OK, I only have one lone issue of C@H that hasn't been packed and stored at our new house, so my choices were limited. :-) I decided to keep things relatively quick and easy, since it's summer and we're all doing lots of other fun things!
Menu:
Red-cooked Chicken (Feb. 2007)
Sushi-Roll Rice Salad (Feb. 2007)
Mandarin orange sections
Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches (from Eating Well, April 2007)
Red-cooked Chicken
1 bottle low-sodium soy sauce (10 oz.)
1/3 c. dry sherry
1/2 c. scallions, chopped
3 T. brown sugar
2 slices fresh ginger
2 star anise pods
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 t. red pepper flakes
4 chicken hindquarters, skin removed
sliced scallions
Bring first 8 ingredients to a boil in a large saute pan over high heat.
Add chicken, cover with a tight-fitting lid, and reduce heat to medium. Simmer 30 mins., then turn chicken over; cover and cook an additional 10 mins. Transfer chicken to a plate and tent with foil.
Boil braising liquid, uncovered, until syrupy, 3-5 mins. Strain sauce through a sieve into a bowl and spoon off any fat that rises. Brush sauce onto chicken to coat.
Garnish with scallions and serve with extra dipping sauce.
Sushi-Roll Rice
3 T. rice vinegar
1 T. fresh lemon juice
1 T. sugar
1 t. wasabi paste
4 c. hot cooked white rice
3/4 c. carrot, julienned
3/4 c. cucumber, halved, seeded, and sliced into half-moons
3/4 c. edamame, shelled, thawed
1/4 c. scallions, sliced
salt to taste
1 T. sesame seeds, toasted
Whisk first 4 ingredients together in a small bowl; set aside.
Toss rice, carrot, cucumber, edamame, scallions, and vinegar mixture together in a large bowl. Season with salt.
Garnish with sesame seeds.
Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches
Vanilla wafers
Raspberry sorbet
Top a vanilla wafer with 1 T. sorbet. Top with another vanilla wafer to make mini sandwiches. Freeze for at least 30 minutes to firm up.
I happen to have vanilla wafers and raspberry sorbet on hand, but I also have chocolate graham crackers and coffee ice cream, so I intend to make some variations on this idea. What other creative ideas can we come up with??
Menu:
Red-cooked Chicken (Feb. 2007)
Sushi-Roll Rice Salad (Feb. 2007)
Mandarin orange sections
Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches (from Eating Well, April 2007)
Red-cooked Chicken
1 bottle low-sodium soy sauce (10 oz.)
1/3 c. dry sherry
1/2 c. scallions, chopped
3 T. brown sugar
2 slices fresh ginger
2 star anise pods
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 t. red pepper flakes
4 chicken hindquarters, skin removed
sliced scallions
Bring first 8 ingredients to a boil in a large saute pan over high heat.
Add chicken, cover with a tight-fitting lid, and reduce heat to medium. Simmer 30 mins., then turn chicken over; cover and cook an additional 10 mins. Transfer chicken to a plate and tent with foil.
Boil braising liquid, uncovered, until syrupy, 3-5 mins. Strain sauce through a sieve into a bowl and spoon off any fat that rises. Brush sauce onto chicken to coat.
Garnish with scallions and serve with extra dipping sauce.
Sushi-Roll Rice
3 T. rice vinegar
1 T. fresh lemon juice
1 T. sugar
1 t. wasabi paste
4 c. hot cooked white rice
3/4 c. carrot, julienned
3/4 c. cucumber, halved, seeded, and sliced into half-moons
3/4 c. edamame, shelled, thawed
1/4 c. scallions, sliced
salt to taste
1 T. sesame seeds, toasted
Whisk first 4 ingredients together in a small bowl; set aside.
Toss rice, carrot, cucumber, edamame, scallions, and vinegar mixture together in a large bowl. Season with salt.
Garnish with sesame seeds.
Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches
Vanilla wafers
Raspberry sorbet
Top a vanilla wafer with 1 T. sorbet. Top with another vanilla wafer to make mini sandwiches. Freeze for at least 30 minutes to firm up.
I happen to have vanilla wafers and raspberry sorbet on hand, but I also have chocolate graham crackers and coffee ice cream, so I intend to make some variations on this idea. What other creative ideas can we come up with??
-jenni
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." Virginia Woolf
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." Virginia Woolf
