The Dish

Chicken BOK BOK. Thats the name I chose and I am running with it. This post is for all the people who watch me on Periscope. If you’re reading this you need to watch my live broadcast to get the full effect of my kamikaze style cooking. The dish is simply chicken thighs (de-boned) with a bunch of ingredients that don’t sound right at first… But you need to try it. Just once. LOL here’s the ingredients:

1lb chicken (thighs), slice of ginger, 1/2 onion, Hawaiian salt, fresh cracked pepper, 2 oz. Elephant ear(chinese fungus… yes!) 1 oz. Shiitake mushroom, 2 stalks celery, 1 small carrot, wax beans( 1 handful) Lee Kum Kee sauce (black bean and garlic) Braggs liquid aminos (soy sauce alternative) 1 cup water, avocado oil and 3 tsp corn starch.

What I did

I cooked it. LOL. seriously… I sliced everything up into small pieces. (watch your fingertips) first I sautéed the onions and ginger. Next the chicken went in. I’ll say this now: I season with salt and pepper every time I add ingredients into the pan. I added a tsp of the Black Bean Garlic sauce. Once the chicken was cooked I put it in a separate dish.

Fry carrots, celery and wax beans in 1 tsp oil. season. Add tsp of Black Bean garlic sauce. Add Elephant ear and shiitake. Stir. Add 1 cup water (300-500 ml for you METRIC system folks) Cover for 5 minutes.

TASTE TEST… I think it goes without saying to TASTE your food along the way. If you forgot now’s your last chance. Add liquid aminos (or soy sauce) if you need more salt/flavor.  At this point mix water with your corn starch. Stir your corn starch into pan on slight boil. Carefully fold in until all liquid is gravy like. Turn off heat.

The VERDICT

“Da buggah was brokdamout” … or delicious in english. Here in Hawaii we eat everything with RICE… so slap dis buggah over some rice!  What does it taste like? Predominantly Chinese. A little Japanese (with the Shiitake)… and it’s savory not sweet.

DISCLAIMER 

I am not a chef. I’m just a Hawaiian that loves to eat. I love to cook for myself and my family. A man who can’t cook is at a disadvantage. I always like having the upper hand. And I think my wife is okay with me taking some of the responsibility of cooking.

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MAHALO FOR READING…  I really hate typing. But I love sharing… Cheeeee!