Takeout with the Tos #2

Half of us got sick this week so the cooking was not as elaborate as it can be. But we have some food to get us through this week as well as some leftovers from last week. I know for sure I'll need to cook more vegetables this week to supplement. I also cook filler foods throughout the week. Sometime in the future I will make a post just on filler foods. For now, here's our food haul this week.

- Bok Choy: $15.99

- Pork Ribs: $25.99

- Seafood Pancake (Fritters): $24.99

- Tempura Shrimp: $13.99

Take out total: $80.96

Tax: $6.68

Grand Total:  $87.64

Pork Ribs

I discovered this pork rib recipe a few years ago. My husband really likes it and it's very easy to make. It uses country style ribs but you can probably use spareribs if you wanted to. It's a great bulk portion of protein to eat with some rice and vegetables. 

Shrimp Tempura (Top left)

These are definitely freezer tempura I bought and fried. Now, let's be real, even some restaurants buy premade items and heat/serve at their restaurant. So I don't think this is cheating by any means. I still had to fry them up myself from raw. So it's food I cooked. Costco sells a giant pack, but I prefer the ones from the Asian grocery store. The crust on the Costco tempura shrimp is just too thick for my liking. 

Bok Choy (Top Middle)

We did a simple stir fry vegetable with garlic. I discovered the use of both salt and sugar in the seasoning to bring out the flavor of the vegetable even more. This goes for any stir fry leafy vegetable. I actually have a shaker with 50% salt and 50% sugar premixed just to cook my vegetables with. 

Seafood Pancake *Fritters* (Top Right)

I call these seafood pancakes at my house, but really they're fritters. Once upon a time I actually made seafood pancakes kind of like the Korean style pancakes. These were delicious and I got some to actually look really nice.

This was circa May 2021

Since then, I've gotten more efficient in my cooking. As a result, these pancakes now resemble fritters. Maangchi actually also has a recipe which resembles fritters. I find these so much faster and easier to make. These have a wonderful seafood flavor. My favorite add-ins are clams, mussels, and shrimp. Sometimes I'll add in crab, octopus, or squid depending what is in my freezer. I've made this dish so many times now I don't actually follow her recipe anymore. But it's a great start if you're making it for the first time! 

A simple steamed broccoli was supposed to make it into the rotation, but I didn't get it made in the same batch as everything else so it is not reflected in this take-out order. 

Total time elapsed: About 2 hours. There were two of us working in the kitchen so some parts went faster than when I do it alone.