Tuesday Recipes

Here are today's six recipes to help you through the day. Enjoy!

MISO CHICKEN

This comes from Sam Sifton in The New York Times cooking e-newsletter. Sam wrote, “Making a compound of unsalted butter and the salty, fungal deliciousness of Japanese miso paste is a surefire way of adding immense flavor to a simple weeknight meal. Here the mixture is spread over chicken thighs, which are then roasted to golden perfection. But you could easily use it on salmon or flounder, on corn or potatoes. The recipe calls for white miso, which is more mild than the aged version known as red miso. But you could certainly use red for a more intense result.” Yield: 4 servings; Time: 45 minutes.

This was featured in Asian Pantry Essentials and can also be found online by clicking here.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup white miso

2 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon rice vinegar (do not use seasoned rice vinegar)

Black pepper, to taste

8 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs, approximately 2 1/2 to 3 pounds

Preparation

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Combine butter, miso, honey, rice vinegar and black pepper in a large bowl and mix with a spatula or spoon until it is well combined.

Add chicken to the bowl and massage the miso-butter mixture all over it. Place the chicken in a single layer in a roasting pan and slide it into the oven. Roast for 30 to 40 minutes, turning the chicken pieces over once or twice, until the skin is golden brown and crisp, and the internal temperature of the meat is 160 to 165 degrees.

ORANGE BEEF

This comes from Sam Sifton in The New York Times cooking e-newsletter, also featured in Asian Pantry Essentials. For this recipe, Sam wrote, “This recipe for takeout-style orange beef is a variation on one the Brooklyn chef Dale Talde included in his new cookbook, "Asian-American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes From the Philippines to Brooklyn," with a slightly more intensely flavored orange-flavored sauce. Mr. Talde's key insight is protected, however: Use very good steak, and cook it fast, so that below the lovely crust of its egg-white-and-cornstarch batter, the meat remains rare and luscious. Serve with steamed broccoli and white rice. And make it a few times. What appears difficult the first time through — the coating of the beef, the making of the sauce, the stir-frying of the aromatics, the stir-frying of the beef — is in fact fast and easy work, and much, much better than takeout.” Yield: 4 servings; Time: 30 minutes.

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Ingredients

For the Sauce:

1 tablespoon neutral oil

1 1 1/2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced

1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced

2 tablespoons orange zest, plus the juice of one orange

3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced

1/4 cup light brown sugar

1/4 cup rice vinegar (do not use seasoned rice vinegar)

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 tablespoon fish sauce

For the Beef:

1 large egg white

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 pinch kosher salt

1 boneless rib-eye steak, approximately 1 to 1 1/2 pounds, cut into 1-inch pieces

1/4 cup neutral oil

6 scallions, white and green parts cut into inchlong pieces and separated

2 to 4 dried red chiles, or to taste

Preparation

Make the sauce: Heat oil in a small sauce pan set over medium-high heat. When it begins to shimmer, add ginger, jalapeño and orange zest and stir to combine. Sauté mixture until ingredients soften, approximately 2 to 3 minutes, then add garlic and continue cooking until it softens, approximately 1 to 2 minutes longer.

Add orange juice, brown sugar, rice vinegar, soy sauce and fish sauce to pan and stir to combine. Allow mixture to come to a boil, then lower the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until it thickens and reduces by half, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the meat: Combine egg white, cornstarch and salt in a bowl. Add steak, tossing to coat the meat with the batter.

In a large skillet or wok set over high heat, heat oil until it shimmers and is about to smoke. Add beef to the pan or wok in a single layer and cook without stirring until the bottoms of the pieces are crisp and golden, approximately 60 to 90 seconds. Add white pieces of scallion and chiles to the pan, then turn the beef pieces over and cook the other sides, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes more for medium-rare. Transfer to a platter.

Pour orange sauce into the hot pan or wok, let it boil and stir it as it thickens. Add meat and white scallions and stir to coat with the sauce. Return meat and sauce to the platter and scatter green scallions over the top. Serve with steamed broccoli and white rice.

GREEN TEA RICE PUDDING

This recipe and the next two (Earl Grey Latte and Coffee Oatmeal Bites) are from the June 2016 issue of Runner’s World. The recipes begin, “The caffeine in coffee, tea, and even chocolate can do more than energize your day—it can boost your workout by reducing perceived exertion. So it’s good news that the newly released 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans give the go-ahead for most adults to consume 400 milligrams caffeine daily, or the amount in three to five cups of coffee.

“It’s also good news that Runner’s World now has its own coffee for sale. Check out the medium-roast Runner’s World Blend or the light-roast Runner’s World Marathon Blend.”

Both of these recipes can be found here.

This recipe begins, “The EGCG flavonoid in green tea may help improve your memory.”

Ingredients

1/2 cup light coconut milk

1/2 cup cooked brown rice

1 1/2 tsp. honey

Salt

1 green tea bag

1/4 cup diced mango

Instructions

Heat 1/2 cup canned light coconut milk with 1/2 cup cooked brown rice, 1 1/2 tsp. honey, and a pinch of salt. Steep 1 green tea bag in simmered liquid 2 to 3 minutes. Remove and squeeze tea bag, and stir in 1/4 cup diced mango. Eat warm, or cover and refrigerate until cold.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 242; Protein: 3 g; Carbs: 44 g; Fiber: 3 g; Sugar: 17 g; Total fat: 7 g; Saturated fat: 5 g; Sodium: 185 mg

EARL GREY LATTE

This begins, “Black tea, such as Earl Grey, can fight cavities by strengthening tooth enamel.”

Ingredients

1 cup 2% milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 black tea bag

1 peach

Instructions

Heat 1 cup 2% milk with 1 tsp. vanilla extract. Pour into mug and steep with 1 tea bag for 3 to 4 minutes. Serve with 1 peach. Makes 1 serving.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 194; Protein: 9 g; Carbs: 27 g; Fiber: 2 g; Sugar: 24 g; Total fat: 5 g; Saturated fat: 3 g; Sodium: 116 mg

COFFEE OATMEAL BITES

This recipe begins, “Oatmeal is packed with soluble fiber, which has been shown to reduce blood pressure.”

Ingredients

2 large eggs

1 1/4 cups 2% milk

3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

2 tsp. vanilla extract

3 Tbsp. honey

3 cups quick-cooking oats

1 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 Tbsp. instant coffee

1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Salt

2/3 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Mix 2 large eggs with 1 1/4 cups 2% milk, 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, 2 tsp. vanilla extract, and 3 Tbsp. honey in a bowl. Stir in 3 cups quick-cooking oats, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 1/2 Tbsp. instant coffee, 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Combine with 2/3 cup dried cranberries and 1/2 cup chopped pecans. Pour into greased muffin tin and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 12 servings.

Nutrition Information: Calories: 187; Protein: 5 g; Carbs: 29 g; Fiber: 4 g; Sugar: 12 g; Total fat: 6 g; Saturated fat: 1 g; Sodium: 142 mg

3-INGREDIENT ONE-POT MAC AND CHEESE

This quick dish is from the Tablespoon e-newsletter, and begins, “Be the most popular mom on the block with this creamy, creamy 20-minute twist on the classic mac.” Prep Time: 20 min; Total Time: 20 min; Makes 6 servings.

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Ingredients

1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk

1 lb uncooked elbow macaroni

2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (8 oz)

Directions

In 5-quart nonstick Dutch oven, heat evaporated milk, 4 cups hot water, macaroni and salt to taste to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high; cook 6 minutes, stirring frequently.

Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 8 minutes, stirring frequently; do not drain.

Remove from heat; stir in cheese until melted.