Ummmmmm AWESOME

So Abby, I figured that after you uploaded three meals back to back to back that it was about time for me to return fire with something impressive... something to show off a bit of skill... something to wow the judges who believe in technique and a degree of challenge.... Something to another degree of awesomeness which has only been obtained by those who have reached a higher level. Today's meal was not a beautiful meal displaying a delicious color palette and a symmetrical stack of various well crafted and diverse ingredients, rather a perfectly executed heaping clump of awesome in a bowl. Prepare not to feast your eyes on something that looks amazing, instead prepare your pots and pans to cook something that you will never want to stop eating. This my friends is a Meal to Memorize, a Bite to Befriend, a Risotto to Remember. Not only was the wine good, the entertainment great, and the company awesome, but the food (despite the prolonged journey to acquire the ingredients) was delectable. Don't Fear the Risotto...

Ingredients are as follows my friend:

• Some type of Risotto (Risotto is an Italian rice and G-Eagle didn't exactly have it so we got something close with a long name which I can't remember)
• One large diced onion (I swear I didn't cry... a lot)
• Mozzarella Cheese (The real stuff people, come on)
• Chicken Stock (something like 5.25 cups)
• Like 9 Tablespoons of butter (or 1 stick + 1/8 of another)
• Chicken cut into smaller pieces ( Funny joke in Parentheses)
• 1/3 cup of white wine (we used a Barefoot Pinot Grigio while drinking a Yellow Tail Reisling)
• and last but not least... are you ready for this one.... 1 teaspoon of SAFFRON... "SAFFRON? WHATS THAT???" well saffron is the most expensive spice you can buy. Seriously... like three servings of it at G-Eagle (half a teaspoon each) was 18 dollars!!!!!!! ridiculous I know! However, Alise managed to sweet talk a young lad that worked at the G-Eagle to give it to us for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! "Thanks for shopping at the Market District. You spent $10.53 and your total savings were $18.57!" F yeah! TRUE STORY!

So now on to the HOW:

Basically, Risotto is a pretty simple meal to make, but it requires constant babysitting and stirring... No diapers though. We started by cooking the onions and the chicken in half of the butter until the chicken was cooked through. While this happened we were also heating up the chicken stock to be ready for future events.

After the chicken was all dressed and ready for the ball, we mixed it up a bit by adding the Risotto (or whatever similar looking substitute you choose to try). This needs to be stirred constantly until the Risotto begins to turn TRANSLUCENT.

Once this happens, add your 1/3 cup of wine (that's right fight the temptation to shotgun that cup of wine and instead pour it into the food :/ ). Its important to stir this until the wine reduces.

Next its time to add the little bit of Saffron by mixing it in with a little bit of chicken stock and then adding it to the Risotto. Ladle your chicken stock slowly into the Risotto one ladle full at a time, allowing the Risotto to absorb the stock before adding more... and I am not sure if you remember this but you have to STIR THE RISOTTO CONSTANTLY...

Once the stock is gone and the Risotto is nice and creamy lets make it health conscious by adding the rest of the butter and the cheeeeeeese!... oh and some salt and pepper to season.

Special Thanks to Alise Kuwahara Providing Highly Trained Hand Modelling Skills

Finally, eat the crap out of it cause its the epitome of comfort food... and you will need some comfort after you realize your arm has fallen off from all of the stirring.

I almost feel bad about dropping this bomb of awesomeness on you Abigail, but then my stomach grumbles in sincere thanks for the delicious meal that I just bestowed upon it. What up Dallas?

OMG IS THAT FROM A RESTAURANT?