Crab motherfuckin cocktail

This is my Nonnie's old family recipe, and it is the JAM

Feeds 4-6

20-45 minute prep time (depending on how good you are at pickin' dungeness, i'm obviously at the low end of that range)

• 2 medium to large cooked whole dungeness crabs (1.5-2 lbs each, pick ones on ice rather than packaged ones, and ask the monger if you can squeeze the legs - make sure they are firm with very little give)
• 1 eight oz. jar of cocktail sauce
• 2 tbsp maybronnaise
• 1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 scallion stalks
• Pinch of salt
• Pinch of pepper
• 1 sleeve of water crackers (or any cracker of your choosing)
• Medium size serving bowl
• Claw crackers or cleaned needle nosed pliers

Clean those crabbies, but don't toss all the mustard/tomalley because that adds A LOT of flavor. Add 1/2 teaspoon to the bowl

1. Pick the crab and put all the meat into the serving bowl. Take great care with gathering the lump meat, its hard to do but so sweet!
2. Dice the scallions
3. Mix in the crab with the remainder of the ingredient

(That's just one, i'm a helluva picker)

That's your final delicious product right there

Birria de Res (Broia...?)

This is my first attempt at birria de res, and although it does deviate a bit from traditional recipes, it is nevertheless...BROTASTIC, almost prefer these to my carnitbros

Feeds 6-8

15 min prep time

12 hours cooking time

• 1 beef pot roast (about 3-4 pounds - don't pay more than $3.99 lb)
• 1 can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 1 white onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 jalapeño pepper
• 1 Serranbro pepper
• Salt
• Pepper
• Chile powder
• Large crock pot or dutch oven

You want this guy to be going for about 10-12 hours, just like the carnitas. You can mix this with eggs, eat straight, put on a tostada, or best (and traditionally) - in tacos.

1. Turn your crock pot on low, while heating up, and chop the onions and peppers and break up your garlic (these are just for flavor so no need to look pretty, and feel free to toss the garlic/onion peels into the pot)
2. Shake salt, chile powder and pepper over the meat
3. Place the roast fat(ter) side up in the crockpot and fill to half the height of the meat with water
4. Empty the can of adobo peppers into the crockpot along with the onions and garlic
5. Stir regularly and flip once if possible
6. Drain ~80% of the liquid and toss the solids (other than the beef dummy), stir and pull/shred the beef.
7. BIRRIA!!!

Porterhouse and Roasted Red Potatbros

This is a nice lil treat towards the end of a long week

Feeds 1 bro

15 min prep time

30 mins cooking time

You need:

• 1 half inch porterhouse (try to pay between $6-8)
• 2 pounds baby red potatoes
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1/4 stick butter
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• 9x13 baking pan
• Frying pan
• Foil

1. Leave your steak out 3-4 hours prior to cooking
2. Pre-heat your oven to 375/turn on burner to medium high
3. Chop the potatoes into quarter-inch pieces and place them in your baking pan
4. Drizzle the potatoes with olive oil and stir so potatoes lie evenly
5. Shake salt and pepper and break rosemary over potatoes
6. Cover and place in the oven for 25 mins
7. Put small pat of butter on hot skillet and spread over base until just turning brown
8. Place steak on the hot skillet and shake pepper/salt over top
9. Cook for 2-3 minutes and flip shake pepper/salt over seared side.
10. After 2-3 minutes on other side, turn off heat, flip, and cover for 5 more minutes.
11. Remove foil from potatoes, turn oven to broil and spread the remainder of the butter atop the potatoes.
12. Allow the steak to rest for 5-8 minutes - keep eye on potatoes so they don't burn, stir if necessary.
13. Get down on some meat and potatoes bro!

*This steak was cooked on a grill - same cook times apply just make sure to cover the entire time, and remove after second sear.