March 29, 2006
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Right now, I’m connecting using my phone. It’s not the fastest connection in the world, or the cheapest, but I can sit in my apartment and surf with no restrictions (except for speed) while wearing whatever I want.
I’ve been cooking in my kitchen again. Amazingly, I can make complex things, but simple things continue to escape me. Apparently rice takes time to master. White Rice. Uncle Ben’s White Rice. No joke, it took me 2-3 tries to get something that I liked. Maybe I should go back to making mashed potatoes from scratch.
The other day, I got tired of cooking out of the cookbook, so I decided to just make something. You remember when you were a kid, and you would mix things together that tasted good? Remember how screwed up it came out? Well, I figured that I have years of experience, so I should be able to do this without screwing up royally. I figured that most of the things I cook are chicken breast with some type of sauce. All I needed to do was create a sauce. Hmmmmm. What did I have….. Lachoy Sweet and Sour Sauce (a bit on the tangy side, though), honey, orange juice……. Screw measuring.
The logic behind this is that I want to sweeten the sauce up, and give it something to cook off due to the heat. Basically, the sauce will thicken. That’s what the OJ is for. Just imagine that the taste will concentrate. I don’t know what was weirder: when I mixed it up, or when I took sips of it to get an idea of the taste.
Cook the chicken breasts in a pan with vegetable oil turning it over to brown on both sides. Then pour in the sauce. Turn over repeatedly until it’s no longer pink on the inside. Takes a total of 30 minutes to prepare. It turned out pretty damn good.
On a related note, I’m also watching the series Chef!, which is a British comedy that I saw a while back and liked. It’s about a chef (duh) and the kitchen he runs. Trust me, it’s funny. I just can’t explain it to you in type. You have to see it for yourself. I recommend buying it.
Black 6, out.
Comments (7)
Whatever you cooked for me when you were here was awesome! Too bad I don’t eat chicken anymore…
a skill i still have not grasped… so i didn’t see a post dedicated to “Q: How to get as good as Pat with cooking; A: Dream or do this to come close” in that module you have of old posts, any chance of seeing one in the future?
CHEEEEEEEF!!!!
you should give asian rice cookers a try. all you gotta do is put rice and water in the machine and it’s ready in about 15 min.
Hmm! Come cook for me!
Lachoy = Filipino?
High speed cooking there. I’m still on the poptarts WITH SAUCE phase.
Glad to see your home sir.