Cooking with Sfla80

[Sfla80]

So many of you may or may not know im a chef for a living. Been asked a few times to start a thread about cooking. Took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to go about this. So figured now is best of anytime. And ill just go with the flow and teach or answer anything that might come up.

Ill post things I cook at home and at work. I know most have familys and might give you guys some great ideas for cooking for them. Or even better impressing a date.

I work in a upscale steak house. Corporate style. but one of the top in the country. Ive been cooking for 20 years give or take (holy shit long time lol). Started at the bottom and from hard work I have moved my way up. Worked in about 10 restaurants throughtout this time. from low scale Fridays type, to upscale fine dinning. 10-12 component plates, where sauces takes 3 days to make, and menu changes daily/weekly.

So I started as a bus boy, and quit...but they saw something in me and askedmeif I wanted to cook. Started on salads. then worked my way up very fast to know everything in the kitchen. And that's how it went every place. I did not go to school and have no technical training. But I know most , and if seen once I can do it again.

Now here I am, title executive chef of a top end restaurant.


Not trying to boost my ego or anything...just giving backround of who I am and where I came from.

Now every now and then, either from home or work. I will post with a many pics as I can of meals, sauces, or whatever I might have time for.

Hoping for an enjoyable thread for memebers here.

Anyone that would like to add or contribute is more then welcome.

[Euroholic]

Mate whats a good carrot cake recipe?

[Sfla80]

So something like today, had tons of left over chicken.


Most of you know and have done this but here it is. This is something simple and easy, as I was home all day with baby. But different and can stay healthy

Chicken salad

I grilled 3 whole ( in halves ) chickens yesterday. Just had a dry rub of seasoning on it.

Ingredients

Red onion
Jalapeño
Apples
Relish (or pickles )
Today I used low fat skin ranch for dressing cause wife will love. But evoo mayo works perfectly.

Chop and mix together.

I also add sweet banana peppers and green Tabasco

[Igifuno]

Yeees, about time, chef. I've had the pleasure of seeing some of your work over the years and I can say this is going to be a great thread. Excited to see this virtual cook book grow.

Definitely include the brown rice dish you sent me once I still make it today and is one of my favs.

[Sfla80]

Mate whats a good carrot cake recipe?

I'll get back to you on that.

Baking isn't strong pooint.

I'm too impatient as to you need to exactly measure every ingredient.

But I have one and will post. No pics though

[KINGKONG]

I like this idea keep the recipes and photos coming..I love to cook heathy delicious food I got a lot of recipes I've created myself I always love new idea's!

[Sfla80]

I like this idea keep the recipes and photos coming..I love to cook heathy delicious food I got a lot of recipes I've created myself I always love new idea's!

Post anything you want man.

This thread is for everyone to join and contribute

[KINGKONG]

Post anything you want man.

This thread is for everyone to join and contribute

I will for sure in the near future but don't expect them to be quite on your level chef thanks

[Sfla80]

So tonight's dinner is one of mine and wife's favorite.

Missed a couple pics. Baby was getting a little restless and cooking was going fast so missed a couple lol.

Crispy brown and steak fried rice

Used skirt this time (flank needs more time to marinate ) only had 8 hours today.

Skirt marinate

Ponzu (basically a citrus based soy sauce)
Garlic
Fish sauce
Lime juice
Sesame oil

Mix

Eggs
Brown rice
Mix red and green peppers
Shitake mushrooms
Scallions
Red onions
Bean sprouts ( for the wife lol)

Sauce

Low sodium soy
Hoisin
Fish sauce

Lot of separate steps here.

Sautee veggies

Scramble the eggs

I grilled the meat this time I liked the char on the skirt.

























My trick here is after each Sautee is done just throw into a mixing bowl and save for later.

Now onto the rice. Trick to my rice is the rice being crispy!! Heat Sautee pan to hot. Little evoo and sesame oil. Almost to smoke pojnt. Add rice. Let it sit and brown. At this point u can almost flip rice like a pancake.

Add sauces to deglaze the pan. Toss and break rice. Add to the bowl and mix and serve.

Edit: sorry pics in the middle

[Mr.BB]

Great! Was waiting for this one

Will be a regular here

[DCI]

Winner of a thread man. Def gonna try the above at the weekend.

I do a really nice marinated chicken breast just from my own messing around.

I use dark soya sauce, smoked paprika, garlic crushed, oregano, ground chilli flakes and leave to marinate as long as possible I grilled on the bbq last time to make chicken fillet burgers it is simple and hasn't disappointed yet.

[Igifuno]

No pics offhand, I'll have to snap some next time I make it, but here's my whiskey wings:

Ingredients
o ½ cup whiskey (I useJack Daniels)
o ½ cup pineapple juice
o ½ ts cayenne
o 2 Tb hot sauce (I use Frank's)
o 1 cup brown sugar
o ½ cup soy sauce
o 1-2 Tb cornstarch (optional)
o 3 lbs wings

In a sauce pan, bring ingredients (except cornstarch) to a boil. Lower heat and let simmer for 10-15 minutes then pour out enough to marinade wings (but let cool first).

