/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11625242]

What the fuck can I make for Christmas dinner (for 6 people) that's cheap but seems fancy? Relatives invited themselves, I said ok, and now realize I can't afford prime rib, filet mignon, lobster tails or any of that shit I was planning. What's left? Coq au vin? I'm a good cook and have access to a gas grill (in addition to the reg kitchen) if anyone has suggestion. Boo-hoo :'(

[Anonymous No.11625247]

PS- I hate turkey and ham, but I'll go with it if its the only cheap way out..

[Anonymous No.11625261]

You should air fryer turkey. Heh

[Anonymous No.11625281]

>>11625261
Could I just roast a couple chickens or will chicken disapoint for Christmas dinner? Turkey is so antiseptic.

[Anonymous No.11625284]

How about a whole turkey, heh

[Anonymous No.11625295]

What if I smoked some cheap cut on the grill? Is bbq. too lame on xmas? Or a pork loin done in the oven maybe?

[Anonymous No.11625305]

>>11625284
Heh, heh. Maybe. Turkey = so bland tho.

[Anonymous No.11625396]

>>11625242
Start with a seafood bisque (shrimp and maybe salmon instead of lobster and crab)

Have a main of Chicken Fricassee

Desert you can figure out

wala

[Anonymous No.11625398]

>>11625242
hamburgers

[Anonymous No.11625566]

>>11625396
I'd do one or the other. Seems like too much creamy mush to have two courses like that that follow each other.

[Anonymous No.11625599]

>>11625242
I hate the retards on this board that are unable to think for themselves, like honestly OP, how the fuck do you survive day to day life? Just cook a turkey for gods sake, you stupid twat.

[Anonymous No.11625618]

>>11625599
Because I hate flavorless bloated farm turkeys. Thank-you tho.

[Anonymous No.11625621]

>>11625599
Suggest a cheap cut beef roast that's appropriate for xmas and doesn't require brasing or slow-cooking to be tender enough, if you're so smart.

[Anonymous No.11625661]

>>11625242
Could you ask them to pitch in some cash for dinner? If you’re hard off and they’re reasonable people I’m sure they’d understand. Especially if you’re competent enough to make something tasty. Otherwise there’s no shame in cooking some nice barbeque like you mentioned earlier, they might appreciate the break from traditional Christmas meats unless they’re snooty. Otherwise I don’t know. Are geese cheap? Cheaper than beef and fancier than chicken would be that or a duck. If you are competent enough to make a fancy Peking style duck I’m sure that they’d be pretty impressed

[Anonymous No.11625666]

>>11625242
It's Christmas, order some tamales for fuck's sake. Make a pot of chili for side / garnish. No fucking beans or I'll castrate you. A pan of cheese enchiladas and a corn salad and you're golden.

[Anonymous No.11625683]

>>11625242
Order some duck from a chinese joint then say you made it yourself.

[Anonymous No.11625713]

>>11625242
>tfw someone steals your sweet roll
>tfw I steal every sweet roll I find and store them in a room in my house

[Anonymous No.11625715]

>>11625666
Where do you order tamales? I was actually thinking of doing mexican xmas- just saved a how to make tamales vid on ytube right before reading your post.

[Anonymous No.11625719]

>>11625683
Gah! Peking duck is like 30 bucks from a restaurant. I'd need 2 or 3 ducks to feed everyone too...

[Anonymous No.11625725]

>>11625719
What are you some cheap jew? Splurge a bit, Christmas is only once a year.

[Anonymous No.11625729]

>>11625661
I'm not making pressed duck at home. Goose pretty expensive...

[Anonymous No.11625738]

>>11625719
Scrooge detected!

[Anonymous No.11625742]

>>11625725
If I could I'd just buy 60 bucks worth of filet mignon and be done with. 5 min xmas dinner wala. But the grocery by my house doesn't sell filet mignon and i dont have a car.

[Anonymous No.11625746]

>>11625742
I guess it depends on the type of guests, there's close family, then there's distant fucks who bring along their crackhead girlfriends.

[Anonymous No.11625749]

>>11625742
Maybe they deliver?

[Anonymous No.11625755]

>>11625738
Kek. Perhaps. I want to buy some stuff for my kid. Don't wanna blow all that money on one dinner. My boo boo needs a Y membership and swimming lessons, among other things.

[Anonymous No.11625756]

There's always more than one way to skin a cat.

[Anonymous No.11625760]

>>11625755
I understand, your kid does and should come first. Cheers on that.

