Legend of Fall Series II(squash) -- Let me cook for you [Assignment]

Hot Chilli Chicken in Squash Bowl

I read something about ' if the food is prepared for you, it will be extremely delicious ', and it just reminded me Mommy's food, those kizzas, chicken and super handmade dumplings... yes they were, not only I could taste it but also I could feel the attention and affection in it , and the good taste as well as the feeling of being loved both will be lasting. And that is also the reason that I don't quite like buying food from stores, especially after I saw them preparing the food in a very casual way, ( I guess they are complaining the time passes so slowly) so the taste in my imaginations was already degraded. Well, I understand them, they are serving hundreds of people everyday and to some point, it was just a job. But without any reason, I just believe the happy single Executive Chef in the Friendly was full of passion , making sandwich, quesadilla, sundae and all kinds of friendly food, I feel happy for those customers that could enjoy his work.

So, every time, when I cook, I will imagine cooking for you, you , and you, and let my food achieve the most top level of gourmet:

every bite has the taste of Love

This is an assignment based on JoJo Taibei's Hot chilli chiken. I was amazed when I had the first bite, it is such a hit to add (A LOT) cilantro to balance the spicy, no wonder it is the start food in that restaurant, (of course, thanks to the genius foodie that ordered this for us). I had wanted to make it for long, but not sure if I was really busy or just a slacker, I never go to Chinatown to get Chinese hot chilli sauce(剁椒).

Until recently, I accidently found this guy, very similar to Chinese hot sauce, so I gave it a try. But in fact, they are not the same, to make Chinese hot chilli sauce, it also uses some alcohol for fermentation , so it comes with more flavor, and it is sweeter.

It is actually  very simple to make your own and it is fresher and much much more healthy than the one from stores, which could be in my age.

Scientific Fact:

When vegetable are brined (like pickle~~), and the process is actually to produce nitrate, and the longer it is brined, the higher the nitrates contains. So, eat fresh and drink green tea.

Squash bowl: brushed with bacon grease, sprinkle sweet paprika, bake until tender.

Hot chili chicken:

The secrete to stir-fried meat in Chinese cuisine is: Hot Wok, Quick Work,

1. Pat diced chicken with flour(or meat tenderizer) , mix in scallion or minced arlic or minced ginger, depends on what flavor you want to emphasis.

2. Heat enough oil in the wok, until it is hot enough, quickly stir fried chicken until 80-90% done.

3. Take them out of the wok, then you can cook other things, like vegetables and make sauce. For this hot chili chicken, I used medium heat to saute garlic , then adjust to high heat, add cilantro and hot chili pepper, the next step is season, adding soy sauce and sugar( important)

4. Put chicken back to the wok, stir a bit, and it is done

This is my submission, which I cooked specially for YOU ^_^