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HEALTHY GAME DAY Taco Flavored Baked Cauliflower Recipe

Game Day Taco Flavored Baked Cauliflower

I’m always thinking up something different to do with cauliflower. I made this batch of cauliflower taste just like tacos. You can dress them up better than I did with some cheese, sour cream and avocado they’d be a little more special if you like. Or you can put the cauliflower in tortillas or taco shells with some pickled onions and avocado cream and make vegetarian tacos out of them. This taco flavored cauliflower is easy to prepare. I just threw everything (except the fresh cilantro and scallions) into a bag and shook it up and then spread the cauliflower out on sprayed baking sheets. In my oven (yours may differ) they were done in 45 minutes. For a healthy option that taste great serve with a fresh made salsa and or low fat yogurt. For a more indulgent option you can also serve with a fresh made jalapeƱo cheese sauce.

Ingredients for about 6 servings

1 large cauliflower – break down to florets

4 Tablespoons canola oil

3 Tablespoons Mexican hot sauce (I used Cholula Brand hot sauce)

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon oregano

1 teaspoon coriander

4 garlic cloves – ground to paste or microplane

8 extra large pimento stuffed olives – cut each olive in half

1/2 cup masa flour (NO substitutions as this is part of the secret to the taco flavor)

non stick spray

1/4 cup fresh cilantro – leaves – you can use tender parts of stems chopped

1/4 cup scallions – sliced thin

Directions

Set oven to 375 degrees F.

Lightly spray baking sheet(s) with non stick spray.

You can use either a large mixing bowl or a large bag and add the cauliflower, oil, hot sauce, cumin, oregano, coriander, garlic, olives and masa flour and mix well.

Spread the cauliflower out well in a single layer with a little room around each floret. Depending on the size of florets and oven the timing will differ. After 30 minutes check the cauliflower…..They should be close to done if not done. If not done turn each floret over and cook until they look slightly browned. Mine needed another 15 minutes after the 30 minutes….but yours may differ slightly.

Game Day Taco Flavored Baked Cauliflower

The cauliflower really do taste like tacos…..Serve with salsa, low fat yogurt or sour cream, avocado or cheese sauce.

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My Trip to Mariscos Culiacan in Glendale AZ

Mariscos Culiacan is a casual Mexican Seafood Restaurant located in an older strip mall in Glendale AZ. This isn’t a fancy place. Culiacan is a city in northwest Mexico in the state of Sinaloa so the food served sounds like Sinaloa Style. They serve appetizers, soups, fish platters, tacos, burritos, fajitas, Mexican beverages and they also do offer a children’s menu. Today’s selection of seafood included many dishes mostly with shrimp, octopus and tilapia.

As soon as we were seated a large basket of chips, blended salsa, and cups of hot (temperature) fish soup arrives.

Fish based vegetable soup

The fish soup taste fresh made. Taste like bayleaves, oregano, garlic and cumin but very delicate and balanced…just enough to enhance the fish stock.

My first choice the whole snapper wasn’t available today so I went with the Veracruzana Style Tilapia. ($13.99)

Veracruzana Style Tilapia comes with tortillas not pictured

I received a fresh tasting mild flaky fish that tasted like it was fried, seasoned in butter and was crispy on one side. I don’t think I had fish fried in butter in a long time and this seemed very tasty to me. My fish was topped with bell peppers, onions, carrots and the tiniest olives I’ve ever seen in my life(they looked like capers). The sauce seemed to be made with a mild chili. My plate also included salad garnish, mixed vegetable studded white rice, refried beans and steamy hot fresh tasting tortillas.

My husband tried the Marinero Relleno. ($16.99)

It was a big pocket of tin foil that contained a lot of mixed seafood in a tomato based sauce with bell peppers, onions and melty white cheese. At the bottom of the foil was a filet of tilapia as big as my meal. Other seafood in the dish were shrimp and octopus. The shrimp and tilapia were cooked nicely but the octopus was on the chewy side. On the side was vegetable studded white rice, refried beans, salad garnish and hot steamy tortillas.

