Fun Diego Family loves to cook and share recipes. Many recipes highlight some of our favorite cooking tools like sous vide, Big Green Egg and Instant Pot.
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Carnitas is a classic Mexican pork dish. We have many ways to cook carnitas, but our favorite is the traditional way of cooking carnitas in lard. This is our recipe for authentic pork carnitas. Go To Recipe Any way you prepare carnitas, it is a fairly decadent dish. Traditionally it is fatty pork that is…
It seems every country has its version of meatballs. Sweden has one of most unique form of meatballs. With the growth of Sweden Ikea furniture stores, Swedish meatballs have become famous. This is our attempt to replicate Ikea Swedish meatballs. Go To Recipe Ikea is a massive furniture chain featuring built-it-yourself European style furniture. …
I love teriyaki chicken. The past few months I have been learning how to cook the recipes I love. My dad helped me develop this recipe for sous vide teriyaki chicken. Go To Recipe This is an easy to prepare chicken dish. The sous vide method ensures it cooks perfectly every time.
Flat iron steak is a cut of meat that has only become popular in the 21st century. Through our Butcher Box subscription we have learned a method for making a delicious sous vide flat iron steak. Go To Recipe Flat iron steak was created as an innovation from butchers looking to use parts of the…
New Zealand is famous for not only the Lord of the Rings, but also delicious meat pies. With the help of my dad I created this recipe for a New Zealand meat pie. Go To Recipe Overview Since I was young, one of my favorite weekend activities has been going to the Poway’s farmer’s market. …
California has its own style of BBQ that comes from the Santa Maria Valley. A key feature of this BBQ is the beans. This is our recipe for Instant Pot Santa Maria style beans. Tri-tip is the featured meat in California BBQ. However, a tri-tip BBQ would not be complete without beans. Pinquito beans are…
Tri-tip is California’s contribution to the BBQ world. Living in San Diego we have become experts over the years in preparing tri-tip. Our preferred method is to cook tri-tip on the Big Green Egg using a form of reverse sear. Go To Recipe Tri-tip is a triangular cut of bottom sirloin. It is hard to…
California is not known for its barbecue. The one exception is Santa Maria style barbecue. This barbecue developed in the early ranch days of the Santa Maria Valley in the 1800s. Since the 1950s, the main feature of a Santa Maria style barbecue is tri-tip. The official Santa Maria Valley website has a history of…
Texas Toast is one of my favorite side dishes with barbecue. Many restaurants in San Diego serve it as a side dish. I wanted to learn how to make Texas Toast on my own. Go To Recipe It turns out Texas Toast is simple to make. It is just thick bread slices that are coated…
This summer I am learning to cook on out outdoor grill. I wanted to make barbecue chicken with a sauce so I learned how to make this Dr Pepper BBQ Sauce. This is a tangy barbecue sauce that features Dr Pepper This Dr Pepper BBQ Sauce comes from the book BBQ USA. I am…