Last weekend, I cooked. It was good, though it was ridiculously bad for my diet. I made stuffed mushrooms and chicken wings and salsa and tomato apple chutney and fajitas.
It was good.
Day: March 6, 2007
Awwww, lookit!
[Recipe] Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients:
3 bacon rashers, chopped
55g/2oz white breadcrumbs
grated cheese (parmesan or mature cheddar)
salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 large flat mushrooms, stalks removed and chopped
1/2 tsp thyme
olive oil
1. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
2. Gently melt the butter in a pan and saute the bacon and mushroom stalks until almost cooked. Add breadcrumbs, thyme and seasoning for a few minutes and saute until golden.
3. Place the mushrooms onto a non-stick baking tray and drizzle with oil. Spoon the breadcrumb mixture into the mushrooms and sprinkle cheese onto each until covered.
4. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until golden and the cheese has melted.
[Recipe] Chicken wings
Wings:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1/4 tsp. black pepper
20 chicken wing segments
– Prepare the chicken wings by boning wings into 3 segments. Get rid of the wing tip or use it for chicken stock. I try and trim as much fat/skin from the wings as I can (but seriously, there's no way in hell this any part of this meal can be considered healthy, so you can skip this step if you want)
– In a shallow dish, combine flour, salt, paprika, chili powder, and pepper.
– Coat chicken entirely in the flour mixture
– Deep-fry chicken, 8 – 10 pieces at a time, in 375F/190C degree oil for 10-12 minutes.
– Drain chicken on a wire cooling rack for 30 seconds, then immediately toss fried chicken in buffalo sauce mixture and remove with a slotted spoon.
– Repeat with remaining chicken.
Sauce:
4 Tbsp margarine
5 Tbsp Tabasco sauce
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
– Melt the margarine over medium heat in a heavy saucepan, add the hot sauce and the 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Stir well and remove from the flame immediately.
Blue Cheese dip:
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (I used Cornish Blue)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar or white vinegar
Mix everything together in a food processor. Add salt/pepper to taste.