Cyberpunk 2077 Yakitori

CYBERPUNK 2077 YAKITORI

Noob Level: Easy

Duration: 1hr 25 mins total

The Goods:

Marinade

- 3 cloves garlic

- 1-inch piece ginger

- 1/2 cup mirin (japanese sweet sake)

- 1/2 cup Low Sodium soy sauce or Tamari

- 1 tablespoon honey or brown sugar 

Chicken

- 1 bunch Green Onion

- 4 chicken thighs, boneless and skinless 

- 1 tablespoon Red miso paste

- Bamboo Skewers

- Olive oil or Cooking Spray

How To:

Lets start with the Marinade: 

We will peel and smash the hell out of the garlic cloves and place them in a small saucepan.

 
Next, Slice up unpeeled ginger into small circular like coins (about 5 slices total); add to the saucepan. 

Add the mirin, low sodium soy sauce/tamari, and honey/brown sugar to the saucepan as well.

Over medium-high heat, bring that puppy to a simmer, stirring occasionally to not let the sugar/honey from burn. Allow to keep simmering for about 1 minute. 

Set aside to cool.

Cut the white and light green parts of the green onion into 1-inch pieces. (Keep green stalks for garnish.) 

Set aside. 

Slice each chicken thigh into 4 equal/bite size pieces. 

On each skewer, first coat the bamboo with olive oil (to prevent sticking), skew the chicken pieces onto the skewers, with the pattern of pieces of the green onion between the pieces of the chicken. 

Place skewers on a baking sheet and pour marinade to coat them.

Marinate for at least 30 minutes (up to 3–4 hours), flipping the skewers in the marinade every 5–7 minutes. 

(Note: Chicken can be marinated in refrigerator overnight.)

While the chicken marinates, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Heat your grill pan over high heat, 5–10 minutes. Drizzle with olive oil or Spray with cooking spray to prevent sticking. 

Keeping the marinade on the side for later, place chicken skewers on the hot grill and cook for 2–3 minutes; smash down the skewers with a skillet or plate to create grill marks on the chicken.

Flip skewers and repeat for 2–3 more minutes. 

Place the chicken, still in the grill pan, in the oven and bake, 10 minutes. (Please make sure your grill pan is oven safe before doing this)

Meanwhile, let's work on the GLAZE!

Pour the marinade back into a saucepan and add the miso. 

Bring to a boil and slightly, about 15 minutes (this kills any bacteria from the raw chicken)

Remove grill pan from oven after 10 minutes is up and add skewers to a plate. 

When the sauce has reduced, brush it over the chicken. 

*OPTIONAL* Slice left over scallion greens and sprinkle over the skewers as garnish.

Red Dead - Chilequiles

With news of Red Dead Redemption 2 in the works, it inspired me to create a really simple and delicious meal for one of the best games (I've played) ever.

You ready for a banging Mexican breakfast? Lemme introduce you to Red Dead - Chilequiles! Giving you a little bit of cowboy flair, south of the border!

This recipe is super easy to make and will for sure be a favorite for many any time of day.

YEEHAW!!

Level: Super Noob
Duration: 20 Minutes
Feeds: 1-2 People

The Goods:

-One package of flour tortillas

-Shredded Mexican Cheese

-1 small can "El Pato" hot sauce (yellow can is red hot, green can is salsa verde) you can use any kind

-2 eggs

-Sour Cream

-Olive Oil

-1 White Onion

Tutorial:

Take about half (or a little more) of the tortillas from the package and cut them lengthwise into strips, and crosswise into little chips.

Take about 2 Tablespoons of olive oil and pour into a pan. 

Turn the pan onto medium heat and place the tortilla strips into the pan and fry them until golden brown.

Remove chips and place them on a plate that is lined with a paper towel to soak up the oil.

Chop onion into cubes or strips, (you can use whole onion or half it doesn't matter) and place them in the pan, add a little drizzle of oil if needed.

Cook down the onions until soft and golden.

Add the Eggs and scramble lightly with the onions.

Add the El Pato sauce to the eggs and onions

Add the crispy tortilla chips to the salsa and egg mixture, coat the chips fully.

Add the cheese (however much you like)

Remove pan from heat and plate the spicy goodness.

