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Asian Poultry Rubs and Marinades Sauces & Condiments

Five-Spice Grilled Cornish Game Hens

A savory-spicy marinade is the secret to these intensely flavorful and juicy grilled Cornish Game Hens. The fragrant marinade is spiked with a generous dash of Five-Spice Powder, a popular Asian spice blend which includes Szechuan peppercorns, cinnamon, fennel seeds, cloves and star anise. Our version of this dish is inspired by and adapted from a recipe by foodwriter Joyce Jue, which was originally intended for quail. We loved the flavors so much that we wanted to try it with a …

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Tips and Techniques Vegetables

Fire-Roasted Carrots with Mint & Balsamic Cream

While summer is quickly coming to an end, our garden is still producing a bumper crop of fresh, tender fingerling carrots.  What better way to complement their sweetly herbaceous flavor than to pair them with fresh mint – and a generous drizzle of Earthy Delights Balsamic Cream. Is it just our imagination, or did the fresh mint somehow tease out even more of the complex notes from the balsamic cream?  There’s only one way to find out.  Make this simple, yet enormously …

Meat Rubs and Marinades Sauces & Condiments

Brined Pork Chops with Maple-Vanilla Glaze

It might seem counter-intuitive, but brining any cut of meat can make it significantly juicer and more tender. How? The brine increases the amount of moisture in the meat, allowing more of it to remain in the pork as it cooks. While some cuts can benefit from long brining times (up to 24 hours or more), even an hour of brining can produce a markedly moister, more flavorful pork chop. Various seasonings can be added to the brining mixture to …

Asian Meat Rubs and Marinades

Grilled Flank Steak, Korean-style

Nearly everyone has heard of the famous Korean barbecue dish, bulgogi. While, in some respects, this recipe is not a faithful rendition of the Korean classic, it is definitely inspired by the traditional flavors of Asia.  We’ve used flank steak, a long, flat muscle from the abdominal area of the cow.  Flank steak is very flavorful, but has a tendency toward toughness.  But slice it thinly across the grain and marinate it for a few hours in a tasty mixture …