As part of my Bake/Cook Something Once a Week Challenge (hereby deemed "Food Challenge"), I chose to make this dinner by my new favorite food blog Dinner: A Love Story. Why I've only just stumbled upon this blog is beyond me. As you can see from the photo above, it came out pretty scrumptious (hm, just decided I'm not a fan of that word but I'm keeping it as such.) I actually made this dinner last week, but I've been busy socializing the remainder of my winter break which just ended today (super sad moment.) I went to Trader Joe's, the mecca of any obscure food item you've never heard of (i.e. "agar" that I now know is a vegetable-based gelatin) and bought all the ingredients. To note, this recipe does not contain any odd ingredients but I prefer buying groceries from Trader Joe's because it's my Happy Grocery Shopping Place and their free samples are always out of this world. Of course, it's a smidgen pricier but hey, I'm only cooking once a week (hopefully more) so why not splurge a little. I bought free range chicken thighs, almost two pounds, so I adjusted the recipe a bit and added a little more of everything to round it out. I paired the thighs with brown rice (found in the freezer section of Trader's; just pop in a plastic bag and microwave for 3 minutes and you've got perfectly delicious brown rice) and poured the remaining sauce on top. For garnish, I chose parsley (if you find parsley overly powerful, you can choose thyme like she suggests or even no garnish, it's that good.) All in all, I had five chicken thighs between three people so there were leftovers (also tasty the next day.) I liked this recipe so much for its simplicity and taste I added it to my Recipe Book. That's saying something.
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