Dec 25 2015
I hope all who celebrate Christmas had a wonderful day!
One Christmas meal down for us and two to go. Our son and
family came down and brought breakfast, a layered Crockpot of hash browns,
sausage, eggs and cheese. It was pretty tasty! My wife had some cinnamon rolls
to go with it. Then they were off to have Christmas dinner at her folks in
Toledo.
There were just the wife, daughter and me for dinner (supper
to me), so I fixed one of our favorites and also pretty easy to make, New
Orleans BBQ shrimp. I had a nice take home and bake garlic loaf to bake; it
would be good dipped in the butter the shrimp are cooked in.
We love French fries but I don’t like to deep fry in the
house and don’t like wasting oil so I do oven baked. I have been using Ore Ida
frozen fast food fries; not as good as the deep fried but not too bad.
I found a good recipe for beer brined oven fries a by Jackie
on her Beeroness blog. She has a lot of recipes using craft beers.
For the fries simply
cut potatoes in ½ strips and soak in a bottle of lager beer with a tablespoon
of coarse salt. Add water to cover if needed. Place in the fridge for 3 to 6
hours then rinse well and dry with paper towels. Spray or coat with olive oil
and season. I used Penzey’s sandwich sprinkle. Spread fries on an oiled sheet
pan in a single layer. Bake at 425 deg. for 20 minutes, stir to turn and bake
another 10 to 15 minutes. These are so
good it will be my go to recipe for oven fries.
I had some frozen jumbo wild caught Key West Pink shrimp and
they were good. My wife dipped a piece of bread and said it was too hot for
her. I got too much of the hot sauce in for her. To me they were just mild hot.
To save time dipping by the piece I just dip the whole slice of bread. That is
some good eating!
Click Here for link to potato recipe
For the shrimp
My bread
Soaking the fries
Ready for the oven
The shrimp
Shrimp and fries
My plate
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