No time to do anything this week as I am so busy and important, but Cam and I decided to head out to a Zumba class and I decided to cook her Mini Thai Chicken Burgers by Kate, when we got home.I rushed home from work and called my friend (from here on known as baby mama) while I chopped up all the ingredients in preparation for the cooking later - told you, so busy and important I don't even have time to concentrate on cutting up ingredients. None of this was too tricky, but I’d never used Lemon Grass so didn’t know which bits I was meant to cut and if some bits didn’t get used. I just decided to cut off a bit at the top and the bottom and use the middle.
Cam arrived and we headed off to Zumba which was hilarious as usual.
Everything was ready to go when we got home, so I just combined everything together and cooked it up. Cam was a great help reading the recipe to me, preparing some things and chatting away.
Everything was happening at the same time, so I was putting stuff in the freezer (didn’t have time to cool it) and stuff under the grill and stuff on the stove, I felt very skilled with all my multitasking! It all seemed to go to plan and I didn’t have any major stuff ups. The patties were really sticky and fell apart a bit when I put them in the pan but apart from being a bit misshaped it didn’t really matter. They also seemed to need a lot of oil to stop them from sticking and it kept on splashing me and burning my hands but I shouldn’t complain.
Kate had told me that these Mini Burgers in fact worked better as regular-sized burgers so I made six patties out of the mixture and didn't chop the Turkish bread up into smaller pieces. I assembled it all and was slightly concerned about how plain it all looked. I don't like cucumber so I had tomato instead but it didn't look like the regular burger that is bursting with colour and looks all delicious, it looked bland and boring. I stuck a knife in it (Hogs Breath style) instead of a toothpick and we sat down to eat.
I was totally impressed! They we're kinda of spicy (probably because I used two small chillis instead of one) but really nice. I was surprised at how Thai they actually tasted. While it was cooking I had said to Cam it smelt like walking past a Thai restaurant but I sort of forgot that it would taste Thai too.
We watched Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs while we ate, which as it turns out is the best movie of all time: “I wanted to run away that day, but you can’t run away from your own feet!”
Tips: I love mayo sick so put heaps of the mayo mixture on mine, but it was too much and I had to scrape it off again – it isn’t like regular mayonnaise and is kind of an overwhelming taste.
Music: Arctic Monkeys