Add a bit of corn starch to the left over in the pan to thicken of you need to, then use as extra dipping sauce.

You can grill or broil these bad boys.

[Zodiac82]

U kno I'm subbed Sfla80...u helped me in the past on some baking tips as well as broiling things...so hood to see this thread....already gonna take some of those recipes man

Good shyt!!

[kelkel]

Been asked a few times to start a thread about cooking.

Brilliant idea! You should thank whoever it was that's been pestering you to do this. And this thread will take on a life of its own....

[Hazard]

This thread has been a long time coming! Glad you started it man

[Igifuno]

This thread has been a long time coming! Glad you started it man

I know you'll have some nice contributions. You may have missed your calling as a chef, but at least you still have cooking as a hobby.

[almostgone]

Sweet!! I'll be checking this thread out often.

[almostgone]

So tonight's dinner is one of mine and wife's favorite.

Missed a couple pics. Baby was getting a little restless and cooking was going fast so missed a couple lol.

Crispy brown and steak fried rice

Used skirt this time (flank needs more time to marinate ) only had 8 hours today.

Skirt marinate

Ponzu (basically a citrus based soy sauce)
Garlic
Fish sauce
Lime juice
Sesame oil

Mix

Eggs
Brown rice
Mix red and green peppers
Shitake mushrooms
Scallions
Red onions
Bean sprouts ( for the wife lol)

Sauce

Low sodium soy
Hoisin
Fish sauce

Lot of separate steps here.

Sautee veggies

Scramble the eggs

I grilled the meat this time I liked the char on the skirt.

























My trick here is after each Sautee is done just throw into a mixing bowl and save for later.

Now onto the rice. Trick to my rice is the rice being crispy!! Heat Sautee pan to hot. Little evoo and sesame oil. Almost to smoke pojnt. Add rice. Let it sit and brown. At this point u can almost flip rice like a pancake.

Add sauces to deglaze the pan. Toss and break rice. Add to the bowl and mix and serve.

Edit: sorry pics in the middle

Think this will be tried out this weekend or next. I lucked up and found some decent inside skirt steaks for $8.99 so I grabbed several packs.

[marcus300]

Sfla...I'm very impressed those dishes look gorgeous. Very talented.

[marcus300]

You should upload the photos direct on the post so they are big.

[marcus300]

Mmmmmm can you send me this to the UK?

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[Sfla80]

Brilliant idea! You should thank whoever it was that's been pestering you to do this. And this thread will take on a life of its own....

Yes thank you kel, for pm me everyday begging for this LOL

No j/k was a good idea, just had to get thoughts together to get a good start on.

Thanks kel

[Sfla80]

Great! Was waiting for this one

Will be a regular here

Awesome man, thanks for the support

Winner of a thread man. Def gonna try the above at the weekend.

I do a really nice marinated chicken breast just from my own messing around.

I use dark soya sauce, smoked paprika, garlic crushed, oregano, ground chilli flakes and leave to marinate as long as possible I grilled on the bbq last time to make chicken fillet burgers it is simple and hasn't disappointed yet.

Sounds awesome, take some pics and post them up.

How ya been???

U kno I'm subbed Sfla80...u helped me in the past on some baking tips as well as broiling things...so hood to see this thread....already gonna take some of those recipes man



Good shyt!!

Definetly man, good to see you man. Been awhile

This thread has been a long time coming! Glad you started it man

Hahahah, yes sir.

I know you'll have some nice contributions. You may have missed your calling as a chef, but at least you still have cooking as a hobby.

And this^^ help me out lol

Sweet!! I'll be checking this thread out often.

Glad to have you AG

Sfla...I'm very impressed those dishes look gorgeous. Very talented.

Ty sir, trade ya.....training session with you, then Ill cook post workout meal?

[Sfla80]

You should upload the photos direct on the post so they are big.

Not sure I know how to do this?

I was posting from my phone. Let me figure it out.

Or if anyone wants to help?

[Proximal]

So many of you may or may not know im a chef for a living. Been asked a few times to start a thread about cooking. Took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to go about this. So figured now is best of anytime. And ill just go with the flow and teach or answer anything that might come up.

Ill post things I cook at home and at work. I know most have familys and might give you guys some great ideas for cooking for them. Or even better impressing a date.

I work in a upscale steak house. Corporate style. but one of the top in the country. Ive been cooking for 20 years give or take (holy shit long time lol). Started at the bottom and from hard work I have moved my way up. Worked in about 10 restaurants throughtout this time. from low scale Fridays type, to upscale fine dinning. 10-12 component plates, where sauces takes 3 days to make, and menu changes daily/weekly.

So I started as a bus boy, and quit...but they saw something in me and askedmeif I wanted to cook. Started on salads. then worked my way up very fast to know everything in the kitchen. And that's how it went every place. I did not go to school and have no technical training. But I know most , and if seen once I can do it again.

