…sed mutato nomine te fabula narratur…

I found a recipe involving chicken and bananas on the infamous BBC Recipe Website, and decided to tinker with it. The end result was, surprisingly enough, quite edible, so I just wrote it down and put it online, cause that’s how I roll…

For the records, it’s not haute cuisine, but rather just some easy-to-prepare comfort food that, for once, does not involve tomato sauce.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts, (about 150 gr MAX each), cut into strips (or small pieces of whatever shape);
• 1 small onion, also cut into small pieces;
• 2 bananas, ALSO cut into small pieces;
• 200 ml double cream;
• Walnuts to taste (let’s say about 100-150 grams)(crushed like Conan’s enemies);;
• Rum;
• Liberal amounts of cinnamon;
• Freshly ground black pepper, some curry powder, and other spices to taste (go crazy);
• Enough vegetable oil to fry the chicken (I’d recommend against using olive oil).

So, prepare by cutting or crushing all the ingredients. Heat the oil, chuck in the onion, add some pepper and curry, and suatee until the onions look like they can be eaten. Add the chicken, fry it for a bit and add more pepper, curry and liberal amounts of cinnamon. Then, turn the heat down and add the banana. Stir! Stir like crazy (it sticks).

Add the walnuts.

Then, get ready to burn: open the bottle of rum, turn up the heat again for a bit, light a match, pour in some of that precious liquor, and light it on fire (this is where I tell you to be careful…). When the fire gets boring or when it has burned long enough, blow it out. Maybe it extinguished all by itself, which is OK as well I guess. Anyway, add the cream, stir for a bit, and voila! You’re ready to eat!

Provided you made some (basmati) rice to go with it, of course. The whole thing takes about 20 minutes to make, so if you just start cooking the rice before you do anything else, the timing should be just right.

Wanna add garlic at some point? Whyever not! I also considered throwing in an apple at some point, but that’s for next time (alternatively, substitute the banana with apple entirely, and the rum with calvados, for autumny goodness – serve that one with potatoes, though…)

Also, drink the rum if you don’t like the result – it will help you forget…