craveytrain

Dinner tonight was a very tasty ordeal. Tonight we had:

• Panko-Crusted Chicken Milanesa with Soy Sauce Reduction,
• Basil Chive Red Potato Mash and
• Key Lime Pie.

I have been trying to get that soy sauce reduction right for a few months now. I was trying to emulate a local restaurant that closed down a year or more ago who had a very similar dish. I think I am really close now. Close enough that we all enjoyed what I have created enough to call it done.

But for months, I would turn out this black tar of soy scorched in the bottom of the pan. Bane of dish washers everywhere and a foul stench that no candle could over power. Finally, a friend of mine suggested instead of reducing the sauce all the way down, reduce it enough to get a good flavor and then use corn starch to thicken up the rest. You know, sometimes I forget I have that stuff in the pantry. Thanks a lot for that one, you saved me.

Anyways, if you do decide to make this dish, please drop a line and tell me how it worked out for you. Also, consider drizzling the soy sauce reduction on the potatoes, too. I found it to be very tasty.

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