Recipe: Chicken with Snow Peas

This is actually a really easy to make meal. It isn’t exactly like take out but it’s also not completely healthy either so it fills that need for take out without having to do too much work and unlike a lot of Chinese-American food it isn’t fried so it’s not too terrible as long as you’re not worried about salt content. You can easily switch out snow peas for broccoli/other vegetables or add them in this one dish, just make sure to par-boil or soften them in the microwave beforehand so it all cooks together.

Chicken with Snow Peas

Adapted from Baked in the South

 

Recipe: Yakisoba, Oyakodon Style

I love Oyakodon and Yakisoba so for this dish I decided to combined the best of both worlds and then top it with a perfect little fried egg hat. The dish is definitely one best saved for a special occasion thanks to a considerable amount of work but it not fail to impress any guest.

Yakisoba, Oyakodon Style

Recipe: Chicken Goulash (Austrian Style)

I find this goulash to be completely addicting. Something about stewing chicken in tomatoes makes them irresistible to me (see also : Chicken Vindaloo). This is a pretty easy to make, it requires a small amount of up front work for browning the chicken but after that it basically cooks itself and you simply come back and collect it at the end. It’s served by itself sometimes but more likely on top of spaetzle (egg noodles), pasta, rice, mashed potatoes or even bread.

Chicken Goulash

Adapted from Food.com

Recipe: General Tso’s Chicken

This recipe is mostly born out of my lack of desire to fry things. I don’t like frying because it’s wasteful of oil, it’s pretty messy, and I usually burn myself. The best fried food comes from professional fryers and since they’re at least $100 for a very good fryer that I will use all of once or twice a year I tend to lean towards adapting deep fried recipes to be oven or pan fried recipe. This recipe was absolutely delicious but a little too much work for a weeknight.

General Tso's Chicken

Adapted from Laa Loosh

Recipe: Japanese Chicken Curry

This dish takes time. It’s a labor of love and it’s worth making in bulk due to the large scale process. It can be frozen and it can also be halved if you’d just prefer to make less. Japanese curry is not hot like Indian or Thai curries and instead is made with a roux and has a thick, stew-like texture to it.

Japanese Chicken Curry