#ffxv recipes

[cooking--with--ignis]

Salmon-in-a-suit, made by yours truly! Keep an eye out for v3 of the unofficial FFXV community cookbook for the recipeh :)

[schalakitty]

Alright, had to make good use of my own new apron and make a FFXV Recipe Recreation!

I made a chicken version of a Japanese Katsu Sando for the Grease Monkey’s Schnitzel Sandwich (since that’s what it is in the JP version and I’m good at making chicken katsu). It was very tasty and I totally recommend giving it a try for yourself.

(And friendly reminder that the aprons are currently on sale)

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Classic Tomato and Egg Stir Fry

This is a personal favourite recipe of mine. It’s one of the first dishes I learned once living on my own, as it’s incredibly easy to make and quick to cook. And if you’re looking to show off to friends about your Chinese cooking knowledge, it looks really impressive despite how little effort it takes to make.

2 tomatoes

3 eggs

Salt (sub. sea salt/season salt/soy sauce)

Cooking oil

Beat the eggs in a separate bowl, adding in a pinch of salt. If you are using soy sauce, note that it may change the overall colour of the recipe, but the flavour will be just as good.

In a pan, heat some oil on high. If you have a wok, I recommend using that as I find it often easier to cook with for stir fry since it’s such a quick cooking process.

Add the egg to the heated oil, quickly cooking it until it’s no longer runny. The egg does not need to be fully cooked through; it’s almost better if it still looks a bit undercooked and liquidy. If the oil is properly heated, the whole cooking process for the egg should take no longer than 10 secs.

Scrape the egg from out of the pan and back into the bowl. Wipe down the pan to rid it of excess egg before returning the pan to the stove. Add in more oil and heat on high.

Chop the tomato into large chunks. I prefer Roma tomatoes, but any kind will do. Add it into the heated oil and cook until it starts to soften, adding in some salt for flavoring.

WARNING! The tomato juice may cause the oil to jump, so be careful and stand back if need be to let the oil settle. Wear an apron to avoid any damage to clothes.

Add the eggs back into the pan, cooking it with the tomato until the eggs are fully cooked through. Taste test it and add more salt if need be.

Place and serve it when done.

Note: Though it’s not pictured in Ignis’s recipe, you can add in a hint of black pepper, shallots, and/or green onion for extra flavouring. To cook the shallots and green onion, dice it and add it in with the tomato and cook together.

I usually eat this dish served with a side of rice and highly recommend eating it that way. For those who are interested, this dish also can be made into a soup by frying up the tomato first, and then adding either water or broth (the amount of salt you add may change depending on which you choose, so taste it as you go). For the egg, pour it into the heated soup. Go slowly and be careful not to dump the whole bowl in one go so the egg is light and floating at the top of the soup (this may take some practice to get right).

Tomato-Egg with rice makes for a good meal. Especially served in a ChocoBowl :)

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“That’s It!” I’ve decided to make a cooking blog

I’ve really loved playing Road Trip Simulator 2016 with our four favourite boys, but I hold a particular fondness for ‘Cooking with Ignis’. The graphics for the food looked so amazing that I can’t help but get hungry every time I play, and I always walk away desperately wanting to try some of Iggy’s dishes (because seriously, have you seen the food in this game??)

As someone who really enjoys cooking, I immediately looked online to see if I could find any sort official cookbook or recipes from Square Enix, but disappointingly found nothing beyond a few images from their café, which even then didn’t really look like the in-game food. I then turned towards the fans, hoping someone else as equally hungry and desperate would have written something up, but beyond a handful of few simple recipes here and there (and chili con carne, why is there so many recipes for chili con carne??), it has been rather quiet on that front.

So fuck it; I’m gonna make my own recipes.

It’s going to take some time, but I’m determined to work through all of Ignis’s various dishes, doing my best to follow the visuals as well as finding the best substitutes for the listed ingredients to keep things as closely accurate as possible (unless I’ve been shopping for Anak meat in the wrong place this whole time.)

I recognize a lot of people reading through these recipes may not be intense chefs like Ignis, so I will do my best to keep things simple and provide options for alternative ingredients to make things easier, because let’s face it, we’re all gamers first and cooks second (otherwise you’d be following recipes from a real chef and not my blog.)

I don’t know how many people will end up reading this blog, but for those who do, I hope you enjoy it.