What’s your most “patchkadig” recipe ?

amother

Nasturtium

Yesterday at 8:59 pm

amother OP wrote:

Or however you spell it… yet you continue to keep making it and why?

Chicken blintzes.
The crepe , chicken mixture , and sauce from scratch. I keep making it because my husband loves it but I dread it because of how long the whole process takes.

amother

↑ Chambray

Yesterday at 10:05 pm

amother Pansy wrote:

Isn't that a dump and leave it kind of recipe?

This recipe requires a lot of preparation, at least an hour. In addition, if I "dumped and left it", the soup would end up as one congealed mess at the bottom of the pot. I would never describe someone's else's recipe as dumping and leaving it. All my guests love it and ask for seconds.

ittsamother ↓

Yesterday at 10:12 pm

amother Chambray wrote:

I don't think she was trying to insult your recipe, I think it was a genuine confused question of why it's a patchka, if to her it's the type of recipe where you spill everything into a crock pot and walk away.

I wasn't aware, just by looking at the name of your dish, that it takes prep or additional work once it's in. Can you elaborate? Cuz now I'm curious too.

amother

NeonPink

Yesterday at 10:22 pm

Anything more than 2 steps is a patchke for me.

Any recipe asking for step 3 goes right over my head.

I don't enjoy cooking, don't enjoy the cleanup, don't enjoy serving, and don't enjoy food I cooked.

If it's up to me, I'd have a chef deliver dinners nightly and the kids self serving while I chill with them at the kitchen table.

And I'm chassidish living in a highly expectant culinary social world.

Aaargh.

amother

Red

Yesterday at 10:25 pm

I have a bunch and I dont make them often. When my house is clean, im well rested then I get into the mood of making patchkedik suppers
Salmon knishes
Eggrolls
Rice mixed with sautéed veggies and ground meat
Sesame chicken
Shnitzel
Latkes

amother

Yolk

Yesterday at 10:28 pm

I made falafel from scratch recently. It was delicious by definately a patchka and then all the sides to go with the meal, fried eggplant, coleslaw, Israeli salad, techina, fries.... But it was delicious! From fresh chick peas and a ton of fresh herbs .

amother

Snow

Yesterday at 11:27 pm

amother Lemonchiffon wrote:

Icecream that I have to separate eggs

Separating eggs qualifies as a patschke? Not in my book.

Bnei Berak 10 ↓

Yesterday at 11:31 pm

amother Papaya wrote:

Chinese chicken stir fry. Takes 20 minutes and that's a parchke in my book.

(I really don't think I'm going to win this thread...)

Nor do I.

↑ Bnei Berak 10

Yesterday at 11:41 pm

I once made a chiffon cake around Chanukka time (it contained oil). It has so many steps and the result was below ordinary.

amother

Grape

Today at 6:44 am

I actually think simple potato kugel is a patchka. I hate making it but love eating it……so the food processor comes out every week Smile

naomi2

Today at 6:53 am

Stuffed cabbage
Stuffed grape leaves
Beef jerky
Challah or any kind of bread. I feel like my kind is always on it even though I'm only doing 5 minutes of work for it every so often.

amother

Powderblue ↓

Today at 6:59 am

Chicken soup. I usually make a huge pot and then divide it. Cooking all day, waiting for it to cool, separating chicken from bones, dividing up into containers, washing all the dishes.

amother

Mintcream

Today at 7:13 am

amother NeonPink wrote:

Hi twin

amother

Oleander

Today at 7:15 am

Egg rolls/spring rolls is a big patchka

Battered chicken in a sweet and sour sauce - so many stages.

Both above foods are divine and worth all the effort. Usually yomtov foods round here.

amother

Begonia

Today at 7:18 am

I generally don't patchka although I do make bagels. Unlike the ima who mentioned them I don't find them especially patchkadik, but I tend make big batches at once so I don't do it all that often.

My big patchka was Yom tov time when I made mafrum for one of my kids who requested it. We aren't Sephardi so it really isn't part of my repertoire. Anywaysas I was making it I couldn't get over the patchka....like who even thought up this recipe... It was yum though.

For those who might not know, it involves:

Making a spiced minced meat mixture

Slicing potatoes and creating a pocket in each slice

Stuffing each pocket with the meat and then coating it with flour and egg and frying them.

Making a tomato sauce and then simmering the fried pockets in the tomato sauce.

Like why???? Meat patties in tomato sauce with potatoes on the side is also delicious....