You are going to need a passport because this post is all over the planet. I have been making some lunches lately that rival any thing out there and the more the envelope gets pushed the more the results vary and improve. Who says you cant have Italian and Asian flavors on one plate? And if you want to get technical its just chicken and rice anyway.
I started the day before by soaking some morel mushrooms....
and marinating some chicken skewers. The chicken skewers were made from the ground chicken I mentioned in yesterdays post and the marinade was a delicious honey, soy and ginger concoction with sesame seeds - can you see the influence on this?
The mushrooms were then chopped up and they went into the risotto along with a chicken broth base and fresh thyme.
Risotto is so creamy on its own nothing else is really needed and the woodsy earthy flavor of the morel mushrooms made this a dish I wanted to - well - scarf!
The skewers were grilled and the risotto was plated with the steaming hot chicken and I threw my arms up in the air waiting for the judges decision.
25 comments:
Wow, I didn't know you could pack so much goodness into such a dish. Three of my alltime favorites in one place. Thanks!
Love morels, need to find them in dried form again since they're so hard to come by fresh. In a risotto, alongside grilled lamb? Even better. Oooh, ideas are brewing...
That's one beautiful looking plate of food.
This was lunch?! I had crackers and cashew butter . . . I'm feeling seriously inadequate and awfully hungry after seeing this delicious meal.
A perfect 10
This looks really good and like a bit of work too. I am sure it was worth it. That skewer looks scrumptious.
sorta: hey with a bigger plate I can add a few more
elliot: I try and find them every year and I come up empty handed -
linda: thanks - oh and hey those ice formations have stuck in my mind
tangled: you have cashew butter - I want some!
jill: thanks jill - did you eat that pasta and is the leopard print in YOUR closet?
stella: it wasnt any work at all really...
Oh, I'm totally for Italian-Asian fusion, it definitely works! Mmm... morels!
I don't even like mushrooms and I want to scarf down this dish! You really outdid yourself, it looks so beautiful and creative!
yum! I love mushrooms in risotto anf those morels looks great!
well done chef!
i love the texture of those funky mushrooms.
5 star: I could have handled a little middle east thrown in just for fun
christina: to convert a non mushroomer is a feat I can be proud of.
LK: tasty like no other - check out marx foods they are looking for bloggers to review things - tell them I sent you
dawn: thank-you but I have to say you kicked banana cheesecake to the moon - kudos to you too chef!
God, that looks good. It's a simple , beautiful meal.
What a fancy smancy looking lunch! All I had was a boring ole turkey sandwich...
This looks like it was a delicious fusion dish! I love the marinade on those chicken skewers!
Chicken, mushrooms and risotto. I can't of a better combination than that.
I want an invitation to lunch at your place! Sometimes I have natural pb on a cracker at my house! Fancy mushrooms and chicken...I am impressed!
Wow! This looks like a whole lot of yum on one plate!
Wheee!!! I love your Asian-European fusion dish! That's the kind of "cuisine" I make all the time! Who says you can't blend Asian with italian, indeed!
Chicken skewers good, risotto good, morels good . . . I think you hit it out of the park with this lunch! I love mixing it up like that and think it's fun that we live in a world where we can.
Morels risotto...you have a very active foodie life!
do you a risotto recipe I want to make my first one!!
Rebecca
i would definitely call that plate scarf worthy, wow, delicious!
I love morel mushrooms. My dad and I always went in the forest looking for them. They are the best!
The leopard is in his closet.
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