Chicken Wings in Spicy Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

10 chicken wings

1 cup water

2 tbsp olive oil

½ tsp Ground black pepper

½ tsp McCormick® powdered black pepper

½ tsp American Garden® powdered white pepper

1 tsp McCormick® dried oregano

1 tsp McCormick® Marjoram

1 tsp Sumac

1 tsp McCormick® all spice

1 tsp McCormick® turmeric

1 tsp McCormick® cayenne

1 tsp McCormick® Spanish paprika

Darin® powdered cardamom

2 tbsp sugar

9 cloves of garlic, chopped finely

1 medium onion, chopped finely

2 tbsp tbsp rock salt

To prepare:

1. Sprinkle 1 ½ tbsp of rock salt on the chicken wings then set aside.
2. Heat the pan in medium heat; pour the olive oil and sauté garlic and onion until golden brown.
3. Add all the herbs and spices: Ground black pepper, powdered black pepper, powdered white pepper, dried oregano, Marjoram, Sumac, all spice, turmeric, cayenne, Spanish paprika, cardamom.
4. Stir until the ingredients are mixed well together.
5. Add 1 tsp rock salt.
6. Add 2 tbsp water.
7. Add sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
8. Add the chicken wings.
9. Stir until all the ingredients are distributed on the chicken wings.
10. Add the remaining water.
11. Cover with lid until it boils.
12. Stir from time to time until water evaporates and the sauce thickens.
13. Remove from stove.

Good for 2 servings.

Cucumber Salad Recipe

(I have been referring to this salad, in my previous recipes, without realizing that I haven’t posted the recipe for it. Now, here it is! I apologize for the delay. =P)

Ingredients:

1 medium cucumber, cut into ¼ inch thin slices

8 tbsp white vinegar

2 ½ tbsp sugar

1 tsp of rock salt

5tbsp water

Ground black pepper

To prepare:

In a bowl, pour the white vinegar and add the sugar, rock salt and water. Mix them together until the rock salt and sugar are dissolved. Sprinkle it with black pepper. Lastly, add the cucumber.

Voila, your cucumber salad is ready. Enjoy!  

(I prefer to eat mine freshly made, certainly less then 2-hours old.)

Food Experience: Pork Paper

By the sound of it, you might ask, “Pork paper!? Is it edible?” Yes, it is! This mouth-watering delicacy is made of pork mixed with spices and a hint of sugar. It’s called “paper” because it’s as thin as paper, and it’s very brittle. It’s easy on the teeth, so you’ll enjoy biting and chewing on it as the taste of pork, sweet and spice spreads in your mouth. It can be found outside of Taipei, Taiwan, in Chufen Village. If you live there, lucky you, you must have tried the pork paper already. If you’re going there, I recommend that you try it. Personally, I couldn’t get enough of it; I could eat ten, or more, packages of it. It truly is very tasty!  

Hot Chili Octopus Recipe

Ingredients:

2tbsp butter

2 bay leaves

2 fresh basil leaves

McCormick® Spanish paprika

McCormick® chili powder
1/2 tsp McCormick® cayenne pepper

6 bird’s eye chilli, chopped finely

Sprinkle of McCormick® Marjoram

Sprinkle of McCormick® Oregano

1 medium red onion, finely chopped

12 garlic cloves, finely chopped

1tbsp sugar

Black pepper

Jalapeño

Salt to taste

1kg octopus, cut into bite size pieces

To prepare:

1. Sprinkle the octopus with salt. Set aside.
2. To make a chili mixture, mix these ingredients in a bowl: McCormick Spanish paprika, McCormick chili powder, McCormick cayenne pepper, bird’s eye chili, McCormick marjoram, McCormick oregano, half of the chopped onion, half of the chopped garlic, sugar, black pepper and salt, to taste.
3. Pour the chili mixture onto the octopus and mix them together until the flavor is evenly distributed.
4. Heat the pan to medium heat.
5. Melt the butter.
6. Sauté the remaining half of garlic and onion until golden brown.
7. Add the jalapeño, bay leaves and basil leaves.
8. Add the octopus, including the chili mixture.
9. Turn the heat up and cook until most of the water of the octopus comes out.
10. Stir from time to time until the water evaporates and the sauce thickens.
11. Remove from stove.

 Good for 6 servings

Spicy Pork Sauté Recipe

Ingredients:

3tbsp butter

1 onion finely chopped

9 cloves of garlic crushed and finely chopped

800gms pork sliced into bite size

7tbsp soy sauce

2tbsp vinegar

1tsp McCormick® cayenne pepper

2 ½  tbsps sugar

2tbsps Worcestershire sauce

Black pepper

Salt to taste

How to prepare:

1. In a bowl sprinkle salt on the pork and mix them together. Set aside.
2. In another bowl, create a spicy sauce mixture by mixing the onion, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, cayenne pepper, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper and salt to taste.
3. Pour the mixture on the pork and mix them together.
4. In a skillet, melt the butter in a low temperature.
5. Separate the pork from the spicy sauce (Do not throw away the spicy sauce).
6. Put the pork in the skillet. Stir until the pork and butter are mixed together. Cover with lid.
7. Raise the heat up and stir until the water from the pork come­­s out.
8. When the water from the pork comes out, stir it from time to time.
9. Stir until the water almost evaporates.
10. Lower the temperature and add the spicy sauce.
11. Stir from time to time to distribute the spicy sauce on the pork.
12. Stir until the spicy sauce is thick and the pork had absorbed the flavor.
13. Remove from stove.

This dish is also good served with cucumber salad.

Good for 8 servings.

Egg-y-roll dessert, for kids (Recipe)

Ingredients:

4 eggs

4tbsp brown sugar

1 cup water

McCormick® cinnamon

Powdered milk

Oil

To prepare:

1. Beat the eggs in a bowl and set aside.
2. Boil the sugar in a pot with 1 cup of water until it caramelizes.
3. In a skillet, spread a small amount of oil and pour 3tbsp of egg. Cook both sides. Repeat the process on the remaining eggs.
4. Roll the cooked eggs into an eggroll shape.
5. Pour caramelized sugar on the eggrolls.
6. Powder them with cinnamon on top and add powdered milk.

Sweet Garlic Hot Wings Recipe

Ingredients:

5 chicken wings

9 cloves of garlic (minced)

½ red onion (finely chopped)

1 ½ tsp. McCormick® Spanish paprika

1 ½ tsp McCormick® chili pepper

½ McCormick® cayenne pepper

1 tsp black pepper

1 tbsp sugar

Salt to taste

Cooking oil

How to prepare:

1. (Note: Be careful on this step) In a bowl, I prefer to puncture the skin and meat of each chicken wing with a sharp object, several places, to allow thorough cooking. Do this step before sprinkling the salt on the wings. Massage the wings and the salt until the salt is evenly distributed on each chicken wing.
2. In another bowl, mix all the ingredients: garlic, red onion, Spanish paprika, chili pepper, cayenne pepper, black pepper, sugar and salt to taste. Mix them altogether.
3. Heat approximately ¾ inch fry oil in a 2-inch-deep fry pan (I like cast iron) over medium-high heat. Let it get to 350 degrees F. A nice deep pan helps prevent splatter.
4. When the oil is hot enough, fry the chicken wings.
5. After frying the chicken wings, put them in the spicy mixture and mix them together until the spices are evenly distributed on the chicken wings.
6. Fry the chicken wings, again, in a low heat until the spices are cooked. Avoid burning the sugar.