Cheesefood
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I made a fantastic meal last night and it occurred to me that since we all share beer recipes, why not recipes for food?
Last night's meal was a Carribbean styled experimental dish: Mango garlic chicken with caribbean whipped sweet potatoes and vegetable medly. (This was all done on the fly with stuff in the kitchen)
1. Garlic Mango chicken:
Take a couple of chicken breasts and, with a paring knife, make 3-5 cuts on each side and stuff them with slivered garlic.
Put them in a sealed container with some mango juice (I had some in the fridge that was purchased for mango margarita night several weeks ago).
Place in the refridgerator for 30 minutes or more, then grill. Flip it only twice for each side, and dunk into mango juice during flips.
2. Carribbean whipped sweet potatoes:
Boil two peeled yams or sweet potatoes for about 45 minutes. Drain, then add one banana, 2-3 tbsp butter, 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk, <1/4 cup bourbon (I might try with dark rum in the future and cut the brown sugar), 1/4 cup (or more - to taste) brown sugar and 2-3 ounces of vanilla (to taste). Whip until creamy.
3. Vegetable medly:
Open freezer, pull out steamer bag of Bird's Eye vegetable medly. (I used the Broccoli, water chestnut, carrot and peapod mix). Microwave for 5 minutes.
Quite yummy. The mango juice caramelizes nicely to seal in the chicken's juices, which mingle with the garlic to cut the sweetness. The potatoes are like dessert or some sort of wonderful pie filling. I take no credit for the veggies other than buying and nuking them.
This meal was paired with a Goose Island IPA. The hoppy, bitter flavor balanced out the sweetness of the meal.
Last night's meal was a Carribbean styled experimental dish: Mango garlic chicken with caribbean whipped sweet potatoes and vegetable medly. (This was all done on the fly with stuff in the kitchen)
1. Garlic Mango chicken:
Take a couple of chicken breasts and, with a paring knife, make 3-5 cuts on each side and stuff them with slivered garlic.
Put them in a sealed container with some mango juice (I had some in the fridge that was purchased for mango margarita night several weeks ago).
Place in the refridgerator for 30 minutes or more, then grill. Flip it only twice for each side, and dunk into mango juice during flips.
2. Carribbean whipped sweet potatoes:
Boil two peeled yams or sweet potatoes for about 45 minutes. Drain, then add one banana, 2-3 tbsp butter, 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk, <1/4 cup bourbon (I might try with dark rum in the future and cut the brown sugar), 1/4 cup (or more - to taste) brown sugar and 2-3 ounces of vanilla (to taste). Whip until creamy.
3. Vegetable medly:
Open freezer, pull out steamer bag of Bird's Eye vegetable medly. (I used the Broccoli, water chestnut, carrot and peapod mix). Microwave for 5 minutes.
Quite yummy. The mango juice caramelizes nicely to seal in the chicken's juices, which mingle with the garlic to cut the sweetness. The potatoes are like dessert or some sort of wonderful pie filling. I take no credit for the veggies other than buying and nuking them.
This meal was paired with a Goose Island IPA. The hoppy, bitter flavor balanced out the sweetness of the meal.