b) sydney over at the crepes of wrath featured a gorgeous photo of honey ginger chicken! and a recipe, too!
c) i have a tonne of reading to do, along with wrapping up a position paper on the ordination of women!
this calls for cooking!
i invited myself over to charbonneau house and fed the seven of us with the honey ginger chicken (with some amendments) as well as noodles, stirfry veggies, and apple pecan strudel. mmmm... amendments :)
while sydney convinced me not to be afraid of fish sauce, i still couldn't find any at no frills. maybe it's a frill? i subbed in watered-down soy sauce, and that made the sauce much darker than the inspirational photo. additionally, the charbonneau gang can't take a lot of heat, so i cut back on the ginger and chilies *substantially*, going down to only 1/4 of what the recipe called for. even so, the chicken was loaded with flavour! brimming, even!
after removing the thighs from the sauce, i added water to the pot, boiled it, and then threw in 3 packs of instant noodles. meanwhile, i stirfried europe's best zen veggies in some sesame oil and tossed in some toasted sesame seeds. this main course definitely bears repeating, preferably with (not so scary) fish sauce and the appropriate amount of heat.
the strudels were really straightforward, despite being my first adventure with phyllo pastry! i'd like to try baking something similar from almost-scratch some time, because in this case i used apple pie filling, pecan pieces, and bread crumbs. i sprinkled a little mozza inside and outside one of the strudels, because i love the way cheese interplays with fruit. the result was a delicious dessert that flirts with a range of textures and manages to satisfy the sweettooth without being overpowering.
(sorry for the fuzziness. fyi: mike's camera stinks.)
1 comment:
looks delicious! mmm. we should organize a cooking night sometime this spring (march?) when you're in town again.
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