so...
we've been having tuesday night dinners at the house for a few months now which has allowed us to try a and work through the kinks of a few recipes. it's been a blast! mostly it's friends of ours who are single and like to hang out with us for a meal...or two... or three...
most of these have worked out pretty well...
some, well they need a bit more "tweaking".
the best part of this is just that we can have people over and in a not so intentional way develop some community with these friends who really come from different circles of our lives. boot so much a small group in the "Church" sense but a community... um fellowship in a "Life" sense.
it's not that we don't want that. far from it. one of our goals is to eventually have a small group in our home. it's just that this would just be much more informal, non-intentional group. i hate to use the word "organic" but in a sense, that's what we wanted. our desire for this group is for it to develop on it's own. it's direction conversationally and relationally dictated by those who show up each week. the subject of discussions changing week to week.
most importantly, this would become a safe place for these friends of ours to be able share of themselves. a place where they can receive support and affirmation. to be able to receive constructive criticism... but never judgement.
but i digress... let's talk food...
like i said, we've tried a few new items but have also pulled out some tried and true recipes as well.
below find a teriyaki recipe (slightly modified of course!) that i got from an old Hawaiian guy i used to work with at Safeway. it's more of a marinade and basting sauce less of of a finishing or dipping sauce but you can make it work w/ some tinkering.
modify the recipe for the amount of meat that you will be preparing. the following makes enough for about 1 chicken cut into frying pieces.
2 cups of soy sauce
1 cup of sake
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar (if you can find Chinese brown sugar, even better)
1 cup of pineapple juice
1 medium hand of ginger sliced
2 teaspoons of crushed garlic
2 green onions sliced
all ingredients go into a pot and brought to boil over medium heat. let simmer on low for about 20mins and then remove to cool. add 2 table spoons of sesame oil before using.
marinate your meat in the sauce overnight for grilling or use as you would any other marinade for stir frying.
i've used this for chicken, beef and salmon with good results. have also added chili oil and chillies or chili sauce for a bit of a kick. this is pretty tasty with chicken wings.
by grating the ginger (use only at most 2 medium fingers) and slowly reducing the sauce to a ketchup texture it can be used as a dipping or brushing sauce.
well, there you have it. have at it and enjoy! play with it, modify it, add to it and let me know what did and didn't work!
one side note... i made this for a Japanese foreign exchange student friend of mine in college. he smiled and said it was good just like his grandmother used to make!
he then said his grandmother was Korean... pah dum dump...
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