Chicken skewer inspration

Good Afternoon,

Last night was one of those nights where I was really motivated to get home and have a nice night at home cooking dinner and watching TV. I think they call it relaxing….haven’t had many nights at home lately so it was an opportunity to spend some quality time on the couch.

So the plan was to make up a dinner menu when I got home depending on what I felt like, what the bf felt like, what was in the pantry, fridge and/or freezer. The bf ended up having to work so I had a door open up of so many more opportunities of what to cook myself, which is great and all, but oh so confusing and muddling to my brain (which is trying to relax). My mind went straight to the chicken skewers that I have been thinking about recreating from the takeaway shop around the corner from work. The inspiration served enough for me to get some chicken out and get it defrosting. A perfect accompaniment was some fried rice, so I got the random selection of veges from the fridge and my Microwavable Smart Rice out.

Chicken skewers:

Hoi Sin sauce

Soy sauce

Peanut butter

Oyster sauce

Peanut oil

Fish sauce

Chilli sauce

I threw in a bit of each of these and mixed it all together. Mixed through my roughly medium cubed chicken breast and set that aside.

I skewered the chicken onto some bamboo skewers which I had soaking in water.

I then put a bit of canola oil into a pan and fried the skewers until they were cooked.

Fried Rice:

Microwavable Smart Rice packet

Peanut oil

Handful of Cabbage, sliced

Quarter of a Carrot, diced

2 eggs, mixed with a fork

Half a tomato, cut into wedges

Chilli sauce

Soy sauce

Oyster sauce

Fish sauce

I cooked my Microwavable Smart Rice pouch as per the directions and set aside.

I put a little peanut oil into the hot wok and added the eggs. Cooked the thin omelette and chopped it roughly with the spatula I was using to flip it and set it aside in a bowl.

I put a bit more peanut oil into the wok and added the chopped veges and stir-fried for a few minutes until tender. I added the cooked egg and the rice and added a fair glug of soy, chilli, oyster and fish sauces and mixed and fried and mixed.

Timing was a bit hap-hazzard last night, so I had the egg cooked before I skewered the chicken, then I set that aside and put a halt to the rest of the rice cooking until I had the skewers in the pan cooking. It was thrown together and things were everywhere in the kitchen, but I stayed calm and relaxed, which was my overall goal, so mission accomplished! Unfortunately I didnt end up cahieving what i wanted out of the chicken skewers, but they were delicious non-the-less, and of course wont ever be cooked the same again anway :)

I used up the fridge remains ready for a shopping expedition on Wednesday to that was another underlying accomplishment (one of my pet hates is having to a half shop when I would normally do a full shop because I get enticed by all of the deals and end up doing a double shop to somehow compensate!) Pet hates aside, I managed to make something out of my relaxed state and I did end up on the couch watching re-runs of Offspring which ended a great cooking experiment.

XO

NJC