Braised Chicken with mushrooms

Not a fan of the chicken things? Neither am I. However, I have found a recipe that may have changed my mind... just a little bit.

You will need chicken thighs. I recommend using skin on, bone in. I have tried skinless/boneless and it just is not the same. if you can get boneless skin on, use that.

A mushroom mix - about a pound. Six slices of bacon. An onion and 2 cloves of garlic, diced. white wine, chicken broth, bay leaves and thyme.

Brown the thighs on both sides and remove. Remove excess oil and then add bacon you have sliced into pieces. Once the bacon has started to crisp, add the onions, season with salt, and sweat the onions. Add the mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Once the mushrooms have started to render their liquid, add the garlic and saute a moment. Add about a cup of the white wine and reduce by half.

Add the chicken back to the pan and then add chicken broth til it almost covers the chicken. Add 3 bay leaves and a thyme bundle and simmer for 30 minutes.

I serve mine over couscous. Delicious

Junior Colombian Burger

Simply put, the best burger in town.

Burger, lettuce, tomato, cheese, onion, ketchup, potatoe chips, garlic sauce, pink sauce (say what?), pineapple sauce (say what again) all on a delightfully soft bun. You have to get it with everything in it no matter how bizarre the ingredient list is.

Your first bite and it's all over. Addiction complete. You will find your self inventing reasons to make the trip to Kirkman Road to get another... and another.

The burger comes in 3 sizes - single, double and triple. If you are seriously hungry, get the triple. You do not need anything else. The empanadas are delicious, but save them for another time when you don't want a burger. Hmm. Something tells me that day will never come.

Junior Colombian Burger is located on Kirkman Road north of Vineland on the east side of the street next to Dominoes Pizza.

They even have a food truck which is located on Vineland Road just east of Kirkman. The restaurant opens at 11:00 am until 4:00 am. The trailer opens at night and stays open until 4:00 a.m as well. One more thing. Bring cash. Junior only deals with cash!

Find Junior Colombian Burger on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001512122379

Orlando Food Truck Pod

So we ventured to Firestone Live last night to check out Food Truck Pod and arrived shortly after 6 pm.

What an incredible mix of people already there. Young, old, business people, non-business people, hip, square and everything in between. I could have people watched all night long!

The lines for the trucks had already started to form, the longest being for Big Wheel Truck. That would not last since long lines formed at almost every truck there. We decided to check out every menu before making a decision. The Crooked Spoon and Tree House Truck kept it simple by offering a limited menu - pretty smart if you ask me. The other trucks - Red Eye BBQ, Big Wheel Truck and Korean BBQ Taco Box offered more choices, which may or may not have been too smart since their lines seemed to be the longest and the slowest... Yum Yum Truck made its appearance at 7 pm when the first round of eaters had finished and were ready for dessert. That may have played to their advantage since the line immediately extended well past 75 people. They were quick and efficient and the line moved.

We ate at Red Eye BBQ and got a Chimoo from Tree House Truck. Our friends sampled from the Korean BBQTaco Box. And of course, we all had Yum Yum cupcakes.

The Chimoo is a sandwich that has skirt steak, chicken, sweet potato fries and slaw all on a hoagie roll. All made fresh right off the grill. Delicious.

At Red Eye we enjoyed the Loaded Fries and the Tommy Burger. Loaded fries with cheese, pulled pork, and BBQ sauce. What's not to love? The Tommy Burger was a b

ig burger topped with brisket and sauce. Again, how can you deny that taste sensation?

We also sampled the pulled pork taco, from Korean BBQ Taco Bo

x as well and their version of pulled pork. Both were tasty and fulfilling.

Food truck craze is sweeping the nation. These trucks offer delicious, gourmet food items at a fraction of the cost of a sit down restaurant in an atmosphere that is 10x more fun! If you are thinking of attending the Food Pod on Wednesday nights, bring a blanket to sit on when you eat - or plan to stand and eat. There are no tables offered and no ledges on which to balance your container of food. My only regret was being too full to sample from ALL of the trucks. Don't worry, I fully intend to.

Orlando Food Pod TONIGHT

6 Food Trucks.

One location

Firestone Live parking lot located at 578 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL

Join me for the sensation that is sweeping thru the country. Food truck cuisine!

Here is all the information you will need

Food pod Wednesdays 6 pm until-? at Firestone Live http://twitter.com/#!/Redeyebbq Red Eye BBQ http://twitter.com/#!/yumyumtruck_fl Yum Yum Cupcake Truck fl http://twitter.com/#!/TheCrookedSpn The Crooked Spoon http://twitter.com/#!/TREEHOUSETRUCK Treehouse Truck http://twitter.com/#!/BigWheelTruck Big Wheel Provisions Truck http://twitter.com/#!/koreanbbq_2011 Korean BBQ Taco Box

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog. I felt that I needed to keep the food from the dogs so I started this new blog.

I am hoping to explore the latest trends, especially here in Orlando, as well as putting up a few recipes and cooking experiences and experiments I have along the way.

I hope that you will enjoy this new adventure with me.