Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Review: Sesame Chicken Edamame Bowl
Sesame Chicken Edamame Bowl
I was very excited about this recipe. Finally, after three weeks and trips to something like FOUR different grocery stores for the ingredients (should have just started at Wegman's in the first place), I had everything to make it and the time to do so.
First off, fresh lemon grass is hard to mince. It's also hard to find.
Second, I thought this would have so much more flavor than it did. It tasted like nothing. We added some red pepper and lots of extra soy sauce to it. If I make it again, I think I'll probably add lots of both of those to the original recipe, as well as some Chinese Five Spice Powder.
All that being said, it was a light, yet filling meal. And you can't beat how healthy it was! I think I got all the servings of veggies I needed for a day in that one meal! Give it a try, you might like it. Just be prepared to add things to it after the fact.
The ingredients I had a hard time finding were the fresh lemongrass, the sweet rice wine and the dark sesame seeds. Like I said, I found them all at Wegmans, (not at Superfresh, Safeway, Shoppers, or Trader Joes) so if you go to make this, save yourself the gas money and start out at your local fancy-shmancy-has-it-all grocery store!
Categories: recipe_reviews
I was very excited about this recipe. Finally, after three weeks and trips to something like FOUR different grocery stores for the ingredients (should have just started at Wegman's in the first place), I had everything to make it and the time to do so.
First off, fresh lemon grass is hard to mince. It's also hard to find.
Second, I thought this would have so much more flavor than it did. It tasted like nothing. We added some red pepper and lots of extra soy sauce to it. If I make it again, I think I'll probably add lots of both of those to the original recipe, as well as some Chinese Five Spice Powder.
All that being said, it was a light, yet filling meal. And you can't beat how healthy it was! I think I got all the servings of veggies I needed for a day in that one meal! Give it a try, you might like it. Just be prepared to add things to it after the fact.
The ingredients I had a hard time finding were the fresh lemongrass, the sweet rice wine and the dark sesame seeds. Like I said, I found them all at Wegmans, (not at Superfresh, Safeway, Shoppers, or Trader Joes) so if you go to make this, save yourself the gas money and start out at your local fancy-shmancy-has-it-all grocery store!
Categories: recipe_reviews
