Posted on
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
8:00 PM
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HK
A while back I bought a 2.5-lb bag of individually frozen chicken thighs from Trader Joe's. I liked that they weren't all stuck together and that I would be able to take out individual pieces to defrost. Since we get a lot of frozen fish (Albertson's has some nice bargains like 2-lb bags of individually-wrapped salmon for only $9) we'd been eating mostly fish lately.
After my little bounty of manager's specials from Ralphs exactly one week ago, I thought I'd try my luck again today. Didn't come away with much except for a sale on cherries and... a 49-cent package of presliced baby bella mushrooms. They obviously needed to be cooked right away. So I mulled over my choices, and decided on a standard chicken-rice-and-veggie fare.
- 6 oz baby spinach (also from Trader Joe's)
- garlic
- 1 package sliced mushrooms
- 3 chicken thighs
- rice
The preparation and cooking was pretty simple. Fried the garlic, mushrooms and spinach in a wok with soy sauce for flavoring. The chicken I coated with salt and pepper, and covered with flour before frying. Mixed-grain rice cooked on the side in the rice cooker, and voila! A simple, yet tasty meal.
And I have to say-- those chicken thighs are delicious! They were so easy to thaw-- I just took three frozen pieces from the bag at noon and set them on a plate to thaw. By the time I got home from work, they were ready to cook.
Here's a shot of the food. The color looks a little strange, must've been poor lighting, so it looks a little duller than it actually was. Of course, it didn't help that the chicken wasn't really browned well. Better luck next time, eh!
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