I have to say one other thing: We are International! Yep, eating Italian on St. Patrick's Day and Chinese on Cinco De Mayo. I decided to just stay international tonight and go with a totally different centerpiece as well. I like to use different things and I didn't plan ahead so had nothing around to make up a Chinese centerpiece. Ended up with an Italian style, I kinda like it!
So tuck your bibs into your shirt collars and prepare to drool.
Nothing major or fancy tonight. Typically we have several dishes in our meal. This week we had Orange Chicken.
Gary cut up the chicken in bite size pieces and dipped it in tempura batter of egg whites and cornstarch. This was then fried in our deep fryer for a couple of minutes and drained on paper towels. It was then fried again in the deep fryer for another minute to help 'set' the batter.
The chicken was then put in orange sauce made with orange juice, orange zest, soy sauce, brown sugar, freshly grated ginger, minced garlic, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. Thicken this up with cornstarch.
After it was done, Gary plated it up and topped with chopped green onions.
Miss Annette brought over some Basmati Rice. This is just a different type of rice and was very good.
And how do you finish a Chinese meal? With fortune cookies of course! Mr. Rick brought us over two boxes. He wanted to make sure we wanted plenty of good fortune. We each read our fortune following my mother-in-law's rule of ending each fortune with 'in the water bed'. This was a new twist for Rick.
This next week we will be having one of my favorite dishes to order when I eat out. Anyone want to give us a challenge for the next week?
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