Monday's Dinner was supposed to be Stir-Fried Sweet and Sour Chicken. Since I'm pretty sure I had some form of Swine Flu (no, seriously), we ordered pizza. It was lovely to have dinner show up at the door, nice and hot, and not have had to do a thing. (Scott ordered it online, too, which meant no phone call. I always try to get out of the phone call, I hate it.) The only problem was, I was so stuffed up I couldn't taste, so the jalapenos on the pizza were all for nought. Bummer.
Tuesday's Dinner, therefore, was the Sweet and Sour Chicken. I had this mental picture of sticky, sweet, tangy, orange saucy chicken. Then I made the recipe, and changed my mental picture to Better Crocker sitting in her kitchen inventing this recipe saying, "You know, I think I'm going to make my OWN Chinese Food! How exotic!" Except it wasn't. To be fair, the lack of taste may have had as much to do with my stuffy nose as it did with the ingredients. Once we tasted it, Scott ran for the cayenne and the salt. People, I have to say, until this project, I have almost NEVER salted my food. Except for air-popped popcorn, corn on the cob, or raw mozzarella... things that obviously require it. Now? I'll do anything to get some flavour. Scott and I both took the first bite, kind of looked at each other, and then speared a chicken piece thinking that the flavour MUST be hiding in there! It wasn't, but surprise, surprise! It was hiding in the pineapple! Chicken, green pepper, onion, carrot, pineapple, cornstarch, vinegar, honey and oil. Le sigh.
All in all, readers, not terrible. But it was no Quick Jambalaya.
ps: Sarah, this picture is of the actual food I made. I took it just for you ;)
Of course I clicked on the picture before reading the last part to determine if it was a real photo or an internet fake. I love the real picture. More more more!
ReplyDeleteOmg, Sarah. Do you really think I would try to fake you out with an internet photo? You, of all people, who is so familiar with the internet... ordering gifts for people left, right and centre!!!
ReplyDeleteHave to say....not at all what I pictured when you said sweet and sour chicken. I guess I was picturing something more along the lines that sauce you get in little plastic packages with Chinese food....
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