Recipes

Some delicious recipes cooked up in the Sizzle and Sear test kitchen!

bibimbap grilled cheese sandwich

Bibimbap-Inspired Grilled Cheese Sandwich

This grilled cheese is sweet, savoury, salty, and sour; just like the dish that inspired it; dolsot bibimbap! Bibmbap is a Korean rice dish cooked in a stone bowl with sautéd vegetables, topped with pickled vegetables, an egg, and some gochujang sauce. This sandwich includes bread that is grilled on both sides, mimicking the crispy texture of the bottom layer of rice in bibmbap. It includes carrots and spinach to represent the sauteed vegetables, some pickled bean sprouts and cucumber, and it's topped with an egg and gochujang. Bibimbap in a sandiwch form; pure bliss!

Cuisine: Korean

Course: Main, Snack

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spicy Browned Broccoli Side Dish Recipe

Spicy Seared Broccoli Side Dish

This is a quick and easy broccoli side dish that you can use to accompany a main dish. All-in-all, this dish will take less than 15 minutes to get to the table. You can adjust the heat by varying the amount of red pepper flakes, and you can add more garlic if you like it garlicy. The combination of frying and steaming results in enhanced flavour and texture.

Cuisine: Chinese

Course: Side Dish

Difficulty: Easy

lemon sage smothered chicken recipe inspired by craig claiborne

Lemon Sage Smothered Chicken

No oven? No problem. This easy delicious chicken dish from the Southern United States is cooked entirely on the stove top. Inspired by Craig Claiborne’s Smothered Chicken recipe.

Cuisine: Southern, United States

Difficulty: Easy

beef and broccoli recipe

Extra Tender Beef and Broccoli

This beef and broccoli dish is extra tender when you apply the techniques described in this recipe. No more tough and chewy beef!

Cuisine: Chinese

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chicken eggs

Caramelized Eggs Cooked in Heavy Cream

Can you fry with cream? Absolutely, you can! These eggs are cooked in a nontraditional way, involving a combination of steaming and frying. When you cook your eggs in cream, the liquid quickly boils off, leaving you with butter fat to fry the egg in and caramelized butter solids that add a new flavor dimension to the eggs. It's a great way to use left over heavy cream!

Course: Breakfast

Difficulty: Easy

Pisco Sour Recipe

Pisco Sour Recipe — A Classic Peruvian Cocktail

Peru and Chile fiercely contest the origin of this drink, but I was first introduced to it during my visit to Peru in 2014. Pisco, a brandy produced from distilled fermented grapes in the winemaking regions of Chile and Peru, is at the base of this drink. This recipe uses an easy-to-remember 2-1-1 ratio that ensures a balance between all the ingredients.

Cuisine: Peruvian

Difficulty: Easy

The Ultimate Cowtown Ginger Beef

Calgary ginger beef is a regional dish that has expanded outwards. The dish is a combination of sweet and spicy flavours; each restaurant develops its own balance. This recipe tilts towards spicy, thanks to generous amounts of ginger used. Feel free to play around the proportion of ingredients to come to your own balance. Enjoy this Calgary ginger beef recipe!

Cuisine: Canadian, Chinese

Difficulty: Advanced

Cucumbers and bean sprouts rapidly pickled in the VacMaster VP215 vacuum chamber

Rapid Vacuum Pickled Cucumbers and Bean Sprouts

Quick pickled cucumbers and bean sprouts using a vacuum chamber. Perfect for adding on top of Dolsot Bibimbap, a Korean rice bowl.

Cuisine: Korean

Course: Condiment

Difficulty: Easy

How to Make Butterscotch Pudding from Scratch

How to Make Butterscotch Pudding From Scratch

Learn how to make butterscotch pudding from scratch! This homemade classic has a more refined flavour than store bought brands, making it the perfect grownup comfort food for those feeling nostalgic about their chilhood. Butterscotch pudding has never been this delicious!

Cuisine: English

Course: Dessert

Difficulty: Advanced

Pressure Cooker Chickpea and Sweet Potato Curry

Using a pressure cooker, you can have a curry in a hurry.

Cuisine: Indian

Difficulty: Easy