I tried to cook tonight. Should we just leave it at that? Of course not.
Last week, Robin sent me a chipotle chicken and rice recipe and said "It's really yummy and easy." This should have been a red flag. I am a moron when it comes to the kitchen. This is why I chose my roommates based on their cooking ability.
Back to my story...so I went to the grocery store on Sunday and purchased all the ingredients. It took me about 15 minutes standing in front of the mexican food area to find "Chipotle Chiles in Adobo Sauce". There were two different size cans, what was I supposed to do? I bought both. I kept saying in my head, "yummy and easy, yummy and easy".
I came home from the gym tonight and was ready to cook! I had the Chef's apron on and everything. Cooked my chicken, diced the onions and on to the garlic. Um, honestly, I don't think that I've ever used real garlic (always used the jar of minced garlic). I didn't even know how to peel it. Tomas had to do it. Yep, that's what I said.
So, if I can't even peel garlic, do you think that I would thoroughly read the directions to the recipe? Exactly. I'm just going along, pouring the ingredients into the big pot and stirring....then, it calls for "2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo, minced". I read "2 cans of chipotle chiles in adobo, minced". Since I bought the different sized cans, I decided to use the big can. I wondered what I was supposed to do....shrugged my shoulders and dumped the entire can into the pot. Finished up the cooking and it was smelling delicious! "Yummy and Easy"
Tomas and I got our plates and beverages and sat down to eat. SWEET LORD. Holy Moly. Jeez. Zoinks. KaPow.
Apparently, I was supposed to pull 2 chiles out of the can, dice them up, and put them into the pot. I poured the entire can in there....10 chiles.
I......AM.......A.......MORON.
Lisa...Robin...it's okay to be ashamed.
I must now go eat the entire bottle of Pepcid.
2 comments:
My poor sweet angel. I told Mike about your kitchen misadventure this morning, and he was highly amused. Next time you'll know how to do it, and you will LOVE the recipe.
BTW - you can totally use the bottled minced garlic instead of peeling and mincing fresh garlic. That's what I always do. There's a little conversion chart on the bottle that will tell you how much equals one clove. But don't tell Martha Stewart I told you that.
Oh, love this. And like Robin said, now you'll know how to do it next time. And when you use 2 chiles instead of 10, call me...I'll be a taste-tester. :)
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