Bought, like, 80 bucks worth of booze, today (because our tax checks came in, bills are paid, rent is paid, blah blah blah, I have disposable income and will blow it how I want).
Among them that I will mention is a 6 dollar flask of Southern Comfort whiskey which is more or less the whiskey of retirees stuck in the 1970s (fine decade, but definitely not a younger man's beverage is what I am saying). I feel this is best enjoyed mixed with things at my age. Or, my personal favorite alternative; cook with it.
Also, a liquer called Pisa (after the leaning tower, and is cleverly leaning itself). 20 bucks got me a splendid 750ml of "imported Italian liquer blended uniquely with..." What is essentially a bowl of mixed nuts. It's great in taste and is definitely something you can sneak into your coffee if you're into the hazelnut creamer. Because this is, essentially, hazelnut creamer with 24% alcohol by volume. Came with free ginger ale and mixes very well with it (no fucking shit, because that's what the man behind the counter told me). Best enjoyed room temperature with ice (refrigerating does make a difference to me).
RECIPE:
"Bad Movie Fried Chicken"
Bad movie fried chicken is named so simply for being so tender that it falls apart faster than Tommy Wiseau's acting career.
Ingredients:
1. Cheap sake.
2. Chicken. (I used boneless breasts.)
3. Water.
4. Canola oil.
5. Flour (at least flour for your seasoning, since it was my first time it is all I used, surprisingly amazing with any sauce when complete).
6. Egg(s).
Utensils used:
Boiling pot, frying pan, strainer, 2 plates, bowl, spatula, retrieving fork, serving plate, and sauce bowl (I used La Choy sweet and sour).
Step 1:
Don't bother with actually thawing the chicken. Put the frozen chicken into the pot after removing it from your package. Fill pot with water until chicken is 3/4th of the way submerged. Put the cheap-ass sake in until the rest of the chicken is submerged. You are now ready to boil the chicken until it has all separated. Make sure to prepare a strainer, your flour on the plate, and the egg in the bowl while waiting for chicken to separate in this process.
Step 2:
Dump the chicken into the strainer. Proceed to coat the chicken with flour and then egg (assuming I didn't do this ass-backwards). Place coated chicken on a separate plate from the flower.
Step 3:
Once you've completed step 2 preheat a frying pan at a medium-medium/high temperature with a decent coating of canola oil. Once the canola oil is bubbling you may begin. Each chicken bit takes about 5-15 minutes to be fully cooked.
Step 4:
Serve chicken with your sauce of choice. I recommend a homemade ranch dressing or Chinese restaurant style sweet and sour sauce.
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