Showing posts with label pinterest projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pinterest projects. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Oven BBQ Asian Chicken

Hi All! Today I thought I share a recipe that I pinned onto my food board on Pinterest. This has been one of the most re-pinned items on my board, so I thought I'd give it a try.

The Pin-spiration via Eating Well

It's a super easy recipe. The worst part was definitely skinning the chicken! Oh my gosh, I thought was going to pass out! Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic, but really - I am NOT a fan of the skinning. I usually just buy boneless, SKINLESS breasts, but the recipe called for bone-in so that's what I did.

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch scallions
  • 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
  • 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon Asian hot sauce, such as Sriracha, or to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder (see Tips)
  • 4 bone-in chicken thighs (1 1/4-1 1/2 pounds total), skin removed, trimmed
  • 4 chicken drumsticks (1-1 1/4 pounds total), skin removed, trimmed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted sesame seeds (see Tips)

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-by-13-inch (or similar-size) baking dish with cooking spray.
  2. Thinly slice 1/4 cup scallion greens; set aside. Mince the whites. Whisk the scallion whites, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, hot sauce and five-spice powder in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat. Arrange the chicken in an even layer in the prepared baking dish, meatier-side down. Pour any remaining sauce from the bowl over the chicken.
  3. Bake, turning once halfway so the meatier side is up, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part without touching bone registers 165°F, about 1 hour. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and top with any remaining sauce from the baking dish. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and the reserved scallion greens.
Here's how mine turned out ~


Looks good, huh?  Tasted pretty darn good too.  I steamed some broccoli and water chestnuts, made some rice, and dinner was served!


Have you tried out any of the recipes on Pinterest?  What are your favorites?

Tootles,

Saturday, January 21, 2012

A Line-A-Day Journal

This is one of the very first projects I pinned when I first got on Pinterest last spring. It's such a great idea, and so simple!
The Pin-spiration via Design Sponge

My version


The idea is to write a one line entry each day and just keep rotating through the cards every year.  It will be so fun five years from now to see what we did or my thoughts for that specific day.  I made one of these for each of my sisters for Christmas and one for myself.  I got the cute little berry crates from Anthropology and picked our vintage postcard stock at the shop for the dividers.  I picked up a date stamp and some index cards (that I cut in half) from the office supply store, and there ya have it!
Vintage postcards used for monthly dividers



Now, if I can just stay disciplined enough to write on it everyday I'll be in good shape!


Have a great weekend!
Tootles,



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