Quick easy cooking

[jjsole]

What are your quick and easy to prepare (and good tasting) cooking dishes?

Lately I've been doing a lot of cooking, and discovered broiling. I've been broiling fish, chicken, and pork chops, and they come out sooooo tender and perfect every time, and only take about 10 minutes (and so little cleanup! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif )

jj

[geekgrl]

Most of the things I cook are elaborate. My favorite foods are Chinese and Korean - when I went to school in China, my school was in a Korean district. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif I fell in love with the food there!!
But something quick: something that I pretend is real Chinese http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif Lipton has some ten minute rices that are flavored, I make those and throw in chunks of chicken I've cooked.

[dgardner]

Umm quick food, well there is nothing like either:

1. Jacket Potato(Microwave of course)

2. Bacon and Egg (Always a beauty)

3. And this is my favourite, A Big Mac!!!
What I did when I worked at McDonalds was to take on home with me and put it in the freezer, then if you feel like a snack yummy and tasty you take it out and wack it in the Microwave!!!!!!! Geogous, though please note McDonalds does not reccomend this, I do!!

~Dave~

If you have more time on your hands nothing beats a good toad in the hole if you dont know what that is e-mail me and I'll give you a recipie!

[gyoung]

Anything on a grill. Use paper plates and no cleanup whatsoever! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Warthog]

My specialty is Grilled Cheese http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif.

Perfectly golden brown....yum yum http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog

[omegaman]

We make something called Chinese pie. 1lb bround beef, corn, lima beans, mashed potatoes.. The Kids actually ask for it!!

[Szech]

I like to stir fry sliced meat and vegetables, which I guess isn't as quick, but I've got it down to about 25 minutes. Anyway, I marinade the meat in 1 smashed clove of garlic, four tablespoons of soy sauce, one tablespoon of whiskey (tequilla works well too), and one or two tablespoons of sugar. This is good for up to about 2 pounds of meat, and since I usually make a mass batch of the marinade in the blender, I don't have to mix the ingredients each time. Alternately, Mr. Yoshida's is pretty good, but I don't like any more preservatives in my food than is necessary. I stir fry the meat in a wok on high until the meat spills its juices out (that's when I know it's done), then I throw in the vegetables, turn the fire to medium and continue stirring. When I can taste the meat in the vegetables, and they're still crisp, it's done. If I'm making fried rice, then once the vegetables are done, I'd throw in the rice, and add a tablespoon or two of soy sauce and mix it around.

Combinations I've found to be good, and the order to cook them in:
Chicken, Napa and bean sprouts.
Beef, celery, and tomato.
Peanuts, chicken and celery (cook the peanuts first, so they're cruncy).
Beef, onion and celery.
Ground beef, vegetables, and rice.
Beef and bell pepper.

But you can get creative if you like. I usually have rice with this, and I'll pour some of the juice over the rice, so the flavor is all over the place. Oh yeah, and I have a teflon coated wok, so if you don't, then heat some oil in it first, before throwing anything in, or else you'll be sorry. For cleanup, I fill the wok about halfway with water, put in some soap, and put it on the stove on high. After it's boiled for a while, everything wipes off perfectly.

[This message has been edited by Szech (edited 08-14-2000).]

[jeana]

jj,
If you like broiling chops, a very quick change is:
(1) rub the chops with salt and fresh-ground pepper.
(2) cover the top of each chop with a thick dollop of mustard (any kind.)
(3) broil on high for a couple of minutes.
(4) turn the chops over, cover them with mustard again, and broil.
Total cooking/prep time... 10 minutes.

If you like, you could use a mixture of grated Swiss cheese, chives, a little garlic, an egg yolk, and mustard... just cook it until the cheese has melted before smearing it on the pork. Or else, to make it look fancy, you can sprinkle unground mustard seeds on top before broiling.

This method also works nicely for salmon or swordfish.

[jjsole]

That sounds great Jeanna. I'll give it a shot, I love them both. I want to do some more experimenting. Again, fast, easy and GOOD! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif