We'll be having a "small plates" dinner of escargot, Mini Meatballs in Saffron Sauce recipe | Epicurious.com , and Parmigiano-Crusted Cauliflower with Agliata Recipe : Anne Burrell : Food Network .
Oooohhh, those meatballs sound divine Med!
We NEED to clear out some of those little bits of this and that in our `fridge.
I have some Beef Stew, Caldo Cerde Soup, Taco meats (Grilled Carne as well as Pollo), assorted chopped veggies from our Taco bar last night, Limu Ahi Poke (that I can't believe that DH and Mr DF didn't finish of yesterday), and last but certainly not least, homemade Lasagna... that'll make some kinda mixed plate
We had a blizzard a couple weeks ago. After being snowed in for several days and cooking all kinds of stuff, a friend of mine posted on Fb that she was serving flights of soup that evening
Cashew chicken stir fry. Haven't done a stir fry in a while.
I made my very first shredded (pulled) Pork last night. It was actually a double first time meal: the Pulled Pork and red beans (I found a Popeye's copycat and fiddled with it, it came pretty close) and served over rice. It was a strange pairing because I served the pork with hard taco shells and corn tortillas and taco toppings and the Cajun style beans and rice.
Sorry no pictures. It was late (DD got out of work at 10pm) and it smelled so good everyone dove in. LOL
As for the pork 4 lbs. bone, most of fat and skin removed (will probably use bone for bone broth and maybe make oven pork rinds if that's possible).
Cut the Pork into 1-2 inch cubes and seasoned. Placed in my Instant Pot hit the meat/stew button and adjust the time to 45 minutes and when done did a 10 natural pressure release. Took meat out and in was so tender and shredded like a dream. I set the pot to the sauté setting adjusted to more and let them reduce to a nice thick sauce. Which I then tossed with the pork.
Meanwhile the rice and beans were cooking.
The whole meal took about an hour to cook!
I had pork with a squeeze of fresh lime and beans and rice for my dinner, everyone else had tacos, beans and rice. WOW it was so good!
Who'd a thunk shredded pork in less then an hour.
I will be doing this again.
I didn't use heavy seasoning so I am thinking of putting some of the pork, tomato sauce, water and 3 minute quick cooking Ronzoni rotini in the IP. It should take 1 1/2 minutes for dinner to cook.
I LOVE MY INSTANT POT!!
Popeye's tends to cater to the taste of the general public. I'm sure it was good, but try Paul Prudhomme's recipes for Red Beans which will be closer to the spice level desired in NOLA. Their "Dirty Rice" doesn't contain chicken livers or gizzards. I don't like the gizzards so Karen uses more livers. Just sayin, if you want a little more spice!