Jay’s Realm

I decided I was going to try cooking with peanut sauce. Which apparently according to everything on the internet is made with peanut butter. Odd. Whatever. My first experiment isn’t going up here because I was starving and ate it as soon as it was done. I followed(ish) some instructions I found online that was a little bit of water, a big glop of peanut butter, and some side spices like garlic and lemon. I cooked up some chicken and snow peas in it and had it over pasta and it was ok. The chicken really took up the taste but the peas might as well have been microwaved separately because they stood so very alone. Overall it was far too… peanuty.

This time I decided I’d try something a bit different. So again, chicken in peanut sauce over pasta. This time I added much less peanut butter, more water, and some cream to calm the torrent of peanuty goodness.

Ingredients:
Chicken – Two boneless thighs (I’m unemployed and cheap)
Mushrooms – Handful
Creamy Peanut Butter – Spoonful (normal spoon)
Whipping Cream – 100ml
Garlic – Clove
Nutmeg – Pinch
Oregano – Pinch

Pre Sauce:
1) lightly oil pan
2) Strip chicken and fry on medium heat
3) Dice garlic and toss in with spices
4) Slice up mushrooms and toss in as well
5) Cook until meat is void of all possibility of salmonella

Sauce:
1) In same pan pour in a half cup each of water and cream
2) Add glop of peanut butter and stir well
3) Crank heat up until just the right thickness

I’m a big believer that food is made better only in small part by its flavor. The other senses must be engaged and delighted for a meal to truly transcend food and become an orgasmic explosion of delight. When all was said and done this dish was nummy. It was very soft in flavor, never anything overwhelming, yet rich enough make me feel like I was eating something. It was good, but it was so… monotone. I had tan noodles underneath tan sauce filled with tan-grey mushrooms, tan chicken, and flecks of tan-brown. Visually it was watching paint dry. No color. No life. It was boring.

Next time I’ll have to try it with something colorful like diced peppers or blue food coloring. I also have pictures, but it’s 3am so I’ll put them up later.