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.

Mangiare cacciatore

From the last post, here I will introduce a dish using the tomato sauce.

Chicken cacciatore inspired meal.

Chicken cacciatore is hunter style chicken, usually with garlic,onion, bell peppers and tomato, wine.

I used one more veggetable, zucchini for the colour(actually it stayed in my fridge for few days that's why).

First,here is a bit out of subject, about buying meats.

I will recommend you to buy meats from butcheries, the meats taste much, much better than at supermarkets. Don't worry about it will cost a bit higher than at super markets -  the taste will make you really happy and you will appreciate about what you are eating.

Second, the recipe..

Checken thights with born and skin about 100-120g

Salt+Pepper

Flour about 3 Tbsp

Olive oil about 2Tbsp

Garlic 1clove

Onion 1/4 diced small

Yellow or red pepper 1/3 diced small

Zucchini (optional) 1 inch, diced small

Tomato sauce(see the last post) half of the recipe

White wine about 30ml

Bay leave 1

Salt+Pepper the chicken and dust with flour.

Pan fry the chicken with oil until both surface gets golden, remove the meat from the pan, keep the oil.

Put onion in the pan and stair it until it become transparent.

Put other vegetables, stir it few minutes and put Tomato sauce and white wine, bay leave and move them into a small pot.

Put the chicken in the pot, braise for 30 min, finish with salt and pepper.

Third, the photos..

Dust,salt and pepper the chicken.

 Chopping with drinking.Don't drink too much..

Nice colouration.

 This wine.Too smooth to drink..I didn't get drunk, though.

Mangiare!

I served with millet with beans this time, I felt the cacciatore is too rich for the millet ,it is better fitting with pasta.