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chasingtides) wrote2009-11-12 07:27 pm
chasingtides) wrote2009-11-12 07:27 pm
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Food for the Sick
So, as people on my flist know by now, I have the flu. It's dastardly and I feel terrible. Realising I couldn't take another meal of soup, I threw this together in 20 minutes and it's very good.
1/2 lb chicken, cooked and sliced (alternate: can of beans, just add it later in the cooking cycle)
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 cup rice
2 cups water
equal parts garlic salt, cayenne pepper, chili powder (I used about 1.5 teaspoons each, but I'm aiming for serious spice)
Put water in a pot and add the spices. Bring to a boil. Add rice, bring back to a boil, turn down the heat. Add the chicken. After ten minutes, add the celery (and beans, if you're doing beans for protein). Simmer until rice is cooked.
Makes 2 servings.
I like cayenne pepper and garlic salt because of the work they do on my sinuses and throat when I'm sick. The chili powder adds depth. It is visually bland - white rice, pale chicken, diced celery - but it packs a secret punch.
I'm eating it with cornbread-and-honey and ginger tea. Power punch to my nose and throat.
1/2 lb chicken, cooked and sliced (alternate: can of beans, just add it later in the cooking cycle)
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 cup rice
2 cups water
equal parts garlic salt, cayenne pepper, chili powder (I used about 1.5 teaspoons each, but I'm aiming for serious spice)
Put water in a pot and add the spices. Bring to a boil. Add rice, bring back to a boil, turn down the heat. Add the chicken. After ten minutes, add the celery (and beans, if you're doing beans for protein). Simmer until rice is cooked.
Makes 2 servings.
I like cayenne pepper and garlic salt because of the work they do on my sinuses and throat when I'm sick. The chili powder adds depth. It is visually bland - white rice, pale chicken, diced celery - but it packs a secret punch.
I'm eating it with cornbread-and-honey and ginger tea. Power punch to my nose and throat.