Going out to eat is one of my favorite pastimes. But it's not always practical. So I took up another hobby in conjunction with my current hobby. Learning to cook my favorite restaurant meals. One of the top ones was (they took it off the menu), The Cheesecake factory's bbq salmon with mashed potatoes, corn succotash, and fried onions on top. Yummy!!
For the mashed potatoes, I use red potatoes (6 small ones) with the skin on. Boil them, drain, mash, add 1/2 stick of butter and 1/2 cup of milk, salt/pepper to taste.
BBQ'd salmon, I broil mine for 3 mins on both sides covered in barbecue sauce, after I sear it on both sides lightly seasoned with salt and pepper.
For the corn succotash, I decided to just use frozen mixed veggies. Boil until just cooked, so veggies are still slightly firm. Salt and pepper to taste.
Then I assemble, mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, salmon (little extra bbq sauce), and fried onions on the top. So simple and much cheaper.
