Keiniku with Kureōru-go Masutādosōsu

Are you as tired of all of the chicken as much as I am? I thought I had a break for a minute with the whole Halibut situation and then what do you know where right back to chicken again. At least I know where I can find it. Keiniku, 鶏肉, Chicken is a universal entrée - everyone eats chicken and I would have to say it is easy to pick out of line up at your local Nakamura (has packages by kg and those wonderful little bite size wings I love) , Lala (has already fried chicken in the deli) or Hotto Motto (has sesame wings and all kinds of friend chicken with rice) and we can't forget KFC (fried chicken yes, mashed potatoes no but they had fried shrimp so thats a plus).  


Gina says chicken is "the House Steak" oh boy is she right when it comes to this recipe. The thing about chicken is its inexpensive and you can make it in many different ways sometimes you can even forget your eating chicken.  


Simple instructions I even let Robert help me.

• Flour chicken
• Fry chicken in a large skillet  (do you know I have a burner just for frying, the flame is higher than the rest and it has this weird this in the middle. I will do research and let you know what its called later)
• Remove chicken in tent with foil
• Add shallots, wine and cream to skillet
• Whisk in Creole Mustard ( I still have no idea if I'm making this right, I just add half horseradish and half mustard)
• Put the chicken back in the skillet and let cook until you can't stand the smell of the food anymore and you just want to eat it out of the pan
• Serve over rice (obviously rice is not hard to find here, the sell in in huge bags like the ones dog food comes in)

The chicken was so juicy and flavorful I didn't even need a knife to cut it up for the kids. And it doesn't taste like mustard just a whole lot of yummy goodness. And it was all done in less than 30 minutes. I say Rachel Ray better look out. =)

Per Chi!!!! ................Just for you Seestore

I'm back and ready to blog with a newly fitted head on my shoulders But before I go on with my usual babbling about my cooking adventures here in Japan I wanted to speak to all and anyone who would listen. About a week in a half ago my loving sister finally gave me a a heavily criticized report about my blog. Which left me wondering many questions and doubting the whole reason I was blogging anyways. She asked me a multitude of questions I ultimately had no answer for. Why this, Why that, Why, WHY, WHY. And it has taken me this long to answer so here it is.


# 1 Per Chi!!! For Whom!!! だれ!!!
Who in the heck knows who I am babbling to. I suppose anyone who is willing to listen....... Remember I am stuck on a completely different Continent away from everyone and anyone that would usually babble to on a regular basis. So if you like to cook, if you have family, are a wife, a mother or maybe none of the above. If your stuck somewhere like me. Then any of those reasons would be a good one to read my blog if not come up with one for yourself. (Not meant to sound the word that rhymes with itchy.)


#2 Why am I blogging?
I assume because it seemed like a good idea at the time when my husband first mentioned it. Now I know it is a lot more work than I originally anticipated. I imagined I could magically create a blog and everyone would love adore and follow me. As if I've been doing this my whole life. sort of like a new chicken in a hen house that got brought it while everyone was sleeping. Obviously that didn't work. But I am trying to make myself interesting and still blog about cooking from my cookbook, because gosh darn I said I would so I am. Even if it takes me forever to figure out how to write so people will understand my mindless babbling.


#3 Speaking of Babbling
I loose my train of thought at times and to know me is to love me. If you get confused you can always ask. Don't you love the nifty little comment section.


#4 To Cook or Not to Cook
Since I've started the cookbook I've probably gained around 10 lbs. So yes to answer my sister I would say the food is a little fattening. But to the cookbooks offense it is also delicious and if I wasn't sitting around all day or driving around all day and actually exercising I probably wouldn't have gained as much. So for my health and for my sister I will use my weights while sitting at the computer. =)


#5 I guess thats all I have to say so for now stay tuned for my next session of mindless comments.