The Beginning's of Great Cuisine

Welcome to Appabation Kitchen, I'm Sunny and have just completed my degree in BSc Animation and Visual Effects Programming. I love the VFX world and think I have great talent but also think I have a slight talent in the kitchen! I want to share this blog with everyone so they can try my experimental dishes and hope they enjoy! I want to dedicate this blog to my beautiful and amazing girlfriend Bethany Grange who will be sampling all of the creations I post on this Blog!

Thursday, 9 August 2012

My Bad

Sorry i havent had interweb for a while and havent been able to update i have 4 more recipies to post which will be soon. Which are: Spagetti and Amazeballs, Sweet Ass Chicken Pie, Fudementally Next Level Strawberry and Apple Pie and For you Tom Ridiculously Amazing Burgers in Doughnuts!

Slow Cooked Chinese Pulled Pork


What You’ll Need:

Shoulder of Pork enough to feed as many people as your gona.

1 x bottle of Hoisin Sauce
6 Tbsps. Dark Soy Sauce
4 Tbsps. Light Soy Sauce
2 Tbsps. Teriyaki
2 Tbsps. Chinese Five Spice
4 Tbsps. Rice Wine Vinegar
6 x Spring Onions
3 x Cloves of Garlic
1 x Big Chunk of Ginger
½ x Cucumbers
Chinese Pancakes

How to make this shiznick:

1.       Take a mixing bowl and add 2 Tbsps. of Hoisin Sauce, the Dark and light Soy Sauce, the Teriyaki, the Rice Wine Vinegar and the Chinese Five Spice. Mix well.
2.       Then crush the Garlic and add the mixture.
3.       Grate the ginger into the mixture and mix well.
4.       Take 2 Spring Onions chop finely and add the mixture. Stir well.
5.       Take the pork and place it in the bowl. Cover and place in the fridge to marinade.
6.       I left mine to marinade for 2 days but overnight is long enough turn every 5-10 hours to make sure is properly coted.
7.       Place the pork in a slow cooker on low for 8 hours baste if you have time with the remaining marinade. Doesn’t matter if you can’t I didn’t I was at work.
8.       When the pork is done it should just fall apart in your fingers.
9.       Shred the pork using 2 forks.
10.   Take the remaining marinade and put on the heat to simmer.
11.   Simmer for 10 min’s and then pour over the shredded pork and mix well.
12.    Chop 2 more Spring onions finely and add to the pork and mix well.
13.   Take the 2 remaining Spring Onions and try to chop them into little sticks.
14.   Take the Cucumber and do the same.
15.   To serve place all ingredients on the table including the Pancakes and the remaining Hoisin Sauce.
16.   Place a Pancake down, add some Pork, some Spring Onion, Some Cucumber, If your daring some Chilli, some Hoisin Sauce drizzled over, roll it up and eat.
17.   Its worth the wait I promise!

Next Level Chicken Soup!


Chicken soup

What you’ll need:

1 x Big Red Chilli
3 x Cloves of Garlic
1 x Carrot
2 x Sticks of Celery
1 x Chicken Stock Cube
1 ½ x Cooked Chicken Breast
4 x Mushrooms
50g Butter
Tbsp. Flour
Salt
Pepper
75ml Cream
400ml Water

How to make this miracle:
1.       Add the butter to the pan place it on a low-ish heat
2.       Add the Mushrooms, Celery, Carrots and Chilli all finally chopped to the pan. Add as much chilli as you dare I didn’t add a lot.
3.       Use a garlic crusher and crush in the Garlic. I used 3 cloves as I love garlic but 1 or 2 is enough
4.       Cook until the vegetables are soft and easily breakable.
5.       Boil the water then add the stock cube.
6.       Add the flour to the vegetable mixture and stir well.
7.       Add the stock to the pan stir well and allow to simmer.
8.       Now take a hand blender or a normal blender and blend the mixture until at a constancy to suit your pallet. Not a necessary step.
9.       Mix in the salt and pepper to taste.
10.   Take the cooked chicken any part will do I used breast. Chop it into cubes or pick it with two forks to make it stringy
11.   Add the chicken to the mixture and stir well.
12.   Taste if needs salt and pepper add to your heart’s content.
13.   When about to serve adds the cream and stir well.
14.   Best served piping hot and with some crusty bread.

Didnt take a pic sorry guys was too nice and had eaten it before I remembered. I'll post the pic next time I make it