 Last night we had our (was it the 3rd? 4th?) "Corona Night". What is "Corona Night"? Well, it's just a night where we stay home to drink corona and whatever snack we can cook up while chatting the night away. ^^ Last night's special was chef Slim's special Sausage bagel with a side of meat balls. I think it was pretty good. ;) Cubbie gave me a tip about putting ketchup in the bagel with the sausage for a better taste. So I'm sticking with ketchup inside the bagel instead of cream cheese which I originally used. :) Oh, speaking of new items that have been added to my menu, Pei has graciously passed down his family recipe which I like to call "Shitaki Hen Soup".
 It's really easy to make, and it's really good, too! What more can I ask for? So I'm sharing the recipe with the rest of you guys (I'm sure Pei won't mind)
Ingredients
- Cornish hen (1.5lbs)
- Shitaki mushroom ( 8 medium size pieces )
- Salt
Cooking Instructions
- Rehydrate shitaki mushroom overnight in warm water (They tend to float so you'll have to rotate them a couple of times)
- defronst hen
- Take gut out of hen (if any, that is... cuz it seems like cornish hen sold in grocery stores tend not have any)
- Boil water
- Submerge hen in the pot (make sure the hen fits, but the pot doesn't have to be much bigger than the hen)
- Depending on personal taste, you may put the gut in as well ( I can't personally attest to this cuz I didn't have any to try)
- If hen floats make sure you rotate from time to time
- Wait 5 - 7 minutes
- Put mushroom in
- Put the water that the mushroom was into the mix as well (but avoid the bottom which will most likely have dirt)
- Reduce heat to simmer and add salt to taste
- Simmer for 45 minutes
- Voila! you're done
What was even more awesome was what happened the day after we ate the shitaki hen soup, tho! Cubbie told me to preserve the soup ( I was gonna just throw it away ), and what she did was she added some scallions to it after getting rid of all the floating solid fat from the soup the following evening... OMG the soup was even more excellent!! Dang... I really don't have any cooking basics. ^^; So you guys take note of cubbie's lil tip about de-fatty-ing and putting some scallions when reheating the soup. ;) Yum yum!
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