28 bitter hot Recipes

peanut oil , for stir-frying, garlic cloves, chopped, onion , cut in quarters lenghtwise, then sliced thinly crosswise, hot yellow wax peppers, pickling cucumbers , cut in half lengthwise and slice each half at a sharp slanted angle 1/8 inch thick (rub each end with cut top to remove bitter taste), fish sauce , to taste, white vinegar , to taste, sugar, to taste (unrefined ), firm tomatoes, cut into bite-size wedges, white pepper , liberal sprinkling, cilantro, 1 small handful

shrimp (fresh if you want to do all the work or precooked and peeled), juice to taste (i don tsp like it real soupy), cucumbers, cut and diced into medium. cubes. if not bitter, leave skin on., fresh tomatoes, cut and diced (i peel and seed the maters), avacados, cut and diced into 1 inch cubes (do this just before serving), celery, sliced, sweet onion , diced into small tidbits, fresh cilantro, chopped (half or more in cocktail and rest for garnish), ketchuip, fresh lime juice, limes cut for garnish, tapatio hot sauce (add to taste), saltine crackers, kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

butter, semisweet chocolate, bitter chocolate, sugar, flour, eggs, divided, whipping cream, icing sugar, coffee-flavored liqueur, coffee (very hot brewed ), sugar, cocoa, light corn syrup, semisweet chocolate, chopped, butter

chopped beef , for stews (with bones), chopped goat meat, pork sausage (longaniza), chopped pork, chicken parts, with bone, pork ribs, soup bones (from smoked ham), limes , juice of, crushed fresh garlic, oil, yucca root, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces (niame or name), celery ribs, chopped, malanga, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces, potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces, unripe plantains, peeled 2 cut into 1 inch pieces, beef bouillon cubes, corn on the cob , cut into 2 inch pieces, ground oregano, chopped fresh cilantro, white vinegar, hot sauce, water, bitter oranges or 1/4 cup freshly squeezed seville orange juice

baby octopus , boiled 45 minutes with a cork and cooled, squid, peeled and cleaned, whole, scallions, thinly sliced, red wine vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, hot red pepper, fresh, thinly sliced, mint, leaves removed to yield 1/4 cup whole leaves, salt and pepper, wild bitter greens, washed and spun dry, lemons, cut into wedges

root beer, hot pepper jelly, bay leaf, steak sauce (recommended : emeril s steak sauce), caribbean pick-a-peppa sauce, cinnamon, orange , zested and juiced, lemon , zested and juiced, vanilla bean, split and scraped, bitters (recommended : angostura), bourbon, sugar, baby back ribs (2 full slabs, each cut in 1/2), kosher salt, paprika, granulated garlic powder, granulated onion powder, freshly ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, chicken stock