I tricked my family with Chicken Cheating

Too many days, too many confessions :D

Halfway Mom

I always knew that am not the supermom type and when I discovered that I can’t swoon with gastronomic pleasure nor climax while experimenting with ingredients, I gave up even before trying. I scandalize my loved ones when I divulge that food doesn’t make me feel complete.

So, there it goes, am not the complete woman but too late now, my habits are irreparable!

Though the fact that I like it when my son compliments me on my cooking (I have to fill empty plates and growling stomachs, every day!), or when my friends derive pleasure when they get the rarest of rare chance to indulge their taste buds in stuff I somehow manage to rustle up, leaves me a tad bit bewildered. I guess it’s because they are the generous types and don’t wanna endanger whatever association I have with food (I eat sparsely too).

Now, that’s not enough to pull me to my kitchen threshold to churn recipes, I only do it when there is absolute necessity like for breakfast, lunch, tiffin, supper, dinner and teas several times over. That doesn’t make me a decent enough cook or compel me to love cooking. Though I enjoy being in my kitchen. 

But wait, I meant to look around the neatly arranged dishes and gadgets and other paraphernalia and not disturb them unless it’s utterly essential.

On that note, I made Chicken Cheating yesterday, named so by virtue of the fact that I fooled around with the procedure, time and ingredients too. Have a dekko!

Just to douse your curiosity, I marinated boneless chicken breast pieces overnight with herbs, spices, crushed garlic (optional), sauces and olive oil, and made small incisions all over. Half an hour before lunch, I let it simmer in its own juice and cooked it partially then transferred it on the grilled pan and made it crispy. Then quickly chopped garlic, bell papers, mushrooms (plus baby corn if you want), and sautéed the mixture in olive oil sparingly and added salt, lemon juice and sauces (as per preference). There, Chicken Cheating with a side of sautéed veggies is ready to be served with bread, rotis or paranthas if you want. Finish it off with some sweet dish or yogurt. Quantity based on number of people you wanna serve.

My son and hubby loved it, and this is how I usually get away with trick recipes. Unless, there is heavy demand for plain simple Indian meal consisting of a minimum of three food items!

P. S.: I still don’t enjoy cooking!

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