‘Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible’

Cover of Joy of Cooking

Oct 18, 2011

By Lauren Torrisi

Paula Deen, the bubbly Food Network star, has released her cookbook “Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible.” Known for her use of large amounts of butter in recipes, Deen offers a variety of southern comfort food guaranteed to please everyone.  (She doesn’t disappoint with her “Butter Burgers” or “Gooey Butter Cake.”)

In addition to her delicious recipes, Deen always focuses her attention on family.  Her cookbook contains recipes that you can’t help but imagine eating with your loved ones and enjoying a laugh.

Deen’s cookbook aims to mimic “The Joy of Cooking” with its textbook like nature but with a southern twist.  With few images, she sticks straight to the recipes, offering tips and time-saving tricks for the home cook.  With 325 recipes, this book is your go-to guide for southern food.  Check out this recipe for Paula Deen’s Best Ever Southern Fried Chicken, excerpted from her new cookbook, “Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible.”

I’m dieing to try this recipe for her fried chicken, which I’m sure, when paired with homemade biscuits, is the perfect weekend family meal.  Try it for dinner tonight!


Taken from ABCNews.com; source article is below:
‘Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible’

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Hokkien Salty Clay pot Rice

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EVERYDAY MAGIC
Who doesn't love rice? So, why not put the best quality you can afford on your table?

ANNETTE TAN, food@newstoday.com.sg

Photos: Jason Ho
Few Asians go a day without eating rice. It is our staple, our comfort food and, in many ways, our lifeblood.

It makes sense, then, to want to eat the best quality rice you can afford. For many parents, putting the best rice on the table is just another way of conveying their love for their family.

FairPrice Gold Thai Hom Mali Rice is one such superior quality option. It is wonderfully aromatic and produces good, plump grains when cooked. It is also delightfully affordable.

In fact, FairPrice Gold Thai Hom Mali Rice is a Gold Winner of the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Award 2009.

Besides steaming it plain to go with a variety of dishes, I also like it as fried rice and claypot rice.

This version of claypot rice is a deeply savoury Hokkien favourite that everyone in your family will enjoy. If you like, you may add some Chinese sausage to give it a sweet contrast. But I love it just the way it is.




FairPrice Gold Thai Hom Mali Rice ($12.25, 5kg) is available at all FairPrice supermarkets.







Hokkien Salty Clay pot Rice
Serves 4

1/3 cup FairPrice Canola Oil
4 shallots, peeled and sliced
70g dried shrimps
1 packet cai xin or kai lan, washed and chopped roughly
2 cups FairPrice Gold Thai Hom Mali Rice, washed and drained
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tsp sugar
3 cups water

To garnish:
2 pcs salted fish, preferably kurau (threadfin), fried and chopped
Coriander leaves
Sliced red chillies

1. In a claypot, add oil and heat over a medium flame.
2. Add shallots and sauté until fragrant but not brown, about one minute.
3. Add dried shrimps and fry for five minutes.
4. Add vegetables, rice, fish sauce and sugar. Stir to mix evenly.
5. Add water and bring to a boil.
6. Lower the fire to a low flame and cook, covered, for 25 minutes, until the rice is cooked.
7. To serve, garnish with chopped salted fish, fried shallots, chilli and coriander leaves.

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