Archive for July 7th, 2008
Recipe of the Week – Asian Chicken Thighs
(from the Chicken Entrée Collection at emealsforyou.com)
I find the easiest way to make friends in the neighborhood is to cook something really fragrant…allow me to explain. We did this in our home in the Chicago suburbs and then again after we moved. A couple of houses ago we installed a microwave- range hood that faced our neighbor’s driveway. I would cook my usual meals, usually with a lot of garlic and Jim would call to ask what I was cooking that smelled so good. Back then Jim didn’t cook except for the occasional grilling, now it is hard to keep him out of the kitchen, but then again Brenda doesn’t really try too hard.
I first had these chicken thighs in San Francisco about 25 years ago. We were walking around the Cannery on the Wharf and could smell these wonderful wisps of very fragrant cooking. Being of the large nose variety I was able to pinpoint the location, a small street vendor cart in the courtyard. They served these on crunchy sourdough bread and we instantly found a new favorite. Years later we would call our youngest son and have him go into the garden and get some fresh thyme, add the other ingredients into a baggie and place it in the frig. Once home I would simply light the gas grill and wait for the neighbors to react. You see they smell as good cooking today as they did all those years ago. Got any crunchy bread?
Asian Chicken Thighs
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Chicken Entrée |
| Meal: | other (General) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | cup | soy sauce |
| 2 | Tb | Worcestershire sauce |
| 2 | medium | scallions, sliced |
| 5 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
| 1 | tsp | thyme |
| 1 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | tsp | pepper, fresh cracked |
| 8 | medium | chicken thighs, boneless |
Place all ingredients in a large plastic bag. Squeeze the lemon juice into the bag then put the whole lemon in as well. Seal bag and place in refrigerator for at least 1 hour, turning several times. Remove chicken thighs and place on a grill or under a broiler, cook until done, about 10-15 minutes. Serve with rice, salad and some crunchy bread.
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