I’ve been experimenting with writing fiction, and my experiences more overtly inform some of the fiction as an autistic woman. This latest venture is a cooking show with a host named Basil Bass. For the set of the cooking show, imagine a set similar to those of a Food Network show. The appliances are all stainless steel, the counters are quartz, and everything is polished to the point of gleaming. I hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to Safe Foods Elevated, I’m your host Basil Bass, and thank you for joining us as we learn how to make your neurodivergent person’s favorite foods, but we reimagine what they can be!
Today we are going to start with chicken nuggets. A food beloved by many a picky eater, and today we’re going to make a dish which is basically, chicken nugget fried rice. Now, keep in mind, the nuggets can be combined with any number of starches to make it a more well balanced meal, depending on what your loved one is comfortable eating. You could mix the nuggets in with any number of different kinds of pasta or pasta sauces that you find to your liking. But today, I’m going to show you how to make fried rice, including chicken nuggets. Keep in mind the seasonings and other ingredients are merely suggestions, feel free to throw in whatever your heart desires. Cooking is most pleasant when you enjoy your end product! Let’s embark on this culinary journey with joy and excitement. Now, to our first step, making the rice.
Keep in mind that for rice, it’s two parts liquid to one part rice. I recommend using vegetable, chicken, or beef stock to cook your rice. I have found it tends to give the rice a nicer flavor. Once you have measured out the stock, be sure to use a liquid measuring cup, ladies and gentlemen; pour it into your pot and set it to boil. While the stock is heating to a boil, now would be a good time to measure out your rice and set that to the side. Ah! I see our stock has now reached a boil, so I’m going to carefully pour in the rice we just measured out and turn the heat down from medium-high to low-medium. It is important to stir the rice occasionally but the vast majority of the time the rice should remain covered, so that the grains can absorb the liquid. While we wait for our rice to be done, we will now be moving on to what we will be putting into our fried rice. A classic is scrambled eggs. If this is one of the ingredients you are going to incorporate into your fried rice, it would be best if you did NOT scramble them with cheese. Be sure the scrambled eggs are chopped finely so that they mix well with the rice, nuggets, and other ingredients. I like to scramble my eggs in a bit of butter, without any salt, since the broth and the nuggets will give the meal plenty of salt. Once our eggs are scrambled and chopped finely, we can set them aside and think about what other items we want to put into our fried rice. The good thing about fried rice is that we are able to throw in whatever you would like! Any vegetable, other meat, etc can be thrown in. Be sure to prepare whatever additional ingredients you would like and put those next to the nuggets and scrambled eggs. Agh! I forgot to chop the nuggets up. Most chicken nuggets aren’t bite-sized, and it’s important they are bite-sized BEFORE they go into the fried rice. But don’t worry, it’s a simple step that anyone can do.
The nuggets have already been cooked, and I will chop them into bite-sized pieces quickly before the rice is cooked! We just finished chopping our last nugget, and the rice has just finished cooking! Now, we will pour our rice into a nonstick pan and combine all our ingredients. We’re going to throw in some seasonings! I recommend garlic, onion powder, soy sauce, minced ginger, and sesame oil. Once all the ingredients are well combined and steaming, take it off the stovetop, serve, and enjoy! Next week, we will make a five-cheese mac ‘n cheese recipe! Bon appetite!
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