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Title: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: drholly on September 24, 2015, 11:21:46 PM
My oldest daughter, Emma, wanted to make chicken with Benihana Yum-Yum sauce and Benihana fried rice. Her plan was for me to make it and she'd stop and pick up some Yum-Yum sauce...

The chicken was straightforward - skinless, boneless breasts, seasoned with kosher salt and fresh black pepper. Into their bags and into the spa (Anova running at 145*) for 2 hours. When the chicken was ready, I pulled it and put on a medium grill (Kettleman) to get some color / marks and a little charcoal flavor.

Meanwhile the rice - There are dozens of Benihana fried rice recipes on line... so, I just made what sounded good to me. I made some basmati rice earlier and put it in the freezer to cool, the in the fridge to dry out a bit (didn't have any day old rice on hand.) Chopped some onions, sliced some garlic, sliced some green onions and made some carrot slivers. Also mixed 5 eggs. I didn't have any ginger on hand, so, I used some ginger based salad dressing for flavor.

Got the onion going in some sesame oil, then added a knob of butter and the garlic - sautéed until it started smelling real good... :) Added the carrots and rice - Called Emma and asked her to keep it working while I took care of the chicken. Explained when to move the stuff to the top of the wok and add the eggs, how to scramble them and then combine everything with soy sauce and the ginger sauce. Talked about tasting for seasoning, adding soy, salt, pepper, etc. as needed. She did a GREAT job.

It was fun cooking with her. Just one pic tonight - late dinner and everyone was hungry.

Cheers!



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Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: ACW3 on September 24, 2015, 11:26:39 PM
Looks and sounds great!!  What a Dad!!

Art
Title: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: Pappymn on September 24, 2015, 11:37:15 PM
I'll bet you killed Benihana. I like the show, but the food is always under seasoned
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: drholly on September 24, 2015, 11:47:42 PM
I let Emma decide on the final seasoning for the rice - at first she was timid, but I told her to make it taste the way she wanted to eat it - she nailed it! Not Benihana but was great!
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: sparky on September 25, 2015, 12:06:15 AM
Everything looks great.
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: smokeasaurus on September 25, 2015, 12:32:58 AM
Emmahanna  nailed it  8)   Great looking chow and presented very nicely  :)
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: sliding_billy on September 25, 2015, 02:16:35 AM
That is a great looking platter.
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: HighOnSmoke on September 25, 2015, 06:58:30 AM
Real delicious plate of food David!
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Post by: akruckus on September 25, 2015, 08:06:58 AM
That's a great looking meal!
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: muebe on September 25, 2015, 09:02:16 AM
Looks great David!

Any knife play or flaming volcano while cooking it? :P
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: Smokin Don on September 25, 2015, 11:21:25 AM
Looks like a plate of goodness!!! Tell Emma she did well!!! Don
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Post by: SmokinKat on September 25, 2015, 11:26:23 AM
Nicely done, you two!    That does look Yum-Yum!
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: Smokerjunky on September 25, 2015, 11:56:23 AM
NICE!  Benihana has nothing on you two - and what a great bonding time too.
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: drholly on September 25, 2015, 12:48:22 PM
Thanks everyone. We agreed it was NOT Benihana and the knives were fairly quiet last night - need to get out on the Blackstone...  :D But it WAS as The Smoke says - Emmahanna and it was great. Emma read all of your comments, she was very happy and touched by your kind words. She says "Thank You!" She is learning a lot, needs to become more confident in her decisions and take some chances - I keep telling her that the dog will eat it regardless (been there done that!)... it is a blast cooking with her.
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: tlg4942 on September 25, 2015, 02:04:02 PM
 I'm up for adoption....
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: spuds on September 25, 2015, 04:17:50 PM
HIP HIP HOORAY for Emma!
Title: Re: Emma Wanted Benihana
Post by: drholly on September 25, 2015, 04:28:19 PM
HIP HIP HOORAY for Emma!

X2!