Add more cheese if you like with a dollop of sour cream.

ENJOY!

Green Lantern Pesto Pizza

GREEN LANTERN PESTO PIZZA

Super ridiculously easy and super delicious pizza recipe. For those who aren't afraid to try new things. 

"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power... Green Lantern's light!"

Enjoy this recipe, and save the world from evil!

Level: N00b

Duration: 18 Minutes

Serves: 4-6

The Goods:

• One package of Boboli Pizza Crust

• One Jar of Pesto Sauce (found in pasta sauce isle or in the refridgerated section near veggies)

• A box of Feta Cheese or Shredded Mozzarella OR BOTH!

• Small Carton of Baby Spinach

Tutorial:

Preheat oven to 450 Degrees Fahrenheit

Spread the green pesto sauce all over the pizza crust, leave about 1 to 1/2 inch space from the ends.

Sprinkle Cheese all over

Top with your desired amount of Spinach

Bake in the oven for about 8-10 minutes until cheese and crust is about golden brown.

 Remove from oven

Slice

Enjoy!

Beware of the powerful flavor! 

"My taste buds just got Pwned!"

-Megs

Yoshi's Egg Salad Sandwich

Yoshi is just one of my favorite Mario characters!

Hope you like this ridiculously bomb sandwich! Perfect for the summer like weather us folk in CA are having!

**DISCLAIMER: NO UNBORN YOSHI'S WERE HARMED IN THE CREATION OF THIS SANDWICH!** 

Time: 20 Minutes

Level: n00b

Serves: 4

The Goods: 

6 hard-boiled eggs (Check out how to hard-boil eggs from my previous post HERE)
1/4 cup mayonnaise, (Extra if you like, for spreading)
1 teaspoon Dijon or spicy brown mustard
1/2 lemon, juiced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 avocado, halved, peeled, seeded and sliced lengthwise
2 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled

3 teaspoons finely diced "spiced" onion

1 small jalapeno, diced (Or you can use jarred jalapenos, just chop them up)

½ teaspoon white wine vinegar

Shredded or chopped lettuce

1 tomato cut lengthwise

Potato Chips

Your favorite bread (I recommend getting cheddar jalapeno from the bakery section of the grocery store)

Tutorial:

Cut the dumb eggs in half and separate the white part from the yellow part (yolk).

Place the whites on a cutting board and coarsely chop. 

Place the yolks in a bowl and mash with the back of a spoon.

Toss the crumbled bacon, diced onion, and chopped jalapeno on top of the egg whites. Mix the ingredients together to make an evenly chopped mix.

Add the mayo, mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, and pepper to the yolks and mash/stir until smooth.

Add the egg white blend to the yolk blend bowl and stir to mix everything nicely.

To make the sandwiches, pile shredded iceberg lettuce on the bottom sandwich slice. 

Spoon a heap of egg salad on top.

Top with sliced avocado, tomatoes, and potato chips!!!

Enjoy!

My taste buds just got PWNED!!

-Megs

How to "Hard-Boil" Eggs

If RANDOMLY you should ever need to hard-boil eggs, (and with easter just a week away..) here is the easiest way to do so. 

Level: So n00b it hurts

Duration: 10-20 minutes

The Goods:

Eggs

Water

Saucepan

Tutorial:

Place eggs in saucepan
Do not layer the eggs, only put enough that the saucepan can hold (one layer)
Add cold water to cover eggs at 1 inch.
Heat over high heat just to boiling.
Remove from burner.
Cover pan.
Let eggs sit in hot water for about 12 minutes for large eggs (9 minutes for medium eggs; 15 minutes for extra large).
Drain immediately after time is up and serve warm.
OR
Cool completely under cold running water or in bowl of ice water, then REFRIGERATE.
Hard boiled eggs kept in refrigerator with shells INTACT can last up to a week.
These are great healthy snack alternatives, and are good for when your broke and need to fill your tummy.

Enjoy!

-Megs

Fallout Inspired: Radiated Soup

Its been awhile my fellow gamers… and I have missed you all! 

I wanted to share a very favorite recipe of mine that I hope you will enjoy.

