Hey y'all,
It's "official"*, if you eat with my family you will reduce your risk of cancer.
Health: Your Lifestyle, Your Genes and Cancer | Newsweek Health for Life | Newsweek.com
If that doesn't scare you off my cooking then try this one out.
This is a recipe cribbed from a Hindu chef and given a french twist with red wine. White wine works well too, just not quite as rich in flavor.
The secret "ingredient" to this recipe is a cast iron frying pan. No calphalon, no teflon, no stainless, no aluminum, no enamel. Cooking is chemistry, and the iron is an essential catalyst for these flavors. Not to say it won't taste good if you do this in one of the above, it just won't be AS good.
Sometimes you gotta dance with who you brung to the party - so if you don't have cast iron don't worry - you will have a good result with this one no matter what you cook it in.
I like to do this one with chicken thighs. They have more fat and lend more flavor, and they tend to be less dry in the cooking.
Prep time: 25 minutes
y'all will need:
9" or bigger cast iron frying pan
Olive oil
4 boneless chicken thighs or 2 boneless breast halves cut in two (4 pieces)
Yo' Mama's Flava Salt
2 big onions sliced
turmeric
red wine
On Medium high heat:
Pour olive oil to generously cover the bottom of the frying pan and liberally dust the pan with turmeric.
When oil is hot (you'll smell it - it's like perfume) put the chicken pieces in and quickly brown one side.
Reduce heat to medium, add onions and liberally dust chicken and onions with Flava Salt.
Cover and cook until onion is wilted and transparent.
Turn chicken over and dust other side with Flava Salt. Pour red wine over all (about 1 cup) and cook until the wine is reduced almost all the way down.
Remove the chicken. Pour another 1/2 cup of wine in the pan and deglaze the bottom: scrape off all the cooked onion and chicken sediment, mix with wine and heat until alcohol boils off and onions and gravy are rich brown.
Plate chicken with rice and pour onions and gravy over all.
Oh boy. I'm doing this one tonight.
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