That was my trip to Mariscos Culiacan in Glendale.

I haven’t found a website for them but I did notice that they are on Facebook.

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

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My First Taste at Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue in Cave Creek Arizona

Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue is located in beautiful Cave Creek Arizona. This is a casual order at the counter…..unique Barbecue Restaurant with a Cowboy type decor.

They offer the usual smoked meats that you expect and vegetable offerings that you might NOT expect.

Fried Artichoke Po Boy with Smoked Tomato Remoulade, Smoked Apple Cider Butternut Squash Soup and Vegetarian Pulled Squash Sandwich……..Sound so yummy and different! Ah what to order….BBQ or interesting vegetables.

We ordered, got a table number, got our beverages and sat on the patio since the weather was perfect.

My dogs would love to come here

Soon our name is called so my husband goes in to pick up our order.

The Firebird with Olive Cole Slaw and Baked Potato Salad

The Firebird is a half Chicken that’s tender, moist and flavorful. It coated in a sticky spicy sweet sauce that isn’t too sweet or too hot…….but it is hot. The bird rest over sliced white bread and a sweet pickled jalapeƱo pepper. The chicken is delicious…..I like the olive slaw…It not too drippy and it isn’t too creamy…It’s just right with crisp fresh cabbage. The baked potato salad was spiked with sour cream and is very dill forward. These sides are above average for BBQ places.

Two Meat Platter with Pulled Pork, Brisket Chili and Cowboy Beans

I tried the Brisket. I really like the smoked pecan flavor…..but today’s brisket runs slightly dry and they gave us from the lean point side …..But hey I usually hit BBQ places when the brisket runs drier than normal from the flat side. We also were talked into the Cornbread. We were told that it is special because it’s made with Brisket Drippings.

I think the cornbread is best not with the butter but combined with the Chili that’s enhanced with Brisket. This works best for me….Combined they are both better this way. My husband said the Pulled Pork and Cowboy Beans were very good.

I took most of the Firebird platter home so I could save room for a House Made Ice cream Sandwich.

It’s served a little too frozen…but it’s tasty…….I bet it’s probably much better when it’s hot outside… A couple of days latter we had the leftovers. WOW the cornbread tasted completely different when I heated it up in the oven….It was so smoky and it tasted like BBQ meat……It didn’t taste anything like this before…you must get them to heat the cornbread for you. The Firebird Chicken was still moist and delicious after re-heating.

That was my First Taste at Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue.

www.BryansBBQ.com

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

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My Trip to Phoenix Tacolandia 2019 – Worth a Fork! #TacolandiaPHX

The Lunch Box

Tacolandia is an all-you-can-eat taco festival that took place Saturday January 26th from 1pm-5pm at Margaret T Hance Park in Down Town Phoenix. General Admission cost $20-$40. depending on where and when you purchased your tickets and VIP tickets cost between $40.-$55. also depending on where and when you purchased your tickets. The VIP this year seemed only slightly different than general admission. The VIPs got into the festival slightly sooner, got two free drinks and were able to vote for favorite taco.

WOO-HOO! this was an All-You-Can-Eat Taco event! Over 20 taco venders participated. There was some free entertainment and libations were available for sale.

This event was dog friendly and parking was free and also metered depending on how far you wanted to walk.

(Don’t tell my dogs that this was a dog friendly event)

The 2019 Tacolandia went similar to the 2018 Tacolandia. The event was held at the same place and the festival goers trickled in the same way. The first hour from 1pm-2pm it was easy breezy getting around anywhere you wanted to go. Either no lines or very short lines.

No lines a little after 1pm here
A little after 1pm here

Then about by 2pm lines ran about 25-30 minutes.

By 2:30 I got tired of standing and was very thirsty. The line for lemonade ran 45 minutes.

