This is not a recipe, but a method we learned from the owner of the Polish Market in Vienna, VA: bring a large pot of water to boil. Place the frozen pierogies gently into the pot, one at a time, making sure the water continues to boil vigorously. (Avoid adding so many pierogies that the… Continue reading How to boil frozen pierogies
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Oven-broiled sausages
This is not a recipe per se, but a post memorializing a technique for grilling sausages, hot dogs, etc. in your oven. We have a gas stove. First, preheat oven broiler to high setting. Place the top oven rack one level down, so that the rack will be about 8 inches below the open flame.… Continue reading Oven-broiled sausages
One-pot Chinese sausage and rice
We tried this simple and delicious recipe: http://steamykitchen.com/26666-how-to-cook-chinese-sausage-recipe-video.html The gist of the video is you prepare dry rice and measure water as you normally would, but then you add a few Chinese sausage links on top just before starting the rice cooker. Cook as you normally would, then remove the sausage links and cut them… Continue reading One-pot Chinese sausage and rice
Vietnamese bittersweet caramel sauce (nuoc mau)
We made Andrea Nguyen’s recipe: https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2007/10/caramel-sauce.html Before you try making this, make sure you have a clean sink that you can fill with water. (Mar. 2014) Source: Andrea Nguyen, author and teacher, Vietworldkitchen.com.
