well there has been some serious lack of posting on this blog lately, possibly because of the shit weather we have been getting these last couple weeks.
BUTTTTT were about to churn out some goodness in the next couple...promise!!!!!!
<3<3<3 jb
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
FAMILY ROAST
chicken chicken chicken mmmmm its always a good choice for dinners, bbqs, etc. And obvi the easiest choice for good wholesome family dinner.
Recently i had my aussie friend andy come over for dinnner and i was like dude i gotta cook this kid some nice home cooked food! I originally went for a normal kinda roast ( pork or chicken with some potatoes, carrots, yams) but i felt a little inspired by alot of the good greek i have been eating.
i went for the chicken, and i really want to talk about how much better it is to get free range chicken. Price range it is a little high, normal grocery store chickens go from anywhere between 8 to 12$ as free range chickens usually are around 15 to 20$
ladies and gents these chickens are sooooooooo muchhhhhh bettttttterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....if you think about it they get to run around and actually be animals, opposed to mass produced factory chickens that dont even get a foot of space to move around.
Enough of the stupid rant tho, thats a whole different post.
GOOD TIMES CHICKEN
1 whole free range chicken (or whatever you can get your hands on)
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tbsp dryed oregano
1 tbsp chopped rosemary
1 lemon
2 medium onions
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp cumin
3 feet of butcher twine
4 tbsp butter
salt pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
1, stuff your fresh herbs and lemon in that chicken.
2. mix all your dry/chopped herbs in a bowl with your spices and s&p and start rubbing it into your chicken. Really make sure you get all of the chicken because you want to spread the flavor all overrrrrrrrr.
3. grab some of the skin of the breasts and slowly lift it up so it starts to pull away from the meat. Stuff your butter inside the breast pockets.
4. the next part of cooking a chicken is really important! truss your chicken! meaning tying your chicken so it cooks evenly.
youtube video provided of course
5. slice your onions in half inch slices and layer the bottom of your cookie sheet/casserole so it basically beds your chicken
6. make sure your oven is 400 degress and pop it in there for about an hour and half or so. Having a meat thermometer is pretty key here and your looking for about 160 degrees for the most mmmmm chicken.
Greek Style Potatoes
(picture after i hate half of them of course)
These are the super yummy almost overcooked with flavor style potatoes you always get at your favourite greek dive diner.
8 yukon gold potatoes peeled and halved
2 tbsp fresh oregano (dryed if you dont have fresh)
2 tbsp fresh thyme
2 tbsp fresh rosemary
1 tbsp chili flakes
5 chicken stock
2 tbsp tomato paste
salt pepper
1 lemon
1. heat up your chicken stock and add your herbs and chilies
2 . plop in your tomato paste and make sure it desolves nicely
3 . arrange your potatoes in a casserole or deep dish and pour your chicken stock mixture over the potatoes (should cover them almost to the top)
4. pop them in the oven for about 1.5 to 2 hours and enjoy your mmmmm potatoes
plate should look like
Recently i had my aussie friend andy come over for dinnner and i was like dude i gotta cook this kid some nice home cooked food! I originally went for a normal kinda roast ( pork or chicken with some potatoes, carrots, yams) but i felt a little inspired by alot of the good greek i have been eating.
i went for the chicken, and i really want to talk about how much better it is to get free range chicken. Price range it is a little high, normal grocery store chickens go from anywhere between 8 to 12$ as free range chickens usually are around 15 to 20$
ladies and gents these chickens are sooooooooo muchhhhhh bettttttterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....if you think about it they get to run around and actually be animals, opposed to mass produced factory chickens that dont even get a foot of space to move around.
Enough of the stupid rant tho, thats a whole different post.
GOOD TIMES CHICKEN
1 whole free range chicken (or whatever you can get your hands on)
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tbsp dryed oregano
1 tbsp chopped rosemary
1 lemon
2 medium onions
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp cumin
3 feet of butcher twine
4 tbsp butter
salt pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
1, stuff your fresh herbs and lemon in that chicken.
2. mix all your dry/chopped herbs in a bowl with your spices and s&p and start rubbing it into your chicken. Really make sure you get all of the chicken because you want to spread the flavor all overrrrrrrrr.
3. grab some of the skin of the breasts and slowly lift it up so it starts to pull away from the meat. Stuff your butter inside the breast pockets.
4. the next part of cooking a chicken is really important! truss your chicken! meaning tying your chicken so it cooks evenly.
youtube video provided of course
5. slice your onions in half inch slices and layer the bottom of your cookie sheet/casserole so it basically beds your chicken
6. make sure your oven is 400 degress and pop it in there for about an hour and half or so. Having a meat thermometer is pretty key here and your looking for about 160 degrees for the most mmmmm chicken.
Greek Style Potatoes
(picture after i hate half of them of course)
These are the super yummy almost overcooked with flavor style potatoes you always get at your favourite greek dive diner.
8 yukon gold potatoes peeled and halved
2 tbsp fresh oregano (dryed if you dont have fresh)
2 tbsp fresh thyme
2 tbsp fresh rosemary
1 tbsp chili flakes
5 chicken stock
2 tbsp tomato paste
salt pepper
1 lemon
1. heat up your chicken stock and add your herbs and chilies
2 . plop in your tomato paste and make sure it desolves nicely
3 . arrange your potatoes in a casserole or deep dish and pour your chicken stock mixture over the potatoes (should cover them almost to the top)
4. pop them in the oven for about 1.5 to 2 hours and enjoy your mmmmm potatoes
plate should look like
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