Thursday, October 19, 2006

Cilantro-Soy-Lime Chicken


I bought some chicken thighs to make a curry from simplyrecipes.com, but didn't get around to it, b/c instead I made some fish soup (see #5 below). So I've got these chicken thighs, and limes, and soy sauce I finally bought after wanting for months, but never remembering because it's soy sauce, and don't you already have that at home? What goes with lime and soy? How about rice wine vinegar, cilantro and basil? Add pepper, 1/4 t chipotle powder, and 1/2 t ground ginger. Marinate for 20-30 minutes, then cook in hot skillet with some garlic. Try to have the heat high enough that the chicken gets browned to a nice color, then remove chicken and reduce remaining marinade into nice brown sauce. Very tart and tasty. Not a big hit with the husband, however, but that's mainly because of it being chicken; he didn't taste it.

Juice of two limes (about 0.25 c)
0.25 c soy sauce
0.25 c rice wine vinegar
handful of basil, chopped
handful of cilantro, chopped
0.25 t chipotle (or ancho) chili powder
0.5 t ground ginger
0.5 t freshly ground pepper
1-2 cloves garlic, chopped
7-8 chicken thighs, trimmed, cubed (though breast would be good, too, or probably very firm tofu, which could then be baked. also would be fine with beef, if one were so inclined, though more chili might be in order in that case)

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