ironchef
Executive Chef
You hardly see anyone try and do anything new with chicken these days. Everything is usually beef, lamb, venison, duck, etc. So I was feeling creative at work today, and made a dish called Deconstructed Kung Pao Chicken. For those who don't know, deconstructed refers to a taking a dish that normally has a bunch of components mixed together (i.e. a California Roll) and making an entirely new dish using the same basic components but giving it a different twist.
So, the chicken was seared on the grill, then finished in the oven with a Peanut, Scallion, and Cilantro Crust. The sauce is a spicy reduction made from sherry, peanut, garlic, and XO sauce. The starch is jasmine rice, and the green, yellow, and red are thinly shaved bell pepper that's been pickled with rice vinegar and sesame.
So, the chicken was seared on the grill, then finished in the oven with a Peanut, Scallion, and Cilantro Crust. The sauce is a spicy reduction made from sherry, peanut, garlic, and XO sauce. The starch is jasmine rice, and the green, yellow, and red are thinly shaved bell pepper that's been pickled with rice vinegar and sesame.