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Japanese Omelette with Okonomiyaki Sauce (お好み焼きオムレツ)
おはよう友達 ! That means good morning friends in Japanese. I (Gianni) am currently fully embracing my inner otaku by learning to speak, read and write in Japanese. This recipe is an homage to the Japanese “omeretsu” which is actually an homage to the standard American omelette. Inception, or should I say omelette-ception. I’ll stop. This recipe is also the first installment of a segment I like to call: Gourmet Versions of Things I Saw My Roommates Cook in College This one is inspired by my former roommate and one of my best friends, Caleb Rittler. In college, I watched Cal make the same breakfast every day. A two egg omelette. Pretty standard. He would then slather/glaze the omelette in a thick layer of ketchup. Disgusting, I know. But then again, I’ve never really been a ketchup and eggs person… Or so I thought… Flash forward a few years and I’m getting bored with standard breakfast fare and trying to find some more creative recipes to break the fast. I stumble upon a video of a Japanese chef effortlessly whipping up a beautifully fluffy omelette over fried rice and drizzling it with a dark, savory sauce. I had to try it! The creamy, custard like omelette, the nutty toasted fried rice, the tangy, umami-packed okonomiyaki sauce. Cal, if you’re reading this, おはよう友達 which means I am deeply, and respectfully sorry. I will no longer be a ketchup on eggs hater, but I will try to make it a little more “extra.”
Mexican Rubbed Steak w/ Chorizo Potatoes & Mango Habanero Salsa
My family and I are huge steak lovers and we are lovers of Mexican cuisine. So we have tried to meld 2 of our loves together with this Mexican Steak dish. The steak has a Mexican rub with a few more aromatics added to it. It is cooked like a fine dining steak with the butter basting with a few different herbs and spices added to kick up the Mexican flavor of the dish. I added 2 sauces: mango habanero and a chili sauce, and it has chorizo potatoes, chili corn, and a jicama & fennel slaw for the sides. There is a lot of things going on in the plate so the ingredients and steps are quite a bit but the taste makes it all worth it at the end.
Vegetable Beef Soup
Hearty soup ideal for cold winter meals. However, I grew up eating this in the summer with vegetables fresh from the garden. I've eaten many bowls of this soup at my grandmother's table during summer months while barning tobacco.
