BBQ - 080808

Honey Barbeque Chicken Wing

We had a few friends over last week for a barbeque on that auspicious day 080808 which was the day chosen by China for the opening of the Olympic Games. Besides hotdogs and burgers, I decided to make honey barbeque chicken, mango & apple salad, chicken rice (and I totally forgot to take pictures of) and Argentine Salsa Criolla. For dessert, we had lemon meringue pie, brought by S&D. Thank you S&D. ;) This time, I added a tablespoon of chili powder (for 2.5lb of chicken wings) into the chicken marinade to make it a little bit spicier and yummier. Do try adding some if you want to make them.

Mango & Apple Salad

You might also realise the changes in how the pictures were taken. Yup, one of our 3 guests is who else but Rasa Malaysia. She patiently taught me how to take the pictures. How many pictures were taken of the food that day? Almost 50! Snap crazy? You bet! ;) Thanks BY.

Argentine Salsa Criolla

For the salsa, I got the recipe from my newly found foodie friend, KitchenGirl. Here is my version of the salsa.

1/2 red onion; finely chopped

1 green bell pepper; finely chopped

2 tomato; seeded and finely chopped

1 clove garlic; finely sliced

2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves

1/2 cup EVOO, extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup red wine vinegar (i used rice vinegar)

lime juice from 1/2 lime

salt and pepper to taste

Mix all the ingredients and serve. You can eat it immediately or put it in the fridge for half an hour and serve chilled. Michael didn't really like the taste of pepper in it so the next time I am just going to make it without. This is of course, a personal preference.

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Mango & Apple Salad (Kerabu Mangga & Epal) Recipe

Nothing lifts my spirit up (and open my eyes!) like sour-y stuff do. Not chocolote and definitely not cheese. :P Back during my working days in KL, I always make sure I have asam in my drawer. They are important in making sure that I dont fall asleep especially after the heavy lunch which usually would consist of rice with dishes like grilled fish, bbq lala, black pepper liver, sambal belacan with ulam and etc. All for just RM5-7 or USD1.6-2.30. You got the idea, right? ;)

Here in the US, you will find candies and chocolates sold by their weight. In Malaysia, besides candies and chocolates, we would have variety of asam, nuts and dried cuttlefish. I would spend quite sometime staring at them just to choose which ones I should buy eventhough usually I would end up buying the same things that I bought the last umphteenth times I was there!

So a few weeks ago when I was visiting Gert's blog at My Kitchen Snippet, I saw that she made some mango salad. And yes, I always have young mango in my fridge. Almost. All. The. Time. And. No. I. Am. Not. Pregnant. Yet. :P

Anyways, that gave me the idea of making some myself and of course with my own twist since the truth is, I dont really have much of the 'essential' ingredients in my kitchen.

So here's how I made my Mango & Apple Salad.

1 young mango, julienned

1 apple, julienned

half red onion, thinly sliced

3-4 thai chili, thinly sliced

Mint leaves, chopped

1-2 tablespoon crushed peanut (i used dry-roasted peanut)

For the dressing;

1/8 cup lime juice

1/4 teaspoon salt

1-1.5 teaspoon sugar

1. Put all the salad ingredients except peanut in a bowl.

2. Mixed the dressing in a different bowl and stir well. Pour onto the salad, sprinkle the crushed peanut and serve.

Now, isn't that the easiest salad to make or what?

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