Cooking with MC

Carrillera o carrillada is a delicious meat obtained from the cheeks of an animal, usually beef or pork. It's a quite greasy meat, and very tender when cooked properly. It wasn't until I started doing some research for this post that I have realized that it's not a very common thing to eat in other countries. For what I've seen, in France there's a dish called joue boeuf that, judging by the photos I've seen, must be delicious. I guess both dishes share some similarities, but I'm not very familiar with French cousine , so, if you are, let me know in the comment section. There are many ways you can cook the carrilleras and many recipes out there. Mine is quite simple, and you just need a handful of ingredients. Since it's a type of meat that needs quite a long cooking time, I feel like slow cookers are perfect for it. Anyway, with any further ado, let's get into the cooking. Ingredients: 5-6 pieces of pork cheek (you can use beef). 1 onion. 1 potato ...

This Christmas I recieved a little gift for my kitchen adventures ( Well, technically, it was on the Three Wise Men Night, which is January 5th.). An air fryer! I started being curious about them a few months ago, so I wasn't expecting to get one. So far we're experimenting with it, trying to find our staple dishes to make with it.  We got this Moulinex fryer. The manufacturer states this allows you to make up to 6 servings, and my partner considered that was the perfect size for just the two of us. I don't think it's that big, it's the right size to make chicken for 2 without having to stack the pieces. The instructions that come with it are quite scarce, so we're figuring out the times and temperature by searching on the Internet.  So far the recipe that seems to be having the biggest success is breaded chicken. My partner isn't a big fan of chicken in general, he finds it too dry, but breaded chicken he's in love with.  One thing I really want to try ...