Italian Chicken Sausage Dogs with Chilli

Italian Chicken Sausage Dogs with Chilli (made with fully cooked sausage).
The dogs will take about 20 minutes to heat and the chilli about 20-25 minutes. Chilli Dog 0542

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will be heating the dogs in the pot and the chilli in a Sierra Cup or any other metal container you have that will fit flatly on the burner, be sure to cover it. If you only make 2 dogs you may have left over chilli, get some chips and top them with chilli and cheese.

4    (fully cooked) sausage dogs of your choice
1 can chilli (with or without beans)
buns or bread
condiments

toppings
cheese
onions
jalapenos

insulate the pot
Wrap the coffee pot with a double layer of foil, do not cover the bottom.
Take an 18 inch piece of foil, fold it in half lengthwise and wrap it around the pot. This will help maintain and even raise the temperature of the contents in the pot.

super heat 4 cups water in the pot
To superheat water, pour water in the reservoir and let it drip into the pot.
Pour the water back thru the reservoir, always leaving a little in the pot (never put a dry pot on a hot burner).
Allow the water to drip thru a second time.
After the water has dripped thru a second time, put a lid on your container, in this case put a double layer of foil over the top of the pot.

caution
Never put a hot pot on a cold surface, put it on a pot holder or a towel. Never use a metal spoon in your coffee pot. Always use a wooden or plastic spoon, the glass is delicate and you don’t want to break it.

warm
Carefully put the dogs into the pot (it will be hot), using plastic tongs, put the foil back over the top and put it back on the burner.
Warm for about 25 minutes

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Shown with the foil removed so you can see inside the pot.

Gourmet Soldier’s Clam Chowder

All Soldier’s Soups are made with canned and or dried ingredients. The ingredients can be shipped to your favorite soldier for cooking in a coffee maker. These soups are also great for college students living in dorms and office workers, that are tired of fast food and want a hardy lunch. And they make great Camp Food.

Gourmet Soldier’s Clam Chowder (Cooked in the Pot)

cook time 1 hour
makes two 16 oz servings

Bowl of Chowder

All the ingredients are easy to have on hand and would make great potato soup if you don’t have clams or don’t like them. And don’t forget about cheesy potato soup, maybe I should do a whole post just on that.

2 cans     (12-oz) evaporated milk
1 pkg      Hungry Jack hashbrown potatoes (these are dry in a carton)
1 pkg      fully cooked bacon (the refrigerate after opening kind)
1/2 tsp    dried onion granules
1 tbsp     butter (if you have it)
sprinkle  pepper
sprinkle  garlic
sprinkle  salt

1 can      (6.5-ounce) chopped clams in juice (two if you have them)

chowder ingredients

insulate the pot

  •     Wrap the coffee pot with a double layer of foil, do not cover the bottom.
  •     Take an 18 inch piece of foil, fold it in half lengthwise and wrap it around the pot.
  •     This will help raise the temperature of the contents in the pot.

foil pot foil lid

  • Add 2 cups of water to the reservoir, let it drip in to the pot to per-warm it.
  • Put a lid on your container, in this case put a double layer of foil over the top of the pot.
  • Get your ingredients ready.
  • Pour out the water. (never put a hot pot on a cold surface, put it on a pot holder or a towel)
  • Never use a metal spoon in your coffee pot. Always use a wooden or plastic spoon, the glass is delicate and you don’t want to break it.
  • Add all the ingredients except clams to the pot. Give it a stir. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • Put the double layer of foil back on the top.
  • Put the pot on the burner and stir after about 10 minutes. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • After about 30 minutes add clam juice, but don’t add the clams yet.
  • Add the clams right before you are ready to eat. (you don’t want to cook them to long or they will get rubbery)
  • Heat for 50 -60 minutes total.

Caution: Never put a hot pot on a cold surface, if you need to put it down not on the burner, put it on a hot pad or a towel.

