My new blog!

Hey friends,


Welcome to my new blog. This is intended for all varying types of foodies. The foodies who only eat at the best restaurants, the foodies that spend their days and nights cooking, and the foodies that order pizza every day. Yeah you. We all have one thing in common: our love for food. So fuck the whole I don't cook thing you have going- its not very pretty on you. Cooking is the new basketball. Its sexy, fun, and gets you smelly. So get your hands dirty and go for it. One idea I've been playing with is meals in 20 min - for the on the go college student or working mother. I mastered the art of 20 minute meals my senior year of college when I had exactly 20 min to cook.. and eat. Fun.


But the point is, anyone can cook. I'm sick of hearing my friends say they can't. All you have to do is take a bunch of foods you like, throw them in a pan with some oil, and go nuts. The rest of this blog follows that golden rule. Only in some more detail. But the rule persists- regardless of the ridiculous hilla- concoctions, the rule is, once again- take a bunch of foods you like and throw them together. Don't think. Just cook.

And never stop singing. Or dancing.


Enjoy.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Ginger Soy Chicken

My Dinner:
Chicken breast marinated in a ginger, soy, miso sauce
sauteed with onions and chick peas
side of acorn squash

Prep time: half of "Let it Be"
Cook time: I don't know I was too busy cutting fennel. Yum.

Ingredients:
chicken breasts (2)
chick peas (half a can)
one whole onion (cut vertically- not too small or they got lost in the sauce)
ginger
garlic (3 cloves)
MISO PASTE << my new favorite ingredient and the maker of this dish. (Thank you sis)
brown sugar :) just a tad
salt n pepper (duh)
paprika
chili powder
sesame oil (also new favorite ingredient) - if you're from Clark/Worceser go to the international fish market on main st.  Procede to orgasm. They have everything. For a great price.
acorn squash
soy sauce
olive oil
thyme

I think thats it.. oh yeah.. add anything else you like :)))))

So the first thing I did- defrost the chicken, ah, key.  Run it under some water to speed up the process.  Some people put frozen meat in the microwave for a few seconds, I dont know, that never seemed appropriate to me.  Something about the radiation. Or the awkwardness of microwaved meat..

Wash the chicken, cut off the fat, cut it into cubes (of whatever size you so desire)
marinate the chicken in a tablespoon of sesame oil, soy sauce, and miso paste.
I cut up a shitload of garlic and ginger, cuz its fucking delicious.. and healthy
salt, pepper, paprika- to taste

Let sit for 20 min-1hr. (even more if you so please, won't hurt) but I would fridge it if its gonna be marinating for super long...

Sautee onions till slightly browned (you can drizzle some salt over the onions to prevent them from soaking up a lot of oil)
I also use spray vegetable oil- fab for the diet-minded

Add chicken, a pinch of sugar, another tbsp of miso paste and soy sauce (again, to taste) I also sprinkled some thyme.
I let the chicken cook for 20 min before the chick peas, but I'm sure it makes no difference.
Cook on medium for 30 min, then let sim.

I've been cooking with my mom since the fall of the Berlin wall, but just recently discovered the beauty of the sim.  So let sim for 15min-45min depending how much time you have, it really integrates the food and the sauce.

I tasted the chicken after 20 min, decided it was slightly bland (my taste buds are dead from eating spicy foods since age 3) and added chili power, chili flakes, and hawaiij- a yemenite spice that is similar to curry- made up of tumeric, cumin, ginger, cardomom.

So feel free to spice it up as you wish.

Enjoy!
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