(Hello Captain Obvious!)
But, can we forget about it... for just a moment? Can we forget about the food and the family that is to be expected?
Pretty please?
Can we forget about sweet potatoes, and pumpkin, and turkey?
For just a moment, let's think about chicken.
More specifically, Asian chicken.
Most specifically, Asian marinated chicken in foil triangles.
The blogs have been covered in Thanksgiving recipes, but let's be honest, there are many meals to be consumed before we get to Thanksgiving, and not all of those meals will have cranberries and turkey stuffing in them.
This is a great quick recipe. When I was a kid my family used to go to this Asian buffet called China Jade. They had these little foil triangles that contained a small piece of tender chicken inside. At the end of the meal we would have huge mounds of foil on the table... and full bellies!
Asian Chicken Foil Triangles
yield: 2 portions (20 triangles)
3 Chicken Legs
Marinade:
1/4 cup Soy Sauce (I prefer low sodium soy sauce)
3 TBS Hoisin Sauce
2 TBS Brown Sugar
1 tsp Ginger, minced
1 tsp Garlic, minced
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
1. Using a sharp knife, cut the meat off the chicken legs. You will be able to get one large piece (which you will then be able to cut up in smaller pieces), but then there is more meat that has to be cut off the bone. The pieces should be about the size of your thumb.
2. Put the chicken in a ziplock baggy and pour the marinade directly in the baggy. Seal the bag and use your hands to push the marinade all over the chicken. Let marinate at least 30 minutes.
3. Cut up foil squares that are about 4 inches by 4 inches. Place one piece of chicken in the center of each foil square and fold like a triange, sealing the corners as tight as you can.
4. Place on a baking sheet and turn on your broiler (or grill). You can broil for 4 minutes on each side, or grill for 4 minutes on each side. Let cool 1 minute. Enjoy opening your foil triangles!
18 comments:
I have recently decided that chicken breast is dry and uninspiring. I only want to cook with dark meat now! This seems so easy and good.
I love dark meat too. I cannot wait to try these. Dry grilled chicken breast for dinner tonight:(
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I applaud you for posting something other than turkey, stuffing, cranberries, or a green bean casserole dish! I think most people have figure it out by now.
These sound TASTY.
This is so unique! What a fantastic idea!
A lovely, easy and super tasty recipe! Thanks for NOT posting something about Thanksgiving.... :-)
Simple, quick, tasty - I like it!
I bet our kids would love this - nothing quite as fun as a "surprise" package to eat!
These are so cute, and look very delicious, we're having a tex mex style thanksgiving, haven't yet worked out the details, but we're tired of the same old same old. We'll do traditional at christmas
Those are not only adorable, but I bet they are really tasty too! I love that idea!
Mmmmm, sounds so wonderful!
that's pretty cool - i've never seen that before. i love cooking my veggies in foil bags since it keeps them so moist and the seasonings i add are infused more; i bet that does wonders for the chicken meat.
What a fun and delicious treat inside those foil triangles! You're right - I will be eating anything BUT turkey before and after Thanksgiving.
this is such a nice change of pace from all of the turkey recipes that have been popping up everywhere! I love the flavors in this dish
It looks very unique and interesting! Great pictures, too!
Yum, what a fun way to serve chicken! And yes, something different to read, versus all the Thanksgiving turkey madness!
I can imagine the big pile of foil that would be sitting in front of me if I ate this! I'd probably try and put my foil in front of someone else, hehe :)
OMG! I remember getting so many dirty looks from the restaurant employees when we would get dozens of these from the buffet and carry them to the table.
But you know not a one was wasted!
Thanks for posting this!
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