Hi folks,

I was planning to make Paper-wrapped Chicken for dinner, but today has been
rather chaotic--I find things in the park a lot, like a wine bottle from
1760 and pipe bowls from 1590, that sort of thing, so I found, of all
things, a modern human jawbone today, and have been rather occupied with
showing the police where I found it and so forth. Could be from an old
graveyard that used to be about a mile from that park--but could be someone
who disappeared 60 years ago or 5 years ago, could be anything. Anyway, I
now have 45 minutes to whip something up for dinner. Not a problem--stir-fry
it is! But I was rather in the mood for the subtle five-spice aspect of
Paper-wrapped chicken. So, while I look recipes up online, I'll also check
back here every few minutes to see if anyone has posted a suggestion for
something I can make. Any suggestions/recipes that come in too late for
tonight will be greedily consumed in the near future! I have been cooking
complex, simple, intricate, and plain Chinese fare for many years, so don't
hesitate to post things that need a bit of know-how or odd ingredients like
water chestnut flour or yellow lump sugar.

Thanks,
Katrina

Well, this recipe's for udon vegetable salad, but it's fast and great.

1/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup rice vineger or cider vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup dark sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
1/2 t five-spice powder
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

Whisk all together. Cook maybe 6 or 8 oz. of noodles -- udon,
fettucine, whatever. Prep a pound of mixed vegetables: boil some
asparagus or green beans, grate some carrots, dice some red peppers.
Heck, toss in leftover chicken or anything. Mix all together, toss
with dressing. Fast, healthy, delicious.

(You can leave out the basil, and substitute chili oil for the
jalapeno.)

"White Monkey" wrote in message
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Hi folks,

I was planning to make Paper-wrapped Chicken for dinner, but today has
been
rather chaotic--I find things in the park a lot, like a wine bottle from
1760 and pipe bowls from 1590, that sort of thing, so I found, of all
things, a modern human jawbone today, and have been rather occupied with
showing the police where I found it and so forth. Could be from an old
graveyard that used to be about a mile from that park--but could be
someone
who disappeared 60 years ago or 5 years ago, could be anything. Anyway, I
now have 45 minutes to whip something up for dinner. Not a
problem--stir-fry
it is! But I was rather in the mood for the subtle five-spice aspect of
Paper-wrapped chicken. So, while I look recipes up online, I'll also check
back here every few minutes to see if anyone has posted a suggestion for
something I can make. Any suggestions/recipes that come in too late for
tonight will be greedily consumed in the near future! I have been cooking
complex, simple, intricate, and plain Chinese fare for many years, so
don't
hesitate to post things that need a bit of know-how or odd ingredients
like
water chestnut flour or yellow lump sugar.

Thanks,
Katrina


What park are you referring to? I know, Jurassic right? :-)
--
Lefty

Life is for learning
The worst I ever had was wonderful

What park are you referring to? I know, Jurassic right? :-)
--
Lefty


Here in the Netherlands, the parks were mostly built onto boggy ground,
necessitating the bringing-in of lots of dirt from elsewhere. The dirt
around here was dug up in Delft and Gouda from the grounds around the
pottery districts, thus all the pottery fragments. The pipes were smoked
almost continually by farmers an sailors and there's almost nowhere in the
Netherlands they aren't an extremely common find. And the edge of one pf
these parks was just rebuilt, and is still an expanse of sea-bottom sand,
which is where I dfound the 18th Century wine bottle. I'm always popping in
for the local archeology center's monthly day when the public bring in
things like this to have them identified, dated, etc.
--Katrina

1/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup rice vineger or cider vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup dark sesame oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
1/2 t five-spice powder
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

Whisk all together. Cook maybe 6 or 8 oz. of noodles -- udon,
fettucine, whatever. Prep a pound of mixed vegetables: boil some
asparagus or green beans, grate some carrots, dice some red peppers.
Heck, toss in leftover chicken or anything. Mix all together, toss
with dressing. Fast, healthy, delicious.

(You can leave out the basil, and substitute chili oil for the
jalapeno.)


Thanks, that sounds good! I happen to have a large package of fresh udon
noodles right now. They're my toddler's Absolutely Favorite Thing in the
Whole World. Oh, except for these little hard Italian bread thingies with
olive oil, parsley, and garlic (they're great for the teething).
--Katrina

White Monkey wrote:
I have been cooking
complex, simple, intricate, and plain Chinese fare for many years, so don't
hesitate to post things that need a bit of know-how or odd ingredients like
water chestnut flour or yellow lump sugar.

Thanks,
Katrina


I know I am a bit late here, and this is not too complicated, but we
like this "coating" for stir-fry chicken:

2.5ml ground turmeric
2.5ml ground ginger
5ml salt
5ml ground black pepper
10ml ground cumin
15ml ground coriander
15ml caster sugar

Mix all this in a bowl and then use it to coat your chicken pieces. We
usually use 3 or 4 boneless chicken breast pieces, cut into cubes. You
are very welcome to add anything else you fancy - but this is nice as a
base. Stir-fry with veggies of your choice.

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy