Orange Marmalade Chicken

"Chicken Butcher Diagram" You can buy this lovely diagram  here.

There is also a beef chart  you can look at on here too.

Now it is time to help 'edumacate' everyone on chicken meat cuts. We do not want any cooking casualties in the future. 

Now do we?

Fact of the day. Did you know there is a National Poultry Day? Well, if you like learning nifty days dedicated to something. Then you might want to click here. Besides, it is always good to expand our minds.

Even if it may be a whimsical fancy.

But before we get started on this recipe. Let us discuss what type of meat goes best with this dish.

Dark meat.

The reason why we would choose the fattier and richer part of the chicken is because it will give the dish a full and more rounded taste to it.

To be more technical on each pans 'use' click here.

And since this is a little like the orange chicken you think of when eating out at a 'Chinese' restaurant. It is best to eat this with a side dish of white rice.

And if I am going to be getting technical about the chicken. I might as well get technical in what type of pan I should be cooking in. Besides, learning how to use your cooking tools to its full potential can help cook a recipe well.

So why not? 

Right? 

And voila! 

I drew a diagram I found for you. It is funny how we do not look closely at certain things such as a pan. By looking at each one, you can tell it has its own distinct shape.


Yes, it is silly of me to get excited over such a small detail, but it is something I took for granted. Hmmmhmmm, yes, I know. Ha ha ha.

"Nothing is new under the sun."

Orange Marmalade Chicken

Ingredients:

4                       Whole Chicken Legs (or 10 drumsticks)
1 cup                Orange Marmalade
1/2 cup             Soy Sauce
1/2 cup             Honey
1 teaspoon        Garlic Powder (Or 2 cloves of garlic crushed)
1 teaspoon        Red Pepper Flakes
2 teaspoons      Hot Sauce (I used Sriracha to be more specific.)
1                       Whole Onion (Chopped)

Garnishes:

Bean Sprouts
Cilantro

Instructions:

In a pan (or to be more specific a sautoir pan), pour some olive oil in the pan to evenly coat the bottom. Then bring your stove to medium heat and put in your chicken and brown it a bit (make sure the chicken is properly thawed before cooking it).

This is cooking a little past the halfway point with the onions.

While the chicken is starting to cook a little bit. Mix the rest of the ingredients together in a bowl, and once mixed, wait for the chicken to brown evenly on both sides. (But do not let the chicken cook all the way through, it needs to still be a bit raw in the center so that it can sit and cook in the sauce.)

Once the chicken is nicely browned, pour your sauce over the chicken, then let it sit and cook through. When it looks properly cooked on one side with the sauce, make sure to flip your pieces of chicken over so that the other half has a chance to soak in the sauce.


At the halfway point of the chicken cooking, put in the onions (Why? We do not want to onions to become soggy and disintegrate into the sauce.).

The cooking time does not exist in this recipe I found, but use your judgement. If it is still raw in the center, then you can not eat it. Simple and easy to remember. 

Unless you like food poisoning. Ha ha ha.   

When the chicken is done cooking, serve it with some white rice (or own personal choice for a side dish). Garnish your plate with the amount of bean sprouts and cilantro you would like to eat.

And presto!

Your delicious chicken is now ready to be devoured by your stomach!

Now. Since it is still October. I have an excuse to go on a whim and start talking about how your stomach is a 'monster' that is waiting in the long dark pit of your stomach. 

Just lurking... 

And waiting... 

To be fed...

Which kind of makes me think of Star Wars from the way I am talking. You know.. 

When Luke Skywalker (His name is more strange sounding when I write it out but anyways!) was sent down into Jabba's pit to die from that alien monster thing. Come on. You know what I am talking about. 

Do not deny it! 

It is this sexy hunk of alien I am talking about.

Admit it. Your jealous of how sexy of a beast this alien monster from Star Wars is! Ha ha ha. I can see it now!

Oh silly you. If you do not know I am joking around, you will soon learn with each passing post I write in.

And with this, on an ending note of this blog:

Happy leaves are dying and falling off of trees somewhere!