Tomatillo and Peanut Soba Noodles

This dish came from another crazy thought process of mine.  Tomatillos are sour and in my mind can be used to replace a lime flavor.  I was trying to come up with a way to use some soba noodles I had on hand and they are right by the peanut butter in the pantry.  That is where the idea was born. 

I cooked the tomatillos in a flaming hot cast iron skillet to get a bit of char on them.  

Once they were cooked through, peanut butter, soy sauce and fish sauce went into the skillet to make a quick sauce.  Toss with the cooked noodles and call it dinner.

Jute Mallow Stew

Greenling was kind enough to provide a recipe for how to use the Jute Mallow.

As usual, I modified a bit by leaving out the chicken and serving the stew over polenta.

First into the pot goes the onion, garlic, jalapeno and cilantro.

The jute mallow is washed, prepped and ready to go.

Add in the chicken stock, jute mallow and lemon juice.

It is quite liquidy, but that really goes nicely with polenta.

Overall it was quite a nice dinner.  I've never seen jute mallow in a grocery store, but I think I would buy it again if I ever saw it.