Dim Sum Black Bean Chicken Feet Recipe What could be considered bizarre to some, is considered a delicacy by millions. Chicken feet are just that – absolutely delicious! This is a popular recipe that can be found in any decent Chinese restaurant as part of a dim sum (appetizer) menu....

How to cook Buffalo style frog legs! On this episode of The Hot Skillet, Chef Cristian demonstrates a common method with an exotic ingredient. You will learn how to cook frog legs “buffalo” style. Buffalo style is originally a recipe for deep fried chicken wings, where you finish...

Fried Lobster Tails with Mango Pico de Gallo On this episode of The Hot Skillet, Chef Cristian shows you one of the best recipes for cooking rock lobster tails! You will also learn how to make a mango pico de gallo sauce, and an easy beer batter recipe, using Japanese Kirin Ichiban beer,...

Tomato Bacon Feta Salad If food is edible art, you can paint the most colorful pictures with vegetables. In this recipe, colorful tomatoes were the focal point of a delicious, fresh, and easy-to-make salad. Many grocery stores now carry a variety of different tomatoes which you can play with...

Tender, Juicy Chicken Breasts How many times have you tried cooking chicken breasts and ended up with dry, over-cooked meat? Is it possible to cooking a boneless, skinless, chicken breast and have it be moist, juicy and tender? Luckily for you, all you need is a sharp chef knife, and a bit of...

Spanish Seafood Paella with Negra Modelo Beer!   Paella is well-known as one of the top seafood dishes in the world. With it’s creamy rice, rich saffron broth, tiger shrimp, sea scallops, chorizo sausage, fish, and clams, it’s not hard to figure out why. Chef Cristian has...

Garlic-Fried Zucchini Flowers Did you know that zucchinis have flowers? Yes, they grow attached to the zucchini squash and are removed before the zucchini gets sent to the market. However, they are delicious, and if you can find them at your local market you have to give them a try! The...

The Valentine’s Day Bouquet Salad Chocolates and flowers are nice, but the way to your significant other’s heart is through beautiful food – this salad will melt their hearts and set the tone for a romantic evening! Ingredients: 2 English cucumbers Assorted greens Julienne...

Roast Duck with Hasselback Potatoes The duck is the king of the poultry world. Lean, rich meat, wrapped in a layer of delicate fat, makes it perfect for roasting.  Duck fat is a prized ingredient which lends itself to other dishes – in this case, hasselback potatoes are roasted in duck...

BBQ Chicken Salad This is one of those recipes which uses leftovers – in this case, leftover BBQ chicken. This is a great way to use up ingredients after a grilling out. This recipe calls for Piri Piri mayonnaise which you can easily make from scratch if you have a food processor, or...