As I go through life, I eat and cook all sorts of food. I will share these experiences with you and the recipes I develop. I hope to make it fun and interesting.
Monday, April 4, 2011
PF Chang's?
Tonight I made dinner. We were all in the mood for something like PF Chang's. So I went to the store and wandered around trying to get some inspiration. Walked down the Asian aisle and came across nishiki rice. I was pretty sure that was the rice that PF Chang's used. Then I started thinking about how I loved to pour the sauce over the rice and let the rice soak it up. And that's when I thought of what sauce and product to use! I always get excited when it all comes together in my head. Ran around grabbing oranges, ginger, garlic, chiles, soy sauce, and other ingredients to do a mildly spicy orange sauce to go with a stir fry-like dish of chicken, asparagus, green onions, and red peppers. Then I bought some beautiful baby bok choy to serve with it (which now, I remember I forgot to use it!). Got home, started prepping everything and put it together. It all came together for real like it did in my head. And that's the best! Everyone enjoyed it, even my nine year old daughter, who is really picky. Although on a side note, she does like foie gras raviolis and braised lamb shanks. My poor sick 22 month old daughter could only eat the rice, but she really loved it. Because it was sticky, she could use her fingers and she is in to that style of eating. It was a success over all.
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