#Beef Satay

[paulpingminho]

[rabbitcruiser]

Green Peppers Day

Green peppers, known as green bell peppers or green sweet peppers, have their day today. There are other colors of bell peppers, like red, yellow, and orange, but just the green are celebrated today. Although considered vegetables in the culinary world, they actually are fruit. They are part of the Grossum cultivar group of the Capsicum annuum species, which are part of the Solanaceae family, or nightshades. Native to the tropics of the Americas, they were introduced to Europe and Asia by Spanish and Portoguese explorers in the late fifteenth century. They spread from there and are now grown around the world.

Green peppers have dark, glossy skin that is smooth and firm. They are juicy and crisp to the bite, and mildly bitter, not as sweet in flavor as other bell peppers. But, along with other bell peppers, they are not hot like other peppers: they don't have capsaicin and are the lowest pepper on the Scoville scale. Their flesh is thick, and besides the membrane and seeds, their interior is hollow. Green peppers are high in vitamin C. They contain carotenoids, a colorful antioxidant, and are a very good source of vitamin A, vitamin K, vitamin B6, potassium, manganese, folic acid, and fiber. They have no fat and are low in calories.

Green peppers have a mild flavor and are versatile in the kitchen. They can be eaten raw or cooked. When raw, they can be cut up and eaten with a veggie dip or hummus, top a salad or sandwich, or be used to make pico de gallo or salsa. When cooked, the possibilities of their use are almost endless. They can be baked, roasted, grilled, and prepared in other ways and used in many dishes. Stuffed peppers and pepper steak are common pepper dishes. They are used in casseroles, put on pizzas, sautéed with sausage, to make stir fry, or roasted and put over pasta. Along with celery and onions, green peppers are part of the holy trinity, a variation of the French mirepoix that is used in Cajun and Creole cooking. It is used as a base for gumbos, soups, stews, jambalaya and crawfish étouffée. Mmm, Green Peppers Day sounds tasty!

How to Observe Green Peppers Day

Celebrate by eating green peppers! There are many ways you could do so:

Cut them up and have them raw, perhaps with veggie dip or hummus.

Put them on top of a salad or sandwich.

Have some tortilla chips and pico de gallo.

Make pepper steak, sautée green peppers with sausage, or make another stir fry with green peppers.

Make a homemade pizza and cover it with green peppers.

Make a roasted pepper pasta dish.

Make stuffed peppers, stuffed pepper soup, or stuffed pepper casserole.

You could also grow your own green peppers so you'll have more to eat in the future!

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[photojq]

How to Make Beef Satay Recipe The popular Thai Malaysian appetizer of grilled sirloin strips flavored with a sweet, tangy marinade is the basis for Chef John's recipe for beef satay. 4 cloves garlic crushed, 2 tablespoons ground coriander, 1/4 cup fish sauce, 4 12-inch long metal skewers, 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger root, 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric, 2 tablespoons minced onion, 1 2-inch piece of fresh lemon grass, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1/4 cup packed brown sugar, 1 tablespoon ground cumin, 2 pounds beef top sirloin trimmed, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

[daily-deliciousness]

Japanese beef saté skewers

[buffetlicious]

Hawker culture is so central to Singapore life that we have led a successful campaign to have the practice inscribed on the 2020 UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Now, McDonald’s Singapore has come out with three uniquely hawker-inspired burgers. Two Satay Burgers (沙爹汉堡) which are available now and Ha Cheong Gai Chicken Burger to arrive from 8th August 2024 onward.

So on the way back home, I detoured to the McDonald’s nearest home and bought the Satay Chicken Burger Special (S$9.90) set meal with Crisscut Fries and upgraded (top up S$1.65) my drink to the Thai Milk Tea Frappé.

The Satay Chicken Burger (沙爹鸡肉汉堡) is not the tall handsome burger projected in the advertisement, more on the flat side. And the grilled chicken is skinny and overcooked on one side so that it is tough for my burger but I will give it the benefit of doubt since today is their first launch day. There are also slices of crisp cucumber and onions with satay sauce between the two toasted sesame seeds buns. The peanut sauce is mildly spicy with a sweet and nutty flavour. I do wish the peanut profile is stronger, however.

The very next day, I bought the S$8.90 Satay Beef Burger Meal (沙爹牛肉汉堡) with medium French Fries and topped up S$0.75 to change my gassy drink to a small Ice Green Tea. I also ordered an ala carte Satay Chicken Burger (S$7.95) for mum which she enjoyed. After having eaten both, my preference goes to the grilled chicken version as it is more succulent and juicier. The beef burger is a tad dry due to the thinner patty, maybe more of the peanut sauce would do the trick.

Topmost image and video courtesy of McDonald’s Singapore.

[chiapurin]

i think i actually know when im full or not... but because of chronic overeating, i almost always go past the 1st feeling of fullness. like today i ate some fried tofu, meatball, chicken, ice cream coated in marshmallow, and i KNEW it was time to stop but i didn't and now im beyond full and I STILL WANT TO EAT

it's like a switch to binge just turns on once i overeat

[anzu2snow]

Went to Kachai Thai for dinner. Shared their chicken satay, had their Thai fried rice with beef, and had their mango sticky rice for dessert. It was all good. I had half of the fried rice, so I get to have more for lunch today. Yay!

[tinyleeway]

[not-dere]

[zombieville]

Spicy - Indonesian Pork Satay

Try these grilled pork skewers with a spicy ginger-peanut sauce for a taste of Southeast Asia.

[twoblackcatsstudio]

Cuisine - Thai-Dipped Beef Tri Tip Beef tri tip roast is marinated in a Thai-inspired marinade and slowly roasted over indirect heat in a covered grill in Chef John's delicious Thai-Dipped Beef Tri Tip.

[skystyling]

Indonesian Pork Satay Recipe For a Southeast Asian treat, try these grilled pork skewers, marinated in a spicy ginger-peanut sauce.

[griffinalana]

Thai-Dipped Beef Tri Tip Beef tri tip roast is marinated in a Thai-inspired marinade and slowly roasted over indirect heat in a covered grill in Chef John's delicious Thai-Dipped Beef Tri Tip.

[bodytransformationcentre]

Oriental Beef Satay Recipe | Body Transformation Centre Weight Loss Recipes Serves 3 Per Serving: 417 calories 21g fat 20g carbs 37g protein

[mostlygibberish]

The purple has Spokane:

"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent chinese meal?"

[lulublack90]

Prompt 28 - Poorly Timed Confession

@wolfstarmicrofic May 28, word count 764

I wasn't planning on a part two of Prompt 24 - Interrupted Declaration of Love but here it is. I hope you all enjoy xx

When Sirius had caught sight of Remus out of the corner of his eye last week, he’d jumped out of his skin. He’d yelped at him. An actual yelp, like a dog! The cringe he’d felt after Remus had fled the room to get away from him was beyond anything he'd ever felt before. 

He was such a mess. He’d been watching a video on how to tell your best friend that you are in love with them, when Remus had come in. Gods he hoped Remus hadn’t seen the screen. He let his head drop into his hands and let out a moan. Stupid, stupid, stupid. 

Remus didn’t reappear until it was time for dinner. 

“What do you fancy?” Sirius asked, not daring to look at him.

“W-w-what?” Remus stuttered. Sirius’s eyes snapped up at his friend's odd behaviour. Remus was bright red. 

“For dinner. What do you want to eat?” He clarified. 

“Oh. Erm, whatever you want. You know me, I’ll eat anything.” He flashed Sirius a quick grin. Sirius opened his phone and the video he’d been watching earlier began to play, the sound coming from his phone speaker now that his earphones were safely in their box. 

“If you’re nervous, sometimes it can be easier to pick a time to do it and that way you can prepare yourself,” Sirius fumbled with his phone, nearly dropping it on the wooden floor. He managed to shut the video so it wouldn’t give him away. Although the video had a point. Maybe he should pick a time to tell Remus and then build himself up to do it. 

“Chinese? We can get a couple of mains to share and the mixed appetisers. Chicken satay and Beef Szechuan?”

“Sounds good,” Remus nodded. 

They sat on separate furniture while they ate. Remus in his armchair and Sirius on the sofa. Sirius could barely taste his food. He wanted so badly to tell Remus how he felt, but he was so afraid that he’d reject him and move out to live with Lily or one of his other friends. He didn’t even know what they were watching. 

“Are you done?” Remus asked.

“Huh?” Sirius had zoned out as he went over and over all the different ways Remus could reject him. “Oh, yeah, thanks.” He passed his half-eaten food over to Remus’s waiting hand. He heard Remus dump everything in the kitchen and call out goodnight before disappearing back into his room. Sirius repeatedly hit the back of his head into to soft sofa cushions behind him. “Why. Can’t. You. Just. Do. It?!” He said with each bash. Sighing resignedly, he went to bed, thoughts of Remus still dancing in his head. 

“Just do it, Sirius. Trust me, just do it.” James told him on FaceTime, while Sirius paced back and forth across his bedroom. He’d been forced to tidy the floor as he’d tripped over the same discarded t-shirt three times. Then he’d not been able to stop cleaning, so his bedroom was tidier than it had been in months. 

“But what if he says no and moves out?” He whined. 

“Then at least you’ll know,” James replied solemnly. 

Sirius walked hurriedly out of his room without even hanging up on James. It’s now or never, he told himself as he burst into Remus’s bedroom without knocking. He screwed his eyes shut and proclaimed. 

“Remus, I have feelings for you, I want to be with you. Will you please go out with me?!” Silence. 

“Er, sorry everyone, I’m gonna need a minute.” Sirius opened his eyes and saw Remus sitting at his computer desk while he conducted one of his online classes. Thirty students had just heard him confess his heart out to their Professor. Not good. 

Remus muted and turned his camera off before dragging Sirius from his room by his hand. 

“Remus, I’m so sorry, I—” Remus cut him off with a kiss. Sirius’s heart skipped a beat. “Remus, I-I-I,” He stuttered before Remus kissed him again, and again and again. 

He pulled away smiling. 

“Right I have to go and sort out those gossip mongers, thanks for that, by the way, but after we’re going to sit down and talk, okay?” Sirius slipped down the wall grinning like a goon. “Oh and the answer is yes, I will go out with you.” Remus’s grin was almost as bad as Sirius’s as he slipped back into his bedroom. 

“YES!!!” Sirius yelled and heard thirty people cheer over Remus’s computer and poor Professor Lupin trying in vain to quieten them all back down.