Eat THIS! #4, or … FoodPots of the Sea

This one is a bit complicated, but can solve the findwayfeedself / food = fuel problem for a few days, assuming done … well, if not right then at least edibly.

TheKid, however, gets fries, nuggets, accepted veggie … this too froo for young palates.  Half eats it, but Half doesn’t want to risk an imperfect meal and will suffer me/my/our/what culinary efforts rather than risk “ewww” in response to Half’s own.  So … here, FoodPot of the Sea, with seafood.  And chicken (maybe).  And noodles!

              Broad egg noodles, whole bag/box/container (not Costco but actual human-sized)
                (usually NoYolk but whatever same size&type / different brand / same tasty)

              One chicken breast
                 (good sized – maybe a B/C-cup ‘cuz D is just too much meat)

              ½ pound (quarter kilo?) shrimp,
                 cleaned, tails off, deveined (along the back AND between the legs … those’re poop pipes) {Lev. 11:12}

              One jar of Alfredo sauce
                (Clah-ssih-cooo-cooo-cooo, or not)

              Guess what?  GARLIC

              Small yellow onion
           (smaller than a baseball / bigger than a golf ball)

              Butter – ¼ cup / ½ cup (2-4oz)
                … I like all of it but too much makes it greasy … still good but excessively unctuous

              Olive oil – approx. 2-3 tablespoons (2.5oz) but might need a bit more but not much more)

              Spices, all the spices … salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, more salt, more pepper, onion salt(?), garlic salt(?),
it’s good with salt.  But not too much.  Too salty = inedible, unless there’s mashed potatoes … 
noodles and potatoes? because why not?

               Parmesan cheese, at least ½ cup (4 oz) because … why … not … excellence is savory

Crockery = one big pot, one medium pot, one frying pan (mmm, thinking bacon), one large baking dish, three prep bowls

Turn on the oven – 350° F / 175° C

Grab the med-sized pot (half a basketball?), dump in the alfredo sauce (take it OUT of the jar) and simmer over low heat … like no bubbles low heat.  Throw in some parsley, maybe?  Salt?  Pepper?  Whatever works … you (Other Person) are making this I already made mine

Grab the big pot (basketball? beach?) and fill with water, boil on the stove (lots of bubbles) and after water is boiling add the noodles … cook/stir/cook/stir/cook/stir—follow the package directions until JUST BEFORE done (finishing in oven … more to come) … when done DON’T RINSE just dump out the water (colander—remember? where? yesss!) … mix with a little olive oil (sprizzle drinkle) …

Then spread the noodles in the baking dish evenly (or lumpily if you like noodle chunks [but ewww])

Careful now … before fixing for eating, rinse the chicken w/cool water (take it OUT of the package) and pat dry with paper towels, for cotton towels leave lint. 

After rinsing/patting the chicken breast dry, take the sharpest knife around (sidenote: machetes can be unwieldy) and cut the chicken breast into smallkid/toddler-sized pieces.  (Are you paying attention to the sauce?  Check the sauce/stir the sauce)

Put the chopped-sized chicken in a bowl (prep bowl #1) and mix with spices, all the spices.  Set aside, put something over it so … things (molecules?) don’t get in

Rinse the shrimp w/cool water, clean & remove non-edible detritus (legs? head? shell remnants?) GET THE POOP CHUTES front and back (top and bottom? over and under?) with a sharp knife GET THE POOP CHUTES don’t cut a finger … can’t win Chopped with contaminated food or if POOP CHUTES in the SHELLFISH moving on set aside (prep bowl #2)

Chop the onion and the garlic … all the garlic, mix together (prep bowl #3)

Here comes the complicated part …
                Grab the pan for frying bacon (no there’s no bacon but need the PAN for doing that)
                then pour in the olive oil

                Heat olive oil ‘til bubbles (pay ATTENTION that stuff catches FIRE)

                Throw in chopped onion/garlic … fry a bit, not too much

                Throw in chopped, seasoned chicken … fry a bit, not too much
                crispy on the outside / pink on the inside (finishing in oven … more to come)

                Remove mostly- but not-quite cooked chicken & onion/garlic to prep bowl #3
                (WATCH THE STOVE did you check the sauce?  Stir the sauce.  Add some salt.  Or not)

                Throw shrimp in the fry pan … bop around until pink

                Remove shrimp when pink and mix with near-cooked chicken & onion/garlic

                Throw that whole mess in the alfredo sauce.  Mix well, coat eh-ver-ree-thing really well

                Dump the saucy chicken/shrimp onion/garlic into the noodles
                THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE IN THE BAKING DISH HMMM?
                Move everything around … gently, gently … don’t go slopping stuff all over the counter (or floor,
don’t want to presume) until nice and saucy and noodly chicken/shrimp onion/garlic mixture results
                Add some salt.  Or spices.  Or both.  Or not. 

                Throw in the cubed butter – strategic equidistant placement optimizes effect

                Sprizzle drinkle that cheese.  Or dump in huge clumps.  Nothing wrong with cheese. 
                Except heart attacks.  Heart attacks are bad moving on

Cover with foil.  Bake in hot oven for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly hot.  Let sit for a few minutes (five? ten? Oft depends on degree of house-hunger) to allow all that goodness to set.  Serve with something green (beans? salad? broccoli might work) and a little french bread maybe, or just a slice of white bread, sop up the cheesy-grease, the greasy cheese.  Mmmmm …

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