Recipe: Bacon Wrapped Chicken

Since we bought a lot of chicken, we are experimenting with chicken recipes and ended up with this Fried Bacon Wrapped Chicken which is usually roasted or cooked in an oven.

Ingredients:

• Bacon Slice
• Sugar
• Salt & Pepper
• 6 pcs of medium Chicken Breasts cut
• 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 1 tbsp Vinegar
• Oil
• 2 pcs of Calamansi,
• 2 gloves Garlic
• water
• mozzarella cheese (optional)
• toothpick

Procedure:

• Bacon

1. Place bacon slices in a bowl, as many as you'd like or at least 2 bacon slices per chicken breast. So amount depends on how large the chicken slices are.
2. Add some salt and pepper and sugar, and mixed them well.

• Chicken

1. Place the chicken breast in a bowl. 
2. Add the soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and calamansi juice. 
3. Mix all the ingredients.
4. Blanche the chicken.(Boil a cup of water in the pan. Once it starts bubbling, add the chicken along with the marinade. Wait for the chicken to turn white.)
5. Remove the chicken from the boiling water. Let it cool.
6. Slice the chicken in the middle, if you are adding (mozzarella) cheese.

• Bacon wrapped Chicken

1. Wrap the chicken in bacon slices, you can heat or fry the bacon beforehand but make sure that it is not cooked or already crispy.
2. Once the chicken is covered in bacon, stick a toothpick in the endpoints of bacon to held it in place.
3. Heat some oil in a pan. Fry the bacon-wrapped chicken in the oil. 
4. Make sure that all sides are well-cooked to thoroughly cook the chicken and bacon.
5. Place cooked chicken on top of a plate with table napkins to remove excess oil.
6. Place on a serving plate and pour syrup over the cooked chicken and serve.

• Syrup

1. I used Pulot (molasses) for the syrup actually. Or you can use brown sugar.
2. Place some sugar (pulot) in a pot, add some water. Wait for the sugar (pulot) to boil, then pour over the chicken.

Happy eating!!!

This was actually a recipe made during the cooking. There were some on-the-spot decisions that made everything OK like the cheese and the syrup. It was actually tasty, though the chicken was not as cooked as I would like, still the hubby loved it. So I am OK with that.

To avoid raw chicken meat, blanche thoroughly or longer so that meat near the bones will be well-cooked as well.

It was touch and go, and it turned out OK. After all, one could never go wrong with BACON!!!

Daghang salamat sa pagbasa!!!

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Plot Wars: Chicken Coop V2

Because yesterday was, again, a HOLIDAY in celebration of EDSA revolution that ended Martial Law, we spent another day upgrading our Chicken Coop as the chicks are no longer babies and are entering chick teen days.

At 9, we went to the hardware store to buy additional materials, We bought 6 pcs of 1in x 2in x14 ft of good lumber, a 4x8 ft of plywood, some nails, and some door hinges.

These are the steps taken for the upgrade of the coop:

1. We sawed the good lumber to 4 5-ft pieces and 4 6-ft pieces. Then we nailed these together to form the frame. 
2. We also sawed the plywood into different smaller pieces to form the roof and the sides plus a roosting/sleeping area for the chicks. Then we nailed the plywood into the frame according to the cut pieces we had. 
3. We also created a door, so that we can get in to bring the chicks food and water. 
4. We removed the chicken wire from one side of the smaller coop to cover the whole side of the bigger coop with chicken wire. 
5. All areas that have no plywood are covered in chicken wire.
6. Then we placed sand and gravel in the new area and let the chicks scatter them.

It took all day, but we are happy with this new playground for our chicks.

Original Coop

New Coop

New Coop extended from our Wall and Backyard Kitchen

For the whole coop, I think it cost us some 2000 pesos because the chicken wire was expensive and it was half of the whole price. But there are some with smaller holes that are cheaper compared to the one we bought.

:D


For the original version, check it here!

Daghang salamat sa pagbasa!!!

S & R Membership Shopping Iloilo

Today is the first time I’ve ever visited S&R Membership Shopping since its store opening in Iloilo late last year.

The visit proved that indeed S&R is for people who wants to buy things in bulk and in big packages. Aside from the appliances and apparel that are sold individually, one cannot really see anything else in small packets or as the Filipino fondly called it ‘tingi-tingi’ (smaller packs).

Let’s start with the place itself. From the parking area which has 8 lanes of parking space to the inside of the store with rows and rows of items, ranging from appliances, household items and tons and tons of aisles dedicated to food.

Upon entering the store, you are met with rows of appliances sorted according to type. So we have the TVs, kitchen items like burner, toaster and microwave, then household items like iron and electric fan. Then apparel, stuffed toys, backyard things like table, chairs are lined up next. Did not really explore this area much so can’t write other details.

The household items like dishwashing liquids, detergent, cleaning agents, lotion, shampoo and the likes comes in big sizes as well. Let’s include the tissue, diaper and many more that really answers to the advertisement One Year Supply Of ITEM NAME. No small packs here sirree. Some packages are even bigger than I am. Did not explore this part as thoroughly as I should but of well, we have limited time.

The largest part of S&R is dedicated to food. At least 75% of the store area is for food displays. Large chocolate packages, Hersheys, Ferrero, Toblerone, M&Ms, chocolate chip cookies, Peppero, Macadamia Nuts, and other brands you usually hear but never really tried. Large bags or containers of chips, from PikNik, Pringles, Lays to Nuts, Bread. Everything that you could never really eat in one sitting. Then, fridge after fridge of Ice Cream, gelatin, and fresh Milk. Also, a whole section dedicated to wine and drinks from Black Label to Budweiser. Then a section for cakes, a section for meat, pork, sausages, and cheese. Lots and lots of cheese types. Makes you want a membership just to explore these cheesy delights.

After this mini tour, the friend paid up and we had dinner at S&R also. We ordered chicken and pizza. The line was long. It took forever just to give the order and eat. But the food is cheap. Like an 18” pizza slice is 99 Php only and the Burger is 120 Php and the Large Fries is for 49 Php and the drink is for 45 Php and I guess its unlimited because I saw a lot of people coming back to the soda stack for more, more than once.

All in all, the experience was fun and I hope to explore it more in the future.

But unless you plan not to shop again for the whole year, I guess shopping at S&R is a no-no for you. Though they did have products not found in our SM and Robinson’s and some imported products are cheaper compared to the usual. I cannot itemize everything. You have to find that out for yourself.

Daghang salamat sa pagbasa!!!