Wherein Mr Ullman discovers the usefulness of soaking very dry fennel in soy sauce for twenty minutes
I came home and discovered that the chicken I was planning to cook tonight wasn't thawed. It was kinda thawed but I would have to regig my plans for it and would likely be eating around 9 pm. Time to re-plan.
I had a half of a pork steak sitting in the fridge. That was a start so I went from there.
Cooked up some lentils, chopped some sweet onion, shallots, garlic, fennel leaves ( my last organic box included some really dry fennel. The flowers are very usable but the leaves leave much to be desired) and a small potato.
I put the potato and fennel into a bowl to soak in soy sauce while the lentils were cooking. The potatoes would cook slightly in the acidity of the soy sauce and I figured that it couldn't cause the dry fennel leaves any more harm.
Once the lentils were done I seared the pork , put everything into a bowl, added some cream of mushroom soup and capers and tossed. I sprinkled a small amount of Sage Derby on top and baked for twenty minutes.
For a shot in the dark it worked very well. I won't repeat it as such but it is worth playing with.
For a shot in the dark it worked very well. I won't repeat it as such but it is worth playing with.
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