It's raining dogs and cats here today... Not a very pleasant day. Today, I'm gonna introduce you all to a Donburi called Kiji-Yaki Don. It's a pan seared chicken with miso base sauce. Yum!!!
きじ焼き丼 Kiji-yaki Don
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 chicken breast or half a chicken thighs
1 leek, white part only
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
½ tablespoon Akamiso, "red miso"
½ tablespoon Hatchomiso,"normal miso"
1½ tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon Mirin
1 teaspoon Sake
1 teaspoon sugar
1 sheet of toasted nori (seaweed)
Cooked rice
Directions
1. In a small bowl mix together akamiso, hatchomiso, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar until smooth. Set aside.
2. Fold the seaweed into fourths lengthwise and cut into ⅛inch strips with scissors. Set aside.
3. Cut off roots and dark green portion of leeks and discard. Slice into pieces about 2inches in width.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add leeks and cook, turning until golden brown, about 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a small plate; set aside.
5. Dry off any excess moisture off the chicken and add chicken to the pan skin side down and cook, turning, until golden brown 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Remove chicken and transfer to a cutting board and cut into half inch slices. Place the chicken back into the pan, if the chicken is still uncooked, cook a bit longer. Add the reserved leeks to the chicken and pour the miso mixture over the chicken and leeks, bring pan to a simmer until the sauce is glistening, about a minute.
6. Spoon the rice into a bowl and sprinkle the seaweeds strips of the rice and top with the chicken mixture.
もうすぐ9月も終わり、気温も下がってきて過ごしやすくなってきましたね。ダリアも開花してすます秋らしくなってきました。 毎年秋になると家の中でも秋を感じられるように飾り付けをするんですが、去年はおもちゃ南瓜を手に入れられなくてマジ凹んだ・・・なので!今年は絶対に手に入れるぞと決心して今日、やっと届きました!!嬉しい!!やっぱり南瓜はMust Have Itemですね。必死に探した苦労もこれで報われた~w。 これでやっとサイドボードの飾りつけも形になってきた~。家の中でも季節を感じながら過ごせるって本当にいいですよね。何かほっとする。:)
The gourds have finally arrived! Last year I wasn't able to find any gourds to purchase, so I was completely bummed out, but thankfully this year, I was able to find some ! yay! I'm not completely satisfied with the variety of gourds, but this was all I can find this year... Also, for some reason the gourds were pretty pricey this year... Oh well.
Dahlia's are one of my favorite flowers. The blooming of Dahlias seems to remind us all, that summer is coming to an end and that autumn is arriving.
Dahlia is a genus of plants which are native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are many varieties of Dahlias. There are at least 36 species. Dahlias are commonly grown as garden plants. Dahlia plants can grow as low as 12 inches to as tall as 6-8 feet.