Whats for Dinner?

I’ve never been big into cooking beans until a year or so ago and I just did canned for the convenience. However, I actually bought some dried black beans on a lark and unfortunately all the people who said they’re significantly better were right.
 
I’ve never been big into cooking beans until a year or so ago and I just did canned for the convenience. However, I actually bought some dried black beans on a lark and unfortunately all the people who said they’re significantly better were right.
If you have a good black bean recipe, please post. I make killer pinto beans, a family cultural tradition. But my black beans taste like my pinto beans. Every time I search for Black Bean Recipes they start with, open the can of beans....
 
I used this one. I also added some chopped up jalapeños but I couldn’t actually taste them after everything cooked for close to two hours so I can’t say I’d recommend that.
 
I got a new cook book from my parents for my birthday last month. It has receipes for different dishes that where in anime or manga. Of course some of them are dishes from "Food Wars" many are typical items from japan. Last week I tried some of of the dishes.
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Fake Pig Roast (Food Wars)
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The overall preperation following the recipe took very long but the result were great.

Napolitan Curry Fettuccine (Food Wars)
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The recipe ask for these japanese curry blocks I can't easily buy. So I tried to make a curry roux with curry powder. The end result was not bad but only with all ingredients at play. I guess I try using curry paste next time. That I can buy everywhere.

Sanji's Curry (One Piece)
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Just normal Curry Rice. The author could have used any and every anime here but I guess "One Piece" had to be included. Here I used curry paste.
 
The recipe ask for these japanese curry blocks I can't easily buy. So I tried to make a curry roux with curry powder. The end result was not bad but only with all ingredients at play. I guess I try using curry paste next time. That I can buy everywhere
Idk where you live but in the US, it looks like those blocks are very easy to find online. I’d have to assume they ship well.
 
What I cooked for my wife for dinner last night.
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That is about an 8oz ribeye with a dry seasoning of garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Cooked to rare, and very tender. On the steak is a little truffle butter as a topping. Long grain and wild rice, and my wife decided to make popovers for a bread course. We usually go out to a local Mexican place that we started going to when we were dating back in the dark ages of the 1980s.
 
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Introduced my girlfriend to Indian food last year, so I made her favorite for valentines: butter chicken. Introduced her to a new dish, which she also loved: palak paneer (spinach and cheese)
 
Tonight’s dinner, learning to cook on a he Blackstone griddle. Picture of mine:
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Learning curve on a new piece of equipment. I cooked fried rice, chicken thighs, squash, onions, tofu, and some bok choy. First time cooking on it, learned where the hot spot is, where to let something sit just to sauté, gotta pick up a couple of things to make cleanup easier, but happy I didn’t ruin anything hung with the first shot.
 
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