Baked Udon

In my old house we had 4 gas burners to 3 people and it was never enough. Imagine a house with 4 people and 2 electric burners. Needless to say, sometimes you just cant cook when you want to. The other night Kyle and I ran into this predicament before work. Our idea, make Oyako Don/Udon in the oven. My mother gave me two cast iron cobbler pots that were still unseasoned and I figured it was time to break them in.

Below: First we preheated the oven, added some sesame oil, and dropped in the cut chicken and onions.


Below: We added udon noodles over the chicken and dropped some broth over it.


Below: Everything cooking up nice? Time to add some mushrooms.


Below: We dropped in some beaten egg and scallions and let everything cook in and set. The final product. Delish. Needed just a little bit of soy sauce but everything was cooked to perfection.


Conclusion? Fuck electric burners.

¡Chili con huevos!

Vegetarian chili topped with spinach, cheddar cheese, and a poached egg. Kind of like The Soup but it's chili instead of soup. I'm tempted to say that my chili recipe is TOP SECRET but I already gave it to Laura and it's here for anyone to see. I make it with NO TOMATOES BECAUSE I HATE THEM. Also, I can not stress enough how much of a difference bulgur wheat makes to a vegetarian chili. Much meatier. Or you could just put in meat.

Tomato-Egg/Egg-Tomato

(reblogged from Ben)

I hollow out a tomato and fill it with beaten egg, onion, garlic, and ham. Once the filling sets, I melt cheese over the top. If the tomato is too ripe (as shown) the structural integrity of the tomato will be too weak. Thus it is necessary to remove the tomato from the oven and wet it as needed (causing it to cook in time with the egg) or the tomato’s hull will break and egg will be sucked out into the vacuum of space. I’ve been watching too much Star Trek.

In short, I baked an egg inside a tomato. What did you do today?