My wife and I are soon moving close to her family and we will end up doing a monthly group dinner where either her family cooks or my wife and I do. When growing up, her mom would make something called “New Hampshire Chicken” (apparently because m...
My wife and I are soon moving close to her family and we will end up doing a monthly group dinner where either her family cooks or my wife and I do. When growing up, her mom would make something called “New Hampshire Chicken” (apparently because my wife’s grandma once had the dish at a restaurant in that state) of chicken cooked in cream of celery and served over rice. I thought it sounded disgusting 🤣 Awhile ago, I made my own version of it that my wife loved (crispy-skin chicken thigh, celery and fennel risotto, celery and fennel salad, roasted mushrooms) and I want to do something similar for her family. BUT her family tend to be picky and semi-basic eaters (no spice, not huge on veggies, hate mushrooms, won’t touch bone-in or dark meat). Despite them liking “simple” food, they often love the pictures/descriptions of food I make for my wife and I, so I wanted to do something fancy for them. I plan on doing the following: - chicken croquettes (from the attached recipe) - celery root risotto (I’m back-and-forth about grating it to hide it or dicing it small for texture) - celery/celery leaf salad (might add fennel or capers for an extra pop of flavor) But I’m thinking it might need something of a sauce (I often do sauces with a meat and risotto combo). Any thoughts or ideas? Currently I’m thinking of doing something like a sweet/pickled pepper jelly, thought that would go well with the croquettes submitted by /u/fate_is_a_sandstorm [link] [comments]
