Author: Cook Plate Fork

Oven Roasted Gnocchi With Sausage & Peppers

The first known use of gnocchi was in 1891. Gnocchi is an Italian dumpling. With simple ingredients, like potato flour, water, and eggs. This dish originates from the Northern part of Italy. Due to the colder Northern Italian climate, potatoes are easier to grow than wheat grain. Culinary Inventors of the Dumpling The Chinese are […]

Asian Beef With Peppers & Green Onions

A satisfying stir-fry that comes together in a flash. Sirloin Steak, 1/4 inch thick and cut into 1/4 inch bite sized pieces is stir-fried with peppers and green onions. Sweet peppers (also called bell peppers) and beef have always complimented each other in culinary dishes. What is the nutritional value of bell peppers? Bell peppers […]

Is It Okay To Reheat Cooked Rice?

Rice is a grass plant that is edible and is classified as a starchy cereal grain. Roughly one-half of the world population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia, is wholly dependent upon rice as a staple food. 95 percent of the world’s rice crop is eaten by humans. Rice is cooked by boiling, […]

Chicken and Pumpkin Orzotto

Orzo pasta takes the place of Arborio rice (used in making a risotto) in this quick and creamy chicken and pumpkin orzotto. Risotto is a dish that requires a specific type of rice — arborio — as well as plenty of patience and continual stirring to get the texture just right. However, using orzo can […]

Shrimp Pad Thai

Pad Thai is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food and at most restaurants in Thailand. The dish is typically prepared with rice noodles, chicken, beef or tofu, peanuts, a scrambled egg, and bean sprouts, among other vegetables. The ingredients are sautéed together in a wok, which creates even heat distribution. […]

Coconut Green Curry with Chicken & Vegetables

There of 3 colors of curry, which are yellow green and red, like this Thai Red Curry With Chicken & Vegetables. The color of a curry dish is determined by the color of the chiles and other main ingredients or spices used. Traditional red curry sauce uses dried red hot peppers. Yellow curry gets it […]

Orange Sauce Vegetable & Cashew Stir Fry with BBQ Sesame Ginger Chicken Thighs

The flavors of the orange and ginger complement each other in this vegetable stir-fry with orange sauce and BBQ sesame ginger chicken thighs. Chicken thighs are a favorite cut of dark meat for those who love to cook, due to the thighs flavor and tenderness. Because dark meat contains more tendons, chicken thighs are a […]

What Are The Benefits of Marinating Meat

Marinades were formerly used as a technique to preserve foods. Any type of meat, whether it be beef, chicken, or fish would be submerged in a salty soup that was used to preserve the meat, due to the lack of a cooling system. The last few hundred years, marinades are not only used to preserve […]

Blueberry Maple Cinnamon Cupcakes

Maple combined with a subtle touch of cinnamon and some blueberries gives these muffins the flavor of blueberry pancakes with maple syrup. The word muffin (in the US) is often used for small, round breads with a sweet taste. Quick breads are chemically leavened (baking soda or baking powder) as opposed to yeast leavened breads. […]

What You Should Know When Cooking With Salt

After cooking your meal, you could add a little salt to your plated food to give it a boost, but unfortunately, it’s too late to truly bring out the flavors that the dish contains. You need to be salting your food throughout the entire cooking process. As well as continuously TASTING along the way. Most […]