9/30/09
Cooking!
I have an AWESOME slow cooker...that I never use. I need to change that, esp. now with Micci's evening soccer practises, it would be smart to cook dinner ahead of time and eat as soon we all get back. (Don't worry Micci has a snack before practise...we all eat our main meals later than most.)
Tonight we are having Orange Chicken, from this awesome cooking blog: A Year of Slow Cooking. Her recipes are all gluten free as well, I gluten them up because luckily we don't have gluten issues in our house. I used the 4 quart pot (my lovely slow cooker has three pots to chose from: 2, 4, 6 quarts)
You brown the floured chicken first (for the color and flavour--slightly burned (aka browned) meat always tastes better). I added salt, pepper and garlic powder to the flour.
Then you plop that in the crock pot, ahem the slow cooker. And start making the sauce.
I altered the recipe a teeny bit, added a tad more sugar, pepper, a few drops of sesame seed oil, and a squirt of honey. I probably should have used less ketchup. There is a decided twang that I don't love because I do not like ketchup...but it might turn out better in the cooking.
Pour that all over the chicken-tossing it around. Now the recipe said pour over evenly, toss to coat. I am wondering if I have too much sauce and too little chicken? It asked for 1.5 pounds...I used about 4 breasts. Extra sauce is good--it'll be nice on the rice.
Then just set it for 6 hours on low and hopefully we will have a yummy dinner tonight with little fuss.
I am going to cook the rice when we get home and roast some zucchini and squash while the rice cooks. Jamey has been on a zucchini and squash kick lately. I am gonna try to make it taste better by roasting it and sprinkling some Parmesan over it.
I am writing this blog, just after I put everything in the pot. I even took pictures. Come back later on tonight and I'll have finished pics and reviews. I am hoping Mic won't give us a fuss.
Update: Looking back maybe I should have used the 2 quart...hopefully it'll still come out right...
Update: finished!
Yeah, I did use a too big pot. It cooked WAY too fast. And was very dry. Sigh. I think it was done (maybe a bit too done) when Jamey came home to pick us up for soccer practise. I switched it to "warm" and left. It kept on cooking and drying... Lesson learned: size matters!
But the roasted squash and zucchini came out great!
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