Last night's dinner, illustrated
Culinary School Co-Worker and I hung out yesterday and he decided to make chicken tomatillo stew with guacamole and homemade chips. Of course, I had to photo-document the entire thing.
(And yes, everything was as delicious as it looks.)
Tomatillos and jalapeños ready to roast.
We butchered our own chicken into 8 pieces.
The chicken, after being seared in the cast-iron skillet.
After the tomatillos and jalapeños were roasted, we sauteed some shallots and put them in the skillet with the chicken, some chicken broth, and a bay leaf. This simmered for an hour.
Guacamole ingredients.
The beautiful finished product.
Tortillas that got fried into the most delicious chips.
Chips, sweet chips!
Shortly after this picture was taken, everything disappeared without a trace. Damn, did we tear into that shit!
Garnish for the soup: cilantro, lemon, and crème fraiche.
The positively deliciously gorgeous finished product: tomatillo stew with chicken.
I forgot to take pictures of dessert, but I brought a peach blueberry pie and some raspberry linzer cookies.
Did I also mention that it was all really inexpensive, and the meal actually cost us less than $20 to make?
Fuck, that was a good meal.
(And yes, everything was as delicious as it looks.)
Tomatillos and jalapeños ready to roast.
We butchered our own chicken into 8 pieces.
The chicken, after being seared in the cast-iron skillet.
After the tomatillos and jalapeños were roasted, we sauteed some shallots and put them in the skillet with the chicken, some chicken broth, and a bay leaf. This simmered for an hour.
Guacamole ingredients.
The beautiful finished product.
Tortillas that got fried into the most delicious chips.
Chips, sweet chips!
Shortly after this picture was taken, everything disappeared without a trace. Damn, did we tear into that shit!
Garnish for the soup: cilantro, lemon, and crème fraiche.
The positively deliciously gorgeous finished product: tomatillo stew with chicken.
I forgot to take pictures of dessert, but I brought a peach blueberry pie and some raspberry linzer cookies.
Did I also mention that it was all really inexpensive, and the meal actually cost us less than $20 to make?
Fuck, that was a good meal.