Roasted Chicken

This post comes with the following advice: don't go grocery shopping after 4 beers. You may end up with a 7lb chicken. It was on sale!!

I prepared this monstrosity of a chicken by roasting it in the oven for about 2 hours with some rosemary and lemons inside. The white meat was thoroughly dried out (exactly as Mandy likes it) while the dark meat was pretty close to perfect for me.

Green Curry Chicken

Mandy suggested I make this for dinner for myself and I complied. I think she just really wanted me to get rid of the can of coconut milk that had been in our cupboard for months.


List of Ingredients:
About a pound of chicken (I used chicken thighs)
Green Curry Paste (about a tablespoon, I should've used more)
Two cloves garlic
Can of unsweetened coconut milk
Some chicken stock (I have no idea how much I put in, probably about 1/2 cup)
Handful of green beans
One red pepper


I heated the some olive oil with the two cloves of garlic and curry paste. I then sauteed the chicken until it was cooked almost entirely through. Then went in the remamining ingredients, which I brought to a boil, then simmered for about 20-25 minutes. While the curry was simmering I made my rice.

Pretty straight forward. It doesn't have a "complex" taste like you might encounter at a Thai restaurant, but its good enough for my dinner.

Random Deliciousness

I present to you, chicken fried in bacon fat.

They were eventually placed onto some nachos along with bacon, red peppers and cheese.

Delicious.

Penne and Chicken

Slow week for Joe Cooks Dinner and Stuff. I haven't actually been cooking all that much, instead opting for sake and sushi in some far off Brooklyn neighborhood as well as a nice little italian meal to celebrate some good news in Hobo Gary's life. However, fear not as I still have some food related musings.

I had actually forgotten that I made this until I found a picture while going through our camera today.

I've been pretty bored with jarred sauce for the past few months, so I was determined to try something new.

I made a sauce using some basic canned tomato sauce, garlic, basil, white wine and cream. Next time I make it (and if Mandy is not joining me at the dinner table), I'll probably throw some onions in there as well.

I sauteed some chicken with just salt and pepper, and mixed everything all together. It was pretty decent, and a definite nice change from jarred sauce.