#I'm really proud of the wings😋

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Spicy “Just wing it” chicken & champignons à la sheiruki

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Fuck it, I wanna share my favourite recipe creation so far because I'm proud of it. All amounts are estimates (Hence, "just wing it"). Also, know that I'm literally just fucking around in my kitchen; I know jack shit about cooking besides "tastes good" and "doesn't taste good". I cooked this as dinner for myself without any side dishes so I'll view this as one portion. Can be split in 2 if served with something. I'd probably go with a type of flat bread...

For 1 Portion you’ll need:

Chicken steaks/breasts (~400g)

Champignons (250g)

1 Onion

Harissa paste (hot paprika & spice paste found in many MENA dishes)

Tomato paste (concentrated)

Puréed tomatoes

A few pods of cardamom

Sweet paprika powder

Allspice

Sugar

Extra virgin olive oil

3 cloves of garlic

Salt

Pepper

Chili flakes to taste

Sesame seeds (garnish)

Spring onions (garnish)

Something lime or lemon-y (garnish)

1 flat and 1 deep/spacious frying pan

You could probably do everything in one pan but I used two because I first tried searing the chicken in all of the marinade and thus couldn't get that nice, roasted aroma.

Marinade:

Add a generous amount of olive oil to an airtight or at least well sealed container. Peel and press the 3 cloves of garlic (you want garlic purée) and add them to the oil. Add ~2 tablespoons of tomato paste & 1 Tablespoon of Harissa paste (guessing values here but you want more tomato than Harissa). Add ~ 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika powder and ~½ tablespoon of freshly ground allspice. Roast, Peel and add the cardamom (I think I used 3 pods) & maximum a piled tablespoon of sugar. Idk if honey would work here but the types of honey I have were too malty. You want a sweet touch. Mix it all well.

Prepare your chicken, put it in the marinade, close your container and give it a good shake. Put it in the fridge and let it rest for a day (shake in between). The olive oil will eventually congeal slightly but that doesn't matter; the moment you add it to the hot pan it’ll become liquid again. Your chicken may still look pale but don't be fooled.

Frying:

Always make sure you really heat up the marinade-oil to kill off potential bacteria carried by the chicken.

1. Dice your onion and put it aside

2. Quarter your champignons (unless you got the super small ones) and put them aside

3. Take a normal frying pan, add a bit of the marinade so you don't have to add extra oil unless absolutely necessary, and fry your chicken at high heat until it's nicely seared on the outside but not cooked through yet. “Extinguish” with a splash of puréed tomato (~100-200 ml, you don't want to make soup). Turn the heat to low and let it cook for a bit while you focus on the champignons.

4. Take a deep pan, add the rest of the marinade, wait until it's hot and add the onion. Sear at high heat until glassy. Add the champignons and sear the until they shrink and turn brown (taste to check if they're good. They shouldn't be too mushy).

5. Add the chicken-tomato mix, stir well, reduce the heat and let it all cook together.

6. Add salt, freshly ground pepper (black), chili flakes and potentially more harissa to taste. Stir.

7. Once everything has a nice brownish coating of sauce/marinade*, check if your chicken is juicy but completely white inside.

*There can be a bit of extra sauce but most of it should be coating. It mustn't swim in sauce.

8. Garnish with chopped spring onions, sesame seeds and something “fresh” (I used chopped lemon balm but something lime-ish would fit even better. Get creative.)

Enjoy 😋

[invisibleheartache]

some of your drawings/doodles over the past couple of years. you never thought much of it, but i was always impressed with your drawings. but i guess that's coming from someone who can barely draw stick figures correctly aha. gonna try and remember the story behind each drawing so here goes, from left to right:

well i guess the first picture isn't a drawing, but it was from one of our early days of knowing each other when we were at my dorm taking a bunch of silly pictures on my macbook. this just happened to be one of the few that wasn't silly, but it turned out to be my favorite one we took that day. if i had to guess why...i think it's bc it really captured the beginnings of our romance and how much we enjoyed each other's company.

second picture you drew some time on your own, and i remember i was really impressed with how accurate it was to our picture.

third picture i BELIEVE you drew while we were inbetween classes and you were studying for o chem. of course with me distracting you like every other minute or so lol. i think we were at Joe Brown waiting to go to chinese class?

fourth picture you drew bc you knew how much i loved cats lol. and i remember we always talked about getting a cat and dog when we lived together in the future. that and debating whether cats or dogs were better lol. yeah yeah dogs are better.

fifth picture is probably my favorite drawing by you. i think we were at MLC when you drew it? i remember i was trying to take a nap in one of the chairs and you told me not to move lol. i can't remember how long it took you, but damn if i wasn't impressed. and that hoodie...man i remember it was so washed out that the black was starting to fade lol. i think i still have it in one of my drawers. don't think i'll ever get rid of it though. it's what i wore a lot during our early days of knowing each other.

sixth picture was the first and last time we ate at macaroni grill. you really didn't like it lol. but at least i got to capture another one of your amazing drawings 😋

seventh picture was when we were at MLC trying to study in one of the study rooms and you started to doodle 😆 i always loved your pikachu drawings.

eighth picture was when i was still living at O-House and i would constantly get disturbed by our loud neighbors. i think the drawing is a pretty accurate depiction of me waking up to my screaming singing neighbors across the hall. ugh i hated them so much. to this day i still have the picture hanging on the outside of my door, which i'm sure you've seen by now lol.

last picture was actually drawn by both me and you! it was during one of my visits to athens to see you, back when you guys had that dreaded store. i was bored and decided to draw a zergling and man i was so impressed with how it came out lol (you drew the wings on it tho). and like an excited kid who wanted to show off his drawing to his parents, i came running to you and was so proud of what i drew lol. then you made it even better by adding the marine to the drawing. sad to say i'm not quite sure where i put the drawing, but at least i took a picture of it.

i'm going to miss all your doodles along with many other things about you that only exist in my memory now. can't help but wonder what you're up to tonight, but i hope you're doing okay. i miss you dearly.