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Homesick Texan is a home cooking blog by seventh-generation Texan Lisa Fain dedicated to celebrating Texan home cooking through stories and recipes.

Best Greek lemon rice recipe! Loads of flavor from onions, garlic, lemon juice and fresh herbs. Grab our secret tips and suggestions for what to serve with!

Soy sauce fried rice is simple yet indulgent. It is a classic Chinese dish that uses minimal ingredients to create maximum flavor. Only takes ten minutes to prepare, and it’s robust enough to serve as a main or to satisfy your midnight salty snack craving.

We're confident our pork fried rice is as good or better than any Chinese takeout you've had. See how restaurant chefs make it with this easy recipe!

Macaroni salad, a cookout favorite, doesn’t take much to be great — just the right amount of moisture and seasoning This version draws its inspiration from the macaroni salad at the Kennedy Fried Chicken restaurants For the perfect balance, use a more savory brand of mayonnaise here, since the recipe gets its sweetness from a bit of sugar and shredded carrots

Bacon and egg fried rice is an easy recipe that I used to make all the time as a kid for my mom. Full of bacon flavor, this dish is so easy to make.

This easy, hearty weeknight meal gets a lot of its brawny richness from just a small amount of bacon The soft, wilted cabbage lends sweetness, while the kimchi (a nod toward bokkeumbap) zips things up The secret to getting a crackling, crunchy texture is letting the rice sit in the hot oil without touching it until it browns, but using leftover rice also helps

It may look like a standard macaroni salad, but this recipe delivers a tanginess and flavorful bite that elevates the backyard staple above the norm.

Toasting the orzo (rice-shaped pasta) in olive oil before cooking it in water gives it a nutty taste and a golden color.

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Garlic Butter Steak  Recipe with Potatoes Skillet – This easy one-pan steak and potatoes recipe is SO simple and SO flavorful. Juicy steak and crisp-golden potatoes are pan-seared and cooked …

Okay, so the initial Ramsay recipes were good but not absolutely outstanding. The good-yet-not-absolutely-outstanding ones were quick ones...

Make our Lemon-Roasted Chicken with Arugula Salad and Dilled Orzo for a tasty dinner.

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Crunchy little spuds with a piquant, herby dressing. By Nigel Slater

This technique for grilling corn uses a side pan of honey butter to thoroughly drench the corn in flavor while keeping it hot and juicy until you’re ready to eat If you are feeling creative, change the ingredients of the liquid bath: Add a couple of tablespoons of Korean gochujang and a few minced garlic cloves to the base mixture, then finish the corn with toasted sesame seeds for a sweet-hot version Add a half-cup of sake, two tablespoons of light miso paste and two tablespoons of soy sauce for a sake-miso glaze

This dish is called jeweled rice because it is golden and glistening, laced with butter and spices and piled with gem-colored fruits Some of the ingredients called for may require some effort to find, but you can make substitutions If you cannot get dried barberries (imported from Iran), you will need dried cherries or goji berries or dried cranberries

My friend Elizabeth tells me that even people who think they don't like leeks like this dish The leeks are braised in wine and water or stock until soft and golden, then topped with Parmesan and run under a broiler, so you get a crunchy layer on top of soft cooked leeks One of the tricks here is to discard the outer layers that become papery when you cook them, so that the whole leek will be soft and easy to cut through.

A quick pass through hot oil transforms sage leaves No longer leathery, they’re perfectly aromatic, ready to crumble into a simple combination of parsley, oil, shallots and vinegar This fried sage salsa verde, which is adapted from "Salt Acid Fat Heat" (Simon & Schuster, 2017), can be drizzled over turkey, roasted vegetables, stuffing, casseroles or anything else that needs a little perking up.

This recipe begins with shallots fried Southeast Asian style, starting in cold oil, with a method so simple you’ll never do it any other way You don’t need a thermometer or any other special equipment — just patience and a careful eye In exchange, you’re rewarded with caramel-sweet shallots that crunch, then melt between your teeth

When stovetop and oven space is at a premium, the slow cooker can be a good friend This hands-off, one-pot recipe makes creamy, slightly tangy mashed potatoes, and, unlike most mashed potato recipes, this one doesn’t call for milk The potatoes give off enough moisture as they braise, so just some extra butter and sour cream is enough to make them smooth

Korean Braised Potatoes - Gamja Jorim Recipe. Baby potatoes are roasted then simmered in sweet and salty brine. It's delicious Korean potato side dish!

Great summer corn doesn't get much easier than our Oven-Roasted Corn on the Cob recipe. The trick? Flavored butter and foil. See how to bake corn on the cob in the oven.

Buttermilk and a smidge of baking soda work together here to create an impossibly fluffy potato side dish We like to finish ours with an extra pat of butter that melts into a golden pool while we set the table.

This Sushi Rice is easy to make with short-grain rice, rice vinegar and sugar for the best, perfectly sticky recipe.