Now, I don’t typically take people on a tour of my bathroom…usually.
But, these little Wallace & Grommet-esk bath tissue sheep are screaming to be shown off. When I stumbled across them on Amazon my trigger finger began to tremble…and well…
you know the rest. It couldn’t be helped.
In my defense– have you ever seen anything so adorable in all your life?!
The answer is certainly, no…you have not.
In fact, I think I should be congratulated, celebrated even–for not buying 5 sets. See–I can control myself…
if I have to.
Using restraint. Check.
“Clap for Aunt Grace. She did a hard thing today.”
Guys, guyyyys! If you’ve ever ordered the Bourbon Street Chicken from Chuck-a-Rama– and find yourself going back for more…over and over…
you’re gonna LOVE this recipe!
I’ve tried and tweaked it to perfection so that you don’t have to. And the best perk is that it’s even better than the restaurant kind because you know exactly what is in it!!
The first time I made this recipe–it was great, however there was absolutely NOT enough sauce and sauce is really important to some of us. So that was the first tweak. More sauce.
Next, I adjusted the ginger for the right amount of warmth, without causing a 3 alarm fire. Second tweak.
Lastly, some of the recipes called for actual whiskey, which ain’t happening at this place–so we’re using apple or cranberry juice. It’s perfect.
So, brace yourself. After you make this scrumptious chicken, you may just feel an overwhelming urge to send me a million dollars.
You just go right ahead.
Heh, heh.
Bourbon Street Chicken
Ingredients
2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed
2-3 Tbsps olive oil
1-1/2 tsps ground ginger
1-1/2 tsps garlic powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 C soy sauce
1 C apple or cranberry sauce
1-1/2 cups water
3T rice or apple cider vinegar
1 C brown sugar
3 T corn starch
1/2 c water
In a bowl stir together the ginger, pepper, soy sauce, apple juice, water, garlic, vinegar and brown sugar. Set sauce aside to allow sugar to disolve and spices to mix. In a separate small bowl stir cornstarch and water together until smooth.
Cut the chicken into bite size pieces and trim any excess fat, tendons and gristle. Heat olive oil in large skillet on medium high heat. Add chicken and cook until it begins to brown–about 8-10 minutes. Stir occasionally so that each piece browns evenly.
Slowly add sauce to chicken and stir well. When mixture comes to a boil, lower heat and allow sauce to simmer about 15 minutes.
With a spatula or whisk, push some of the chicken to side of the pan in order to make a little pool of sauce. Whisk cornstarch mixture briskly into the sauce. It will thicken quickly. Stir into chicken mixture evenly.
This amazing, lovely, ridiculous Mother’s day gift that was bestowed on me by one of my kids. Ten points to Gryfindor if you can guess which one. Haha.
A sweet, shy, tender little kitty that runs ahead of me to make sure the porch is completely safe before we venture out.
An open-faced egg salad sandwich…or two in the afternoon. Yum.
A rousing game of 5 Crowns with the family. It’s one of the few games they play that I actually…you know…get without too much hand holding.
A pretty little sign that gets to the point quite nicely. I mean…if you’re going to tell someone to scram, how cool is it if you can be polite about it?
A big sister and her baby brother.
Just the right card from one of my other kids. “Believe me.” Haha.
Family vollyball. Watching it…not playing it..as the sun goes down.
A whole website full of beautiful family friendly music that I can just leave on loop all day long.
This is the story of a little girl…and a chicken. No, no, not a real chicken, a fake chicken.
One day this little girl went to a party and at this party they played a game. You know the game. It’s that one where everybody brings a wrapped white elephant present and puts it in a pile. The people take turns choosing and opening their presents. Then they begin trading and swapping and swiping the presents back and forth until the time is up and the game is over. You keep the gift you end up with.
Well, this little girl had never played this particular game before and was slightly unclear about the rules. She unwrapped a lovely white and speckled chicken and was positively thrilled about it. Now, it wasn’t that she was crazy about chickens…no, it wasn’t that. But this little girl knew that her Grammy was crazy about chickens and she wanted to give the chicken to her for her birthday. It would be perfect.
So this little girl, being completely content with her gift, skipped her turn each round because she wanted what she had and didn’t want anything else. That strategy worked for awhile. Until, someone else came along–not knowing anything about this girlie’s plan–and took the chicken off her lap and sat down across the room. The little girl didn’t know what to do. She had no more turns left and her chicken was gone. She didn’t make a fuss or commotion of any kind. She just put her head down and quietly started to cry. She couldn’t help it. She was just so sad.
Apparently someone else in the room was watching and paying attention and realized that this particular chicken was very important to this particular little girl, and they still had one turn left. This sweet person got up and traded their prize for that chicken. When the game was all over this person got up and handed the chicken to our little girl.
She hugged the chicken tight and smiled all the way home.
Thank you for my beautiful chicken Miss Chompy. It means more to me than you’ll ever know.