Just like last year some tacos were better than other tacos. Some were made with MADE TO ORDER FRESH tortillas that were mighty delicious! The Forking Truth is that only one vender used an awful tortilla.

This was all I ate from this taco. Filling was tender but bland and on a hard tortilla that needed to be grilled.

Here are what we tried. Just like last year my husband tried more tacos than what I tried. The majority of the tacos offered were beef, followed by pork, a few chicken and I only found one fish taco. There were two vegetable tacos offered that I noticed. I wasn’t able to hit every vender but between the two of us we hit much of the offerings. One vendor had trouble and didn’t have power so I don’t know if they got to serve. Another vendor started serving tacos about an hour or so after opening.

Beef Taco from Casa Corazon
Bulgogi Beef with Kimchi Bun from Bao Chow at the Yucca Tap Room (this one ran salty)
Chico Malo – Pork Belly Taco
Jamburritos Cajun Grille Pork Taco
Gadzooks Chicken & Cornbread Stuffing Taco – One of the best tasting tacos that I tried.
El Tlacoyo – two different kinds of pork tacos
Ajo Al’s Brisket Taco – Taco shell was fresh made
La Olmeca – Beef Taco – before topping bar
Mrs C’s Caterins – Chicken Taco
Taste of New Mexico – Pork Taco
Sylvia’s La Canasta – Fish Taco – only fish taco I found
Sylvia’s La Canasta – Vegetable Taco – VERY Cilantro forward and also spicy
Philly’s Sports Grill – Among the better tacos…a non-traditional Asian Fusion Beef Taco
Tortas Paquime – Among the better Tacos – Beef Tacos with House Made SPICY sauces
Varsity Tavern – Beef Taco
From The Lunch Box – Chicken Tostada and Beef
Nando’s Mexican Cafe – Chicken Taco
Some festival goers dressed for the occasion.
Some festival goers dressed for the occasion

That was my Trip to Tacolandia 2019 – I’d say it was Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

www.TacolandiaPHX.com

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Potatoes Anna Style Recipe

Potatoes Anna Style

Potatoes Anna are thin sliced potatoes cooked with clarified butter

OMG these potatoes are da BOMB and are so easy to prepare. Usually Potatoes Anna is done in a screaming hot cast iron skillet and finished under the broiler and is made from just potatoes and clarified butter. I sort of invented my own easy way to prepare Potatoes Anna Style. I’m calling these Potatoes Anna Style because I didn’t use a cast iron pan or clarify the butter and I added some seasoning so they are Anna Style. These potatoes just melt in your mouth and are seasoned just so. The butter in the potatoes gets slightly browned and makes the potatoes super delicious. You do need to make the potato slices very thin for the potatoes to work out. I used a mandolin. Very easy to prepare. The hardest part is slicing the potatoes.

Ingredients for about 10 servings

3 lbs red potatoes peeled and sitting in a large bowl of cold water

non stick spray

3oz unsalted butter – melted

1 Tablespoon course sea salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon paprika

Directions

Set oven to 425 degrees F and spray a casserole bowl with non stick spray and set the bowl to the side.

To your dish of melted butter add the salt, peppers, thyme and paprika and mix well. Set to the side.

Using a mandolin or whatever devise you normally use to slice potatoes like potato chip thin use it. Shake the water off the potato, blot dry and slice up one potato at a time. Use Line the sprayed bowl with potato slices by starting in the center and work your way around but stop when you finished one layer.

Each layer gets brushed with the seasoned butter….but make sure you try to get the butter from the bottom of the dish because the seasonings settle there. Next time I think I’ll let the butter get to room temperature and mix in the seasonings and just squirt the butter out around the potatoes with a parchment bag.

Repeat till you are done.

This gets covered and goes in the 425 degree F oven for an hour. After an hour remove the lid and it goes back in the oven 15-20 minutes to brown.

Potatoes Anna Style

This is a #CrowdPleaser EVERYONE out there will FORKING LOVE these potatoes!

