Wendy Showed Me This One
Last week, inspired by Wendy, I finally bought myself a cast-iron pan: there’s a kitchen supply store in the Italian Market that has incredible prices, and I found a 12-inch pan, preseasoned, for $25.00. And this is what I made (also inspired by Wendy).
1 pack boneless skinless chicken thighs, seasoned with salt and pepper
3-4 cloves garlic ppressed and/or sliced thin.
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1 pound green beans
1 cup rice, steamed.
Preheat the oven the 375-400 degrees. Lightly oil the surface of the frying pan and add the thighs. Bake in the oven, turning once, until the chicken is browned and sticks to the bottom of the pan. Set aside cooked chicken, leaving the fat in the pan.
On the stovetop, over medium heat, briefly saute the crushed red and garlic in the chicken fat, then toss in the green beans. Return to oven until beans are cooked. Serve with rice (or cous-cous) on the side.
Freakin’ awesome.
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January 29th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
just wait for my new food blog!
January 29th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
you better let me contribute.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:00 am
Me too. I need a good new cast iron pan myself. My last long-term ex-gf did the old “I don’t like your pans, they’re old”, bought a new set, threw mine out, and then we broke up and I moved out. So I’ve got pretty much a bunch of shite cookware. My last batch of roommates basically stole half of the cookware in the apartment when they moved out, which makes matters all the more awesome. There’s a large wok at my current apartment that is starting to “season” everything I fry in it with flecks of the black coating. Mmmm. And the other small, coated frying pan is good, but too small to do much beyond a couple of eggs. My latest fave has been dicing up chicken breast, seasoning it with the Zatarain’s cajun seasoning (the dry canisters that I have only been able to find in Louisiana), stir frying it and tossing in a bunch of whatever vegetables I happen to have (tomatoes, asparagus, broccoli, baby bellas, etc.) and serving it over rice. Dammit. Now I’m starving and I’m an hour commute from home. Damn you Skwire. Damn you!