Archive for January, 2015
Posted by MontanaVike on January 27th, 2015
Caramel Corn
Johnny
Mmmmm, caramel corn.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
- 7 quarts plain popped popcorn
- 2 cups dry roasted peanuts optional
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Place the popped popcorn into two shallow greased baking pans.
Add the peanuts to the popped corn if using. Set aside.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (120 degrees C).
Combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, margarine and salt in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring enough to blend. Once the mixture begins to boil, boil for 5 minutes while stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat, and stir in the baking soda and vanilla. The mixture will be light and foamy.
Immediately pour over the popcorn in the pans, and stir to coat. Don't worry too much at this point about getting all of the corn coated.
Bake for 1 hour, removing the pans, and giving them each a good stir every 15 minutes.
Line the counter top with waxed paper. Dump the corn out onto the waxed paper and separate the pieces.
Allow to cool completely, then store in airtight containers or resealable bags.
Posted by MontanaVike on January 27th, 2015
Crock Pot Pulled Pork
Johnny
Easy pulled pork recipe. Good for large gatherings.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 9 hours hrs
Total Time 9 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Course Pork!!!
Cuisine American
- 6 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 4 tablespoons salt
- 4 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 cup honey
- 1 cup red wine vinegar
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 onions peeled and cut in half
- 7 - 8 pounds pork shoulder cut in half
In a medium size mixing bowl, mix together the first six ingredients (all of the spices) with a fork.
Pour in the honey, vinegar, and olive oil and stir to form a paste.
Place the onion in the bottom of the slow cooker. Top it with the 2 pieces of pork
Pour the honey paste over all sides of the pork pieces.
Turn the slow cooker on to low and cook for 8 to 9 hours or until the meat is tender enough to be easily shredded with a fork.
Serve warm with good split rolls (buns) and your favorite BBQ sauce
Posted by MontanaVike on January 15th, 2015
Sushi Rice
Johnny
Use this to create your favorite sushi rolls.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
- 2 cups sushi rice
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
Rinse rice in cold water, 3 to 4 times. Drain fully
Add rice and water to rice cooker and cook according to manufacturer's instructions.
While rice is cooking, mix remaining ingredients. Stir until sugar dissolves.
Once rice is cooked, pour into large mixing bowl. (The larger, the better. You want enough room to allow the rice to spread out so it can cool.)
Pour rice seasoning (vinegar, sugar and salt concoction) over rice.
Gently mix seasoning liquid into rice trying to evenly coat every rice grain
Set aside and allow to cool to room temperature.
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