Potatoes Anna Style
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Dining Out with DOGS in Metro Phoenix January 2019

“Woo Hoo!” “We are going out to eat!”

Dining out with dogs is just a “Fluff” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started when my dog Louie was diagnosed with aggressive cancer. He was given only a 3-6 month diagnosis. Louie enjoyed going out to eat so I thought I’d take him out to eat as often as I could. Instead of the 3-6 months Louie made it 17 months more. Today I take my current dogs out to eat.

Many restaurants in Metro Phoenix do have patios for outdoor dining but not all patios are dog friendly. It’s always a best bet to call a restaurant in advance and ask them if it’s ok to dine there with your dog(s). Even if a restaurant is certified “Dog Friendly” it is still best to call first because the patio might be booked for a party. It is suggested to dine with dogs at “Off Times” to avoid other diners might not like dining with dogs and might complain. Other diners can also be allergic to dogs and also will complain. It’s also better to dine at “OFF TIMES” to avoid others that are dining with dogs because they might start barking at each other and everyone will be asked to leave. For these and other reasons just FORKING dine at off times to avoid as many other people and other dogs and potential problems as possible.

There are some rules for dining out with dogs. Dogs are to be by your side at all times. Dogs are NOT to sit on restaurant furniture or to eat off restaurant plates.

It’s IMPORTANT to know that MOST food and drink that you consume is NOT recommended for dogs and can cause health problems or can indeed be TOXIC. Please get a list of foods and drink to avoid from your veterinarian. In general usually a small piece of lean un-sauced meat is safe and is usually recommended for dogs. You should bring a water dish for your dog so he or she can have water. It’s very important to know that dogs are not as heat tolerant as you. Over 90 degrees is too hot to dine out with dogs. Not all but most healthy younger dogs can tolerate up to 90 degrees F but only in FULL SHADE. Dogs are like people and have different heat tolerances. Hopefully you know your dog well enough to notice their individual heat tolerance. When in doubt leave your dog home.

January started out very cold for desert standards. We had to wait till the second week to dine out with dogs.

“We are on our way to Pita Kitchen in Glendale AZ”

Pita Kitchen is a fast/casual Mediterranean restaurant in the Arrowhead section of Glendale Arizona.

I got my usual, the Greek Salad topped with a Chicken Kabab. Now I’ll take a break here and turn The Forking Truth over to my dogs.

“There’s plenty of juicy, tasty chicken for sharing!” says the little one from under the table. “Ummm my mouth is watering!”

“Our other human got the two meat plate with gyro meat and chicken.” “More food there for us to try.”

“I FORKING love this chicken from Pita Kitchen!” “It’s so juicy, plump and tasty!” “I just love it!”

“Big Woman is right.” “That chicken is really good!” “Much better than a lot of Grilled Chicken Kababs in the area!”

“We always enjoy ourselves at Pita Kitchen!”

www.PitaKitchen.net

“We are gonna see food at Oscar’s Pier 83 in Glendale”

“Yum!” “I got CRABS!”……..”Soft Shell Crabs!”

“I can go for some salad with ahi tuna shaped like a Forking Stingray too!” “Look at that fish!” “It looks like it got wings!”

“mmm I’m starving”

“We also like the crispy romaine, eggs are good and we also like ahi tuna….we are glad the portion is large so we get to eat more!”

“We enjoyed ourselves at Oscar’s Pier 83!”

www.OP83.com

“We are on our way to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in Phoenix”

“We love going to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in Phoenix.” “The food is always fresh, delicious and always comes in large portions.”

“Both of our human companions got rice plates.” “We love the meat on the rice plates!” “It’s always so juicy, flavorful and abundant!

