Hello, hive foodies. How are you feeling right now? I hope we all feel great today. I will be sharing with you a simple recipe I made on October 7 during the birthday celebration of our school head and co-teacher.
Celebrating a birthday with family and friends is such a memorable moment for the celebrant. Extravagant or simple celebrations—what matters most is the presence of the people dear to our hearts.
After the teachers' day celebration in our school, our school head messaged me asking to prepare food for everyone on October 7. His birthday was October 6, and since it is Sunday, he moved the simple gathering to the next day, which happened to be the birthday of one of our newly hired teachers. Our school head said that he will scald butchered chickens and boil them to tenderness at home and will let me fry them at school.
I was asked to cook since I am the cookery teacher in our school. And of course, since I love cooking, I accepted the favor of Mr. Alivio.
On the day of the celebration, he handed over the four tendered chickens. I think of ingredients to be used for cooking. So let's start the process.
Ingredients:
Tendered whole chicken (4 pieces)
Onion
Garlic
Lemon grass
Spring onion
Soy sauce
Vinegar
Calamansi juice
Oil
Procedure:
Put the tendered chickens in a bowl.
Slice the spices and put them in a small bowl.
Add calamansi juice, soy sauce and vinegar to the spices.
Pour the prepared spices with calamansi juice, soy sauce and vinegar over the tendered chicken and marinate it for 30 minutes to an hour.
Place the lemon grass and spring onion inside the chicken.
Heat the cooking pot.
Pour the oil in the pot and wait until the temperature is enough to add the chicken.
Add the chicken and cook it with medium to high heat.
Once cooked, place it on a plate to drain the oil.
Serve.
Crispylicious and yummylicious
I also decided to have roasted chicken using our school turbo broiler. I set the temperature to 230°C and cooked it for 40 to 50 minutes.
Here is the finished product of the roasted chicken using the turbo broiler.
Mr. Alivio told me to pack one fried chicken to be given to our district supervisor. After packing it, he asked someone to bring it to the district office. I then continued to prepare for our lunch since ma'am Ivy (the other celebrant) ordered a food package.
My co-teachers were really excited to taste the fried and roasted chickens. They keep on telling me while cooking that it smells so delicious. I was glad when they tried it because they liked the taste.
We had a delectable lunch together at school as we celebrated the gift of life. Truly a memorable moment for the celebrants and to all of us who have been a part of the gathering. I hope you like my simple fried and roasted chicken recipe today. Until next time, foodies.
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