I wanted something easy and fresh. This is what I came up
with.
Ingredients:
- Cooked Chicken (about ½ cup- ¾ cup)
- 1/8 of a head of cabbage
- 1 carrot
- ½ lime
- 1 orange
- 2 block of cilantro
- Salt and Pepper
Side note I: I hate that when I buy a bunch of cilantro I
always end up throwing a way a bunch. I saw online that you can take cilantro
and freeze it in water so that’s what I did with all of it. It ended up filling
two ice trays.
1) Unfreeze cilantro and drain (or use fresh).
2) Shred cabbage and carrot.
3) Toss together cilantro, cabbage, carrot, and chicken
together.
4) Add salt and pepper.
5) Squeeze lime juice over mixture.
Side note II: Before you cut your lime, apply pressure and roll over a counter to increase juice. You can also microwave it for about 15 seconds. You can also use a juicer/poke the flesh of the lime to increase juice yield.
Side note II: Before you cut your lime, apply pressure and roll over a counter to increase juice. You can also microwave it for about 15 seconds. You can also use a juicer/poke the flesh of the lime to increase juice yield.
6) Segment orange and toss with the rest.
7) Serve.
Cost breakdown:
- Chicken: We’ve been over my chicken meat picked from my broth carcass. I’m not doing that math. Lol.
- Cabbage: $0.78/8= $0.10
- Carrots: $0.59/8= $0.07
- Lime: $0.15/2= $0.08
- Orange: $1.19/5= $0.24
- Cilantro: $0.39/28= $0.015
- $0.015x2= $0.03
Total: $0.10+$0.07+$0.08+$0.24+$0.03=$0.52
Neat tip about the cilantro! Do you think this would work the same with mint? I am in love with making mojitos at the house, but the mint goes bad after a few days and my liver doesn't appreciate daily mojitos..
ReplyDeleteI bet you it would. I read a mojito recipe once where they used ice cubes with mojitos frozen into them instead of regular ice. The idea is that as the ice melts it'll let the mint into the mojito.
ReplyDeletePlus it'll look kind of fancy.