Gravy's Cooking Thread

Furry said:

Green beans fried in bacon fat are so fucking good. Anyone who tosses bacon fat is a food war criminal.

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I don't know if it's an actual accurate recipe but mom used to always do french style green beans, bacon, butter and onions. Just sauteed in a pan. But so simple yet so delicious, even better if you use full Frozen pearl onions, and maybe splash some white wine in there for some acidity.

TomServo is also correct with lemon juice / zest and some little tomatoes to add some brightness. Add some fresh thyme few cloves of garlic, and that's pretty goddamn French. You can always just do herbs de Provence in a pinch. Still one of my most favorite dried herb combinations that I find I use on vegetables and even a lot of protein like roasted chicken.

Serve up the beans with a pan seared pork chop or boneless skin on pressed chicken thigh, maybe some baby new potatoes with butter and parsley, and it's such a simple and cheap but delicious meal.

Damn it my wife brought home a bunch of chicken thighs on sale for a 99 cents a pound, and I think this is what we're going to use them for.

Furry said:

When it comes to vegetables I usually don't plan ahead far enough to have some concrete recipe specific to that vegetable. I go to the grocery store each week and pick out what looks good. I'll eat pretty much any vegetable. Green beans just happened to look extra fresh this week so they got on the menu, and I made bacon a couple days ago, so the bacon fat was ready to go on my counter.

I was making ponzu sauce at the same time this morning, so I had tons of citrus ready to go or already squeezed and could smell the bonito and kombu, so decided to go with an asian theme so it didn't clash. Mostly garlic and a bit of ginger hit in the last few seconds and a sprinkle of san j tamari, final toss then a squirt of lemon on the plate.

Herbs de provence is awesome, use it all the time, and chicken thights are amazing. I almost always air fry my chicken thighs now adays. God created the air fryer to cook chicken thighs, and it took me too long in life to realize this.

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That's pretty much how we are with veggies. I might say hey why don't we make this particular protein this evening, grab one of these vegetables to go with it. Normally it's what looks good or is on sale.

I'm also completely happy with a crown of broccoli steamed with butter, salt, and pepper. We use the air fryer to roast a lot of vegetables though, especially since we've got baby carrots around for dog treats, maybe cut up a sweet potato, and tossing some broccoli or brussel sprouts. Nothing fancy but it just goes so easily with anything you might be making.

Sometimes we just get in the mood for a particular vegetable though, like sauteed squash and zucchini with onions, especially during the summer. We almost always have mushrooms and green onions floating around, and I'll just put some sort of concoction together to use up whatever, things like part of a bell pepper or what not.

Furry said:

One I was super happy to find was they actually had a box of delicata at my grocery. Almost never see delicata for sale, and its easily the tastiest squash. Gonna eat one sometime this week and save the other two for thanksgiving. If you've never had delicata before highly recommend.

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Had to look that one up. Sounds like a butter nut squash. They look delicious.

I've still got three butternuts from our garden this year after giving some away that we planned on roasting come Thanksgiving.