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Pinsec Frito (Pork, Shrimp, and Chinese Sausage Wontons)
Pinsec Frito (Pork, Shrimp, and Chinese Sausage Wontons)
Pinsec frito are a Filipino-style wonton filled with ground pork, shrimp, and Chinese sausage. The wontons get fried and are served with sweet and sour sauce. When making the filling, I recommend lightly pulsing separately the Chinese sausage and shrimp in a food processor for an even consistency. Other ingredients you can add to the filling include mushrooms, carrots, and green onions. Anything extra wontons that you don’t plan on frying that day can be frozen down on a baking sheet, then stored in freezer bags for later use.
Servings: 50 wontons
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1/4 lb shrimp peeled and deveined; tail removed
- 1 cup Chinese sausage finely chopped
- 1 cup Chinese parsley finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tbsp ginger minced
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 large egg
- wonton wrappers
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix all of the filling ingredients together.
- Place a heaping tsp of the filling in the center of a wonton wrapper.
- Wet the edges with water. Fold over and crimp.
- You should yield about 50 wontons.
- Heat up 1/2” of cooking oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Drop in a few wontons, making sure to not overcrowd the pan. Fry for 3 minutes a side.
- Drain grease on a wire rack.
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Yep. I woke and toked again. And what came of it was this delightful chocolate zucchini bread with 420 butter, because why not continue the day in a numbing state. I make this zucchini bread quite often. Sometimes it has cocoa powder in it. Sometimes it doesn’t. Same with chopped pecans or walnuts. Sometimes you feel your nuts. Sometimes you don’t.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup 420 butter or oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 medium zucchini grated; water squeezed out
Instructions
- Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In another bowl, mix together the sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and salt.
- Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- Mix in the grated zucchini.
- Grease a bread pan. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pour in the batter.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for an hour before slicing.
NY Strip Bulgogi
NY Strip Bulgogi
Want your bulgogi to be a little more extravagant? Try using a higher end cut like a NY strip steak. Trim off the fat cap (in any other cirmstances, I’d call this blasphemeat), then slice on a bias 1/4” pieces. You want the pieces thicker than the traditional paper thin slices used with regular bulgogi. The beef gets marinated for an hour. You can then either broil or sear the beef in a grill pan. The beef will take 5 minutes total time to cook. Serve the bulgogi with perilla leaves. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.
Ingredients
- 1 lb strip loin steak
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp pineapple juice
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tbsp ginger minced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- perilla leaves for serving
Garnish
- green onions finely chopped
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Trim all of the fat from the strip loin.
- Slice the strip loin on a bias into 1/4” thick slices.
- Mix together the marinade ingredients.
- Marinate the beef for 1 hour.
- Turn on your oven’s broiler. Place the beef on a rack on a baking pan lined in foil.
- Broil for 2-3 minutes a side. Alternatively, you can sear the beef in a grill pan over high heat. Make sure not to overcrowd the pan.