It is a recipe that has been in my family for a very very  long time. I love it, many others love it too and ask how to make it. 

I want to share it as 

Fallout: RADIATED SOUP

The Goods

27oz of Baby Spinach (it may seem like a ton, but spinach shrinks when you cook it)

32oz (4cups) of Chicken Stock 

16oz (2cups) of Milk
16oz (2cups) Water

1 onion

7 eggs

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

Olive Oil

Tutorial

Grab large spoon pot (Cauldron hehehe)
Chop onions coarsely. 
Drizzle about a tablespoon or two into the pot.
Turn on heat to medium-high, to start warming up the oil.
Once oil is hot, add onions.
Stir onions occasionally to make sure they do not stick to the bottom of the pot. 
Add about two pinches of salt. 
Stir onions until transparent and soft.
Add both chicken stock, milk, and water.
Bring to a boil.
Once boiling, Lower the heat to medium - low (otherwise the milk will make the soup boil over)
Gradually add the spinach. (you will need to let some spinach shrink before adding more)
Be sure to use all of the spinach.

Here comes the tricky part..

Once all spinach is added and stirred around the pot, continue to let the soup simmer.
Crack the eggs and drop the eggs in sparse places of the soup (I like dropping them in a circle and the rest in the middle)
DO NOT STIR!
I repeat DO NOT STIR
Let the soup cook the eggs, stirring the soup will mess up the eggs.
cook/simmer for about 10 minutes then STIR VERY GENTLY AND SLOWLY.
Turn off heat and let soup cool before serving.
Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serve into bowls, make sure you get an egg or two in there.
**Add some hot sauce if you like - I like Tapatio

ENJOY!

P.S. Don't forget to take some RADAWAY & Rad-X ;-)

-Megs
My tastebuds just got PWNED!

Templar Tuna Sandwich *REVISED*

I love Tuna Sandwiches, especially when I am trying to eat light and healthy. I was playing around with a perfect tuna salad recipe, and found that Siracha Hot Sauce really is the perfect little KICK. 

For those of you Assassin's Creed fans, here is another delicious recipe for you.

Templar Tuna Sandwich

                                                        Level: Extremely Noob 

Time: 20 Minutes

Serves: 4 Sandwiches

The Goods:

2 (7 ounce) can white tuna, drained and flaked

6 tablespoons sweet pickle relish OR chopped dill pickles

2 pinches garlic powder

Jar of pickled Jalapenos (about 20 or so from the jar chopped up)

Few squirts of Brown/Spicy Mustard 

Swiss Cheese

2 teaspoons SIRACHA HOT SAUCE (Also known as "Cock Sauce" hehehe)

2 tablespoons finely cut red onion

2 large celery stalks chopped

1 lime (squeezed juice)

1/3 cup mayo

2 teaspoons dried dill weed

Salt and Pepper to Taste

Tutorial:

In a medium bowl stir together all the ingredients.

Serve on Croissants or your favorite bread

Optional: Top with Swiss Cheese, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and cucumber slices.

ENJOY DEVOURING & DESTROYING THIS TEMPLAR!

"Skyrim" Salmon Steak

Good Afternoon Gamers!

Today is another installment of C4N - Skyrim Edition!

I have come up with a delicious take on their Salmon Steak! While their's looks good, I took it a step further.

Please follow along to fill your bellies!

Skyrim Salmon Steak

Restore +10 Health

The Goods:

• 4 salmon fillets
• Olive Oil For drizzling 
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 8 lemon slices (about 2 lemons)
• 4 Garlic Cloves Minced/Chopped
• 1/4 cup lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
• 1/2 cup Marsala wine (or white wine)
• 4 teaspoons capers
• 4 pieces of aluminum foil

Tutorial:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees farenheit. 

• Drizzle top and bottom of salmon fillets with olive oil and season with salt & pepper.
• Place each piece of seasoned salmon on a piece of foil large enough to fold over and seal. 
• In A bowl mix together the capers, garlic, lemon juice, and Marsala wine.
• Top the each piece of salmon with a couple tablespoons of the caper, lemon, garlic mixture.
• Wrap up salmon tightly in the foil packets.
• Bake in oven for 20 minutes.

I added Broccoli and Cauliflower with Brown Rice for a more filling meal.

