Hint of Mint

Well, I was experimenting with food and discovered that-which-cannot-be-named. It looks and tastes like some delicacy you get in a Greek or Italian restaurant and all I used was a pan and a serving bowl. And although the mint ends up being a very subtle flavor, it sure opens up the sinuses! I can breathe! Without further adieu, I introduce the recipe.

FOR THIS RECIPE YOU WILL NEED:
3 pure peppermint tea bags
mint extract
handful of dried cranberries
half a diced onion
minute rice
olive oil
parsley flakes
salt
2 small chicken breasts

Fill a pot about halfway with water, drop in the chicken and the tea bags. Put the stove on high until it starts boiling. Once boiling, lower the heat to halfway and walk away for 20 minutes.

Ok, it's been 20 minutes! Don't turn off the water! Fish out the tea bags (save them)and chicken(save that too) with a spatula and set aside. If you are Chuck Norris, reach in with your bare hands being careful not to melt the pot. Bring the water back up to a boil, add enough minute rice to make the ratio apx 1:1 and turn the heat off.

When the rice is done, dump it into your serving bowl and stick the pan back on the burner at halfway again.  Pour olive oil in along with the contents of one tea bag...Yes I know, I am a mad scientist! After about 5 minutes, add the diced onions and let it sit for 5 minutes.

While your onions start cooking, take this time to shred the chicken which should have cooled down by now. Stir your onions when you are done, toss the chicken in the rice with however much salt you enjoy in rice, and a few pinches of parsley. Stir it all up.

When your onions are about halfway cooked, toss in your cranberries, a pinch or parsley and half a lidful of mint extract. DO NOT ADD MORE THAN THIS!  When the onions are starting to look a little burned throw that mixture into the bowl and mix. If you have a little olive oil that didn't get absorbed or cooked off it is even better, trust me!

Serve on a pretty plate with a sprig of fresh parsley and pretend you are being served during sunset at an outdoor cafe in Europe.