Rick Bayless posted a recipe contest on Twitter this week: a recipe from his new book distilled to 140 characters, like so: “Sear 1.25# bnls chix brst; cool, cube. Brn 1 onion,add 3 grlc,2 poblanos (rstd,pld,slcd),6 oz chard,1c broth,1c crema.Boil2 thickn.Add chix”
Anyway, this was the result, and it was pronounced “Effin’ awesome!” by the teenager. She requests that I make it “Lots more. Can we have it tomorrow?”
Creamy chicken and spinach with roasted poblanos and caramelized onions
I used spinach in place of chard, which I hate, and used whipping cream instead of crema, which my store didn’t carry. It was quite good, and I’m not a fan of chicken or green chiles.
Looks yummy! I love simple recipes (& quick). Following from the SITS 31DBB.
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Always a good sign when a teen wants more of something :)
Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest–I’m glad I stopped by, today!
Thanks so much! I love your blog.
I’m loving the idea of reducing a recipe to 140 characters for Twitter. . .
Yeah, it’s fun. Of course, my mom’s recipes will mostly be easy that way: Toss roast in oven at 350. 20 minutes per pound. Done. :-)
That looks and sound totally yummy! I’m mostly vegetarian (yeah, mostly) – not all entirely by choice – but do indulge in the occasional bit of meat. Your dish looks like something I’d go for. Thanks for sharing.
SITS visiting today. Peace. ;)
Thanks, everyone! I’ll add your blogs to my feed.
Yes, Evelyn, it sounds like a fun concept. My mom’s cooking would probably work: “Throw a roast in the oven at 350 degrees for twenty minutes a pound.” :-)
Michelle: My veg stuff is more at my regular cooking blog: http://serenecooking.livejournal.com
I don’t follow recipes, but I use them as ‘guides’. I start with the basic idea and adapt for my children’s taste ( actually the lack thereof). Some like spicey, some think black pepper is too hot. Some like tomatoes and peppers, some will not eat anything that has’chunks’ in it.
What’s a mom to do? Eat the good food and let the kids eat the plain old regualr stuff like hot dogs, hard boiled eggs and baked beans- the plain ones with NO CHUNKS!
I try, but they don’t. Oh well…
Hi, Dawn,
When my kids were little, I didn’t make two separate meals. I just offered three or four things per meal, and they could choose which things they wanted. I had one picky eater and one non-picky one, so sometimes the picky one would just take the green peppers out of the salad, or just the rice, but it worked out okay, and once in a while, he would try something because everyone else was eating it.
My mom forced us to try everything; I think that’s a bad approach. I think that offering kids plenty of wholesome foods and letting them choose what they eat is a much better, more humane, drama-free way to go about things.
I like brief directions but had never heard of twitter recipes- so cool!
Looked yummy too.
First time here from SITS #31DBBB :-)
It looks yummy but I have no idea how to read that recipe.
In English, it’s “Sear 1.25 pounds boneless chicken breast; cool and cube. Brown 1 (sliced) onion. Add 3 cloves (minced) garlic, 2 roasted/peeled/sliced poblanos, 6 ounces chard, 1 cup broth, 1 cup Mexican crema. Boil to thicken and add chicken.”
There’s a much more detailed version. I’ll post the link in a moment. (I’m on the iPad and sometimes if I navigate away to look something up, it eats my comment.)
http://www.suntimes.com/recipes/poultry/2445090,bayless-creamy-chicken-greens-recipe-063010.recipe
That sounds delicious! Thanks for visiting my blogoir last week on my SITS day. I appreciated your nice comment.
You’re welcome, and thank you. I can always use more good writing in my life.
Hi! I’m stopping by via the 31DBBB blog hop. That dish looks so good! Yum!
Thanks so much! I’m not a huge fan of chicken, but even I liked it.
It sure does look effin delicious!
Thank you!
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