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Very easy week-night main, especially if you use canned beans (I started with dried). Once the beans are cooked, they are added to an onion sauteed with a bay leaf and some chopped rosemary, to which some canned tomatoes have been added. After spinach and cooked sausage (I used a sweet sausage from the Philippines I picked up at Costco and it worked well although it was not as spicy as I would have liked) are added and warmed, it's ready to eat.
The recipe called for a pound of spinach and we were happy with half that. On the other hand, the recipe called for a half pound of sausage and we wanted twice that. I'll be adding a half pound of the hot Philippino sausage I also got at Costco to the leftovers for tomorrow night's dinner.
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An excellent weeknight meal, summer or winter (if you have a cast iron grill pan). Lots of flavor and very healthy.
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I didn't actually make Kung Pao Chicken from this recipe ... I had a pound of shrimp that needed to get used up so I made Kung Pao shrimp and it was mighty tasty. I am fairly new to Asian cooking so my biggest problem is heat regulation -- you need the oil hot but not so hot that the peanuts burn. Also, if using shrimp, cook this JUST before you want to eat so the shrimp won't overcook and get tough. Total cooking time is only about 5-7 minutes total (with an equal amount of prep time assuming you have purchased peeled and deveined shrimp).
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This didn't really work very well for me. I have made a salad with smoked trout before, adding a diced ripe mango, the Zuni pickled red onions and a pomegranate or cassis vinaigrette. I liked the sweetness of mango and pickled onions better with the trout than the tartness of the Granny Smith apple used here.
The dressing was pretty good although I tinkered with it a bit. The original recipe (by Melissa Clark) had 3 T. each of buttermilk, mayo, horseradish, and chives, and 1.5 T. of EVOO. I used a bit more buttermilk and maybe half the horseradish that the recipe called for. I also cut way back on the chives.
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A good choice for a busy week-night meal. I didn't have the peppered smoked trout, just regular smoked trout, but it was more than fine with just the addition of some freshly ground pepper.
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