Originally, this recipe was suppose to be a team effort, everyone working together on our first time every really using the kitchen. B volunteered to cut the onions.
Two minutes later...
B: "D, where are your band-aids?"
D: "Hmm, you better not cut anything else, B."
Myself and K finished preparing and chopping the rest of the vegetables. We told B to heat the oil while we did this.
Three minutes later...
B: "Umm, why is the kitchen full of smoke?"
Turns out burning oil is easily done. One team member down, two remaining.
I, being the control freak that I am (or leader, take your pick) then proceeded to start cooking the rice, while K boiled water. Anytime B asked to help, we reminded her of the above two incidents. She sat in the corner and wrote out a recipe that was on the back of the chicken stock recipe. Oh, that reminds me, this was originally supposed to be a chicken and tomato risotto. Someone put the chicken the freezer instead of the fridge. Three guesses who that was...
Continuing on, K began to slowly get less and less involved when I took over, leaving one team member left. Everything else went relatively smoothly, until we went to serve it and realized that we didn't have a ladle.
Surprisingly, it was pretty good. The photo does not do it justice, but it was taken on my phone as evidence for my parents that I can actually cook.
Pointers for future cooking of this recipe:
- Don't put the chicken in the freezer if you want to use it that night.
- Take care when chopping onions.
- Have a supply of band-aids on hand at all times.
- Actually watch the oil as it is heating, this will prevent smoke filling up your kitchen and save you embarrassment.
- Be prepare to wait a while if you are serving with a regular spoon.
8/10
D
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