Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Food Blogging

Some people do recipes on Mondays, cat pictures on Fridays, etc. I'm not that regimented. I do cat pictures whenever Molly does something cute, and food whenever I feel like it. I promised you a recipe, so... Despite all the voting going on in New Hampshire, let's eat.

Orange and Ginger Chicken

2 boneless, skinned chicken breasts
2 tbsp peeled fresh ginger, minced fine
4 tbsp brown sugar
2 cups orange juice
1 tbsp grated orange peel
1 tbsp cornstarch

Slice breasts in half so you have four thin pieces. Flour lightly, salt and pepper to taste and then brown on both sides in a good olive oil in a skillet. No need to be sure they are cooked thru at this point, just brown lightly on both sides and transfer to a plate.

Add a touch more olive oil if needed and add ginger to skillet, cook for one minute. Add brown suger and stir for one more minute. Add orange juice and orange peel and bring to a fast simmer, stirring as needed.

Mix cornstarch with a bit of cold water and add to skillet and stir until sauce is thickened, reduce heat to a slow simmer. Return chicken to sauce, cover and simmer slowly until chicken is cooked through, about ten minutes or so. Serve over noodles or rice.

Part of the secret is not to overcook the chicken initially, before transferring it to the plate. Letting it finish cooking at the slow simmer in the sauce cooks the flavor in and leaves it really tender.

4 comments:

  1. I am sure Molly does a lot of cute stuff. You are just used to it by now. (Hiding from the printer probably is cute, in a Molly kind of way.) However, you are right about the eating thing; it has to happen no matter what else is going on. How would this taste with beef? (I might have some chicken hiding upstairs though.)

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  2. Actually, her chasing her tail this evening was rather cute. Not very photogenic, but quite a hoot. She was washing her tail and all of a sudden it became a toy.

    The recipe probably would not work well with beef. Orange and ginger is a bit too subtle. Better go obtain some chicken if, in fact, you don't have any. Might be okay with shrimp, tho.

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  3. Man, you do like your ginger, no? I'm not such a huge fan, though a couple of summers ago I really enjoyed making pear and ginger martinis. Probably at that time I got over-gingered once and for all.

    Still, this recipe looks pretty good, and really simple. A nice dish for a weeknight after work. Maybe I'll make it for the kids some day when I'm home early.

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  4. Anonymous10:33 AM

    I've been collecting Uncle Bills recipes so I will try this one tomorrow. We all love orange chicken, so this should be interesting. Thanks, Sir William !!

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