Well, if I can’t go out to eat then I guess I gotta do my own thing.
A few months back I decided to experiment with chicken enchiladas (hmm..I would have thought there would be two ‘L’s in that). The tedious part is, of course, shredding the chicken. I’m a problem solver…I’m not gonna stand around with a couple forks compulsively shredding a piece of chicken. There’s gotta be an easier way. So, I put my outside-the-box way of thinking to work and… found what I have been told is a brilliant method: I put the chunks of chicken in my Cuisinart with the dull plastic ‘dough blade’ and turned it loose. The dull plastic blade did not cut up the chicken, but it shredded it like you wouldn’t believe. Perfect for my use.
So this week, I’ve had a hankering for a cheesesteak-style sandwich. Basically strips of paper thin beef cooked up with peppers and onions, slathered over a hoagie bun and melt some cheese over the whole thing. So…how to get that beef sliced up nice and thin. Well, I could cook a roast and then try to slice it really, really thin. Or I could freeze some beef and then try slicing it as thin as possible with a sharp knife. Not consistent enough. No… I had to think for a bit. As it turns out, typing ‘how to shave meat’ into Google brings you up a lot of results that have nothing to do with cooking. But…then an idea struck me. I took a simple cheap sirloin steak, threw it in the freezer, and let it solidify. Then, I reached into the kitchen drawer and pulled out one of these.
Worked perfectly.
I grabbed the frozen steak with a gloved hand and with the other hand I started going at the edge of it with the vegetable peeler like I was peeling a carrot. Long strips of paper-thin frozen meat started to pile up. When I had a couple handfuls I tossed em in the frying pan with some onions, green peppers, a shot of Tabasco, and waited for the rolls to get toasted int he toaster oven. Put it all together, melted some provolone on top and it was a thing of beauty.
I have some pork loin and chicken breast in the freezer now to try this on later. I think I may be on to something.
Dang what a good idea! Ima hafta to try that! I love a good cheesesteak (Wit and Whiz plz). I actually just put down a pork loin in a curing brine today. It will be ready to smoke in a couple of days and a rest overnight in the fridge to build a skin.
Regards
Brilliance!
Sounds delicious… Sorry to post off topic. Was looking to see what was happening with PM’s. Looks like most dealers are cashing in on panic. For example, silver was at $14 per ounce, but purchase prices were all at around $8-10 higher than that per ounce. Some sites having $300 minimum to process your order. Glad I bought some after the price dropped, but before the panic buying started.
Spot price is clearly divorced from reality. Frankly, I’d have expected ASEs to go for near $30/piece at this point. Suspect if we have another piece of dark news (assassination, earthquake, or POTUS heart attack), metals will go ballistic.
More home time, family and friends, more cookin !
Superb idea Commander Zero, also enjoyed the bacon mixed into
hamburger, Outstanding, summer coming soon !
Outstanding idea with the peeler, Alton would be Proud.
Great ideas. Might try using a cheese slicer.
Just made a batch of yummy cookies.
https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/oatmeal-brown-sugar-cookies-with-raisins-and-pecan
She has some really good recipes.
W use the can chicken from Costco when making Chicken enchiladas. It works well and they taste great. Matter of fact, we plan on making some tomorrow.
My Grandmother used steakums(presliced steak) or a mandolin(manual slicer not musical instrument),provolone cheese works very well
The beater paddle on a kitchen aid mixer does the same trick for shredding cut chicken parts; cook the chicken however you will, put them in the bowl, attach the beater paddle and run the mixer for ~60 seconds or until it’s shredded. MUCH faster and slightly cleaner then doing it by hand.