Take the 5 Ingredient Challenge!

[foodnfoto]

What are some of your favorite 5 ingredient dishes? I posted a few somewhere that I like a lot. What are some of yours? The rules are:1) make a complete dish with only 5 ingredients. 2)salt, pepper and water do not count as ingredients.
Have at it guys!

[Anneke]

Now there a good game!
What about oil/butter for frying? Does that count as an ingredient?

[cape chef]

Good one foodnfoto..
Shaved fennel,fruity olive oil,parmesan reggie,proscuitto de parma and crispy italian bread.

roast chicken with fresh rosemary,tons of roast garlic cloves and butterd summer string beans.

Panko softshell crab, mizuna,orange and fried ginger.

And my favorite five ingrediant dish is my family,Brad,Jill,amy rose,Rebecca lee and Molly our pup

More to come
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[Mezzaluna]

Olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano to marinate and baste grilled/broiled chicken. If we can have the fats as a freebee, I'd add some butter to the basting mixture.

Chocolate, cream, vanilla, butter, sugar. Mmmmmm!

Eggs, matzo meal, chicken broth, leek, dill (my family's traditional matzo ball chicken soup).

[cape chef]

Mezz..No Scmultz?

A fresh Bagel,cream cheese,smoked salmon,red onion and the sunday New York Times.

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[mofo1]

deeply caramelized vidalias, shallots, balsamic vin, bleu chz, cream, over linguini.( actually, I like to use garlic, chives and scallions in this and call it five lily pasta.)

[Anneke]

A dish for the purist: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Spaghetti, lots of EV oil, lots of garlic, fried til lightly golden, a few pepper flakes, parsley. Parmesan is optional.

[foodnfoto]

Sorry, folks. The only freebies you get in this game are salt, pepper and water. Oils and fats are counted as ingredients.

[foodnfoto]

Mofo-I count 6 in that dish---you're out.

[Pooh]

Steak au poivre

oil for the pan
filet mignon
beef broth
cream
brandy

and the pepper doesn't count





Fondue Bourguignonne
freshly grated or prepared horseradish
Pinch of cayenne pepper
sour cream
vegetable oil
beef tenderloin, trimmed and cut into 1/2 to 1-inch cubes
s & p

Fettuccine con tartuffo nero
fettuccine
extra virgin olive oil
1 anchovy fillet
1 clove garlic
2 black truffles

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[ April 26, 2001: Message edited by: pooh ]

[Mezzaluna]

Okay, Cape Chef, you're on:

chicken livers
salt& pepper (they don't count, remember
chopped onion
chopped hard boiled egg
schmaltz
rye bread


(Goes great with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, but probably better with the SNYT)

[ April 26, 2001: Message edited by: Mezzaluna ]

[cape chef]

Mezz I'm hungry!!!

Hot pastrami
Swiss cheese
cole slaw
Russion dressing
On Rye

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[cape chef]

With a
sour kosher dill
Pickled green tomato
Dr Browns cream soda
a bag of chips
and a 22oz poland springs to clean out the artaries

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Aunt Georgie's Easy Chicken Strips:

Chicken
Garlic butter
Flour
Chicken Stock
Wild Rice

The chicken is supposed to marinate in wine, but since that makes 6 ingredients, we'll put it on the wagon for now.

[coolJ]

How about a bacon, cheese burger with fries ?.

1) bun
2) ground beef
3) bacon
4) cheese
5) potatoes