cookingbites recipe challenge

It doesn’t get much simpler than this and if you haven’t got achiote then get some! Achiote is a really special spice and tastes like no other. Serve the chicken hot or cold with salad and boiled new potatoes. A pineapple salsa or chutney is a rather nice accompaniment. The recipe makes enough...

Smoky, earthy and spicy koftas are topped with sweet charred onions and sour pickled chillies. I used beef mince to make these koftas, but you could use lamb mince. Black chickpeas may be difficult to find but you could substitute red kidney beans or black beans. Serve with flatbreads, salad and...

This is an easy dish to make and right now, I like easy. Spicy and bitter sweet, the chicken can be served hot or cold. Serve it hot with lemon butter rice (stir lemon zest and a generous knob of butter through cooked rice). This is a very low fat chicken dish so the butter in the rice is a sin...

Red Pepper Martini Makes 1 cocktail Ingredients: ¼ C. chopped Red Bell Pepper, seeded & deveined 3/8 tsp. minced Jalapeno, seeded & deveined 1 oz. Lime juice ¼ tsp. minced Garlic 1 ½ oz. Vodka ½ tsp. Simple Syrup Small pinch of both Salt & Black Pepper Small dash of Hot Sauce, optional...

Thought I'd take a departure from Asian dishes and throw out this one. That doesn't mean this isn't chilified to the max though! It uses very hot Birds Eye chillies plus dried chili flakes. What's special about this method (since Aglio e Olio is usually a simple throw-together dish) is that...

I thoroughly recommend using latex gloves when handling fresh chiles. Ingredients: 453 gms (1 lb) mixed chiles 10 cloves garlic 100 gms (about half a cup) onion 1 tbsp olive oil* 188 gms (¾ cup) honey 350 mls (1½ cups) vinegar - I used equal parts of white vinegar and white wine vinegar) 1...

This is comforting and hearty Korean home cooking and has three sources of chili - Gochujang (chili paste), Gochugaru (chili powder) and fresh sliced chili. Once you've gathered all the ingredients, it's pretty much a simple one pot stew. I like it served over Dangmyeon which are Korean...

Ingredients: (Serves 4-6 as a starter) 250 gms white cheese * 2 cooked egg yolks 1 soda biscuit or cream cracker 100-130 mls fresh milk 50 gms cream 2 yellow or orange chiles (in Perú, they're called "ají amarillo") Salt to taste 4-6 medium potatoes, boiled, skinned and sliced into rounds Black...

Grilled Chili-Cheese on Rye Makes 2 delicious sandwiches Ingredients 4 slices pepperjack cheese (2-3 oz, more if you prefer) 4 slices rye bread 2 TB chili sauce of your choice (I used Heinz) 2 oz chopped chilis of your choice (I used home-pickled jalapenos) 1 egg 2 TB milk Pinch of ground cumin...

Whenever it was the makers of Sriracha Sauce and their chili provider(s) had their falling out I started making my own. It's simple and you can tailor the flavor to your likes. Ingredients: 1 lb. red chili's, I used jalapeño 1 Tbsp brown sugar Vessel for fermenting, preferably glass Method...

Kicking off my entries with a Chinese recipe. Since the theme of the challenge is chili, I decided on Sichuan cuisine, known for its fiery flavours and the characteristic 'mala' taste which is a hot and numbing combination of Sichuan pepper and chilis. This recipe has three sources of spice -...

Ingredients: (* adjust the amount of ingredients depending on how many people you're serving. These servings will do for 2-3) Salsa #1 - salsa roja (red sauce): 2 medium tomatoes 2-3 fresh red chiles (in this case, I used half a rocoto, but you can use what ever is available) 1 tbsp minced...

This recipe was always a fixture at my local curry inn, back many years ago in London. It is, however, an authentic Indian recipe, and comes from the Parsees, who fled Persia 1,300 years ago to settle in Gujarat. The sweet & sour gives it away. Ingredients: (For 4 servings) 450 gms peeled prawns...

Ms. Mofet's Dry Rub All ingredients can be adjusted +/- to personal preference 2/3 cup Brown sugar and/or Turbinado sugar 2 tsp. All-purpose seasoning (of your choice, I use my own house blend) 2 tsp. Cocoa powder 2 tsp. Powdered molasses 2 tsp. Powdered maple 2 tsp. Powdered honey 2 tsp...

It's very popular in my part of th world and originates in Portugal / Mozambique. There are a lot of versions and this is mine. Note that I did use a lot of chili's as I have found that thee heat reduced enormously when cooking over charcoal. If you use the oven, then maybe half the amount. 1...

Antipasto Salad with Mozzarella Pearls and Green Olive Tapenade Serves 8 Ingredients 3 TB green-olive tapenade from a jar 1/4 cup finely chopped pepperoncini 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1 1/2 cups mozzarella pearls (bocconcini, about 9 ounces) 4 tsp fresh lemon juice 4 tsp red wine...

Ingredients: 1 Kg. chicken breast 150 gms (1 small pot) natural full fat yoghurt (the lite stuff does NOT work!) 1 tsp freshly grated ginger 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsps cumin, freshly ground ½ tsp ground chile pepper 1 tsp salt For the sauce: 1 large onion, diced 1 inch piece of ginger...

Ms. Mofet's Butter Chicken ≈4 Servings For the chicken marinade: ≈1 lb. boneless/skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces 1/2 C. plain yogurt 1 1/2 TBSP. minced or finely grated fresh garlic 1 TBSP. minced or finely grated fresh ginger 2 tsp. garam masala 1 tsp. turmeric 1 tsp...

I got this recipe from a card provided by a family-owned grocery when they had the beef on special once. They have been out of business for a long time. Of course, as always, I tweaked to our tastes. INGREDIENTS 1-1/2 pounds chuck blade roast, cut into 3/4-inch cubes 1/2 cup unsalted...

I got this recipe from a young Australian lady on another cooking forum years and years and years ago. She left the forum and other than her user name being Kylie, IIRC, I have no idea where she got it or can give her credit otherwise. I have made some tweaks for our tastes. INGREDIENTS 1/2...