Our guest liked it, or at least she was very polite.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
We All Have Some Cooking "Flops"
It wasn't a complete disaster, just disappointing. It seemed like a good idea to stuff the chicken with eggplant and cook it up with veggies.
As you can see, it looked nice, all dressed with squash, mustard and catsup, but I probably overcooked it. I went against one of my big cooking rules. I did overcook the veggies. Eggplant and chicken need different cooking times, so by the time I trusted the chicken to be finished--and it was rehated before Shabbat and on the platta (hot plate) for another couple of hours--yuck! I don't like overcooked food.
Our guest liked it, or at least she was very polite.
Our guest liked it, or at least she was very polite.
When I stuff a chicken (usually with leftover mushroom barley soup), I do it when the chicken is one half to three-quarters cooked.
ReplyDeleteLive and learn. When I was twenty, I learned never to put eggplant in a soup. Too bitter.
Leora, I had a very good eggplant soup at HaGov last year.
ReplyDeleteI should have added the veggies to the chicken later in the cooking or not had it on the platta so long. I'll probably try again...