[Anonymous No.11625764]

>>11625715
Where do you live? Call around some local mexican restaurants (quality ones) and ask if you can order a big batch. They'd probably do it

[Anonymous No.11625776]

>>11625749
Sigh. I was planning on ordering online actually, but no filets to be found on supermarket website. Couldn't even find any on walmart website for pickup. Grocery has 4oz lobster tails for 6..99 apiece tho... What could i seve with tiny baked lobstah tails to make seem more substantial without dwarfing the lobstee in the process? Should i serve lobster and another seafood? Lobster and cheap steak?

[Anonymous No.11625781]

>>11625719
Then the chicken idea stands, you could make a bunch of chicken kievs or cordon bleus, sure they're not actually that fancy, but they still have some presentation quality to them if done well. Or else you could confit them and pretend they're a fancier meat

[Anonymous No.11625782]

>>11625242
Go to your butcher and buy a nice long piece of flap steak (possibly 2 for safety and definitely leftovers.), also ask to buy some fat trimmings for cheap (its normally like less than a dollar a pound since normies don't buy fat), and grab oven safe butcher's twine.
Then go to wallmart and pick up:
For Dinner:
+1 whole pack of Chicken thighs
+2 bags of butter potatoes
+1 bag of carrots
+1 white Onion
+2 cloves of garlic
+2 packs of fresh thyme
+Basil
+2 packs of salted butter
+Cream
+Mushrooms.

Sautee sliced vegetables in olive oil and butter, season with salt and pepper to taste. Add some of the herbs you bought till they taste nice.
Season the deboned raw chicken and steak with salt and pepper time, and smashed garlic
Place the chicken, the vegetables, and the fat chunks evenly onto the skirt steak, then roll tightly, tie up tightly with the butcher twine, and bake on 275 for a few hours until a meat thermometer reads 170 from the inside of the meat. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

Boil the potatoes and mash them with butter, cream, salt, and pepper.
Sautee the mushrooms and whatever is left of the carrots in a pan untill soft and delicious, Season to taste.
For Dessert (To be eaten sitting together in the living space while talking. Put the pie in the oven on low for like 15 minutes before serving):
+Hot cocoa mix and marshmallows
+milk
+Grocery store apple pie, and some vanilla icecream


Add beer, wine, lambic, and some peppermint shnaps and you've got a really comfy poorfag Christmas.

[Anonymous No.11625790]

>>11625776
Seems like you're having to provide for a lot of people, why aren't they providing anything themselves? They seem like barnacles. No offence meant.

[Anonymous No.11625800]

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[Anonymous No.11625807]

I bet a few of us will send you a few bucks if you make some account where we can do it.

[Anonymous No.11625809]

Buy 3 luxury frozen meals. Bulk with filing, inexpensive sides. 2 bottles of good booze to be served first, 3 bottles of dirt cheap wine for after, truffles or honey and chocolate/nuts/fruits over greek yoghurt for dessert

[Anonymous No.11625822]

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[Anonymous No.11625830]

>>11625764
Hmmm... Maybe I will. What do you think about red pork tamales, rice, beans, corn salad and carne asada tacos. Guac and chips 4 starters.

[Anonymous No.11625854]

>>11625242
make a roulade with pork loin stuff it with mushrooms or something. buy some fresh herbs and make a compound butter. Make traditional Christmas sides.

[Anonymous No.11625857]

>>11625781
I've only ever heard of duck leg confit. Wouldn't chicken confit be served room temp? Chicken kiev sounds good. My husbands mom is coming over and she's italian-american-- dont want to compete with her "famous" lasagna, but maybe a nice chicken parm with some pasta, and antipasto 1st course. Maybe a fish course, to ape, in part, Italian xmas eve...

[Anonymous No.11625864]

>>11625809
I was gonna buy beef bourgignon from omaha steaks but theyre sold out- any other deluxe frozen ideas?

[Anonymous No.11625884]

>>11625790
Theyre nice. Usually we go to grandmas house but shes coming to ours this year because shes old and tired. Also aunt + my four (comprising nuclear family) = 6

[Anonymous No.11625900]

>>11625782
This sounds super comfy but i canna serve roulade cause i dont loik it personally. Thank you for nice based reply.

[Anonymous No.11625904]

>>11625854
Not a big roulade fan, but might go with roast pork loin...

[Anonymous No.11625911]

>>11625800
Are you suggesting i serve horseburgers?

[Anonymous No.11625919]

>>11625854
Its too bad, because roulade is so cheap and looks fancy.

[Anonymous No.11625936]

I wish we lived in japan so i could just pick up some kfc.

[Anonymous No.11625976]

Fuck it. I think I'll just make a turkey. Daddy Gordon has one that looks less flavorless than most.

https://youtu.be/e5PFXhdfVT8

[Anonymous No.11626678]

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[Anonymous No.11626682]

Go shoot a goose.

[Anonymous No.11627884]

im bringin two pans baked chicken brocolli alfredo