Now here I am, title executive chef of a top end restaurant.


Not trying to boost my ego or anything...just giving backround of who I am and where I came from.

Now every now and then, either from home or work. I will post with a many pics as I can of meals, sauces, or whatever I might have time for.

Hoping for an enjoyable thread for memebers here.

Anyone that would like to add or contribute is more then welcome.

Congrats on your climb to success. The wife turned a "simple mid-western boy" (me), into a bit of a foodie. Your dishes are fantastic! I'll be dropping by here daily, thank-you!

[NACH3]

Niiiiccceee!!!

This is great Sfla! Thanks for sharing this with us... Im in!

[Sfla80]

Thanks Proximal! !

And welcome nach

Hopefully I will get more up in here soon guys.

[Igifuno]

Pulled Beef Banh Mi recipe that the wife slid me don't have my own pics so I borrowed from the web.

Ingredients
o 4 lbs beef round roast
o ¼ cup soy sauce
o 2 tbsp fish sauce
o 6 garlic cloves, smashed and roughly chopped
o 3 shallots, cut in half and sliced thin
o 1 tbsp sugar
o 1 tbsp Oriental Beef Spices or Chinese Five-Spice Powder
o 2 tbsp water
o 1 English cucumber, cut about ¼ inch thick in width and 2 inches in length
o 1 bunch cilantro
o French baguette, cut into desired hoagie size Pickled Papaya and Carrots Salad
o 3 cups shredded green papaya, about the size of matchsticks in width
o 1 cup shredded carrots, size matching papaya o 1 tsp sugar
o ¼ tsp salt
o 1 tbsp fish sauce
o 1 tbsp white or rice vinegar
o 2-4 jalapeños (optional), sliced Spicy-Citrus Mayo
o ½ cup mayo or Miracle Whip
o 2 tsp lemon juice
o 2 tsp Sriracha sauce

Directions
1 Wash and pat dry the meat. Cut into three equal parts.
2 Mix together the soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, shallots, spices or Five-Spice Powder and water. 3 Pour over pieces of meat and marinate overnight or at least 2 hours.
4 Place meat, with marinade, in crock pot, cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
5 Remove meat from crock pot and shred.
6 Reserve 1 cup of the liquid from the pot and dump the rest.
7 Mix the shredded meat with the 1 cup reserved liquid.
8 Mix all ingredients for the pickled papaya and carrots salad and let sit for at least an hour. You can do this the night before. This salad is made to taste so adjust ingredients to your liking.
9 Mix all ingredients for spicy-citrus mayo.
10 To assemble, spread mayo on baguette and layer with shredded meat, cucumber strips, cilantro and pickled papaya and carrot salad.

[DCI]

Sounds awesome, take some pics and post them up.

How ya been???

Been good trainings been good just bad the last week or two with being sick etc. I will get some pics up of the chicken when I do it again. Some great ideas here for food I have to say and doesn't look too hard to do either.

[Sfla80]

Been good trainings been good just bad the last week or two with being sick etc. I will get some pics up of the chicken when I do it again. Some great ideas here for food I have to say and doesn't look too hard to do either.

Good to hear dci. And good to see u back and around.

[Sfla80]

No cooking for a few days.

Been sick and just getting by lol.

Maybe some pho tonight ( bought not made lol) the weekend holiday.

Well start again soon guys.

Gonna try to find some old posts and recipes I have on here too

[Zodiac82]

Get better bud

[GirlyGymRat]

Great! Was waiting for this one Will be a regular here

Agreed! Like this thread.

[RaginCajun]

Just found this one!

Long overdue

Get well bud!

[DCI]

Good to hear dci. And good to see u back and around.

Cheers man I'm here less regularly due to the samsung update making the site a pain to use have to keep re logging in and changing from the phone site to the proper site its a pain in my right ballock. Jaysus nothing worse being unwell man

On a food related note I made these scrambled eggs tonight 3 full eggs 3 whites.

Fried in coconut oil with smoked paprika, garlic granuales with ground chilli flakes its a lovely combo to spice up scrambled eggs and is a piece of piss to cook

[BG]

Awesome thread and thank you. I've been super busy but I definitely need your help. I'm going to post this weekend!

[DCI]

Marinating some diced steak here with oregano, garlic and chilli gonna fry it off with chopped tomatos and onions.

[Igifuno]

Marinating some diced steak here with oregano, garlic and chilli gonna fry it off with chopped tomatos and onions.

Some home cooked Irish goods right there. Where your carb, any potatoes in there?

[BG]

Sfla, Im really not good with cooking. Can you post up some basic ways to marinate or season chicken? I just bread and bake it now and would like to change it up. It would be greatly appreciated.

[DCI]

Some home cooked Irish goods right there. Where your carb, any potatoes in there?

Proper Irish butter potatoes roosters lol. Just ate it put slightly too much chilli in it ha but was still lovely.

The steak was of great quality flavoursum and took the flavour really well.