 

Pineapple Curry Chicken

Pineapple Curry Chicken Over Rice
(see Rice)

.on the plate

2    chicken thighs (boned, skinned and diced)
1    green onion
1    clove garlic
1    tbsp ginger
½   tsp pepper
¼   tsp salt
½    can coconut cream (=7 oz)  (from a 14 oz can)
2    tsp curry powder
1    tsp garam masala
1    tsp Better Than Bouillon (Chicken Base)
4    tsp corn starch

  foil potinsulate the pot

  • Wrap the coffee pot with a double layer of foil, do not cover the bottom.
  • Take an 18 inch piece of foil, fold it in half lengthwise and wrap it around the pot.
  • This will help maintain and even raise the temperature of the contents in the pot.

ingredientssuper heat 2 ½ cups water in the pot.

  • To superheat water, pour water in the reservoir and let it drip into the pot.
  • Pour the water back thru the reservoir, always leaving a little in the pot (never put a dry pot on a hot burner).
  • After the water has dripped thru a second time, put a lid on your container, in this case put a double layer of foil over the top of the pot.

in the bowlpre-heat

  • Put the chicken in a bowl to pre-heat it, add the superheated water, leaving ¼ cup water in the pot. (do not put a dry pot on the burner)
  • Let the chicken sit in the superheated water for about 3 or 4 minutes to pre-heat.
  • Return the pot to the burner and put a double layer of foil over the top.
  • You will be cooking the chicken in the 1/4 cup of water left in the pot.

foil potcook

  • Drain the chicken, add it and the green onion, clove, garlic, ginger, pepper and salt into the pot, put the foil back over the top and put it back on the burner.
  • Cook for about 25 minutes, check and stir after first 15 minutes. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • When the chicken is cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F (73 C) it is done.

add and warmckn in the pot

  • Add pineapple including the juice, coconut cream, curry powder and garam masala.
  • Give it a stir. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • Put the foil back over the top warm about 15.

Here I have removed the foil so you can see inside the pot.

thicken (make a slurry)slurry
1    tsp Better Than Bouillon (Chicken Base)
4    tsp corn starch
2    tbsp water

  • Add the water slowly, a little at a time.
  • Stir to mix well.
  • Add the slurry to the pot. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • Put the foil back over the top, warm about 5 more minutes.

garnishpeppers

  • Use peppers of choice.

 

 

 

 

on the plate

Pineapple Curry Chicken Over Rice
(see Rice)

2    chicken thighs (boned, skinned and diced)
1    green onion
1    clove garlic
1    tbsp fresh ginger
½   tsp pepper
¼   tsp salt

1    sm. can pineapple (8 oz chunks)
½    can coconut cream (7 oz)  (from a 14 oz can)
2    tsp curry powder
1    tsp garam masala
1    tsp Better Than Bouillon (Chicken Base)
1    tsp corn starch

garnish with peppers of choice

insulate the pot

  • Wrap the coffee pot with a double layer of foil, do not cover the bottom.
  • Take an 18 inch piece of foil, fold it in half lengthwise and wrap it around the pot.
  • This will help maintain and even raise the temperature of the contents in the pot.

super heat 2 ½ cups water in the pot.

  • To superheat water, pour water in the reservoir and let it drip into the pot.
  •  Pour the water back thru the reservoir, always leaving a little in the pot (never put a dry pot on a hot burner).
  • After the water has dripped thru a second time, put a lid on your container, in this case put a double layer of foil over the top of the pot.

pre-heat

  • Put the chicken in a bowl to pre-heat it, add the superheated water, leaving ¼ cup
  • water in the pot. (do not put a dry pot on the burner)
  • Let the chicken sit in the superheated water for about 3 or 4 minutes to pre-heat.
  • Return the pot to the burner and put a double layer of foil over the top.
  • You will be cooking the chicken in the 1/4 cup of water left in the pot.

cook

  • Drain the chicken, add it and the green onion, clove, garlic, ginger, pepper and salt into the pot, put the foil back over the top and put it back on the burner.
  • Never use a metal spoon in your coffee pot. Always use a wooden or plastic spoon, the  glass is delicate and you don’t want to break it.
  • Cook for about 25 minutes, check and stir after first 15 minutes. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • When the chicken is cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F (73 C) it is done.

add and warm

  • Add pineapple including the juice, coconut cream, curry powder and garam masala.
  • Give it a stir. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • Put the foil back over the top warm about 15.

thicken (make a slurry)
1    tsp Better Than Bouillon (Chicken Base)
4    tsp corn starch
2    tbsp water

  • Add the water slowly, a little at a time.
  • Stir to mix well.
  • Add the slurry to the pot. (wooden or plastic spoon)
  • Put the foil back over the top, warm about 5 more minutes.

garnish  Use peppers of choice.

