Blue Apron meal #2: Roasted Chicken with Jalapeño-Herb Salsa

[thistlechaser]

Recipe here.
Cooking time: 45 minutes (Blue Apron claims all can be made in 30 minutes, but I'm cooking challenged, so.)
Fire alarms set off: Almost one!
New foods tried: pistachios, wheat berries, shallot?

While I've never had wheat berries before, I wasn't worried about trying them -- I was actually looking forward to it. Turns out they're harmless, seemingly no different than steel-cut oatmeal.

I was kind of worried about trying pistachios; I've never had them before, but they're a green nut and that just didn't seem right. Turns out they're good!

I've seen shallots used on cooking shows, but as far as I know, I've never held one or eaten one.

Everything came out fine. My oven smoked like heck (maybe I used too much olive oil? I wish they'd say "drizzle a tablespoon..." instead of just "drizzle").

The salsa (can you call it that if I left out the jalapeno?) tasted outstanding in the bowl but too vinegary on the wheat berries. It was interesting having all that citrus mixed in with the berries, though I only ate about half the serving.

All in all, it was an okay meal. Not great, not horrible. I'm glad I got to try wheat berries, and I'm happy to discover I like pistachios.

Comments

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

Blue Apron claims all can be made in 30 minutes, but I'm cooking challenged, so
Reminds me of when my landlady and her then-fiancé followed one of Jamie Oliver's 30 minute meal recipes...only it took them more than 30 minutes to make it. And they aren't cooking challenged!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

So many of these short time limit recipes assume you have everything chopped, measured, and in handy little bowls easy to use. Not to mention, do six different things at once! These recipes are pretty bad about that. "While the chicken is cooking and the pasta is boiling, do..."