QUICKIE, Tracy got an AirFyer... the Power Air Fryer Oven Pro...

QUICK, egg and toast in the air fryer

Get a ramekin, throw some butter in it and crack an xl large egg in.  My eggs are room temperature.  Split one of my homemade griddle breads, or an english muffin or grab some bread

PUT the egg in the back and the bread in the front, middle rack.

Set temp to 365 (no, we don't preheat, we're not that awful Instantpot Vortex machine)
Set time to 7 minutes.

Make coffee, think about your day, that's about all you have time for.

DING

Done

 

  

seriously, THAT easy

enjoy/

Tracy

*** I had, tried and HATED the Instantpot Vortex oven, so so many reasons. if you're thinking about getting one, don't, just trust me on this one. 

I HIGHLY recommend the Power Air Fryer Oven Pro.  I've had the Elite and the Pro and love them both.  They're loud, sure, but it's air but (so far) they heat, cook evenly and I've made the most delicious rotisserie chickens in my LIFE in this thing.

SUPER easy flaky Biscuits... there's a video too :)

Ok, you want biscuits?  I can get you biscuits on the table in 30 mins if you focus :)


This super quick and easy biscuit recipe can be completed in just 30 minutes! Recipe below! --- --- RECIPE 3 cups all purpose flour 2? TBS sugar, more or less to taste 1/4 tsp cream of tartar (knife tip worth :)) 2 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 sticks butter/margarine combo (3/4 cup) I like a combo but you can do all butter or all margarine if you want, I won't judge pinch of salt RUB it all together, float and drop method, yeah, i invented that term ADD 1 cup of milk with 1 egg mixed in Mix with knife, be nice pat on floured surface and roll to a long rectangle fold a couple of times, flip and repeat Pat to about 1 inch, cut biscuits with a straight sided cutter, don't twist!, yeah this is one of those times it really actually matters BAKE in preheated 450 for 15 mins

IF you need to, brush them with butter when they come out of the oven.
Throw them in a basket, be prepared to make more... they're delicious.

EAT!!!

here's the youtube link if you'd like to check out the other videos too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86yMnLdKoDk


Thanks for all your support, I'm trying a new thing trying to link the blog and the YouTube channel which finally has MY name on it, so I'm Tracy Cooks in Austin everywhere!!!

/tracy

MY steamed Pork Buns, another use for my pressure cooker, as a steamer! bamboo baskets fit perfectly and tonight, it's leftover bbq pork steamed buns

Here's the video link to youtube:;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx4UYMvvqZA 

I made some 'chinese' bbq pork the other day and had a little left.  I chopped it into tiny pieces, threw it in a pan with some of the ingredients i used to make the pork, boiled it and set it aside.  i made some dough, pretty easy, and then married them... may i present my cheap eats, leftover bbq pork steamed buns... ala me

   

TRACY'S BAO(ish) bbq pork steamed buns

DOUGH:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp sugar
3/4 cup room temperature water

DUMP it all iin a kitchen aid with dough hook, knead till smooth. OR do it by hand if you have that kind of time and energy

LET it rest, covered, till double, about 45 mins.

Divide into 12 

Roll into balls, let rest

WHILE THE DOUGH IS RESTING, make the filling: 

FILLING:
.

You need about 2 cups of chopped (tiny) meat filling (I made charsiu yesterday, recipe coming)
1 TB light soy
1 TB oyster sauce
1 TB hoisin
1 TB sugar
1/2 cup water
1 TB cornstarch

THROW it all in a saucepan, boil till it's thick, put aside.

Roll balls flat, there's a technique, i'll show you in the video tomorrow. put filling in each, seal and put on parchment squares and put in the steamer to rest about 10 mins.

Put steamer over boiling water, steam 15 mins, remove steamer, covered, and let it rest 5 mins.

Open, eat. 

I'm doing the play by plays and editing a video of the method and it'll be up tomorrow, for now here's the recipe 

BY WAY OF A TEASE; here's the pork

  

Poached eggs, perfect every single time, this is a method, not a recipe, c'mon, you can do it

       

TRACY'S POACHED EGGS

THIS is my method for making poached eggs... they're perfect every single time, you an make one or a bunch for a crowd.  SO easy and completely foolproof, seriously, trust me

in  pan of boiling water at least 1 1/2 inched deep, transfer an egg from a small dish, remove from heat immediately and time for 3 minutes.  remove with slotted spoon, leat.

BUT I couldn't leave it alone, so I made toast, added some of the salmon I hot smoked yesterday (yes, recipe on the blog) and put the egg on top then draped some of my cheater hollandaise (yes, on the blog) over it and ate it.  it was so crazy delicious.

IF you like a firmer egg, add 30 second increments till you hit your sweet spot.  MINE is a cooked through but still tender white and a custard runny yolk.

Go make some poached eggs...  then tart them up!

Here's the howto:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaBbwt1Llo0

Hot Fudge Peanut Butter sauce for ice cream or just for eating if it's been a really bad day...

   

I have a recipe in my back pocket for 30 years, easily.  I can make this in my sleep, sometimes with peanut butter, sometimes without.  Nothing else changes, either add it or don't.

It's quick, delicious, rich, thick and you will absolutely love it, I promise.  It tastes like real hot fudge, yeah, it's my party trick piece.  I wasn't going to share it but I have to, you're welcome :D

TRACY'S HOT FUDGE PEANUT BUTTER SAUCE

Ingredients and method, video link below

Use it over ice cream or cake or just eat it


IN a saucepan, combine:

1/2  cup sugar
3 TB cocoa
1.5 TB cornstarch
pinch salt
MIX
1/2 cup water
MIX and BOIL till thick
ADD
1+ TB peanut butter

ADD 2 tsp corn syrup OR golden syrup (optional)

when thick
ADD OFF HEAT
drizzle of vanilla
1 TB butter

MIX and EAT!!!

**add water if it gets too thick after it's cooled a bit**

MICROWAVE instructions:

this is CAN absolutely be made in  a microwave! Just combine the sugar, corn starch, cocoa and water and salt, in a 4 cup measure (this does bubble up)  Nuke till thick, stirring frequently, about 2 mins.  add the peanut butter and optional syrup, nuke 20 seconds.  Add vanilla and butter and stir till melted...  add water if desired to thickness that makes you happy

Here's the video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZfi0veRwY

go make it...:D

/enjoy!