A couple of weeks ago, as I was pulling out some spices for whatever I was cooking for dinner, I noticed a little bag of crystallized ginger. It was left over from a desert that I had made quite some time ago. (Chopped up some toasted almonds and the crystallized ginger and mixed it with some vanilla ice cream, which was served with some pears that were poached with spices in my sweet mead (with a reduction of the mead over top).)
It got me thinking, "What should I do with this stuff?"
I spent a few minutes on the innerweb looking for interesting recipes. I found a couple that seemed like they might be tasty. The first one that I made was chicken crusted with crystallized ginger and pistachios. The second, which I made on Tuesday, was chicken with peaches and crystallized ginger. Very simple, but (despite the simplicity) surprisingly good. (After the chicken was cooked, I took out the chicken, lemons & peaches and reduced the liquid some, adding a bit of corn starch to thicken it…)
To accompany it, I made rice cooked with garlic powder and the remainder of the crystallized ginger. The peach sauce was very good over the rice…
Oh yeah, with some veggies as well. Gotta have the veggies…
