9×13 meals don’t need to be basic. If you love one dish meals that are loaded with exotic flavor, you’ll love this Bukharian Green Rice & Beef dish, also known as “Baksh.” Traditionally, this rice is supposed to be green. I usually use 4-5 bunches to achieve that (but we’ve used less here to appeal…
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We’re Sharing Our Famous Crispy Beef Recipe
And guess what? This family-friendly dish is also freezer-friendly! While researching for Starters & Sides Made Easy, we asked lots of people what types of appetizers they love. We had lots of requests for crispy beef, which is thin strips of beef tossed with a sauce, and is popular in American Chinese restaurants. Letting the…
The 9 x 13 Life: This Chicken and Couscous Will Disappear Before You Turn Around
I didn’t think my family liked chicken on the bone. But then I made this dish. My kids don’t willingly eat chicken on the bone. Or even chicken that I’ve taken off the bone. But every once in a while I try again. One afternoon when I was running out to a photoshoot that would…
Oyster Steaks: The Perfect Addition To Any Yom Tov Menu
This is what you need to know to cook an oyster steak perfectly, every time. Sometimes you want to add something to your menu that is fresh and beautiful. You will love this simple recipe. It’s all about the method. Oyster steak works well over a potato mash or a salad. One oyster steak will…
Forget Puff Pastry. The Best Hot Dogs are Wrapped in Challah Dough.
Who needs a bun when you can have challah dogs? Are you still wrapping your frank n’ blanks in puff pastry? That’s really passe. And now, maybe so is the bun. The best hot dogs come wrapped in challah dough. And they’re the prettiest way to serve hot dogs too. Start with your favorite challah…
Basics: How to Make Syrian Lehme B’agine
This is one Syrian staple than even the Ashkenazim go for. A few years ago, when we published a version of this recipe in Starters and Sides Made Easy featuring a homemade dough. Well, life changes and gets busier, and homemade dough that needs to be rolled out and cut into circles is naturally ones…
How to Make the Most of Inexpensive Meats on the Grill
Clueless when it comes to choosing a meat to grill, beyond those expensive never-fail rib steaks? Read up and learn how to choose and grill even the cheaper cuts. In the meat department, we have ever-creative and colorful titles given to beef by our butchers. Sandwich steak, family steak, finger steak, and my all-time…
Salami Chips are the Next Big Craze
Looking for an addition to your charcuterie board? A great make-ahead extra for your bbq? Or just a fun finger food for a Shabbos meal? Did you make and love the beef jerky? Now I’ve got an even more versatile recipe of that will be the next big hit. Ready to make some salami chips?…
9×13 Life: The Easiest Yom Tov Spare Ribs You Ever Cooked.
Also, quite possibly, the most delicious ribs you’ve ever made too. This is the type of recipe that you pop into the oven and forget about only to be reminded by the incredibly delicious aroma that will inevitably fill your house. This is the type of recipe that you will prepare again and again….
9×13 Life: Slow-Cooked Minute Steaks and Yukon Golds
Put this meat-and-potatoes dish up in the morning (in minutes) and come home to a complete meal of soft tender steaks. In this dish, there’s minute steaks hiding under onions and garlic, and soft buttery Yukon Gold potatoes hiding under the steak. And because you know me, then you also know that this dish is…