Semiserious Chefs

The idea for this dish is pretty straight forward. Perico means ‘Parrot,’ which the dish is supposedly named for it’s many colors. The most basic recipe for perico involves eggs, onions, and tomatoes, with salt and pepper. Many people like to substitute green onions for some or all of the onions, as I have done […]

These spicy breaded serrano rings were a byproduct of our need for something crunchy and spicy to top a particular cheeseburger of ours with. You might have stumbled across them on one of our Dueling Duleys post here: Dueling Duleys – What The Jalapeño Gonna Do With These!?!?!?

This recipe was created as a part of a Duel between Andrew and I. We were looking for something that would top a burger nicely, but these can be used on a multitude of dishes. They have a fantastic amount of crunch and just the right heat to not overwhelm your mouth and the rest […]

These beer battered onion rings are light and airy. They don’t have any sort of breading, making the whole process a little quicker. To begin with, onion slices get soaked for about 10 minutes in a bath of ice water. This process mellows out the taste of the onion and removes the harshness from it.

This dish came about after my week-long exploration of Latin American mashed plantain breakfasts. Finally, after plenty of savory, I created a sweet dish. For my own tastes I like just a dash of cayenne pepper included in the dough, but you can always leave it out. This is an especially fun and easy dish […]

There are two ways to go about plantain arepas… well two places to start. Do you want Arepas de Plátano Verde, Green Plantain Arepas, or Arepas de Plátano Maduro, Ripe Plantain Arepas? Green plantains tend to taste a little less banana-y, while ripe plantains are sweeter. Some folks even add some sugar to make a […]

Apparently there is no question about the fact that Tiger Nut Sweets are pretty much as ancient as it comes. I just wish I could find a picture of this Egyptian clay or broke pot on which the possibly 6,000 year old recipe was found. The name has me a little dumbfounded, though. Tiger Nut […]

This recipe’s great because it’s quick and there’s very little mess; mainly because there’s no eggs or milk to worry about. You’ll find lots of other onion ring recipes however, that do call for those ingredients. In fact, I have other recipes right here on this sight that use eggs and milk.

This recipe calls for Asian Yam. This is not to be mistaken for what gets marketed as ‘yam’ in the US. Despite popular belief, both the yellowy sweet flavored potato that is labeled ‘sweet potato’ and the orange fleshed extra sweet flavored potatoes named ‘yam’ are both just that, sweet potatoes. The cousin of the good-ole reg’ya’la […]

As the name implies, this recipe has been inspired by the cuisines of Ghana, Nigeria and other West African countries. It’s important to note the use of true yam for this dish. In the US we often times have two sweet potato varieties that are marketed as sweet potato, the pale colored sweet flavored potato, […]