Tonight I got home early from a crazy day at jury duty. Almost didn't get dismissed from a 2 month murder trial. Luckily I had a vacation in the beginning of October to get me out of it. I'm already loving Yosemite just for the fact that it got me out of jury duty.
So now as I try to type this my mouth and arm are literally burning. I figured I had the time to prepared Jerk Chicken for tonight's dinner. I took careful care to chopped all the ingredients finely, even using plastic baggies when chopping up the habareno peppers and making sure NOT to rub my eyes....
But what I should have been more careful with was the HOT burning oil. In the rush of trying to get the chicken in the med-high heated oil I dropped the flatten chicken only to have a huge wave of hot oil splash up on my arm. It took about 30 seconds to realize that my arm seemed to be on fire. I ran it under the cool water washing it off with soap and looking for any immediate blistering. So far only one has appeared, but my wrist is completely red and in pain. I let the chicken brown while I rushed to the internet to look up home remedies as it wasn't so bad I needed medical attention (only feels like it).
After applying a huge amount of aloe vera gel and running it under cool water for 5-10 minutes, the chicken popped away in the hot oil, now I'm afraid to approach my oven. I finally threw in the remaining ingredients, keeping a safe distance from the hot pan. And after a few more minutes marinading in the oil, peppers, and broth it looked like it had enough.
Unfortunately I couldn't enjoy the dinner as much as I should have as my arm was killing me to cut the chicken or make any movement (like it is now) and then my mouth starting to burn with the habarenos. But I must say it was quite tasty and hopefully the leftovers will be just as good if not less painful.
Sorry no pictures as I just didn't have the motivation. Maybe tomorrow with the leftovers and less painful arm.
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