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Re: Frugal grocery shopping?

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:27 pm
by captainspoke
captainspoke wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 3:15 am True, broccoli and cauliflower are thru the roof, and broc on the small side besides. ... I can do without cauli but gotta have broc ...
I bought the most gigantic head of broccoli today for only 95 yen.

I'd already planned tonight's dinner, but tomorrow will be something I call chicken-broccoli curry.

(recipe to follow)

(I guess you can see I live an exciting life.)

Re: Frugal grocery shopping?

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:18 am
by StockBeard
Still waiting for the recipe :)

Re: Frugal grocery shopping?

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 7:30 am
by captainspoke
For two.

Into a two liter teflon pan...

4 cloves of thinly sliced garlic
1 tbsp or so neutral oil (I use grapeseed)
maybe a dozen shakes of ground black pepper
2-3 shakes of ichimi
1 red or yellow paprika (sweet bell pepper) chopped up as small as you want
150ml water (approx.)

Get it going, stir, and leave it on very low, stirring now and then.

Prep as much as you think two servings of broc will be, bite sized, set aside
Slice up about 180-200g of chicken breast--and I always use sasami for this. (trim out the white connective thing)

Add the broc to the pan, stir and bring up the heat a little (add more water if it's getting dry)
Let that steam for a good minute, just to when its green color brightens.

Push the veggies to the sides, heat about medium, and add the chicken, moving it around so it doesn't stick together.
(Add a little water if needed)

When the chicken has all just whitened, add about 200cc of yoghurt, and then a 1/2 teaspoon or so of S&B curry powder

Bring that to a low boil/simmer, and it's done (don't overcook). Serve next to rice.

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Salt--I use a shaker and salt the veggies about as much as I'd salt them on my plate. Then more when adding the chicken, again about like I'd do if that much chicken was on my plate.

Key point--any other veggies are less important, but don't kill/overcook the broccoli (easy to do).

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Options: Skip the bell pepper and add more broc, string beans work okay but take a bit longer to cook, a little chopped onion if you have some left over, mushrooms are okay too. Use half each of red/yellow peppers for good color mix with the broc.

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I'm making this one, with salads and rice, tonight.

Re: Frugal grocery shopping?

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:38 am
by MyTime
^^^That sounds like something even I could manage! I might give that a try.