I have just cooked (last night) the first meal i have ever thrown away. I cooked this chicken stir fry (out of a Donna Hay mag) to the recipe but it was simply inedible. It tasted really bitter - like set your teeth on edge bitter. In the end we had a mix of things for tea - toast, cold baked beans, tin soup.
So how did this happen i wonder. the recipe is so simple it would seem impossible to stuff it up unless the ingredients were off. The chicken was fresh, the garlic and ginger were fresh, the lemon was fresh (but it could have been part of the problem). the only non-fresh ingredients were some chicken stock and some oyster sauce.
Personally, i think the lemon played a major role. I sliced the lemon with the skin on because it did not say to peel it, but if i ever tried this again i would peel it first i think.
Oh well - lesson learned. Recipes are not infallible. Its always good to have a stand by.
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