I had chicken, I wanted spice and heat, I wanted to use my new chopstick set (£2 in Hong Kong). So I did a chicken-y modification of the green peppercorn tofu recipe, dredging my chunks of chicken thigh fillet in cornflour before frying it really hard in a small amount of olive oil.The chicken came out of the pan while I made the peppercorn sauce, then went back in to heat through, with some par-cooked tenderstem broccoli. Unfortunately we were out of fresh or grated ginger, so I
used a knob of stem ginger cut into slivers, and left out the muscovado sugar, counting on the sweetness from the ginger to balance it out. And it did.
12 comments:
looks quick & tasty
Sounds wonderful! I love your placemats too, beautiful.
mmmm. that sounds so delicious!
Looks delish! How were the chopsticks?
Thanks SSS - I think this will be on high rotation at our house for a while.
Kat - it was very tasty, and pretty quick. The chicken needs quite a while to crisp up, but you can prepare all your other stuff while it is cooking.
Natashya - aren't they pretty? £2 for the whole set!
Heather - thanks!
Jacki - the chopsticks were very good. Wood, no splinters, nice shape, good length.
Nice photo work. I have a darkish kitchen but my pix come out flat. Yours, on the other hand, are quite lovely.
That sounds amazing. I always crave this kind of food - the only thing that could possibly make it better would be copious amounts of noodles.
12th man - thanks! My photography is a bit touch-and-go usually.
Heather - I think rice would be better. The sauce would ooze through rice perfectly, but might not coat noodles properly.
The chicken sounds good. Did the chopsticks come with the cases? Beautiful.
I could've sworn I saw a Pilu in Noosa, but we were being hurried on and I was really hungry so i must have been imagining things :)
I do like the sound of the chicken & green peppercorns. Very tasty.
I think there was a Pilu in Noosaville - now closed - no connection to the one at Freshwater, Sydney.
This sounds tasty but I would never manage this with chopsticks!
Dee - yup - 2 pairs of chopsticks in cases, napkins and placemats came as a set.
Mother - you should try it. I am sure you'd both love it. It has a real bite but the sweet, salty flavour is somehow similar to your Balinese pork.
Sam - all the bits are big; very easy with chopsticks!
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