Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Tebanaki Dinner...the ultimate

My absolute favorite restaurant dining experience is Tepan yaki dinner, especially at Edo Ya in Fresno. The food is amazing! So of course I recreate it at home....
A little background. One of our friends (who has built Tepan tables) was over for this meal and pointed out the term refers to the specific table and I should not call it Tepan yaki because I do not cook on an iron table. He is such a little negative nancy!!! So I took to calling it "Tebanaki" because that is what my dad calls Edo Ya.

Anywhos, I make both steak and chicken versions of this meal with varying sauces. Tonight I chose chicken. Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures because Justin wanted to eat right away! He has been up since 5am shaking raisins and did not get a lunch break so he was starved by the time 6pm came around. Here is the menu:

Tebanaki Dinner

Pineapple Chicken
Fried Rice with Bacon
Tepan style zucchini

The chicken is fairly straightforward. Cook in bite size pieces and add whichever sauce or seasoning you want. I love teriyaki, pinneapple, garlic, ginger, etc.

For the fried rice:
Steam white rice. Scramble one egg in large skillet. Add bacon, peas, and carrots (corn, lima beans, green beans etc..change it up!). Over medium heat, stir ingredients with garlic salt and enough soy sauce to turn the rice brown. This depends on how much rice you use and how dark you like it.... Make sure you keep your heat up or else it will get soggy

Oh the zucchini. My favorite vegetable. I am lucky enough to grow this in my garden, however, my plants are always bare because as soon as I see one I snatch it!

Simply cut the zucchini into thin, 1 inch pieces. Add butter, garlic salt, and a small amount of soy sauce. Cook over medium high heat until desired doneness (some like it crisp me not so much)

And enjoy! Not only will you save the 15 bucks per person, but you are guaranteed to not get a bad, rude, or slow chef!

So anyone have any recipes they have adapted from their favorite restaurant meals??

Sidenote: Excuse any mistakes. Criminal minds is on!!!

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