Sriracha Mashed Potatoes

So I wasn't able to find any recipes for Sriracha mashed potatoes online anywhere (if anyone has one please leave a comment!) so I experimented and came up with the following ratios that I liked (your tastes may vary of course):

Per each russet potato you are using (mine were about .8lbs each if that helps) use:

2/3 cup of half-and-half (warm)
0.4 of a stick of butter (little less than half)
1 tablespoon of sriracha
salt and pepper to taste
chives and cilantro to taste

Follow this or your own method for making the potatoes themselves: http://www.chow.com/stories/11951

I just added the sriracha, chives and cilantro at the same time as the butter/half-and-half.

Enjoy!

Spicy Miso Ramen Recipe

So I have been craving miso ramen recently... Unfortunately the closest decent ramen place is probably 20-30 minutes from my house depending on traffic. Instant ramen never quite lives up, so recently a Japanese friend of mine (Thanks Yumi!) translated a recipe for spicy miso ramen that she found. I tried it the other night and it turned out really good, though I overdid the veggies a little bit, probably want to use less next time.


recipe for spicy miso ramen (2 servings)

• noodles (the typical kind used for ramen)
  


• veggies - I used leeks, green onions, seaweed, tofu, mushrooms, bean sprouts and baby bok choy. I told you I went a little overboard ;-)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


• roasted sesame oil (just for flavor)
  


• garlic (minced) 2 cloves
  


• ginger (minced) 1 piece
  


• 豆板醤 1/2tsp - This is Bean Paste with Red Pepper
  
  


• ground pork 100g (about 1/4 lb)
  


• hot water 4cups
  



• +sake 1 tbsp
  


• +salt 1/2 tsp


• +sugar 1 tbsp


• +Awase (red) miso paste 3 tbsp
  


• +Chinese soup broth base (this one took a while to find at the japanese market, hopefully this picture helps you find it) 1 tbsp
  

Preparation :

Prepare hot water for cooking noodles

1. cut veggies into small pieces.


2. put sesame oil into a pot, add garlic and ginger and 豆板醤 until you smell garlic... then add ground pork.
   


3. just before the pork is fully cooked, add the 4 cups of hot water, and put in all the ingredients with "+" (sake, salt, sugar, miso, broth base), and bring it to a boil.
   


4. Cook noodle in another pot (follow the package direction)
   


5. While cooking the noodle, stir fry veggies (bring the gas level to high) in a frying pan, and add salt and pepper.
   


6. I added the veggies I didn't want to stirfry into the broth at this point
   


7. When the noodles are cooked, remove them from hot water, and drain. Put the noodles into a bowl, then the miso soup that you just made.


8. Put the veggies on top, and it's ready to eat!

Note: Step 7 is pretty important and needs to be done real quick before the noodle gets too soggy.

And that's it, I didn't get a picture of the final product since I was too busy eating it! Enjoy :)