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Southside Fried Rice

April 15, 2022 by Stuart Melling
Southside Fried Rice

This recipe was the result of a content organized by Southside Market (affiliate link, I get a referral fee) – the oldest BBQ business in Texas. The assignment was simple, …

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Recipe: restaurant style Chicken Tikka Masala

December 8, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Chicken tikka masala

This recipe is my current working recipe for a restaurant style chicken tikka masala. What do I mean by restaurant style? Well, a rich, decadent curry that throws caution to …

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Recipe: Easy oven baked carnitas

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Carinitas recipe - ready for the oven

Like most of my recipes, this one was cobbled together from reading various websites and crafting what sounded easy and delicious. And it couldn’t be easier. This one takes barely …

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Chile Colorado recipe

September 23, 2020October 5, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Chile Colorado

Hands up time! While absolutely delicious, I’ve no idea how authentic this recipe is. As a native Brit, there’s not a hint of South American cooking expertise in my lineage. …

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Thai Yellow Curry recipe

April 25, 2020August 25, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Air fried tofu with Thai yellow curry

I love Thai curries for their ease and flexibility; I use them quite often when I need to use up random vegetables left in the fridge. Got some leftover sweet …

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Recipe: Chicken Tinga

September 21, 2019August 6, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Chicken Tinga

Full disclosure: I came up with this approximation for chicken tinga after Googling several recipes and pulling together the best bits – pretty much how I make any new recipe. …

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Recipe: Quick And Basic Pulled Pork

September 21, 2019March 17, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Quick pulled pork shredded ready to eat

Most pulled pork recipes I see require more tools and more time than I ever have to hand. Maybe the recipe calls for a fancy smoker, maybe a slow cooker …

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Recipe: Vegetarian Larb

October 11, 2019March 1, 2019 by Stuart Melling

This recipe is my own simplified spin on the classic Thai/Laotian meat salad. I’ve cooked this for years and years, especially so when I ate a lot more meat. First …

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Recipe: Indian Cabbage with Peas

October 11, 2019February 17, 2019 by Stuart Melling

This dish is a riff on a fairly traditional Indian vegetable dish that I’ve been tweaking and testing for years. I don’t know the traditional name, and at this point …

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Recipe: Indian saag

October 5, 2019January 20, 2019 by Stuart Melling

This particular recipe is the result of on and off experimentation for the better part of two year. I’m pretty proud of the results and as such, we use it …

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