Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp!!
I love, like seriously love the Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp from Cheesecake Factory. Since I now live in Germany I do not have the option of running to my nearest Cheesecake Factory and ordering my favorite dish. Yeah the little things I have to sacrifice in order to enjoy my 3 year European vaca! Anyway, I scoured the Internet until I found a copycat recipe for my fav. dish and decided to try it tonight. I ran into a few snags with the ingredients. For one, the commissary did not have any chili oil, so I had to make my own. Again, google came in handy and it was fairly simple. My oil was not as spicy as I wanted, so next time I will use hotter peppers and allow it to infuse longer. I also was unable to find mace. Again google to my rescue, I subbed nutmeg for the mace. The rest I was able to find. Dinner was delish, but was not as spicy as the CCF, so I added some red pepper flakes and it was pretty darn close!
All of the ingredients except the chicken and the shrimp. The sesame oil was not used since I made the chili oil.
To make the chili oil, cook oil until it bubbles, add chili peppers, let sit for a while, strain and pour into a jar or bottle.
Curry Sauce which goes on the chicken and shrimp around the rice.
That's me!! I am making the peanut sauce. Well actually Ashleigh was making the peanut sauce, but she didn't want to be in the picture she ran away as soon as the camera came out.
My favorite part, the toasted coconut! Yumm I could eat that whole pan!!
Finished product! Add the the red pepper flakes and it was pretty darn good if I say so myself!!
I found the recipe here, but made some changes by making my the chili oil, and using nutmeg instead of mace. There are some mistakes in the recipe and a few things listed in ingredients that were not on the directions but not hard to figure out.
http://www.firehow.com/2010102820891/how-to-make-cheesecake-factory-copycat-bang-bang-chicken-and-shrimp.html
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