Ojibwe Wild Rice
Season with salt to taste.
Tag: side dish
Garlic Scapes
Garlic Scapes
I’ve been meaning to try scapes for sometime now. You most likely will never find them in a grocery store. The place to go is your local farmers market, usually sold in bunches. Scapes are the stalks that grow out of hardneck garlic bulbs; harvested right before they flower. They’re typically available from spring into summer. They taste like a cross between a garlicky green bean and green onion. They can be used in a stir fry, pestos, compound butter, salad dressings, or as a side with even more garlic, finished off with a squeeze of lemon.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 bunch scapes
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 small lemon juiced
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Add in the scapes. Sauté for 3 minutes. Add in the garlic and cook for 2 more minutes.
Scalloped Potatoes
Scalloped Potatoes
I unfortunately grew up on Betty Crocker boxed scalloped potatoes. Complete garbage. I can tell you, as an adult, I’ve never eaten them since and only make them from scratch. For pennies more, you can make a large baking dish with very basic ingredients that everyone already has at home.
Equipment
- mandolin
- glass baking dish
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 yellow onion finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp white pepper
- 3 lbs white potatoes sliced 1/8” thick
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Sauté the onions and garlic for 8 minutes.
- Turn the heat to medium and whisk in the flour. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Pour in the milk and chicken stock. Season with salt and white pepper.
- Simmer for 5 minutes until the sauce has thickened; continuously whisking the whole time.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Layer 1/3 of the potatoes in a greased baking dish. Pour over 1/3 of the cream sauce. Repeat this step until the ingredients are used up.
- Bake for 45 minutes until the potatoes are cooked through and tender. Place under the broiler for a couple minutes to brown and crisp up.
Spam and Egg Fried Rice
Spam and Egg Fried Rice
SPAM and egg fried rice is commonly eaten in many Asian cultures. It’s inexpensive and quick and easy to make; giving you your bang for your buck.
Ingredients
- 2 cups day old cooked white rice
- 1/2 can SPAM diced into small cubes
- 4 large eggs beaten
- 1 small onion diced
- 4 green onions chopped
- 2 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- sesame oil
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp of the cooking oil in a large sauté pan or wok over medium high heat. Add the beaten eggs to the pan. Allow to set for a minute.
- Scramble the eggs. Cook for another minute and remove from the pan.
- Add the rest of the cooking oil to the pan. Add in the spam and onion. Cook for 4 minutes.
- Add in the rice. Break up all of the clumps. Fry for 4 minutes.
- Season the rice with soy sauce, fish sauce, and sugar.
- Add the eggs back into the rice along with the green onions. Cook for 2 more minutes.
