Thursday, May 22, 2014

Polenta, single recipe

 I bought a bag of cornmeal to make a chess pie. I needed it only a little amount and there is almost full bag of cornmeal left.
I was thinking how can I use it besides treats or corn bread, and reached to this idea.Polenta!
It will take a little time to stir it, but worth to take time for it.

Polenta with chicken and oyster mushrooms
Polenta
1/2 cp cornmeal 
1 1/2 cp water 
*optional: 1/2cp cheese
Good amount of salt
Topping
Oyster mushroom 2-3 pieces, shredded
Chicken thigh 1 piece, diced in chunk
Olive oil 2 Table spoon
Wine 2Table spoon
Salt good amount

Stir chicken with olive oil on a frying pan with medium high heat, until it's cooked, add oyster mushrooms and keep stirring, add wine and wait until they are all cooked, add salt.
On the same pan, put cornmeal ingredients with medium high heat, and bring it to boil.
Turn the heat low, keep stirring it until the polenta has been thick enough like the cornmeal doesn't settle down to the bottom.
Put a lid on the pan and leave it 5-8 minutes, and stir it again about 10 min until the texture gets nice(photo), add salt.
Add cheese if you like.
Plate it asap, chicken and oyster mushrooms on top.
I put kale with soy vinaigrette with it, tasted good with polenta.
Stir fry oyster mushroom and chicken.
On the same frying pan, put cornmeal and water.
Bring it to boil, keep stirring.
When the polenta reach this level, not soupy and thicker texture,put the heat low and put a lid on the pan.5-8min.
After 5-8min, stir it again until reach to this texture.Rich and fluffy.