Of course the down side to having a break from working is having a break from getting paid. It's dinner. We're out of everything. We've got a fruit bowl with oranges (3lb. bag on sale for $1) and some bananas. We have some frozen stuff we've stocked up on, but very little produce. We're sick of Boca burgers. I can't believe I'm out of soy sauce. (I can't believe I can't afford to buy soy sauce right now!) We have dry goods like rice and lentils but no broth.
So I did a little internet recipe searching and came up with:
Orange Sesame Ginger Chik'n with Brown Rice
Throw some brown rice (jasmine, basmati, whatever) in the rice cooker and whisk together this marinade:
2 Tb. sesame oil
1 Tb. soy sauce (I had 3 packets from a take out sushi from one of our travels)
2 Tb. honey
juice & zest of 1 orange
2 cloves garlic minced
1 Tb. fresh ginger minced
I thawed out a 12 oz. bag of frozen Quorn Chik'n Nuggets and marinated them for about 30 minutes. Then sauteed a little bit of onion (thinly sliced) and one more garlic clove in some sesame oil, threw in the marinated chik'n chunks and browned it, adding all the marinade. I sprinkled a teaspoon of corn starch so the leftover juice would thicken into a sauce (or at least a glaze).
Serve over the rice with some cilantro. Here I've pickled a little bit of red cabbage and carrot with rice vinegar, sugar, and a little sriracha garlic chili sauce.
It was a hit. And I didn't have to leave the house or do any shopping. Just gotta get to Friday!
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