Thursday, January 14, 2010

Daring Cooks Challenge - Satay


The January 2010 DC challenge was hosted by Cuppy of Cuppylicious and she chose a delicious Thai-inspired recipe for Pork Satay from the book 1000 Recipes by Martha Day.


I made this challenge the day after coming off my detox. The only requirement to this challenge was to marinade, so I took that quite literally. I chose to prepare Portobello mushrooms in the marinade recipe given (without the oil). I put my mushroom in a big plastic bag.




I made the marinade.



And then I poured the marinade into the bag and let it do its thing in the fridge for a couple of hours.



I didn’t skewer the mushrooms, just pan seared them.



Before I got the mushrooms in the pan, I made myself a side dish of Swiss chard. First I cooked the stems with a bunch of onion.



Then I added in the whole bunch of greens.


Those brown mushrooms needed some color. The final product was beautiful and delicious!


I’m posting from my sister’s home in Alabama so if this format looks weird I apologize. I still want to hear your “must make” recipe ideas for our vegan dinner party!

21 comments:

Debra said...

Looks delish!
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Jes said...

Beautiful mushroom satay--I love it with the chard base!

Catherine Weber said...

I do love the hot sauce glazed tempeh recipe from VCON -- kind of like vegan buffalo wings, if you ask me! I don't know whether it's dinner-party ready, but it's one of my favorites! (I also love the curried tofu!)

Julie Lynn said...

That really does look yummy!

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oh,my god,you are so great!the food you made seems fairly delicious and tasty.that's wonderful!thanks for sharing your so beautiful pictures.:)

miss v said...

looks so healthy and bright! i love thai, so i'm going to flag this one on my to-make list.

Audax said...

WOW brilliant take on this simple quick and delicious challenge. Love your phtotos they are so professional. Cheers from Audax in Sydney Australia.

Oraphan said...

What a fantastic idea! I love potobello mushroom, I've never thought of using them to make satay. It sounds so delicious with the side dish of swiss chard. I really love this idea and can't wait to give it a try!
All the photos are absolutely beautiful!

jessy said...

your dish looks wonderful, Diann! another daring bakers challenge success. hooray!

my "must make" recipes for a dinner party - hmmmm.... i love polenta stacks topped with all kinds of yummies, katie's (from don't eat off the sidewalk) tempeh wingz are always the best, i'm a big fan of stuffed button mushrooms, and the quinoa salad with black beans 'n mango from v'con is another recipe i super love! i really enjoy susan v's green bean casserole, and i love the thai recipe from yellow rose recipes!

Unknown said...

every time i have to feed non-vegans i go with tempeh gyros. they LOVE them!! the fake tzatziki recipe from v'con works great but i seem to recall not bothering to drain the liquid from the cukes and just not adding water instead. i've tweaked the recipe so many times it's my own at this point (for the tempeh marinade)... but i can send it to you if you're interested.

Anonymous said...

Your format looks fine and your food looks fantastically fresh! I always will think about you at New Years because of your black eyed peas!

Bianca said...

Yummy! Marinated mushrooms! This looks like a super-healthy dish for comin' off a cleanse.

Hannah said...

Oh what a great idea to use mushrooms! Love the sound of this. :)

River - The Crafty Kook said...

What a beautiful and colorful dish! I LOVE marinated mushrooms! They are my latest obsession. Have fun in Alabama! :-)

Ricki said...

The dish in that final photo looks totally irresistible! I love marinated portobellos and this version sounds great. Nice take on the challenge!

Andrea said...

This looks so delicious. I can't imagine a more succulent meal than marinated mushrooms.

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Erin said...

Your new camera is taking some very nice pictures! The mushrooms look great.

Michal said...

Looks tasty to me!

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You made this challenge the day after coming off Your detox. The only requirement to this challenge was to marinade, so You took that quite literally. You chose to prepare Portobello mushrooms in the marinade recipe given (without the oil). You put Your mushroom in a big plastic bag.

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What kind of marinade is that?