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By Bob Abooey (Wed May 10, 2006 at 12:57:06 PM EST) Lunch (all tags)
Special Lunchtime Series


Today I'm having a BBQ chicken stemitch for lunch, along with some HOME-MADE Spanish Rice. The recipe, as best as I remember, for the Spanish Rice can be found below.


1) Chop up one onion.

2) Heat up two Tbls. of your favourite cooking oil in a big ol skillet. Take one cup uncooked rice, brown is best for you but white works too, and dump it in the skillet, then add the chopped onion.

3) Cook on high for about 5 minutes while stirring it quite often.

4) Remove from heat and add the following: 2.5 cups water, 1 chopped green pepper, 1 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp chili powder, one 8 oz can of tomatoe paste. You'll need to have this stuff ready to go ahead of time. Duh.

5) Return to heat (high) and stir all that crap up. Stir slowly or you'll have lots of stuff splattered all over your shirt. Bring to a boil. Turn heat down until the mixture is simmering, then cover with a big ol lid.

6) Cook for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

7) PRESTO MAGICO!!! EAT!!


Crikey this stuff is great. Heart smart and even a retard can make it. It's even better warmed up the next day.

That's it! Be sure to check in tomorrow when I'll tell you how to to make decorative doilies with your old bread twisty-ties.

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So, when I feed this to the rabble under my bridge by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #1 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:11:13 PM EST
what do I call it?

"Bob Abooey's Tomato-ey Fried Rice"?

It sounds quite good. I used to make fried rice all the time with beer instead of water; serve it with chile con carne...

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You're no good to me dead. Even half-alive would be socially awkward. - Hugh MacLeod


Sadly by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #2 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:15:51 PM EST
I can't take credit for it.

That's pretty much verbatim from the Betty Crocker "My First Cookbook" cookbook. Truth be told I added a little extra chili powder and salt to it though.

It's excellent.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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Bonus recipe: modify as needed. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #18 Fri May 12, 2006 at 12:35:15 PM EST
So, you really did inspire me, Bob. I got home from work that day and doubled the amount of rice (I was feeding 4) and water (obviously) and I threw a diced pound of chicken bits.

I didn't up the spices because my kids like their food bland; I had to settle for mixing salsa into my own servings - but it was still a really good "nearly instant" dinner...

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You're no good to me dead. Even half-alive would be socially awkward. - Hugh MacLeod
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I had the same exact idea by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #19 Fri May 12, 2006 at 12:58:42 PM EST
But the only chicken I had was frozen and I couldn't be bothered to thaw it out or run to the store for some thawed.

I'm thinking I may try it with some chicken stir-fry this weekend. I may even photo-document the whole thing.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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Missing ingredient: by sasquatchan (4.00 / 1) #3 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:19:05 PM EST
black beans/frijoles negros.

Drain and rinse, add in step 4.

Also missing, cumin, 1 tsp, at least.

Optional:
Mexican Oregano (this ain't the pansy ass EYE-talian  pasta oregano, very different, see the bottom of the page)
Epazote




Black beans??? by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #8 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:52:14 PM EST
Black beans???? Ugh. Yuck. Ptooey. I hate black beans.

Negroes, on the other hand, I dig, but I don't see how that fits in with my recipe unless it entails sharing said rice dish with a hot little diva.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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BBQ chicken ==high cholesterol by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #4 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:22:08 PM EST
Oh, and watch out for the cooking oil.

Earth First!
(We can strip mine the rest later.)



Nu uh by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #7 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:48:55 PM EST
Chicken breast is one of the approved meats, provided the skin is removed.

I used Peanut Oil which is a good source for monounsaturated fat, the good fat. Canola oil is another good one.

Yes sir, I'm all over this one.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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Huh? by ucblockhead (4.00 / 3) #5 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:24:07 PM EST
What's "garlic powder"? Is that, like, what you use if your store is too barbaric to sell real garlic?
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Nope by lm (2.00 / 0) #6 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:31:07 PM EST
It's how you store garlic for long periods of time so that it doesn't rot during the rainy season.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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How 19th century! by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #9 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:53:39 PM EST
But the store *always* as garlic!
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Answer me this? by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #11 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:56:31 PM EST
Do you still go to the bathroom outside, or do you take advantage of the magic of indoor plumbing?

QED.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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jeez by ucblockhead (2.00 / 0) #12 Wed May 10, 2006 at 02:04:20 PM EST
If you're going to use garlic powder, you might as well buy "Kraft reel Spanish 'rice' food".
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Heh by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #13 Wed May 10, 2006 at 02:18:27 PM EST
Now you sound like my dad. He's the smartest guy I know yet he swears by Stouffer's frozen dinners.

Look, I don't go out and gather rainwater either, I use the ol kitchen tap water. I don't peel and cook tomatoes to make my own tomatoe paste. I don't make my own foundry so I can make a big ol skillet.

Indeed, using garlic powder does not detract from the home-madey-ness of it all. In fact I'll wager I can make two batches of this, one with fresh garlic and one with garlic powder and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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You know by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #15 Wed May 10, 2006 at 05:12:28 PM EST
they now sell great big jars of minced garlic so you can get the real thing and still store it for a long time.
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Close friendships and a private room can offer most of the things love does.
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i have by LilFlightTest (2.00 / 0) #16 Wed May 10, 2006 at 07:01:45 PM EST
a container of dried minced garlic...
Send me to Austria!
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Not to mention by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #10 Wed May 10, 2006 at 01:54:53 PM EST
It's quick and easy. No messy garlic presses involved. No peeling and whatnot. Plus a thing of garlic powder lasts a long time so you don't have to worry about "Do I have any garlic" when you're at the store.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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It's an ingredient by DesiredUsername (4.00 / 1) #14 Wed May 10, 2006 at 03:17:30 PM EST
that tastes, feels and acts different than garlic cloves. Kind of like fresh tomato vs tomato sauce.

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Ummm... by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #20 Tue May 16, 2006 at 12:14:05 PM EST
Grindmeupbaby!
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There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou
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+1 recipe by Breaker (2.00 / 0) #17 Wed May 10, 2006 at 07:21:19 PM EST
Although I am sure that Abooey regliers are disappointed in the lack of whey vs houmous invective here.

This is not a diary for the partizan, it is indeed an invitation to walk and eat as one with the luncheon legere.

I, for one, support this bold new diary initiative.

Also, I'm fucking hammered after watching a UKian team's slaughter in the UEFA.

Buggfer.




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