Fried Tacos

fried tacos recipe

Fried Tacos Recipe Video Most people have memories of Jack in the Box tacos — perhaps fond or not-so-fond. My memory is mostly of my high school boyfriend berating the drive-thru girl about whether she could or could not put cheese sauce on his tacos, rather than American cheese slices. She insisted that it was…

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Breaded Fried Pork Chops

fried pork chops

Breaded Fried Pork Chops video – scroll down for recipe Subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified of new videos. I have to thank community member Jennifer Lynn for the idea to use crushed up fried onions as breading for fried pork chops. After I posted the chicken milanesa recipe, she wrote me that she’ll sometimes use fried onions…

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Marinated Grilled Steak with Arugula Salad

Marinated Grilled Steak Video – scroll down for recipe Subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified of new videos. My friend Justin from the Under20Workout shares his easy steak marinade for a grilled ribeye accompanied by a simple arugula salad. If you want another side dish to go with this, try my grilled corn salad,…

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Slow-cooker Shredded Beef Tacos

From my Slow Cooker Recipes book, this slow-cooker shredded beef is very similar to Chipotle barbacoa. Beef chuck roast is cooked with a sauce made from guajillo chiles, jalapeños, onion, garlic, oregano, cumin, mustard seed and allspice, with a little vinegar and Worcestershire. Use it in burritos, tacos, potato chip nachos, on super nachos, or on…

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How to Make Coxinha

Coxinha (pron: co-SHEEN-ya) is a Brazilian street food, minced chicken wrapped in a soft dough, breaded and deep fried. Is there any part of that that doesn’t sound completely great? I’ll answer. There’s not. The legend of how coxinha came to be is that a long time ago, there was a young Brazilian prince and, like every prince,…

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How to cook bacon in the oven

A simple way to cook bacon in the oven to save space on your stove top or to neatly cook a large amount of bacon at once. Use this method to cook thick cut bacon or thin-cut. The time will be shorter for thinner bacon. Some people like to cook the bacon on a rack,…

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Skillet Chicken Fajitas

A quick and dirty skillet chicken fajitas recipe. Cutting the chicken into strips first lets the marinade get in there faster, but if you wanted to grill these chicken fajitas, leave the breasts or thighs whole and marinate at least 1 hour, and up to 6 hours (refrigerated, of course). I use a combination of…

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Sooo Cali Hot Dogs Recipe – Dog Haus Dogs

Sooo Cali Dogs Video (scroll down for recipe) Subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified of new videos. I went with Lynn Chen to Dog Haus in Burbank to eat some weens and they gave us the recipe! The Sooo Cali dog is Lynn’s favorite and it has arugula, avocado (of course! SoCal: where avocado…

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Coffee-rubbed Ribeye with Jalapeño Butter

Coffee-rubbed Ribeye Steak with Jalapeño Butter video (scroll down for recipe) I’ve seen recipes for steaks rubbed with coffee about a hundred times, but the ones I’ve seen call for using instant coffee, which is a thing I never ever keep in the kitchen (nor do I really want to). I dared myself to try it…

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