ENJOY!

Dr Who? Fish Fingers and "Custard"

Hello fellow whovians! Welcome to the Dr Who edition of Cooking 4 Noobs! Today's dish is inspired by the Eleventh Hour Episode.

 

We will not be using actual custard, rather a delicious dip that resembles a creamy custard. I hope that you enjoy fish, because this recipe is pretty damn delicious. 

 

EXTERMINATE!

 

 

Level: Noob

Time: 30 Minutes

Serves: 4 Whovians

 

The Goods:

 

For the Fingers:

 

1 1/2  pounds -  Talapia, Cod, Salmon, or Flounder (you choose the fish of your choice)

2 cups - Panko Breadcrumbs / pre seasoned (these can be found in the international/asian isle of your grocer)

1 Tablespoon - Oldbay Seasoning

1 Cup - grated Parmesan Cheese

1/2 Cup - All Purpose Flour

2 eggs - beaten

Salt and Pepper to Taste

Cooking Spray

Fresh Lemon Slices

 

For the Custard:

 

1/3 cup - plain greek style yogurt

3 Tablespoons - Mayonnaise (Lite if you prefer)

2 Tablespoons - Dijon/Spicy Deli Mustard

1/2 Teaspoon - Worcestire Sauce

2 Teaspoons - Chopped/Grated Horseradish

Pinch of Cayenne Pepper

Pinch of Paprika

 

Tutorial:

 

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F

Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.

In a Bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper, and oldbay seasoning.

In a Seperate bowl, beat the eggs.

Finally in another bowl, mix the panko breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese together.

Cut the fillets into 4 by 1-inch strips.

A few pieces at a time, dip the fish into the flour mixture, dusting off the excess.

Follow by dipping fish into the beaten eggs.

Lastly, dip the fish in the panko/parmesan mix.

Arrange them on the baking sheet and continue until all of the fish is breaded.

Bake until golden and cooked through, about 10 minutes.

You can flip them for another 2 minutes if necessary.

 

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish,paprika and cayenne.

Season, to taste, with freshly ground black pepper.

 

Enjoy and have a wibbly wobbly timey wimey!

The Sims inspired Lobster Thermidor

How many hours have you spent on The Sims boosting your cooking skills? Now you can do so at home! This Sims inspired Lobster Thermidor recipe is sure to be delicious and easy! I love The Sims.. don't you?

BTW please don't burn the house down..

Sims inspired Lobster Thermidor

Serves: 4

Level: Noobs

Time: 30 Minutes 

The Goods:

• 4 (6 to 8-ounce) lobster tails (thawed if frozen)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 small white onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• A Splash of white wine
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup grated white cheddar
• 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
• 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
• Lemon wedges
• 2 Packages UNCLE BENS READY RICE: Rice pilaf is best

Tutorial:

Bring a pot of water to a boil, 3 or 4 inches deep. 

Add lobster tails to the water and boil 7 to 8 minutes. 

Drain and shock under cold water to cool. 

Use scissors to cut away soft underside of tails.

Remove meat and save the shells, arranging them in a glass or ceramic baking dish.

Chop the cooked lobster meat into chunks.

Preheat your oven on BROIL in the HIGH setting.

Heat a medium skillet and a small saucepan over medium heat. 

To the small saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add finely chopped onion and cook 3 to 5 minutes until very soft. 

To the skillet, add remaining 2 tablespoons butter. 

When the butter melts, add chopped lobster meat and saute.

Add flour to sauce pot with onions and cook together another 1 to 2 minutes. 

Whisk in wine, then milk. 

Remove Sauce from heat and stir in cheddar cheese and Old Bay seasoning. 

Season sauce with salt and pepper.

 Pour sauce over lobster meat and stir to combine. 

Pour lobster into and over the shells in a glass baking dish and top with Parmesan and bread crumbs. 

Broil on high until golden, 2 or 3 minutes. 

Meanwhile heat the ready rice in the microwave per instructions on packaging.

Remove the lobster from oven.

Serve each tail, overflowing with the delicious saucy lobster meat, over a bed of rice pilaf.

ENJOY AND PUT AWAY LEFTOVERS ;-)