Chicken cacciatore
This was too easy - exhibit A: Lean Cuisine chicken cacciatore with olives. It looks so inviting, doesn't it? Those plump spirally noodles, those bright green beans, and those lovely slabs of chicken breast on top.
Quite a task ahead of me, because when it came out of the microwave, it looked like a steaming tray of sick:
But that, of course, is without the sprig of fresh oregano from the garden.
Five minutes of careful food styling, a jaunty angle for the digicam and viola!
OK, it still looks like a plate of sick with oregano, but how did it taste?
I think the evidence speaks for itself.
posted by Burnt Karma at 3:40 PM
Jaunty is the word of the day.
That looked absolutely vile. Well done!
And I heard that Lean Cuisine had improved. Barf.
Ironically enough the first four letters of the word verification thingy is shti.
'oliveS', plural. where were they all? I love olives.
To those who criticise, can I say that the product is for 'convenience', like when you get home exhausted in the rain/heat and absolutely cannot think let alone cook, you get one of these outta the freezer.
I must say though, that EVERY food package's glistening photo of the item gives me the irrits. I mean when is somebody going to mention that burger lettuce is white and shredded, and not the perfect green frill curve around the edge of the bun. Food 'stylists' are The Enemy. Of course if they pictured the product as it really is - NOBODY would buy any. ha ha hha.
Buy some chicken maryland (for non cooks, this is the bit they sell with the leg and thigh together) and skin it, because chicken skin is gross unless roasted. (Wear those disposable gloves, which make this part bearable.) it must be Marylands, not breasts, because they have all the tasty dark bits which give flavour.
chuck the marylands in a wok and brown them in a bit of oil, no need to worry if any bits get left out, then transfer to your big pot or dutch oven and add:
A little bit of the cooking oil
Lots of fresh chopped garlic
Paprika
Whichever herbs take your fancy
Lots of Kalamata olives
Tinned tomatoes
Fresh tomatoes if you have'em
Diced capsicum (I think green beans are wrong, but I wouldn't object to them!)
Simmer for a long, long time while you do something else. In fact, it's even better if you leave it overnight after you'v e done this and reheat.
I prefer it with rice instead of pasta to truly soak up the oily tomatoey olivey garlicky goodness, but YMMV as the yanks say.
Sorry, I'm doing a lot of cooking at the moment and have just done Chicken Cacc with 8 marylands. The skinning part was disgusting but if you're only cooking four or so, it's not so bad.
chicken skins are yummers! I rip them off and put them under the grill with salt. Just like crackling, only chicken flavoured.
Oh, I never thought of that! The dog is shaking her head and glaring at me (and sending you bad vibes.)
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