. Turn out dough onto a floured surface.
  4. Roll out dough to be 1 cm thick, then use a 3 inch cutter or cup to make dough rounds. Flour both sides of the round and place aside.
  5. Rework dough then repeat step 4 until out of dough. Cover with tea towel and let rise another 45 minutes.
  6. Heat a nonstick frying pan over medium to medium-low heat.
  7. Use a spatula to move the dough to the frying pan leaving room for minor expansion. Cover with a lid and leave for 8 minutes.
  8. Flip your dough, cover, and let cook another 3 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Let cool before eating.
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Refrigerator Pickles

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Original recipe can be found here. I used Dried Dill instead of fresh, though the original recipe used fresh dill. I also forgot to add onion, so that also changed the flavor.

I made this recipe a week and a half ago. This weekend I was making picnic food, and I thought these pickles would pair very nicely. These pickles are very good. They aren’t as sour as store bought pickles, but they had the right flavor and tasted great! I used 9 tsp dried dill, 2 garlic cloves, and I forgot the onion. Despite this these pickles were very good and still had a fresh flavor about them. If you still have as many cucumbers as I do, this would be a great recipe to make!

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What You Will Need
  • 4 qts Cucumbers, with ends cut off and quartered if large
  • 9-12 tsp dried dill
  • 2-4 garlic cloves
  • 1 small onion
  • 7 1/2 cups water
  • 2 cups vinegar
  • 1/3-1/2 cup salt
Directions
  1. In a large pot, bring water, vinegar, and salt to a boil. Turn off burner and remove from heat.
  2. In a gallon container, add dill, garlic and onion, then top with cut cucumbers.
  3. Cover with warm brine, place a plate on top to hold cucumbers under the brine, then add lid and transfer the fridge.
  4. Pickles are ready after 5 days, and are good for 9-12 months.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies: Aldis Brand Recipe Review

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You can find the recipe here!

Time for another review you’ll see. This time I’m reviewing Aldi’s Chocolate chip cookie recipe. You can find this recipe up above at the link, down below, or on the side of Aldi’s baking soda or chocolate chips bags. As a plus, these did in fact turn out to be chocolate chip cookies. They tasted like chocolate chip cookies and were fully done, as per instruction. However, these cookies did spread a lot and the dough was very thin, and not a dough I would/could roll out by hand. There was a good proportion of chips to dough, and the cookies did have a lot of flavor. These cookies also didn’t have much, if any, structural integrity. You’d have to break the cookie before it would crumble apart, then you’d have to quickly eat it before it fell all over everything. This was the case even once the cookies cooled. It’s a good recipe, and it made delicious cookies, however, I think Betty Crocker’s cookie mixes may still be better. If you try this recipe, be sure to let me know what you think!

What You Will Need
  • 1 cup Softened Butter
  • 1/2 cups White Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Packed Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
  • mixing bowl
  • electric mixer
  • spoon/cookie scoop
  • Baking sheets
  • Non-stick spray
Directions
  1. Heat oven to 375 F
  2. In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, cream together butter, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, vanilla, and eggs. Add flour and chips, then mix until combined.
  3. Spray baking sheets, then scoop out dough and place on sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden. Let cool 5 minutes before trying to remove from tray.
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Japanese Cucumber Salad

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I found this recipe here.

I have been searching tirelessly for new recipes to use all the cucumbers I’ve gotten this year from the garden. Talking to other locals, I have found out everyone is having a good year for cucumbers, so naturally all ingredients to make dill pickles are sold out withing a 20 mile radius. As a result, I’m stepping out of my comfort zone and making new recipes. This recipe had lots of great comments, as you’ll see if you look at the original post. I have had to make alterations to the recipe, such as excluding sesame seeds and substituting in white wine vinegar, since I do not have rice wine vinegar. With the substitute, I had to dilute the mixture a bit. This recipe makes lots of marinade, so cut as many cucumbers as you need to serve or you think you can eat. I probably wouldn’t add more than 3, maybe 4 cups of cucumbers before doubling the marinade.

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What You Will Need
  • 2 Medium Cucumbers (4 small homegrown cucumbers)
  • 1/4 cup White wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp Water
  • 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Covered Mixing Bowl, Cutting board, and Knife
Instructions
  1. Peel you cucumbers, cut in half length wise, cored, then sliced into half-moons. Add to mixing bowl. Add pinch of salt and fresh pepper.
  2. Add remaining ingredients and mix together. Let sit for at least 30 minutes before serving.
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