Oven Sliders
Makes 12 sliders
Ingredients:
- Bread
- quartered sliced bread, slider buns, King's Hawaiian rolls, slices of baguette, etc.
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 4 Tablespoons dried minced onion
- Salt + Pepper
- Optional Toppings:
- small slices of cheese
- sliced pickles
- burger fixings
Procedure:
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spread 2 Tbs. of dried onion (or more if you like onions) and a liberal sprinkling of salt and pepper on the bottom of an empty baking pan/cookie sheet
- Place the ground beef over the seasoning and press it out evenly until it is 1/4 inch thick.
- Season the top of the beef as in step 2.
- Bake the beef for 20 minutes or until it is done. Flip the huge patty once during cooking.
- Cut the patty into 12 squares and assemble your sliders.
- Enjoy
Agua Fresca
fruit flavored water
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of soft-pulp fruit
- mangos
- melons
- strawberries, etc.
- 1.5 cups H2O
- 2 to 4 Tablespoons sugar
- Lime juice, to taste
Procedure:
- Puree the fruit and strain the clear fluid into a pitcher or bowl with a fine sieve/sifter.
- Mix the clear fruit juice with the water and season with sugar and lime juice (optional).
- Enjoy
Horchata
a cinnamon and rice drink
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup white rice
- 3 cups warm H2O
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3/4 to 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups rice milk
- Ground cinnamon, to taste
Procedure:
- In a blender or coffee grinder, grind the rice until the grains are the size of coarse corn meal.
- Place the rice in a bowl with the cinnamon stick and pour the warm water over it. Cover and refrigerate for about 8 hours.
- Take out the cinnamon stick, puree the rice and water in a blender, then strain the mixture into a pitcher using a sieve lined with cheesecloth or layers of paper towels.
- Squeeze as much liquid as possible out of the cloth.
- Add the rice milk to the pitcher and season the drink with sugar to taste.
- Serve over ice. Enjoy.
Banana Spring Rolls
This is a delicious and popular snack, or merienda, from the Philippines. Outside of the Philippines, families usually serve banana spring rolls at parties or during special occasions. They're super easy to make whenever you have a craving for something sweet :)
Ingredients:
Spring roll wrappers, preferably thin ones.
Ripe bananas
Brown Sugar
optional: additional fillings (peanut butter, nutella, strawberries, sliced mango, etc.)
Cooking oil
Water or beaten egg for sealing the spring roll wrappers
Procedure:
1. Heat your oil over medium heat until a cube of bread browns in ~15 seconds.
2. Peel your bananas, then cut them in half lengthwise. If needed, trim the banana halves to fit within a spring roll wrapper. Roll the bananas in brown sugar until they are evenly coated.
3. With a spring roll wrapper on a flat surface, brush a small amount of water or beaten egg over opposite ends of the wrapper. A brush or your finger can be used.
4. Place one coated piece of banana (and any additional fillings) at one end of the wrapper. As though rolling a burrito, roll the wrapper over the banana, making sure to fold in the sides to seal in the filling.
Here is a great step-by-step diagram: http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Spring-Roll
5. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of brown sugar into the oil. Adding sugar to the oil will caramelize the outside of the spring rolls while they cook. Once the brown sugar floats to the top of the oil, start frying the rolls.
6. Fry your banana spring rolls until they are golden brown. Once they're done, drain and cool them on cooling racks or paper towel-lined plates.
7. Enjoy.
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Videos:
*must watch* making turon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnaBq6KVsI
how to make your own spring roll wrappers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOn6jhi7z8o
how to roll lumpia/spring rolls: http://on.aol.com/video/how-to-roll-lumpia-516952634
