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"the only things you're supposed to have in your fridge is alcohol and water, right?"

street potatoes

made a bunch of potatoes au gratin the other day, now I get to repurpose them! one pan street-style food, super yummy, and uses whatever you have on hand




1 portion of street potatoes with chicken (and pita)
1 thinly sliced chicken breast
1 giant clove of garlic, diced
1/6th or whatever of red onion, diced
salt
pepper
cayenne
turmeric
curry powder
lime juice
paprika
leftover potatoes au gratin (or thinly sliced potatoes)

• heat the oil on medium, toss in your chicken and the spices, squeeze some lime juice over it too.
• when the chicken is halfway done, add your onion and garlic
• after 2-3 minutes, add your potatoes au gratin (it'll break apart, which is a good thing. feel free to seperate it yourself)
• flip everything every 45 seconds or so, the goal is to get the potatoes nice and crispy

I meant to put mine in the pita, but it broke apart, so I used the pita as a scoop. I recommend it. 

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potatoes au gratin

dunno what it means, but it's provocative. it's also super cheesy, buttery, and potatoey.

6-8 servings of potato au gratin


2 potatoes, peeled
butter
1 clove garlic
1 cup milk
salt
pepper
cayenne
rosemary
grated cheese (whatever you want, really)

• preheat oven to 450
• peel and slice potatoes as thin as you can. set them in a bowl of cold water.
• boil your milk.
• rub the baking dish with butter and a clove of garlic. rub it good.
• start layering your potatoes; every 2 layers or so, sprinkle on the seasoning and cheese and a couple pieces of butter.
• keep going till you're out of potatoes, then cover it all with more cheese.
• pour the boiling milk on top. 
• put it in the oven for 45 minutes, or until it's super golden brown on top and the potatoes are tender as shit. my oven might just be dumb. 

chicken-carbonara pasta

empty fridge means improvising--had some chicken, no bacon, and some eggs, decided to meddle with traditional carbonara. easy squeezy.

2-3 bowls of carbonara with chicken

1 chicken breast
1/4 red onion
1 huge clove garlic
2(ish) cups pasta
1 egg yolk
splash of white wine
salt
pepper
cumin
paprika
turmeric
cayenne
curry powder
parmesan cheese

• set a pot of water to boil for the pasta
• dice up the chicken and sautee it with the aforementioned spices
• when the chicken's nearly done, throw in the diced onion and garlic
• in a new bowl, take 1/3 cup of the pasta water and beat in the egg yolk to temper it.
• drain the pasta, add it to the chicken, onions, and garlic. 
• pour the egg mix over, add cheese, and wine, and toss it like there's no tomorrow.