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azurelunatic) wrote2004-05-01 12:41 am
azurelunatic) wrote2004-05-01 12:41 am
Things, stuff, food, et cetera
After I got off work and chilled for a bit, it was time to go get food for the Temple. We have a chicken problem -- namely, someone cooks chicken, and then it just sits there. And it gets thrown out. Sometimes it doesn't even get cooked.
So this time, I did what I'd been planning to do for the longest time, and cooked the chicken, stripped it from its bones, and shoved it into the dehydrator. Come morning, we will have bone-dry chicken bits, suitable for shoving into random soups as meat. They'll keep quite a long time, one should think, especially if we got a vacuum packer.
If we can refrain from nibbling on them as if they were jerky. Mmm, jerky.
The bones with the residual meat that was too hot to get off are in the crock pot along with the juice, stewing and simmering so that I can toss it in the fridge and go after it with the big strainer later, and have soup ready once the last bits of that stew disappear.
Mama's chicken -- the baked chicken with the garlic -- really spoiled me for chicken cooked any other way. Also, I've found that some chicken isn't cooked well enough for me -- because I know how chickens live, and how clean they are, all my chicken must be fully done to overdone. Any hint of anything that looks like pinkness is enough to make me eat no more chicken, even though everybody else swears it's completely done.
So this time, I did what I'd been planning to do for the longest time, and cooked the chicken, stripped it from its bones, and shoved it into the dehydrator. Come morning, we will have bone-dry chicken bits, suitable for shoving into random soups as meat. They'll keep quite a long time, one should think, especially if we got a vacuum packer.
If we can refrain from nibbling on them as if they were jerky. Mmm, jerky.
The bones with the residual meat that was too hot to get off are in the crock pot along with the juice, stewing and simmering so that I can toss it in the fridge and go after it with the big strainer later, and have soup ready once the last bits of that stew disappear.
Mama's chicken -- the baked chicken with the garlic -- really spoiled me for chicken cooked any other way. Also, I've found that some chicken isn't cooked well enough for me -- because I know how chickens live, and how clean they are, all my chicken must be fully done to overdone. Any hint of anything that looks like pinkness is enough to make me eat no more chicken, even though everybody else swears it's completely done.
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But everything's nicely dried out this morning.
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What a great idea, the dehydrating! Makes me want to go buy a dehydrator!
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I've never seen chicken disappear that fast -- I gave my roommatesister some, and POOF! Bones.
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Now, we'll see how the chicken does reconstituted in soups and so forth...
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One of our favorites is "Chicken Glop"
1 bag frozen chicken cubes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatos
1 package pasta
spices
stuff
Start water to boil for the pasta.
Toss the chicken in the microwave to thaw. Open the two cans and toss them into a saucepan on medium heat. Add spices and stuff. Spices can be anything in our spice cabinet. Stuff is mushrooms, garlic, spinach, bell peppers, chopped carrots - whatever's handy and looks good today. Toss the chicken in when the microwave declares it thawed. After the mixtures starts to bubble, turn it down to low and cover - simmer until the pasta is cooked.
The water for the pasta usually starts to boil about the time I turn the sauce down to simmer. Toss the pasta in, cook, drain, return to pan, pour sauce over, serve.
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Sadly, we're dealing with a very small freezer, though cubed cooked chicken doesn't sound too bulky to store. We'll have to try some of that next time.
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