Who's Chicken?

Here are three chicken recipes that I've totally stolen from cookbooks. But they're so good I had to share!

Flamin' Poultry (serves 2)
Ingredients:
- 2 teastpoons butter
- 1/4 cup hot sauce
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast, halves, cut into bite size pieces

1) Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the hot sauce and mix.
2) Add chicken, stir to coat, and cover. Cook for about 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Crispy Cracker Chicken (serves 2)
Ingredients
- 1 egg white
-1/2 cup crushed crackers or chips (Wheat Thins, Triscuts, Tortilla chips, etc)
-1/2 grated Parmesan cheese
-2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
- I like to add chilli powder, dried basil, or whatever

1) Preheat the oven to 350 degress F
2) Beat the egg white well. In a separate dish, mix the crushed crackers and Parmesan.
3) Rinse and pat dry the chicken breasts. Coat first with the egg white, then the cracker mixture
4) Plce the chicken in a pan and bake for about 35 min., until the chicken is cooked through and the cracker coating is crispy.

Finally, Chicken Delight (serves 2)
Ingredients
- 2 Chicken breasts (or turkey)
- Handful of basil leaves
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup of miso or bouillon

1) Lay a sheet of foil on a baking tray and place the chicken breasts on the foil.
2) Tear the basil leaves, halve the tomatoes, and toss over the chicken
3) Using a teaspoon of bouillon or miso, mix a half cup of boiling water to make a stock and then pour over the chicken.
4) Fold over the foil to make a parcel and bake in the oven on 400 degrees F for 20 mins.

I love all these. They're hella simple and make great leftovers.

San Fransisco- The Ferry Building

Possibly the greatest food day ever was the Ferry Building. It's a building, by a ferry, that's just food. Lot's of it. And different kinds. We went on a Farmers Market Day and had some of the best peaches, nectarines, and strawberries ever! Then we went inside for some shopping! Here's the rundown:

- While standing around the farmers market we spied Elizabeth Faulkner (from Top Chef Masters). We then proceeded to spend about 20 mins deciding whether or not we should ask for her picture. By the time we manned up, she had left.

- We stopped by Boccalone, a sausage place owned by Chris Cosentino (Food Network celeb chef). Is it sad that my mom and I get crazy excited by Food Network Stars?

- We stopped at a mushroom place and got a piece of Dark Chocolate w/ Black Truffle Oil. Fancy; it was $4 for an oz of chocolate.

- For lunch we got a Delica bento box with rice, hijiki salad (a form of seaweed), a traditional seaweed salad, and fantastic pork katsu (breaded and fried pork). Tasted like Japan.

- We got Chai High Honey. Basically it's a honey that will flavor black tea to taste like Chai Tea. Yum!!!

- We tried cheese at Cowgirl Creamery (a renowned SF cheese place). I got fresh chevre (my fave!!) and my mom got a Humbolt, a cow's cheese available only on the coast of Cali.

- After all this we got a coffee from Blue Bottle Coffee. It's a special Japanese-style drip coffee that is the strongest stuff I've ever tasted! I've had lots of coffee (that's a different post) but this stuff kicked my butt! I couldn't even finish it.

-Finally we got the best raw oysters from Hog Island Oysters. I love raw oysters! And this is a pic.



We got the 6 different oysters. My fave is the one with peppers in it. I believe it's from Virginia.

Hungry yet?

San Fransisco- Asian Food

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! My computer was in for repairs. So here's a continuation of my mother's and my SF Adventures! Of course, we had the prerequisite of sushi, and steamed pork buns (aka bao).

My mom and I went to a restaurant called Morph. It's Asian Fusion, which I'm usually not a fan of. But these dishes were as delish as they were gorgeous.



This was a Tuna Salad. It's got two kinds of seared tuna, and onions and sprouts that have been covered in a lemon-ginger dressing.



This was my entree. Small, yes, but filling. It's miso-marinated Alaskan cod with sauted asparagus,carrots, and cherry tomatoes. Awesome!!

I would have taken a pic of my desert (Thai pancakes with strawberries and a green tea sauce) but I ate it too fast!!



Next to Chinatown! This is what's called Dim Sum. It's like Chinese tapas, Or Epicurean Russian Roulette. My mom and I looooove a good Dim Sum, but we're never quite sure what they're giving us. What happens is that kind Chinese people wheel around carts of food and ask you if you want whatever they're serving. Usually it's impossible to decipher exactly what the dish is. So you get it and hope it's not chicken feet. My mom and I are fortunate enough to understand what we want, as we've eaten so much Dim Sum. On these plates were: sesame seed balls, some sort of rice/chicken concoction, duck, Chinese-style shumai with shrimp, and tea. Yum!!!