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fandomhigh2009-09-15 08:44 am
thetoughestcook) wrote in fandomhigh2009-09-15 08:44 am
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Anyone Can Cook, 9/15/09, Period 4
"Bonjour," Colette greeted, once everyone seemed to be at a work station. "Last week, we learned about kitchen utensils and mise-en-place. This week, we will make a Chinese-American dish that puts those things to even better use than bananes en jambon. We are to make stir fry. I will demonstrate, then you will do the same."
She went behind her own work station, neatly lined with diced vegetables, chopped chicken, and sauce ingredients. "First, I heat the wok. There is vegetable oil in it, just enough to cover the bottom of the pan. I add onion, ginger and garlic and cook them until they are gold, oh, three or four minutes." Once the aromatics were cooked, she reached for the plate of chicken. "Then I add the ingredients that need the most cooking time -- chicken first, then carrots. Any protein will work; if you wish to make it vegetarian, tofu is good."
She kept stirring as she talked, dropping in broccoli and bell peppers and cooking each for about three minutes. "And now that it is all cooked, add a sauce. If this were a French recipe, I would make a sauce, but, as it is not, I will use teriyaki sauce from a bottle. We will learn to make better sauces soon."
Of this she was confident. The meal was now almost cooked; she took an appreciative sniff before turning off the burner.
"I started rice in the rice cooker at the start of class, so now we have dinner in, oh -- it took about fifteen minutes. And now it is your turn, yes? Pair up and prepare stir fries."
She went behind her own work station, neatly lined with diced vegetables, chopped chicken, and sauce ingredients. "First, I heat the wok. There is vegetable oil in it, just enough to cover the bottom of the pan. I add onion, ginger and garlic and cook them until they are gold, oh, three or four minutes." Once the aromatics were cooked, she reached for the plate of chicken. "Then I add the ingredients that need the most cooking time -- chicken first, then carrots. Any protein will work; if you wish to make it vegetarian, tofu is good."
She kept stirring as she talked, dropping in broccoli and bell peppers and cooking each for about three minutes. "And now that it is all cooked, add a sauce. If this were a French recipe, I would make a sauce, but, as it is not, I will use teriyaki sauce from a bottle. We will learn to make better sauces soon."
Of this she was confident. The meal was now almost cooked; she took an appreciative sniff before turning off the burner.
"I started rice in the rice cooker at the start of class, so now we have dinner in, oh -- it took about fifteen minutes. And now it is your turn, yes? Pair up and prepare stir fries."
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She carefully coated the wok with the oil and set it on the heat.
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She waited a moment. "I wonder how we'll know when it's warm enough."
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