Grilled Pork Rice Plate
Grilled Chicken Rice Plate minus the egg roll already

“The food is always delicious at Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery.” “We love coming here!”

www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

Sadly Salad and Go is no longer an option

“Sadly Salad and Go is no longer a Dining Out With Dogs Option”. “Our location removed all the tables and the walk up window is now a Kiosk.” “We have a long list of happy memories there and really enjoyed the fresh healthy low priced fast quality salads.” “We still love the salads from Salad and Go but we can’t enjoy them there anymore.”

“Natural Organic Chicken…Not too Shabby” from Salad and Go

“Me and my old man Louie used to love our salads here!”

“We Forking miss you Salad and Go ……all that tasty food and dog biscuits too!”

“That was Dining Out With Dogs in Metro Phoenix for January 2019.”

“We hope you enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.”

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In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

Confit Style Jammy Shallots Recipe

Confit Style Jammy Shallots
Confit Style Jammy Shallots


Confit shallots are slow cooked at 200 degrees for 8-12 hours basically in butter and wine. You can create very similar style shallots by cooking them covered at 325 degrees F for four hours so I do it that way. I play around with the fats, wines or vinegar for different flavors and today I’m using shallots instead of onions that I normally do. These shallots are so delicious and jammy. They are perfect for steak or a gourmet burger. They also freeze well so you can use them when you need them.

Ingredients for around 10 servings

1 1/2 pound shallots (I used Echalion French Banana Shallots but any shallot is fine) – peeled

7 medium – small bay leaves

1 teaspoon tellicherry peppercorns

1/2 teaspoon thyme

5 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar

6 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/2 cup red wine (this gets added 2 hours into cooking when you turn the shallots over)

Directions

Set oven to 325 degrees F.

To your baking dish or pan add bay leaves, peppercorns, thyme and vinegar. Top with peeled shallots. Sprinkle shallots with olive oil. Cover with foil and place in heated oven for two hours. After two hours remove foil and flip the shallots on the other side. Now add the red wine and cover up again with foil and place in the oven another two hours.

Confit Style Jammy Shallots

People will love these shallots!

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The BEST UNDER $10.00 Plate I’ve Found in North Phoenix is from Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery – Worth A Fork!

“Look at all that DELICIOUS Food!”

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery is located in North Phoenix. This is a casual Pho-Free Vietnamese Eatery. I know that most of the food they serve is FORKING SCRUMPTIOUS because between me and my husband were tried most of the menu items….Some of my personal favorites that I enjoy from Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery are the delicious Banh Mi Baguette Sandwiches, Chef’s Special Curry Chicken, Lotus Root Salad, Pot Stickers and of course The Rice Plate (Co’m Dia). Oh and did I mention that everything (as of January 2019…subject to change) is less that $10.00 each?

Pork Rice Plate
Chicken Rice Plate minus the egg roll

The Rice Plate (Co’m Dia) is what is known as a combination plate. That is made of a generous portion of white rice, pork egg roll, salad garnish with house vinaigrette and choice of protein. The protein choices are Grilled Pork, Grilled Pork Chop, Grilled Chicken, Grilled Shrimp, Shaken Beef or Tofu and Vegetable. There are condiments of fish sauce for dipping and a spicy chili paste for zipping some things up. I can vouch that the chicken, beef and grilled pork are tender like butter and developed with really delicious flavors. It’s like magically delicious. The chicken has a tasty char on it and is developed with yumminess. The chicken is slightly sweet and fragrant with Asian seasonings. The portion is really large and double of what I eat so this is two meals for me. I didn’t weigh the meat here but it seemed like about 8 ounces. I have no idea where you can get a better or tastier deal for only $9.00.

Other things we had at Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery are pictured below. I really enjoy the Banh Mi baguette more than a hoagie type roll. It made of a combination of wheat and rice flour that makes it seem much lighter than a hoagie roll. The roll here has a crispy exterior and a soft interior. The sandwiches are made with pickled carrot and radish, slices of jalapeƱo and fresh cilantro and house made aioli. Some varieties of the Banh Mi also include house made pate.