 

Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls, Cooked With A Coffee Maker.

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Can you guess which one of these Cinnamon rolls was cooked in the oven, which one was flipped over and cooked on both sides in a pan on the burner of the coffee maker and which one was just left to cook in the pan on the burner?

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 Mini Oven
    To build a Mini Oven.

  • For these cinnamon rolls I used a tuna can with a circle of parchment paper placed in the bottom.
  • Put in the cinnamon roll.
  • Put this on the burner of the coffee maker.
  • Put a Sierra Cup or other small metal bowl over it. (It’s nice if it has a little handle.)

Cook time app. 30 minutes

Note: If the top is not getting done fast enough, turn it over, but remember every time you open it, the longer it will take.

All About Eggs: Can you really Cook an Egg?

 

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There are 3 basic ways to cook an egg.


Hard boiled, Poached, Fried and Scrambled

 

 

 

Hard Boiled Eggs 

Hard Boiled Eggs

 

1 or 2 eggs cooked in a Metal Camp Cup. (Start with room temperature eggs, but for just one, it can be cold)

Heat 1 ½ cups of water, let it drip into a metal cup
Pour the water thru the reservoir again to super heat it (the first trickle will be about 165 F but the next will be 185 F )
Gently put the egg into the super heated water
Put the cup back on the burner with a lid

For Hard Boiled Eggs
Cook 20 minutes or to the degree of doneness you like

6 eggs cooked in the Coffee Pot. (Start with room temperature eggs)

Heat 4 cups of water, let it drip into the pot
Pour the water thru the reservoir again to super heat it (the first trickle will be about 165 F but the next will be 185 F )
Gently put the eggs into the super heated water
Put the pot back on the burner with a lid

For Hard Boiled Eggs
Cook 30 – 40  minutes or to the degree of doneness you like

 Poached Eggs (The easiest way is to use a poaching cup.)

Poached EggCook it in a sierra cup if you have one, but any metal cup  with a lid will work. (Sierra cups are great because they’re flared like a bowl.)

 

 

  • Heat 1 cup of water, let it drip into a sierra cup
  • Pour the water thru the reservoir again to super heat it (the first trickle will be about 165 F but the next will be 185 F ) Put a lid on the cup and let it continue heating while you get your egg ready

Poaching cups are easy to use and come in mamy forms, including silicon and older aluminum cups that you can find at thrift stores. Maybe your Granny even has some she would share with you.
Technically, you’re not really poaching, because the eggs aren’t cooked directly in the water, but many people just don’t want their eggs fried in fat. You can poach directly in the water, but that’s a lot more dificult and I just couldn’t get one to come out pretty enough to post it, so I decided to skip it for now.

  • Crack an egg into a poaching cup and float the cup in the hot water in your sierra cup Make sure your cup or other container of water is deep enough for your poaching cup to float and still be able to put a lid on, some of the new silicon cups are pretty tall.
  • Put the sierra cup back on the burner with a lid

Cook about 7 minutes

Fried Eggs

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You all know how you like your eggs, so I won’t tell you how to fry them. I just wanted to show you that you could.

  • Heat your pan on the burner with a lid for about 5 minutes.
  • Put your eggs in the pan and put the lid on it.

It took about 7 minutes to fry these eggs

 

Scrambled Eggs

4 Scrambled Eggs

Every one has their favorite was to scramble eggs, so I’m not going to tell you how to do it.

  • Put a little oil in what ever vessel you are going to cook your eggs
  • Put a lid on it and put it on the burner for about 5 minutes to heat it up
  • Add your eggs, and put a lid on it
  • Don’t even check it for the first 5 minutes, leave it covered, the more you uncover it, the longer it will take to cook
  • Check and stir it every 2 or 3 minutes

4 eggs will cook in about 32 min (maybe less if you don’t open it very often)

Smores and Such

imagesCA87LZWJGraham Crackers: Chocolate Cookies, Ginger Snaps or whatever you have.

Marshmallows: large or small, Marshmallow Cream, or try Peeps, Bunnies and Chicks.

