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Monty’s relaxing recipes
Article and photos by Eoin Cunningham
Navigating school in an online platform is no easy feat, and if you’re like me, chances are you need a break. Studies have shown that activities like cooking can make you feel more relaxed and happy. To save you the stress of having to find a recipe yourself, here are some recipes shared by Carlmont students.
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Chicken karaage
For those who want to try something just a little harder, Chris Wong, senior, has a recipe for Chicken Karaage that is the one.
Ingredients: • 600g chicken thighs • 3 tablespoons soy sauce • 2 tablespoons mirin • 1 tablespoon grated ginger • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional) • ½ teaspoon five spice
Directions:
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2. Cut the chicken into two pieces. Combine the chicken with the soy sauce, mirin, ginger, five spice, sugar, and cayenne pepper and let sit for 15 minutes, covered. Combine the sweet potato starch and the mochi flower in a tray or large bowl. Using chopsticks and a fork, grab the chicken and coat each side with the flour mix one piece at a time; shake off excess flour, mix and place on a tray. Serves 2-3 350*F 1 hour
½ teaspoon sugar Sweet potato starch & mochi flower 1:1 ratio (to coat chicken) Japanese mayonnaise (to serve) Lemon slices (to serve) Vegetable oil for frying
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4. Heat the oil to 350 degrees Farenheit in a saucepan. Add the chicken to the oil in small batches to prevent the oil from cooling down too much. For each batch, deep fry for 1 minute, then remove the chicken to a rack and let rest for 30 seconds before returning to the oil for an additional one to one and a half minutes, then let rest on a wire rack. Serve the chicken with the lemon wedge and a little Japanese mayonnaise.
Kimchi Fried Rice
Serves 2-3 High 1 hour
Our second recipe is for Kimchi Fried Rice and comes to us from Eric Wang, a senior. Eric put it best when he said, “Rice, kimchi, spam, onions, butter, soy sauce, sesame oil.” That’s what is so great about this dish, it is so simple and easy that there’s no need for exact amounts when it comes to the ingredients.
Ingredients: • Rice • Kimchi • Spam • Onions • Butter • Soy sauce • Sesame oil Directions: 1. Cook the rice: a ratio of two cups of water for every cup of rice will be fine. 2. Melt a butter in a pan and then fry the spam and onions. Once fried to your liking, put them aside. 3. Add the rice and kimchi to the pan and fry them. Add back the onions and spam and then add the soy sauce and sesame oil to taste.
Banana bread
From Alexia Wong, a senior, we have a recipe for the home baking classic: Banana Bread.
Ingredients: • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder • ¼ teaspoon baking soda • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 egg Directions: 1. Grease the bottom and a ½ inch up the sides of an 8x4x2 inch loaf pan. Set aside. In a mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and an ⅛ teaspoon salt. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture. Set aside. 2. In another bowl combine the egg, bananas, sugar, cooking oil, and lemon peel(optional). Add egg mixture all at once to the dry mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in the nuts. 3. Spoon batter into the pan. Bake at 350 degrees Farenheit in the oven for 50 to 55 minutes. Once out of the oven, let the pan cool for ten minutes before removing the loaf from it. Serves 14-16 350*F 2 hours
1 cup mashed ripe bananas ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup cooking oil 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel (optional) ½ cup chopped walnuts
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