Insta-Pot Orange Lemon Chicken.

Insta-Pot Orange Lemon Chicken. Set 6-qt Instant Pot® to the high sauté setting. Add canola oil and chicken, breast side down, and cook until evenly golden brown, about 4-5 minutes. Using tongs, flip, and cook for an additional 4 minutes; set aside. Ingredients: Needed 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 teaspoons dried thyme 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 (4-pound) whole roasting chicken 1 lemon and 1 orange halved 2 tablespoons cooking oil 3 cups good bone chicken stock...

Ceviche Lettuce Wraps

Ceviche Lettuce Wraps’ Ceviche is food dish that originated in Peru, typically made from fresh raw fish and shell fish cured in fresh citrus juices, most commonly a variety of  lemon or lime, pomegranate or mango juices and spiced with, different chili peppers or other seasonings, including chopped shallots, dill onions, salt, and coriander. Make your own flavours and enjoy the crispy goodness wrapped in some fresh organic bibb, radicchio or endive lettuce. Crisp Tacos make a nice platform to make a great snack.       Using a scallop shell and adding...

An Indian Affair with Passion.

This incredible Chef needs no introduction but in case you haven’t met him yet, say hello to Gary – the heart and soul behind An Indian Affair! Trained from Maurya Sheraton Indian 5-star hotel and having worked as an expert chef in the finest restaurants around the United States and Canada, Gary loves nothing more than to cook delectable food and watch his guests enjoy and savour. Gary and his teamentertainyou’repalatwithamultitudeofdelisciousflavours.

Movie Catering Trailer Kitchen

This is what the inside of one of my 45 foot mobile kitchen’s looked like. This one had a huge fridge, several ovens and held a thousand  gallons of water made with its own water purification plant, solar panels and butane cooking fuel. This work horse of a unit could be be set up in an isolated area running fully operational for 60 hours before needing off site fuel services or satellite refueling. This is what my boss expected my three kitchen’s to look like every day at start up because you never knew who would drop in to ask for some grub! FYI, if you...

Rubs and Marinades

My first attempt to use rubs on meats and seafood back in the sixties came from eating some filets of rock cod that were seasoned and blackened in a hot cast iron skillet. The filets were flash fried and had a real hit of flavors. I found the origins of this eastern Spicy Rub had a great Canadian History brought there by the Acadians from Nova Scotia. Because of the early arrivals of the Spanish, Portuguese followed by the British, different ethnic cultures that remained as east coast residents began the use and trading of herbs and spices that were both native and...