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Recipe № 04
Griddle

Fusion stir-fry, two zones.

Chorizo as the cooking fat. King oyster mushrooms soak it up, sesame seeds bloom on the grill, curry vegetables get glazed in Sweet Baby Ray's and deglazed with an IPA. Two-zone fire — see Step 1.

king oyster mushrooms + curry squash glazed in teriyaki on the griddle, wild rice steaming under the hood
Walkthrough

Ingredients

  • Chorizo
  • Peanut oil + almond oil (both have higher smoke points than chorizo fat — "that's why I add almond oil to it")
  • King oyster mushrooms
  • Sesame seeds, for blooming
  • Zucchini
  • Yellow squash
  • Curry powder, for dusting the squash and zucchini
  • Peanut sauce ("just a tiny bit, just a drizzle, just a splash")
  • Sweet Baby Ray's teriyaki ("I'm not getting paid for free baby rays")
  • Monday Night Brewing Taco Tuesday IPA, for deglazing (any hop-forward IPA works)
  • Wild rice

Steps

  1. 01Set the two-zone fire. Hot side at 400–500°F where the cooking happens; cool side at 175–250°F for finishing. Slide food side to side, not on and off.
  2. 02Cook the chorizo in peanut and almond oil on the hot side.
  3. 03Add the king oyster mushrooms. Let them cook in the chorizo fat until they turn orange and red.
  4. 04Slide the mushrooms to the side. Pour sesame seeds directly onto the bare hot grill — "blooming." Stir until they change color and soak up the residual fat.
  5. 05Reintroduce the mushrooms to the sesame patch to clean the grill. Move everything off into a vessel.
  6. 06Clean the grill with a splash of beer.
  7. 07Dust the zucchini and squash with curry. Lay them on the hot side for a hard Maillard char.
  8. 08After the color changes (Maillard), flip them char-side up.
  9. 09Drizzle Sweet Baby Ray's teriyaki across the vegetables. When the sugar caramelizes and the foam changes color, deglaze with a pour of Monday Night Taco Tuesday.
  10. 10Add the wild rice next to the vegetables. Drop the hood to steam.
  11. 11Plate: wild rice base, chorizo-mushroom-sesame mix, glazed vegetables on top. Zigzag of peanut sauce over everything.
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