Chicken Banh Mi

Tofu Banh Mi
Pot Stickers (really yummy!)
Egg Rolls
Fire Cracker Salmon Rolls
Lotus Root Salad
Papaya Salad
Noodle Salad Bowl – Bun
Chef’s Special Curry Chicken

Choice of Rice or Baguette with the Curry Chicken

We love going to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in North Phoenix. The Food is always fresh and delicious! Portions are very large and prices are very low.

The Rice Plate from Banh Mi Bistro is the BEST under $10.00 Plate that I tried in North Phoenix!

(P.S. Tables are no longer outside but there is a folding table inside for guest that request it.)

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

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“Forking Yum!”

Peruvian Style Chicken Breast with Spicy Cilantro Sauce Recipe – Based on Melissa Clark’s Recipe

This recipe is based on Peruvian Roasted Chicken with Spicy Cilantro Sauce by Melissa Clark that was published in The New York Times. I modified the recipe to chicken breast because they were on sale at Safeway for 99 cents a pound so I stocked up on them and that’s what I had. Peruvian Chicken should be made with whole bird or chicken parts with skin……….But…….. WOW!….. This recipe makes SUPER FORKING DELICIOUS Spicy CHICKEN AND FORKING DELICIOUS SPICY SAUCE! I like Melissa Clark’s recipe very much because it’s a very good recipe and she also gives you a lot of freedom with the recipe…such as the recipe should be made with aji amarillo paste and aji panca. Melissa suggest substitutes of to use sriracha or sambal and pasilla Chile powder since most people don’t have Aji Amarillo or aji panca paste in their pantry. She does explain you don’t get the same taste but it’s still delicious (and it is). This recipe does indeed come out SPICY…..but is delicious to people who can handle spicy. The original recipe is pretty much the same except whole chicken or parts with bone and skin, marinated 2-12 hours, oven roasted at 450 degrees F 25-35 minutes for split breasts and 35-45 other chicken. If I was doing this recipe again I’d say to get or order bottled Sweetie Drop Peppers. I would have chopped some up and spread them on top of the chicken over the sauce with some on the side if I knew in advance HOW FORKING AMAZING they are on this dish…… The Sweetie Drop Peppers are the small jarred Peruvian peppers I have in photos. The taste of them really makes the dish POP…Sweetie Drop Peppers are a little pickled and sort of sweet and bring the dish up another level. I saw Sweetie Drop at Whole Foods this week but never noticed them there before.

Ingredients for about 8 servings

2 large chicken breast – cut into 8 servings that are lightly pounded

6 cloves garlic – microplane (for marinade)

3 Tablespoons soy sauce (for marinade)

1 Tablespoon Aji Amarillo paste – suggested substitutions are sriracha or sambal (I used Korean Chili Paste) (for marinade)

1 Tablespoon lime juice (for marinade)

1 teaspoon aji panca paste – suggested substitution is 1 teaspoon pasilla Chile powder (for marinade)

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (for marinade)

1 teaspoon ground cumin (for marinade)

1 teaspoon ground black pepper (for marinade)

1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt (for marinade)

1 cup flour – to coat dried off marinated chicken – (I used brown rice flour but any flour is fine…the flour is not to bread but seals in the juice from the chicken)

canola oil as needed to pan fry chicken

1 cup cilantro leaves and tender stems (sauce)

3–4 jalapeƱo peppers – seeded and diced (sauce)

1/4 cup 1 oz crumbled feta cheese (I didn’t have any so I substituted soy milk) (sauce)

1 garlic clove – minced (sauce)

1 1/2 Tablespoons lime juice – more to taste – (sauce)

2 teaspoons fresh oregano or basil – (sauce)

3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt – more to taste – (sauce)

1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard – (sauce)

1/2 Tablespoon Aji Amarillo or other suggested chili paste such as sriracha or sambal (I used Korean Pepper paste) – sauce

1/2 teaspoon honey – (sauce)

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin – ( sauce)

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil – (sauce)

lime wedges for garnish

optional – but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND to order some Peruvian Sweetie Drop Peppers for this dish as they REALLY bring the dish up another level and make the dish POP!

