Ever since our oldest Alex came home from college, we apparently do not know how to buy enough food for a household of six. Add to that the kids are done with school and trolling the house and fridge during the day. There is nothing left in my refrigerator and it is Wed night! Here is what I have; roasted chicken, and the standard ingredients for a mirepoix ( french for a trio of carrot, celery, and onion). OK, first thoughts are I can make Fajita's. That became moot when I looked and found only 5 tortillas. Next thought, chicken tortilla soup. No.... not hearty enough for my husband as a meal. What to do what to do? I started looking online and found no inspiration. Then it hit me, I have been cooking long enough I can create something. (Note: I am not a big creator of something from nothing, I generally create a recipe based on the foundation of many recipes for one dish and tweak it from there) I started chopping, slicing, dicing and asked my assistant Samantha (youngest female child) to make a yellow rice. The sizzle from the pan and aroma emanating was teasing me, I was not yet sure if this was going to work. My family walked through the door and my daughter say "wow it smells so good I am soooo hungry". It smells like Chicken Parikash.( A Hungarian dish passed on from generation to generation in my family). My heart sunk, I love Chicken Paprikash as do two of my kids, but my husband and Samantha are not big fans. Did I just create another version of the same dish? Ugh! However, I used completely different ingredients and did not use any Paprika, which is a major part of Chicken Paprikash. At this point there is not much to do but serve and hope they like it. Table is set and it is the moment of truth......and OMG everyone loved it.Yippee!
Does anyone have a recipe they made up that is a big winner?
So, in our Asian household, we would do something fairly simple. You could make a chicken fried rice (usually put egg, soy, minced ginger, minced garlic, sesame oil, frozen mixed veggies, chix broth). We also make a hot ginger/scallion soy sauce to dip the left over chicken and eat it with white rice and vegetables. You could also make a chicken stir fry.
ReplyDeleteAsian food is something I am not very versed in, although we do use breaded chicken breast leftovers for Chicken fried rice.... I am embarrassed to tell you that I learned how to make it from Tyler Florence... However, I have mastered it and add my own items these days. I would love to know how you make the Ginger scallion dipping sauce.
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