I’m planning to get caught up on the miscelaneous things that I’ve taken pictures of recently. Though James is currently yelling “eat time!” at me, and he’s already pushed his high chair into the kitchen. So… we’ll see how much gets done. :)
I found this recipe for Sweet and Sour Chicken and Fried Rice on Pinterest, and last week I gave it a try.
It turned out sooooooo good! The kids were pretty “eh” about it, but that’s typical for most dinners I serve. :)
It’s hard enough for me to make a new recipe, much less one with the “help” of my children, so I didn’t take any process shots. The blog with the original recipe has some pictures in it, and I plan to make this again (maybe on a weekend?) when I can take a little time and take pictures.
The recipe absolutely took longer than I thought it would; I think I was in the kitchen two hours to get it done, but it was worth it to me! It won’t take as long the next time I make it, now that I know what I’m doing. The only change I made to the original recipe were the oils for frying. I won’t use canola for anything, and I simply didn’t have sesame oil. I subbed palm shortening for both, and it was great.
To me, the chicken didn’t taste so much like sweet and sour, more like another dish that I’m absolutely drawing a blank on but that I like very much. (Helpful, aren’t I?) It totally hit the spot for Chinese food; I’m glad I can fix that craving without having to go out!
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