Very few holidays -- Chanukah, Christmas, National Pancake Day -- go uncelebrated in our home. So of course we celebrated Chinese New Year.
Night one was dumplings. We didn't get pictures of them. Sorry guys.
But night two is when the fun starts. I've been wanting to make Hainanese Chicken for a while now. It's not too involved and it's got all sorts of great flavors. And I was curious - I mean, take a chicken, put it in water to cover, bring it all to a boil along with some ginger and garlic, simmer it for 10 minutes, and then turn off the heat and let it sit for an hour. That's it?
More or less, yeah. Then use the stock, from simmering the chicken, to make some rice, and make some dipping sauce, and eat it all with cucumbers, tomatoes, scallions, cilantro. Enjoy.
And trust me here: although it looks a little bland, with lots of pale white stuff, the chicken has some great ginger flavor, the rice is nice, and when it all comes together, the flavors really fuse - it's tender, and savory, and refreshing even.
And then night three: pizza night, because it's almost been a week. That BBQ sauce of the month club has us flush in BBQ sauce, so I doctored some up with ginger, sriracha, five spice powder, and a bit of soy sauce, and made an Asian BBQ Chicken Pizza. (If you're a pizza purist, obviously, that sounds awful to you.) So toss on leftover chicken, fresh mozzarella, fontina, and scallions and cilantro, and enjoy.
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