Today’s Exercise: 34 minutes on Wii Fit, 11,500 steps
Sometimes we are attracted to food because of the ingredients. Other times it is because it is part of a certain cuisine. For today’s recipe the reason that bookmarked the page was because the name brought a smile to my face. Go on. Say it out loud. Loc lac. It’s one of those words like ‘bungalow’ that is guaranteed to give you a grin. Unless it’s just me which, in that case, completely disregard this idea.
Anyways, loc lac is a chance to add another country to my growing list of Thin Cooking nations. Due to some recipes existing currently in the cache limbo, incase I fall ill or anything, there are a number of countries that I have yet to cover here but have already added to my list. One nation on there which has yet to be added, for the sheer reason that I am yet to write it up, is the Ivory Coast. So I guess y’all be reading about those biscuits around my birthday since I sure as hell ain’t cooking dinner then. Hahahaha.
Ingredients (serves 3)
- 200g chicken breast, cut into chunks
- 225g peeled prawns
- 1.5 tsp sugar
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp ground black pepper
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 pinches of chilli flakes
- 3 tsp oil
- 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1.5 onions, very finely chopped
- 6 leaves cos lettuce
Mix together the black pepper, salt, sugar, ketchup, oyster sauce, chilli flakes and garlic. Add the chicken and prawns and stir well so that they are completely covered by the sauce. Place this in the fridge for 1-2 hours to let the flavours sink in.
Heat a wok with some low-calorie spray and then add the onion. Stir fry for a minute and then add the chicken and prawns with all the marinade. Stir fry this for 8-10 minutes to make sure it is cooked through. Serve with 2 leaves of cos lettuce (and some steamed rice if possible).
Adapted from here
Verdict: This is very different to anything I have cooked so far due to the power of the black pepper. Some of us had to drink a bit of Pepsi Max between large bites. This was actually lessened by taking a bite with the rice, meat and the lettuce. I thought two great leaves of lettuce looked a bit… out-of-place but when you actually have the loc lac they are a god send.
Maybe next time I’d half the amount of black pepper… maybe that way my mum can finish it. Haha.
Calorie Count: 176 calories per serving (plus rice)
