Sweet potato hash egg cups

Version One

Sweet potato crust

Ingredients

• 1/2 sweet potato, peeled and shredded
• Olive oil, drizzled
• Salt, to taste
• Pepper, to taste

Add-ins

• 6 large eggs
• Tomato, diced
• Basil, finely chopped
• Garlic, minced
• Spinach, finely chopped
• Bell pepper, diced
• Mushrooms, chopped
• Pepper, taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 deg. F
2. In a medium bowl, combine sweet potato, olive oil, salt and pepper.
3. In a greased 6-cup muffin pan, evenly divide sweet potato mixture.  Press into the bottom of the muffin cups. 
4. Bake for 15 minutes.
5. Crack an egg into each muffin cup.
6. Add your desired combination of fillings to the muffin cups.
7. Season with pepper.
8. Add shredded cheese if desired.
9. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
10. Garnish with green onions.  

Version Two

Ingredients:

• 1/2 C grated sweet potato (approx. one small sweet potato)
• 1/4 C cheddar cheese
• 1/2 T garlic powder
• 8 large eggs
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 deg. F and spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.  Alternatively, place paper liners in the muffin tin so cleanup is easy.
2. Peel a medium sweet potato and use a cheese grater to grate potato.
3. Place 1/2 C grated sweet potato, 1/4 C cheddar cheese, and 1/2 T minced garlic in a bowl and mix until combined.
4. Using a tablespoon as your scooper, scoop one heaping tablespoon of sweet potato mixture on the bottom of 8 muffin tins.
5. Crack a large egg on top of each cup and season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Bake eggs at 375 deg. F for 13 to 15 minutes or until eggs are at desired consistency.

Miso-Ginger Marinated Grilled Salmon

Great tasting.  Be careful of making this too strong and overpowering the salmon.  
Ingredients

• 1/4 C white miso
• 1/4 C mirin
• 2 T rice wine vinegar
• 2 to 3 T shoyu
• 2 T minced green onions
• 1 1/2 T minced fresh ginger
• 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
• 4 salmon fillets, 8 ounces each
• Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions

Whisk together the miso, mirin, rice wine vinegar, shoyu, green onions, ginger, and sesame oil in a bowl.  Place the salmon in a baking dish, pour the marinade over, and turn to coat.  

Either grill or broil, until golden brown and a crust has formed, about 3 to 4 minutes.

Turn the salmon over and continue grilling or broiling for another 3 to 4 minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Bobby Flay.

Muffin Pan Potatoes

Meh.  I made this on Feb. 19, 2017.  TOO much work.  Don't make again. And the potatoes stuck to the muffin pan.  They tasted ok but better just to make a pan of Pommes Anna.

Ingredients
3 tsp melted butter
2 tsp Parmesan cheese
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp thyme leaves
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
8 - 10 gold potatoes, thinly sliced (use a Benriner)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg. F.
2. Butter muffin tins.
3. Slice potatoes into thin slices using Benriner.  Place in a large mixing bowl and toss with the melted butter, Parmesan, and spices.  Coat evenly.
4. Layer potatoes into stacks and place into each individual muffin cup.  Sprinkle salt and pepper on top.
5. Place muffin pan in oven and bake for 55-60 minutes, or until edges are golden brown and the center is tender.
6. Remove from oven, let cool for about 5 minutes.  Garnish the finished potato stack with Parmesan, thyme, or rosemary.

Great pancakes?

Haven't tried these yet but I'm going too :)

Pete's pancakes Yields nine 6" pancakes.
Ingredients

• 2 C flour
• 3 T sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 T baking powder
• 2 eggs, beat them separately before adding to mixture
• 1/4 C butter, melted (1/8 of a pound)
• 1 3/4 C milk

Directions

1. Mix the dry ingredients first.
2. Combine the eggs and melted butter to the milk and slowly stir into the flour mixture.
3. Let sit at least 10 minutes, while heating up the pan.

IHOP's secret recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 C flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 C buttermilk
• 3 T sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 C vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

1. Preheat a skillet over medium heat.  Use a pan with a nonstick surface or apply a little nonstick spray.
2. In a blender or with a mixer, combine all of the remaining ingredients until smooth.
3. Ladle approximately 1/3 C of the batter into the hot skillet, forming 5" circles.
4. When the edges appear to firm up, after a minute or two, flip the pancakes.  They should be golden brown. 
5. Cook the pancakes on the other side for the same amount of time, until golden brown.

Makes 8 to 10 pancakes.

Oyakodon

From http://www.japanesecooking101.com/about-japanese-cooking-101/

Ingredients

• 1/4cup (60ml) Dashi
• 1/2 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 Tbsp Sake
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1/2 Tbsp Mirin
• 1/4 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 chicken thigh, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 egg
• 1/2 green onion, thinly sliced
• Steamed rice

Instructions

1. Add Dashi, sugar, Sake, soy sauce and Mirin in a pan. Heat until boiling.
2. Add onion and cook for a minute at medium heat.
3. Add chicken pieces to the pan and cook until the meat is cooked through.
4. Beat egg in a small bowl and pour over the chicken and onion. Cover and cook for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
5. Slide egg and chicken with sauce over rice in a bowl. Sprinkle with green onion.

Dashi recipe:

4 cups water

2 handfuls bonito flakes

Directions:

Boil water and add the dried bonito flakes to the pot  Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and use in recipes.

Ichiban Dashi

Ingredients: 4 C water

4" x 2" kombu

Handful of katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)

Instructions:

Put kombu in water in a pot, and heat at medium heat until just before boiling.  Remove kombu.  Add katsuobushi and let the water boil, then immediately turn off the heat.  Leave it for 5 minutes and strain.  

Marinated miso chicken

Sam Choy's Hibachi Miso Chicken with Peanut Butter I made this version on April 7, 2017.  The beer tenderized the chicken.  I thought the flavor was a little mild but the company loved it!)
I made this again on February 14, 2018 Valentine's Day.  Miguel, Sarah, Rosi, Luca, Alex and Gerald were present too.  This time I used a mixture of honey and sugar.  I made more marinade then the 2017 version because I thought the flavor was too mild the first time.  Perfect this time and very tender.  I put the chicken under the broiler for the last 5 minutes or so.

Equal parts (1/2 cup each for 5 pounds chicken).  Marinate overnight and grill or bake.

• Miso
• Peanut butter
• Shoyu
• Beer
• Sugar (I used honey)
• Garlic & ginger grated

Combine marinade ingredients and marinate chicken overnight in the refrigerator.  Grill over charcoal.

Miso chicken two

Ingredients:

• 1/4 C miso paste
• 3 T mirin
• 2 T sake
• 1 T sugar
• 1 T shoyu
• 4 chicken thighs

Instructions:

1. Mix miso, mirin, sake, sugar and shoyu in a bowl.  Marinate chicken thighs in miso mixture for at least 3 hours, or overnight.
2. Preheat oven to 425 F.  Wipe marinade liquid well from chicken and place chicken on oiled aluminum foil spread over a sheet pan.
3. Bake for 15 minutes, turn over and bake 10 to 15 minutes more until cooked through.