Some days I feel like an amazing cook when it cobble together leftovers and make a fantastic dish.
The other day I made a roux for something else so I figured while I was at it, I’d make extra roux and save it for when I needed it. A few days ago I roasted a chicken and we only ate half of it so I saved it, even though I don’t like heated up roasted chicken, but figured I could some up with something to use it for. If nothing else, I’d make chicken salad and serve it in an avocado.
Wednesday when I made the Crash Hot Potatoes, I boiled the whole bag since I was pouring crab boil in the water. No need to waste crab boil.
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Yesterday I decided to come up with a creation. I chopped the chicken, added more jalapeno to the roux, chopped green onions, cut the small potatoes in half and cleaned and cut up some carrots.
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Since the potatoes had been boiled, I figured browning them in a bit of oil, with onions (which I didn’t have cut up yet when the first photo was taken) and the chopped jalapenos might give them a better texture.
Once the potatoes were a bit browned, I took them out of the pot. It would have been easier to brown the potatoes, remove them, then add the onions and peppers but . . live and learn.
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Next, I added the roux to the pot, added about 2 cups of water, a bay leaf, salt, black pepper, chicken and the carrots, let that simmer for a while. Then I added the potatoes just to heat them up, and the green onions.
Vince came upstairs once, declared that whatever I was cooking smelled good all the way downstairs. He wanted to know if we were going to have rice. I told him I wasn’t sure . . it depended on how thick it ended up.
In the end, I served it over orzo with a bit of Parmesan cheese on top.
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It was so delicious! I think I may heat up the leftovers and have it again today.
Dottie+Newkirk says
That does look delicious!
Nelle Coursey says
Looks yummy!