After a week in Jackson, WY with friends Daniel and Nancy who run an organic farm and who are fantastic cooks, I decided to follow their lead and do some cooking of my own. Katie and I decided to start fairly easy. We started with a veggie & chicken stir-fry, I guess you could call it. We started with oil in the pan along with onions, carrots, and as we went we added garlic, bok choy, broccoli, chicken and mushroom, in that order, along with soy sauce and sesame seeds.
It was good, but not legendary. I wanted to be sure the chicken was sufficiently cooked, so I may have over done it, and in doing so probably over cooked the veggies, as all were pretty soft by the end. I'm still trying to figure out the timing for each ingredient (any suggestions on order?), as well as how to work in meat. Daniel and Nancy are vegetarians, so they cooked with tofu, seitan, and miso, which I may have to try as I figure out the timing & seasoning for meat.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
5 comments:
For even cooking, cut all the ingredients the same size...
my suggestion is to invite me over for dinner.... put meat in first with hard veggies and then soft veggies after.
Thanks Jody & Ksenya! Once I get my cooking to be consistently good, I'll start having people over. :)
Good resolution, my friend! For stir fries definitely get the meat going with garlic and ginger and other "taste" spices, then add veggies. The trick for stir fries is high heat, fast cooking and paying close attention. =)
Thanks Smitty! Any specific spice or vegetable recommendations? Also, any other concoctions I should start trying?
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