I have LoveBytes every second day of the month. Since I am sadly lacking pithy wit and possess in abundance germs thawed out from the great mammoth plague of 450 BW (Before Wombat), I am instead going to talk about…food.
No really. Food. Yeah, look surprised but the main reason I want to bring it up is because so many of us eat. I know. Take a moment. Get over the shock.
Breathe. It’ll be okay.
Now, one of the main things I ended up getting cornered on was… how to cook something quick and tasty. Yeah, like I’m Julia Child but it was nice of my friends to think I won’t poison them somehow.
Really, I wouldn’t do that. Poison is so messy. I mean the things it can do to the body. They always show it as this neat little gentle slump to black but really, some of that shit can rip the meat off of your bones.
I actually want to point you to a site I’ve been noisily pimping out to my friends. More specifically, a certain type of sauce packet that you can purchase on this site that will make your life so much easier.
The packets are Noh Seasonings
Because I believe if you can spend less than half an hour in the kitchen and get a dinner out of it, life is good.
Now the thing with all of us working and whatnots—if you’re a writer or a parent, you know you have your share of whatnots—it can be a bitch and a half to try to render down a good lemon sauce to put on top of your chicken katsu. Noh’s version is actually is pretty damned tasty and I can say the other sauces they have on the site are fantastic.
Okay, don’t get the fried rice one. That’s just a waste. I’ve already taught you guys how to make fried rice.
And if you get the teriyaki burger one, don’t add a lot of water. Really, it makes the thing too soupy. Just toss the mix into the burger and add an egg or something.
If you DO want to make lemon chicken, bread and fry up a flattened chicken breast or thigh then slice into finger-width slice… or you can just grab some chicken tenders and toss those in the oven. This is a judge-free cooking zone. I will NOT judge you.
Unless you cook Minute Rice in which case, circle of hell with people who talk in theatres.
Oh, and get a rice cooker. A cheap rice cooker. It doesn’t need to play music or make enough for a marathon sushi trot, just enough to do 3 uncooked cups of rice… which comes out to six. It’ll give you space if you need more—say you want to make jambalaya and cook the rice with chicken or veggie broth instead of water to flavour it—or if you actually DO want to make sushi which we can talk about later.
I would say to anyone here, go look around the site and maybe take a chance on something. If you already cook with a bit of Asian, there’s plenty there for people who are a bit further away from someplace they can stop and grab a bento on the way home.
Oh…and another thing, your life will not be complete without HelloPanda and CoffeeBeat. Just saying.
It’s not Chinese, but try Panko, it’s Japanese breadcrumbs. Great for making Japanese hamburger patties besides a ton of other stuff.
Heh. I live on Panko. D
I’m trying the lemon sauce next week! It’s been ages since I’ve made katsu.. Yummy. When I first met my husband, he introduced me to Minute Rice. It’s a miracle we had another date after that. But he now sees the light. Thanks for the two recipe sites. Will check it out. Smooches!
OMG Someone cooked dinner for me once with Minute Rice and I was like” what the hell is this!” It totally blew the date. In my defense, i was young and had not yet learned tact, but it was HORRIBLE… like what I imagined they served in foreign prisons… I was insulted they called it rice. Just saying. : )
I don’t think minute rice is real. It’s like unicorns. I refuse to even believe it exists 😀