Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Vidalia Salad Onions & Turmeric Chicken

Okay, house sitting has been good so far, the weekend hockey tourney was tons of fun and the new routine is keeping my spirits up. HOWEVER, I am on the verge of overloading my poor little camera due to my lack of off loading.
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Since I can't share something new, I decided to take a look through my photo library for anything I missed. What I discovered was this oldie meal to share -
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To recap, I've been interested in learning de-boning technique. My trials thus far have been on chicken thighs. Seasoned and grilled with the skin on, make this my top pick for ways to eat chicken pieces.
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Feeling like I needed to mix things up, I used Alaea Sea Salt, pepper and then proceeded to rummage through the spice drawer! Shoved all the way in the back, just under where the counter overlaps the open drawer, I found a little bottle of turmeric. To be honest we never use this spice and I can't even recall what past dinner item brought this spice into our home.
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Also while at the grocery store this particular late winter/early spring evening, I noticed bunches of 'Vidalia Salad Onions.' Never having seen these before, I figured 'hey, we love vidalias! Let's give these a whirl.'
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I boiled up some red skinned potatoes and added sauteed vidalia, cheddar cheese, sour cream salt/pepper and of course butter.
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The softened potato pieces and added deliciousness all mixed together beautifully! Definitely falling into that category of 'MUST make again!'
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So here is our finished product. We did have a side salad as well, but you've all seen my basic dinner salad before, so I'll save you the salad boredom.
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The turmeric was a great spice for these grilled chicken thighs. Very little was done differently from my paprika chicken...just a swapping of color and mild flavor.
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Being from my Hubs happy dinner collection, he did enjoy the chicken and really liked the potatoes...and how could you not with all that cheesy, creamy, buttery goodness!
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The 'Vidalia Salad Onion' had a nice-mild-sweet onion flavor and was a great addition to the potatoes. I think next time, it'll be worth cooking something up, perhaps a side dish (?), where they can take center stage.
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That's all folks!

2 comments:

  1. I love this recipe - vidalia's are my favorite onion.

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  2. Thanks Pam! Yes, vidalias are d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s!!! If you come across these baby ones, give them a try...would love to see what you cook up with them :O)

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