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Cold Rice, Pineapple and Vegetables Salad

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked rice
2 cups pineapple, in pieces
2 cups Chinese roots
1/2 cup toasted almonds
4 radishes, sliced
2 onions chopped

Dressing:
5 tbsp sunflower oil
1 1/2 tbsp fruit vinegar
1/2 tsp grated ginger
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Mix rice with pineapple, Chinese roots, radishes, onions and almonds.
Combine all dressing ingredients and pour over rice salad.
Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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Béchamel Sauce

Ingredients:

300 ml milk
300 ml light cream
55 g butter
40 g all-purpose flour
3 cloves
2 bay leaves
1 onion
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Pour the milk into a pan with the bay leaves.
Press cloves into the onion, add to the milk and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and set aside.
Strain the milk into a pitcher and rinse the pan.

Melt the butter in the pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly.
Cook the sauce for 3 minutes, stirring, then pour in the cream and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

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Stroganoff Loin

Ingredients:

600 g beef tenderloin, cut into pieces
200 g sliced mushrooms
1 cup vegetable broth
100 ml cream, light
1 chopped onion
1 garlic clove minced
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tbsp mustard

Preparing:

Cook the onion and garlic in 1 tbsp vegetable broth.
Add loin pieces and cook until they change color.
Add the mushrooms, tomato puree, mustard and the remaining broth and cook for 20 minutes.
Incorporate the cream, cook for 10 more minutes and serve.

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Roasted Chinese Peas

Ingredients:

400 g Chinese peas
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbspchopped cilantro
1 tbsp chopped onion
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat
oven to 200ºC (400ºF).

Mix and blend olive oil with cilantro, onion, salt and pepper.
Place peas on a baking tray and bathe with the mix above.
Bake for 10 minutes.

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Pork Chops with Vegetables

Ingredients:

12 pork chops
1/2 kg Cambray potatoes, cooked and cut in pieces
1 1/2 cup hemstitch, cooked and cut in pieces
1 cup white wine
3 carrots, minced
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Season the chops with salt and pepper.

Fry the onion and garlic in vegetable oil.
Add the chops, carrots, potatoes and hemstitch.
Add wine, cover and cook on low heat for 20 minutes.

Remove from heat and serve.

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Chicken with Rice

Ingredients:

2 cooked chicken breasts and crushed
2 cups rice
1 cup red wine
4 strips of bacon, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1/2 butter stick
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry bacon and chicken in butter, remove and reserve.
Cook in the same pan, the vegetables with red wine.
Add rice and 1 cup of water when the wine has evaporated.
Add 1 more cup water and when consumed add another cup and cook over low heat until the rice is well cooked.

Add the chicken, bacon and tomato sauce and cook for 5 more  minutes.

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Almond Rice

Ingredients:

3 cups water
2 cups rice
1 cup almonds, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup white wine
2 chicken broth envelopes
2 tbsps curry
4 tsp margarine

Preparing:

Fry the almonds in margarine until brown and set aside.
Fry in the same pan, the onion with the rice, curry and chicken broth for 15 minutes.
Add water and wine and cook over medium heat until all the water evaporates.
Add almonds and serve.

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Avocado and Tomato Salad

Ingredients:

6 avocados
1 chopped onion
1 chopped chili
6 tbsp tomato sauce
6 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp chopped cilantro
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cut avocados in half, retire off the bone and bathe with the lemon juice.
Mix well all the ingredients.
Fill avocados with the filling and serve.

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Lamb with Olives

Ingredients:

2 lb boned leg of lamb, cut in cubes
1 cup pitted black olives
3/4 cup dry white wine
1/3 cup olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 onion, sliced
1 red chilli, chopped finely
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry garlic, onion and chili in olive oil for 5 minutes.
Add the lamb meat and wine and cook for 5 more minutes.
Stir in the olives, season with salt and pepper and trasfer to a casserole.
Cook in a preheated oven (180ºC / 360ºF) for 1hour 20 minutes.

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Hemstitch, Egg and Ham Salad

Ingredients:

1 kg hemstich, chopped
250 g ham, cut into strips
3 cooked eggs, cut in gores
1 chopped onion
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook the hemstitches in boiling water, drain and reserve.
Fry onions, ham and hemstitch in vegetable oil at low heat for 5 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper and serve with eggs.

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