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Recipe: Chicken Congee

Ingredients

  • 7 3/4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 cup uncooked long-grain rice
  • 4 chicken thighs, skin on, bone in
  • 1/2 inch piece of peeled, fresh ginger
  • Chopped green onions
  • Julienne-cut peeled fresh ginger

Instructions

  1. Combine broth, rice, chicken, and ginger in Dutch oven.
  2. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
  3. Cover and reduce heat and cook 1 1/2 hours.
  4. Remove chicken and slice (discard skin and bones). Add to congee.
  5. Serve with green onions and ginger.

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Recipe: Hummus

Ingredients

  • 1 16 oz can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans
  • 1/4 cup liquid from can of chickpeas
  • 5 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons tahini
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

  1. Drain chickpeas and set aside liquid from can.
  2. Combine remaining ingredients in food processor. Add 1/4 cup of liquid from chickpeas.
  3. Process for 3-5 minutes until thoroughly mixed and smooth.
  4. Drizzle with olive oil and paprika to serve.

Lox Latkes

Recipe: Lox Latkes

Ingredients

  • 8 medium yellow potatoes
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp. pepper, coarsely ground
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 large yellow onion
  • 1/2 tsp. Maggi seasoning (or replace with 1/2 cube chicken bouillon)
  • Vegetable oil
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup fresh dill
  • 1 lemon
  • Smoked salmon
  • Capers

Instructions

  1. Peel and grate potatoes (large grate). Place potato shards in a towel and squeeze to remove starch juice.
  2. Mince onions.
  3. Mix potatoes with onion, salt, pepper, vinegar, eggs, and Maggi.
  4. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan (1/4 inch thick). Fry hand-formed pancakes (squeezed to removed excess juice) until golden brown on each side. Smaller pancakes are perfect for hors d’oeuvres!
  5. Mix sour cream with dill.
  6. Peel lemon and cut into small wedges.
  7. After pancakes have cooled on a paper towel, place a slice of salmon on each piece along with a dollop of dill-cream, capers, and a lemon wedge. Add coarsely ground pepper.

Cooking time (duration): 1 hour

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: hors d’oerves

Culinary tradition: German

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