Chef AGS

[AnasAbdin]

ââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆ BURGERS ââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆ

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef

Buns
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Pickles (I used relish)
Mayo
Ketchup
Cheddar
Salt and pepper
Butter

Method:
Make beef patties, then refrigerate while getting the sandwich ingredients. Heat a skillet, put patties (no need to add any fat, the ground beef should have a little fat) WHILE they are cooking, sprinkle salt and pepper, flip, sprinkle salt and pepper. Put cheddar on the patties, after half a minute or so, add about a quarter cup of water to the pan and cover to steam-melt the cheese for a few seconds only. Remove when done. If you made a thick one like I did, try to push it a little to the side of the skillet to cook the sides and preserve the juices inside.

In another clean skillet, add butter on medium heat and melt it. Cut the buns and put them on the butter with the inner side down. Remove when golden (remember we're doing only the inner side of the buns)

Now the sandwich assembly, it's up to you, but I like the burger to be on top. So I do this:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ Bun top ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~ Ketchup ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cheddar ~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Burger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tomatoes ~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lettuce ~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~ Pickles ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ Mayo ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~ Bun bottom ~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Serve with root beer!

[AnasAbdin]

Guilt free Banana Oats Cookies

Ingredients:

2 large bananas
2 and a half cups of oats
1 tb cinnamon

Method:

Preheat oven.
Peel two large bananas and mash them in a bowl using a fork or a masher. Add one table spoon of ground cinnamon and mix a little. Add one cup of oats and mix well. Add the rest of the oats and mix. This amount is enough to make 12 cookies. So separate the dough into 2. Each part into 2. Each into 3

Put in cookie tray and bake for 10 to 15 minutes depending on how moist/dry you prefer.
I call them guilt free since they only use the sugar in the bananas. Perfect for breakfast or snack at work. You can add guilty ingredients such as raisins, dry currents, honey... or even less guilty such as nuts.

[MiteWiseacreLives!]

Hold on a second!
Your building your burgers all wrong!! 
The patty HAS to go on the bottom.

[AnasAbdin]

You're right I tried the above example once and got stuck to it from the habit only. I usually put the patty on the lettuce and everything else on top.
MMmmm I'm gonna make some burgers now

[AnasAbdin]

Pumpkin Pie


Ingredients:
Crust:
2 cups of flour
400gm of very cold butter
1 egg
small spoon of vanilla extract
2 table spoons icing sugar

Filling:
2 cups of chunked pumpkin
2 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk ( + 1 egg white for another purpose)
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 table spoon vanilla extract (liquid)
2 table spoons ground cinnamon
1 small spoon powdered ginger
1 small spoon cloves powder
1 small spoon nutmeg powder


Method:
Pumpkin Puree:
Preheat oven.
Bake diced pumpkin for at least 40 minutes (or until soft enough to mash) take them out, before they cool start mashing them using a masher or a fork (or you can use a mixer but with the remaining filling ingredients)

Crust:
Preheat oven.
Sift flour and icing sugar into a bowl. Add diced butter and incorporate them well. Crack one egg and add vanilla then mix again until all are incorporated.
Wrap the dough in cling film and let it rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Assembly:
If you want to use a mixer you can add the other filling ingredients to the baked diced pumpkin then into the mixer. Give them a wiz until they are liquid. I did them the old fashioned way.. I mashed the pumpkins using a fork, then added the milk, spices, eggs and vanilla. I used a whisk until they got well mixed. Set the mixture aside.

Get the crust out of the fridge and knead it on a floured surface until it is round and larger than your baking pan. Put into the pan and decorate the edges... keep remaining dough (if any) for later decorations with a fork, poke little holes in the bottom of the crust and blind bake it for about 15 minutes (or until lightly golden) Get it out, now quickly while it is hot, brush egg white mix on the bottom surface. The egg white will harden a little and prevent the crust from getting soggy when the filling is applied.

Now put the filling and bake for at least 30 minutes. The timings I'm providing here are what worked with my oven. But I didn't take it out until I stabbed it with a knife and it got out clean.

While it is baking, I made leaves and flowers with the extra dough. After 20 minutes of baking the pie, I took it out and put the leaves and flowers on top then continued baking.
Serve with whipped cream

[Adeel]

You are one fine cook, Anas! Those burgers look delicious indeed.

[AnasAbdin]

Thanks Adeel hope to see more recipes from you

[AnasAbdin]

Does anyone cook around here?? Come on guys don't you EAT?

ââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆ Hot Dog Chili ââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆ



Ingredients:
1 pound cooked Hot Dogs
1 medium sized shallot
4 green chili peppers
2 cans of Red Kidney Beans
1 can of corn
1 small can tomato puree
1 room temp beer bottle (another cold one to drink while cooking )
3 table spoons cooking oil

Spices:
Black pepper
Salt
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Cumin
Chili flakes
Paprika

Taste:
2 table spoons honey
2 table spoons white vinegar
1 table spoon soy sauce
2 table spoons pomegranate molasses
1 tea spoon mustard


Method:
Heat cooking oil in a pot. Add minced shallots, chili pepper and all spices. Frying spices in oil is a must. Add minced hot dogs. Keep stirring and lower heat a little. Once shallots are transparent and the hot dogs are a little darker, add tomato puree and stir. Add red beans, corn and stir. Add honey, vinegar, soy, pomegranate molasses and mustard. Stir a little then add beer. Stir to make sure all incorporated. Let boil for 5 minutes, then put lid and turn of the heat. Leave it to cool a little while covered, then serve.

[Jack]

Koos' Awesome Curry

Ingredients:

About 400-500g of beef mince
Half an onion, sliced, quartered
A large potato
A large tomato

~3 tblsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tblsp mild chutney
~1/4 cup soy sauce
~1 even tsp undried garlic & ginger (this is just ground ginger and garlic. Actually scooping it out, the measurement is more like half a heaped spoon)
~3 tsp salt? (I use the shaker and estimate the needed amount based on how much of what is in there. Start with 3, then salt to taste)
1/2 tsp curry powder
1-2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp or more of chilli/cayenne pepper if you like it hot

Doing it:

Heat a large enough pot to medium heat, add about a tablespoon of your cooking oil of choice.
Boil about two cups of water and submerge the tomato in it in another container for several minutes, then submerge the tomato in cold water for a few seconds. This loosens the skin, which is then easily removed and discarded, since it tends to cause acid reflux. Cut the tomato into small pieces.
Cut up the half an onion and add this to the pot. It should sizzle. Within seconds, add the mince and turn to lowest heat. Add the Worcestershire and soy sauce. This will drop the heat so that the meat does not become disagreeable.
Add the garlic&ginger, salt, pepper, curry, chutney and tomato. Mix it well with a fork, separating the mince that has stuck together because of the initial heat.
Add the potato, diced into cubes about 1cm or smaller

Cover the pot and cook at low heat for at least an hour. Serve with brown rice, spaghetti, etc.

I'll add pictures next time I cook it.

[milkanannan]

Guilt free Banana Oats Cookies

Ingredients:

2 large bananas
2 and a half cups of oats
1 tb cinnamon

Method:

Preheat oven.
Peel two large bananas and mash them in a bowl using a fork or a masher. Add one table spoon of ground cinnamon and mix a little. Add one cup of oats and mix well. Add the rest of the oats and mix. This amount is enough to make 12 cookies. So separate the dough into 2. Each part into 2. Each into 3

Put in cookie tray and bake for 10 to 15 minutes depending on how moist/dry you prefer.
I call them guilt free since they only use the sugar in the bananas. Perfect for breakfast or snack at work. You can add guilty ingredients such as raisins, dry currents, honey... or even less guilty such as nuts.

Very nice!

[AnasAbdin]

Jack: sounds yummy! Looking forward seeing the pic

Thanks hello123, hope you try them too

[Jack]

Thanks.

What temp for the oats cookies BTW? ~220c?

[AnasAbdin]

Thanks.

What temp for the oats cookies BTW? ~220c?

It really depends on many factors. It is the same temp/time you usually bake your own cookies. For my 'fan-less' oven, big cookies take about 12 minutes at 180c. The smaller the cookies the less time they need.

[AnasAbdin]

ââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆ  Lemon Cake  ââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆââ€"ˆ

When life gives you lemons, make a lemon cake!

Ingredients:

2 cups of flour
half ts baking soda
1 ts baking powder
pinch of salt
4 medium sized eggs (or 3 large)
1 ts vanilla
1 tbs lemon zest
quarter cup of soft butter
quarter cup fresh lemon juice
quarter cup of water
1 and a third cups of sugar
half a cup of oil (corn canola..)

Sauce:
3/4 cup of water
1/2 cup of sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tbs corn starch


Method:
Mix flour, BS, BP, salt in a bowl. In another bowl mix soft butter with oil then add sugar, (mix lemon juice with water then add them) add eggs one at a time then add vanilla and lemon zest. Add the dry mix slowly while beating.

Prepare a baking pan then add the cake mix and bake for 30-40 minutes at medium-to-high depending on your oven. While baking, put all the sauce ingredients in a sauce pan and mix until they boil then remove them immediately as they thicken.

Serve when everything cool dowm

Mmmmm raw cake mix!!