It started with an innocent query of mine, in the "Ask me anything" thread started by Lord J esp: a request for a recipe. That thread took off in a discussion of foodstuffs. So is the Compendium ready for a food-devoted thread? Do we have enough amateur chefs (or professional ones, for that matter) to start a thread devoted only to recipes? We shall see.
I'll start off.
Chicken Scampi (It's a bit rough; I don't have the original recipe, so I'm going from how I usually make it)
A variation on Shrimp Scampi, with chicken. It's crazy delicious.
Ingredients:
Pepper & Salt, to taste
the juice of 1 small lemon
~2 pounds of chicken, cut into peices no bigger than 1" cubed
About 1/2-3/4 that much tomato, chopped. How much depends on how much you like tomatoes; sometimes I'll go with equal amounts. Anything over that gets a bit too tomato-y, though
1 stick (~8 oz) of butter
1/4 cup of olive oil (you can increase the olive oil & decrease the butter for a healthier treat. Margarine is also acceptable)
2 cloves garlic, minced
~1/4 cup onion, chopped, although more can be used, if you like onion
A bit of Parsley, if you're into that
Melt the butter in a pan with the olive oil, and breifly saute the onion and garlic. Add the chicken, lemon juice, salt & pepper now. I lean to more pepper, less salt, but that's personal preference, the original recipe uses twice the amount of salt (1 tsp to 1/2 tsp) to pepper. Cook until the chicken's nice and done, then add the tomatoes. Heat thouroughly, the remove from heat. Serve over the rice. Oh, and add the parsley at some point. The original recipe had it, I never use the stuff.
Apparently you can use pasta as well as rice. I wouldn't recommend it, rice is better for soaking up the delicious, delicious juices.
OK! Now it's your turn!
