Taking cues in a previous story here on the Ridesharing Forum website, the team introduced you to the best restaurants to try in District of Columbia, particularly in the Washington, D.C. area. This time, get to know the best recipes to cook in this amazing destination. Curated by, no other than, Grubhub!
Half-Smoke Sausage
The bustling area of Washington, D.C., in where you can find several government offices, has so much to offer when it comes to gastronomy, like New York City. However, it doesn’t mean that they don’t have specialties unique to its own. The first recipe in this brand-new story is the half-smoke sausage!
Ingredients:
- 1 pound 80/20 ground chuck beef
- 6 jumbo hot dogs
- 6 hot dog buns
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic
- ½ large white onion
- 1 chili pepper
- 1 tablespoon Yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups chicken or beef broth
- 1 small red onion
- Hot mustard
Directions:
First, start by doing a sauté of your garlic, onion, chili, and seasoned beef. Then, add in your tomato paste and vinegar. Make a flour-broth mixture, combine with chili, and simmer. Lastly, grill hot dogs, place in buns, and top with chili and onions, before serving.
Chesapeake Bay-Style Seafood Crab Cakes
The talk of Chesapeake Bay may be around, and not in this area in particularly, but you can try Chesapeake Bay-style seafood here in this place. For this edition of Ridesharing Forum’s post, crab cakes were preferred. The freshest seafood crab cakes have this recipe:
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons oil, olive
- ¼ cup onion, minced
- ¼ cup celery, peeled and minced
- ½ cup red bell peppers, minced
- ¾ cup mayonnaise
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ½ tablespoon lemon zest
- ¼ teaspoon hot red pepper sauce
- 1 tablespoon seafood seasoning
- ½ teaspoon roasted garlic flavor concentrate
- 1 tablespoon lobster base
- ⅜ cup breadcrumbs, plain
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 2 pounds crab meat, lump
Directions:
First and foremost, sauté the vegetables and combine with mayonnaise, eggs, seasonings, bread crumbs, Parmesan, and crab meat. Then, form into cakes, brown on both sides, and bake until cooked through, and serve with lobster-Dijon roasted red pepper sauce. Enjoy!
Injera
The population of Ethiopia in Washington, D.C. is huge. So, to experience the best gastronomy in town, among the yummiest recipes is the injera. This traditional Ethiopian flatbread brand-new for some food lovers is made with fermented teff flour. Be patient since it takes days to cook this to perfection.
Ingredients:
- Teff flour (or some plain flour or rice flour)
- Water
- Salt
- Vegetable oil or ghee for cooking
Directions:
Begin by mixing your teff flour and water, then ferment the mixture for several days until bubbly and slightly sour. This is followed by pouring your thin batter onto a hot griddle, cooking without flipping, and cooling before serving. Taste this to magic!
Those recipes are great, so to make things more convenient for you, skip the road travel and traffic, and the long lines in groceries, go order the ingredients from food delivery apps like Grubhub. Ciao!