Thread: Dinner

OK, well here we are on Sunday and it is lunch time. Time to get that “blackened chicken” sandwich ready along with a side dish of Cajan fried potatoes.


Getting everything ready meant getting the “blackened seasoned” boned and skinless chicken breasts were taken out of the fridge and put on a plate.




I then proceeded to the Ban Chang Danish Bakery to get some fresh rolls. I ended up getting 3 “farmer bread” rolls and 3 white rolls.




upon returning home, I got the potatoes that I had peeled, cut, put into water so they wouldn’t brown, and put in the refrigerator the night before. I thoroughly drained the water off the potatoes and placed them into the pot where I had heated oil in which to fry the potatoes. Keeping an eye on the potatoes so that they wouldn’t burn I went on to preparing the other things needed for making my sandwich.




I put the chicken breasts into the microwave for two min and then placed them on a rack in the toaster oven.


I cut up the onion, tomato and lettuce along with some mayo, dijon mustard, and some home made hot sauce that would be going on my sandwich and set that aside until needed.





I decided on one of the “farmer bread” rolls for my sandwich so I sliced that while the potatoes were frying and the chicken cooking.




Put on a little mayo and Dijon mustard onto the roll.




Pulled the chicken breasts out of the toaster oven and put on the roll.

Put on the tomatoes and some mayo on the tomatoes along with some of the hot sauce.




The home made “hot sauce” used was made by my younger brother. There were 3 different kinds of hot peppers all of which were organically grown in his own garden.
This batch he called “Crazy Cactus” hot sauce.




Top all this off with the placing of a few onion slices and lettuce on top and you have a deli style “blackened seasoned” spicy chicken breast sandwich.




But hold on, the fried Cajun potatoes are finished and need to be added to the plate so there they are. The Cajun spice and some garlic salt were added after the frying of the potatoes.






Now this was a great tasting man’s lunch. Hope you enjoyed being in my kitchen this afternoon...

***** = 5 star lunch ^

I reckon an afternoon bike ride is now in order

Thanks n&j, it was rather tasty... and in my opinion would not have been too spicy for English palate. :-)

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

I reckon an afternoon bike ride is now in order

actually, more like a swim and then maybe even a little nap. beautiful day here today. possibly a 1700 bicycle ride in and around "Eastern Star"...

OH that looks so good. Very nicely seasoned chicken there.

Thanks bsnub. When your around let me know, I whip one up for you.

Forgot to put last Sundays dinner up. Barbecued ribs, potato salad and some garlic bread.

The ribs.



The plated meal. It was done in the oven and is was raining very hard. Still came out very nice. Long slow cooking.


Close up of the potato salad. Taters, red bell, onions, green onions, and a little bit of carrot chunks, dressed in fresh mayo, cajun spice, and cracked black pepper.

^ Excellent AO. Looks inviting. Bet there wasn't much left for taking to lunch on Monday.

correct. I thought I was going to have a great lunch on Monday, strip that pork off the bone, pile it on a bun, and put the tater salad in some Tupperware. Not a bite was left. Long and happy meal.

WOW! You guys do eat well over there. Nice meal there AO!

Originally Posted by SEA Traveler

Thanks bsnub. When your around let me know, I whip one up for you.

Very kind of you! I will definitely take you up on that!

Your the man for the ribs AO ,,

If there's any left over after Snubby's been tucking in I wouldn't mind an invite to ST

Well after dinner there is nothing like a nice steamed sponge ,, er ,, and after much deliberation I achieved exactly that ,,( nothing like a nice steamed pudding )

However as we are now rapidly approaching our week of summer in the UK ( today reaching the heady heights of 10.5 degrees ) a nice bit of stodgy comfort food is the order of the day

A bit of a faff to steam these things but here we are ready to go 1.5 hours





So after our lovely roast beef dinner I made the custard and topped with a spoon of syrup before serving , steamed sultana pudding




MMmmm jeez were full so its a walk for us along the beach now the sun has finally made an appearance now the weekends over

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

So after our lovely roast beef dinner I made the custard and topped with a spoon of syrup before serving , steamed sultana pudding




MMmmm jeez were full so its a walk for us along the beach now the sun has finally made an appearance now the weekends over

I'm thinking that without the fluorescent green bowl the pudding would still taste just as good but possibly not as appealing. The fluorescent green bowl does the trick for presentation.

^ 555 well you know where its from ,,, your local Tesco Lotut bought 4 of them in Udon about 5 years ago I love them because as little as Jan is she is something of a bull in a China shop , so its fair to say during the washing a fair few plates and bowls I've had for over 30 years are no longer with us ,, these ones are safe

Spotted dick and custard, green bowl, painting water colours, I'm beginning to wonder about you Nigel.

Come on lets have a look at your apron and oven gloves

Originally Posted by Kwang

I'm beginning to wonder about you Nigel.

You've got me thinking now

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Originally Posted by Kwang

I'm beginning to wonder about you Nigel.

You've got me thinking now

Don't be upset. Just carry on with your dressmaking and flower arranging and don't let the bastards grind you down.

Originally Posted by can123

Just carry on with your dressmaking

Yes I am a dab hand with an overlocker Taffycan ,, now would you like me to let your
hem down a notch or two , your petticoats showing dear

I was going to barbecue a chicken last night but at 5pm the heavens opened and it was time for plan B, easy cheeseburgers.



close up with the tomato and onion relish.
Blurry I was hungry.

How it looked 30 minutes before presentation. And yes i do frozen fries. The local potatoes have too much water content and I can never get them crispy. Thats some grated cheddar in the background.



Went down well.

I'm kinda getting the idea AO you love your home land food

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

I'm kinda getting the idea AO you love your home land food

and I've seen a lot of photos of some of the good stuff he whips up as well.