# Made Better With Butter

> Home-cooked recipes, each adapted from a credited original, with every change listed. No ads.

Every recipe page embeds schema.org/Recipe JSON-LD. A plain Markdown version of each recipe is linked below.

## Recipes
- [Tasty Big Ass Charred Shrimp](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/big-ass-charred-shrimp.md): Costco U-15 shrimp, butterflied, buried in a lime, cilantro and 30-clove garlic butter, and charred hard on the grill.
- [Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/jack-o-lantern-stuffed-peppers.md): Orange bell peppers carved with faces and stuffed with Impossible meat, Spanish rice, Ro-Tel, jalapeños and fire-roasted green chiles.
- [Sous Vide Ribeyes, Charred Over the Fire](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/sous-vide-ribeye.md): Ribeyes bagged with garlic, rosemary and butter, held at 129°F until they're medium-rare edge to edge, then charred hard over a campfire for under a minute a side.
- [Andouille Chicken Orzo Soup](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/andouille-chicken-orzo-soup.md): Gumbo flavors on a Tuesday night — andouille, chicken thighs, the holy trinity and orzo, no dark roux. About 40 minutes.
- [Chicken Orzo Soup](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/chicken-orzo-soup.md): A weeknight soup built on homemade stock and a rotisserie chicken — a dozen cloves of garlic, lots of mushrooms, and orzo in the last ten minutes.
- [Dungeness Crab Cakes](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/dungeness-crab-cakes.md): Big chunks of fresh Dungeness held together with as little binder as it'll take, chilled, then fried crisp in small batches.
- [Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/instant-pot-mushroom-risotto.md): Risotto without the stirring — three times the mushrooms (baby bella and shiitake), triple the butter, and a little Aleppo pepper.
- [Mexican BBQ Street Corn](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/mexican-street-corn.md): Corn grilled in the husk, then a toppings bar — butter, mayo, cotija, lime, Tajín and Tapatío — so everyone builds their own.
- [Paella Mista](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/paella.md): Chicken, chorizo, prawns, clams and mussels on saffron rice — a holiday paella for eight, cooked in one big pan.
- [Portobello Pizzas](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/portobello-pizzas.md): Big portobello caps as the crust — Rao's marinara, pepperoni, olives and a lot of mozzarella, roasted at 400°F until the cheese crisps.
- [Dark, Rich Chicken Stock](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/rich-chicken-stock.md): Start with a Costco rotisserie chicken, fill the pot, and let it barely simmer for 12 to 24 hours. Salt it at the end.
- [Mexican Street Corn Chicken Chowder](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/recipes/street-corn-chicken-chowder.md): Chelsea's slow-cooker chowder, made meatier and hotter — triple the chicken, four times the garlic, jalapeños and Aleppo pepper.

## Guides
- [Seattle Eats](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/eat/seattle/): The restaurant list we gave our wedding guests, from Pike Place hand pies to Canlis.
- [Touristing in Seattle](https://madebetterwithbutter.com/go/seattle/): Quick stops, half-day outings and full-day trips: the list we gave our wedding guests.