Hello! Well, i havent blogged for a week and a half because i was trying to get photos of the food from colin to upload! But we never got around to it. so lemme try and remember what i've been eating since.. last last wednesday....... lets see..
thursday.. i cant remember what i ate on that day.. i'l ask colin when he gets up
friday.. oh i didnt eat anything for dinner on friday because i was supposed to go out and then i didnt so all i ate was vegetable buns. ahhahahha
saturday OH yes!
for brunch Colin, Jesse and I went to the wonderful Bagel World on dekalb in fort green. Anyone looking for really good bagels in fort green/clinton hill should definately give this place a visit (i'm pretty sure everyone who lives in fort green knows about the wonder that is bagel world) Their everything bagel is my absolute favorite, and goes great with lox. ahahha :D i'll check the price next time and update ahahhaha.
lets see... then.. oh yes. in the afternoon i stopped by dean and deluca (we were in soho shopping) and i picked up a Siggi Skyr Icelandic Yogurt. Must be pretty popular seeing how the only flavor left was orange and ginger. This yogurt is SUPER thick and SUPER creamy, but toally delicious and even though i can only eat so much dairy, i loved it.
for dinner we ordered Mexican and our favorite Mexican place on wilson ave and hart st. Super delicious and really affordable. I usually a chicken and steak taco (1.99 per taco), and sometime a chicken tostada. a direct quote from my friend david on his favourite thing to order "burritos are the best, because they give you a gigantic pile of the burrito stuff on the pita, so you have to eat down the mound before you can actually make a rolled up burrito out of it. it's brilliant." (burritoes are 4.99)
i think at midnight we also went to grand morelos on grand and metropolitan and got more mexican food. ahhahaha Colin and i love ordering the Chicken torta here. But actually.. since theyve changed the decor and what not.. something about this place just doesnt seem the same...
sunday.
oh yes. Colin and i woke up late, so we made fried chicken wings ahhaah (i know thats a really odd thing to eat first thing in the morning, but still). well i did a little experiementing, and ended up with two kinds of chicken wings
needs: flour, seasoning eg. chilli powder, roast chicken seasoning, salt, pepper, flavored bread crumbs, two eggs, 8 wings, 1 big zip lock bag. and a pot with oil. ahha STOP HERE if you want thin batter wings, but if you want thick batter you also want 1/2 to 1 cup of milk
- so i started off by putting all the wings into a big pot and soaking it in some really really hot water (i'm a little ocd and i think its good to wash off the dirt or whatever.. also i find that doing this helps get rid of some of the oil from the skin).
- then i threw in all the dry ingredients into the zip lock bag.
- beat eggs, roll chicken wings in eggs
- put chicken wings into bag and toss so the flour etc covers the wings.
- when oil is ready (you can throw a little piece of bread crumb in.. you'll know the oil is hot when th bread crumb bubbles quickly and floats) then put your wings in! I find that because of the shape of the wings, your better off putting the wings with the outside facing down first. Make sure you have enough oil (there should be enough oil to cover the up to the middle of the wing.. but dont worry about the tip.. it'll cook when you flip the wing over)(usually i try not to use too much oil in my food but you cant really do much about it when your deep frying chicken wings lol). let the wings sit in there for a while until golden then flip over. take out the wings when they are golden brown.
so if you want you wings to have a thicker batter, pour some milk into the bag of dry ingredients (with the eggs and the wings in it) and make it til the wings are thoroughly covered. then repeat the last step.
oh wow. this is really a giagantic post. maybe i will stop now and continue into another post. ahahhaha
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A more environmental friendly way to make chicken wings is to “Bake” à fewer calories, less oil and less work.
ReplyDelete1) Use a scissor to trim away the thick fats on the side of the wings; poke small holes on the wings to help it absorb the sauce.
2) Marinate wings with ginger, garlic, sesame oil, black pepper, soy sauce, salt, sugar and wine. Without or with just very little cornstarch. The wings when cooked become a bit sticky. (Cornstarch has to be used for chicken meat like breast fillets to make the meat smooth and tender though.)
3) Put an iron rack in the baking pan filled with some water.
4) Lay the wings on the rack with the thick fat side up.
5) Bake until cooked, (pre-heat oven to 280 - 350 degrees, bake for around 20 minutes, depends on your oven). Poke the wing to see if it’s cooked. No blood coming out or the meat is detached from the bone means cooked.
6) If you want it crispy and brown, turn on “grill” for a minute or two. Leave the oven door open when grill to avoid burned or charcoaled.
Another even more simple way to cook the wings is using a rice cooker.
Repeat the same marinating steps. Pour the wings in the rice cooker with the sauce. Do not add water. Do not open the lid when cooking. Wings when cooked will be soft and tender. Keep them in the fridge and you can eat them with rice for a few days.
Remember to trim away the skin fats on the side.
If you don’t do that, you better stay away from wings cause it’s just too much fats.
All those fats are not good ideas for health and weight watch.
A more environmental friendly way to make chicken wings is to “Bake” à fewer calories, less oil and less work.
ReplyDelete1) Use a scissor to trim away the thick fats on the side of the wings; poke small holes on the wings to help it absorb the sauce.
2) Marinate wings with ginger, garlic, sesame oil, black pepper, soy sauce, salt, sugar and wine. Without or with just very little cornstarch. The wings when cooked become a bit sticky. (Cornstarch has to be used for chicken meat like breast fillets to make the meat smooth and tender though.)
3) Put an iron rack in the baking pan filled with some water.
4) Lay the wings on the rack with the thick fat side up.
5) Bake until cooked, (pre-heat oven to 280 - 350 degrees, bake for around 20 minutes, depends on your oven). Poke the wing to see if it’s cooked. No blood coming out or the meat is detached from the bone means cooked.
6) If you want it crispy and brown, turn on “grill” for a minute or two. Leave the oven door open when grill to avoid burned or charcoaled.
Another even more simple way to cook the wings is using a rice cooker.
Repeat the same marinating steps. Pour the wings in the rice cooker with the sauce. Do not add water. Do not open the lid when cooking. Wings when cooked will be soft and tender. Keep them in the fridge and you can eat them with rice for a few days.
Remember to trim away the skin fats on the side.
If you don’t do that, you better stay away from wings cause it’s just too much fats.
All those fats are not good ideas for health and weight watch.