Directions

Put chicken pieces in a ziplock bag.

In a medium bowl add the 6 micro-planed garlic cloves, soy sauce, 1 Tablespoon Aji Amarillo paste, 1 Tablespoon lime juice, aji panca paste, 1 teaspoon dijon, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt. Mix well.

Pour the marinade into the ziplock bag with the chicken. Try to push most of the air out of the bag and zip it shut. Push the marinade around the chicken and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or about three and a half hours but no longer than four hours. (This timing is for boneless breasts)

After 3 1/2 hours take the chicken out of the marinade and blot each piece dry.

Get another ziplock bag and add a cup of flour to it. Put the chicken in it and give the chicken some good shakes. Set to the side.

Put a good size fry pan on medium high heat and add about a 1/4 inch of canola oil. When the oil is hot add the chicken. Depending on the thickness of chicken and temperature of the oil …the timing will differ……You should need about 5 minutes a side…but that can differ. Place cooked chicken on a cooling rack or a sheet pan that’s lined with paper towels.

While your cooking up the chicken you can make the sauce. In either a blender or with a blender stick and container add cilantro, jalapeƱos, feta cheese, garlic, lime juice, oregano or basil, sea salt, dijon, Aji Amarillo, honey, cumin and olive oil and blend till emulsified.

Serve chicken with sauce and lime wedges and I recommend Peruvian Sweetie Drop Peppers. I also recommend to heat the lime wedges up…….It makes a big difference.

Peruvian Style Chicken Breast with Spicy Cilantro Salsa

It’s delicious, moist, very flavorful and spicy! A special thanks to The New York Times for sharing Melissa Clark’s Wonderful Recipe!

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The Forking Truth – Different and FORKING STRANGE Produce…Fact and ALSO FICTION

I’ve always had an interest in unusual produce. I recently came across this starter pack of White Carolina Strawberries I picked up from my local Home Depot. I don’t know if they will grow in Phoenix Arizona but I have to give them a try. Don’t know if any white strawberries will ever materialize but if they do I’ll include them here on The Forking Truth.

I was searching for some hard to find peppers so I searched on eBay for them and I happened to come across many strange plant seeds for sale. I believe the majority of them are fiction. You can decide for yourself.

Strawberries with Kiwi centers……..Sounds delicious and the photo looks real enough but I searched for this on the internet and none were to be found.

Yellow Strawberries are FACT! I’ve never come across them but there many photos and articles about yellow strawberries on the internet.

This unusual looking strawberry is a mix of fact and fiction. Yes this strawberry really grew like this but it only is a one hit wonder. I read about someone in the UK that grew this strawberry. But who knows if that story is true either?

This picture is also a mix of fact and fiction. They fail to mention that the watermelons don’t grow square unless they are grown in some kind of box.

I read that this one is one of the biggest hoax out there………??????? Is that information true?

This just doesn’t even look real…….My bet is fiction.

Here’s another one that looks very artificial…..Take a close look at the leaves..they look so fake. Looks like an artificial plant.

Here’s magical sexy pepper seeds….Maybe one pepper grew that way????………but I have to wonder why the picture just doesn’t look natural…….No one is holding the pepper…..it can’t just fly in the air………… it has to be a computer manipulation??????

This one is FACT! WOW what a great tomato they might be. Bet they are great for sauce!

Here’s the one that might be the most shocking.

Maybe the BIGGEST HOAX! This is the one for Suckers!

The Vietnam Milk Melon.

It doesn’t even look real.

WTFORK it doesn’t look like it’s growing from anything.

Here are some reviews.

Well you know what they say.

The Forking Truth – Different and FORKING STRANGE Produce – Fact and Also FICTION

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