Chocolate Candy: any kind, Chocolate Bars, Chocolate  Chips, Chocolate Boxed Candies, Kisses, Caramels, Christmas Candy, Valentines Candy, Easter Candy, Ghirardelli Squares, Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms, Gum Drops, Chocolate Syrup, Carmel Syrup, M&M’s or what ever you have.

Build your treat in a paper cupcake cup. This will keep the gooey goodness contained. You can use a piece of foil or a piece of filter paper if you don’t have a paper cupcake cup.

Super heat the Sierra Cup
Pour some water into the coffee maker reservoir
Let it drip into the sierra cup
Pour it back thru again to super heat the cup
Pour out all but about 2 teaspoons of the water
Put the cup back on the burner with a lid (this in now your mini cooker)

Put the paper cup (with the treat) inside the tuna can
Put the tuna can in the sierra cup
Put the lid back on it and heat for 5 minutes

Ramen

ramen-md[1]Everybody loves Ramen

Add 1 ¾ cups hot water to coffee maker, put the metal cup under the spout to catch the water
Pour the water thru again to super heat it (the first trickle will be about 165 F but the next will be 195 F )
Break up the noodles into the metal cup
Add the season package
Stir
Put the cup on the burner with a lid
Heat for 5 – 7 minutes

Do not overcook the noodles, 10 minutes is to long, they will get mushy.

If you want the Ramen as just noodles and not soup, cook the ramen, pour off the water and then add the flavor package.

Welcome to my new site.

We are just getting started here. As most of you know Michaeleen Doucleff over at the food blog on npr.org/blogs/thesalt wrote an article about our facebook page, it was posted on Nov 18, 2013 Titled: Coffee Maker Cooking: Brew UP Your Next Dinner.  The facebook page went VIRAL overnight, so we have been busy re-posting and updating it.

Since we’ve been and getting tons of likes and exposure we decided to finally start a Blog in order to better answer questions and share more information. It’s something we’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but we just got busy with other projects. We will still be at facebook, supporting the blog and answering questions. But we can post so much more information here where it will be easy to access. I hope to have a lot of things posted in the next couple of days. So we hope you will stick around for the journey.

You can find the article here.       http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/15/245442083/coffee-maker-cooking-brew-up-your-next-dinner?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook.

If you haven’t read it go and do it, some of the comments are so funny. There are some really great stories over there too, so go and check them out. And again, Thank You to Michaeleen.

 

Necessity is always the mother of invention.

The idea of Cooking With Your Coffee Maker started with one of our nephews complaining that the he preferred MRE’s to the food in the mess hall in Afghanistan.

Since a coffee maker was the one appliance that all the soldiers have, I began to wonder if the water from a coffee maker would get hot enough to make instant oatmeal. You see I dont own a coffee maker because we are not coffee drinkers in my house, so I went out and bought my first coffee maker.

 

Cooking with the coffee maker became a fun and weird science experiment. Trying different containers and taking their temperatures to see how hot the water would get and to see if I could raise it became an obsession with me.  I tried a metal camp cup first it would hold 2 cups of something, would not break and was easy to wash. I wanted to try using something other than the pot to avoid have to clean it, besides you could cook and eat out of the cup. Well the metal cup worked great. It not only held the temperature but also increased it. Instant oatmeal made with boiling water somehow just does not seem to be quite done, it still needs a little cooking, usually in a micro. But if you leave that same cup of oatmeal on the warming plate of your coffee maker for a few minutes it comes out just right. Next I tried ramen and mac & cheese, these also worked out well. Now I was getting the hang of how to cook with my new favorite kitchen appliance. The secret is using a lid to hold in the temperature and raise it even more. If you want to fry or bake you will need a sierra cup, and dont forget the lid.

 

I wanted to come up with some recipes, tips and hints to send to Ty (that’s my nephew) so we could send him some food he could cook for a break from bad chow and MRE’s. As the experiments progressed I realized I was writing a book. I printed up a down and dirty copy to send to my nephew and posted a few pictures on face book.

 

So see, you can really cook with your coffee maker. After I had made mini cakes, pizzas, hamburgers, hard boiled eggs and breakfast burritos with sausage, scrambled eggs and cheese, soup from scratch with raw meat and cooked a corned beef, I knew there wasnt much I couldnt make with mine.