Thanksgiving Photos

Here are some photos from the Thanksgiving Feast:

Some of the ingredients for my Turkey

 

Homemade Dinner Rolls

 

My hubby helped me cut 4 fresh pineapples!!!

 

The Roux (butter & flour) for my smooth gravy

 

 The night before I spiced up (inside and out) my turkey (13lbs) and placed about a cup of salted butter under the skin.

 

 The morning of Thanksgiving, the turkey is bacon-ed up with a bottle of Guinness Beer (extra stout)!

 

"stuffing" & sweet white & golden corn

Yams and Red Potatoes waiting to be extra delicious!

 

 Holiday Salad (Candied Pecans, baby lettuce mix, spinach, homemade poppy seed dressing, craisins, and mandarin oranges) and Uncle Timmy made our new favorite dish: Bacon & Cabbage

 

14lbs of Prime Rib

 

  Hubby slicing prime rib and getting blood everywhere!

Candied yams and sliced up turkey and bacon.

More photos of Turkey Day to come!

Deep Fried Yam Fritters - Asian Style!

On Saturday, my family and I tried to replicate the deep fried yams fritters that we get with our banh cuon cha (Vietnamese Rice Flour Rolls – typically stuffed with pork, but we used chicken and served with sliced pork meatloaf) from a restaurant in Little Saigon California.  The batter for the yams was made from tempura batter, beer, turmeric, salt and water.  It was also my first time making banh cuon.  The banh cuon is made of rice flour, mixed with water and oil.

Garnish with herbs and sprouts, served with homemade nuoc mam (Vietnamese Dipping sauce made of fish sauce).  Yummy!