Indonesian Chicken Satay aka Luggage Chicken… Little Steven Memorial Cook

caliking

LS’s birthday is coming up on May 7th IIRC, so figured this was in order. 

Toasting the spices for the marinade. 

Chix in the marinade, hanging out in the luggage

Will cook tomorrow, with a couple of Indonesian sides. 

lkapigian

Beautiful!

Photo Egg

A righteous tribute!   

GrateEggspectations

@caliking

Amazing, as usual. The fact that it’s a tribute to a departed friend of yours - and a friend of many on this forum - is touching. 

JohnInCarolina

caliking said:

Chix in the marinade, hanging out in the luggage

I really appreciate the dedication to process on display here.  

caliking

Finished this up today. 

Nasi Kuning (Festive Yellow Rice). Jasmine rice cooked in turmeric, lemongrass, coconut milk, kaffir/makrut lime leaves

The chix. Bone-in thighs, as I figured the bone filled in as the skewer for satay

Plated with Indonesian-style collard greens (Gulai Sayur).

Quite delicious. I made Little Steven's peanut cashew sauce as well, but drizzled it over the rice later, as the chix was a flavor bomb and held its own. 

A fun cook for the weekend. Thought of LS often, as I put it all together. We shared some memories of cooking with him at Salado, and drinking late into the night with him and his bride. 

 There are many stories to be shared of the kind, generous, intelligent  person Little Steven was, by so many here.  If this is any measure of a man, I can only hope that a bit of that will be said of me some day. 

Happy birthday, ya wee man.

CTMike

caliking said: 

Happy birthday, ya wee man.

Anyone else find humor in an Indian man affecting
a Scottish accent/phrase? 😎😎

Nice looking meal dude. 

ColbyLang

I’d eat it. What a great way to remember a lost friend, especially since y’all met doing egg things. 

lousubcap

Beautiful tribute undertaking right there. 

NDG

What an amazing meal, for numerous reasons - best post of 2023 !!

caliking

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

Ozzie_Isaac

One last Friday/May bump.  Such an amazing tribute.

GrateEggspectations

If I have understood the history of this dish correctly, to do it justice, one must let it stagnate a long while in hot summer temps until its consumption is in question. 

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

If I have understood the history of this dish correctly, to do it justice, one must let it stagnate a long while in hot summer temps until its consumption is in question. 

And one person in your party must eat at least one raw bite.  I find that the key to proper luggage chicken.

caliking

@Ozzie_Isaac + @GrateEggspectations you are both correct.

That is what is referred as going "full LS".

loco_engr

Very nice tribute cook . . . way beyond my still set and energy level.
Maybe this might not be the right time/place to ask this but I never heard
the cause of his passing. I heard it came on very quickly 

caliking

loco_engr said:

Very nice tribute cook . . . way beyond my still set and energy level.
Maybe this might not be the right time/place to ask this but I never heard
the cause of his passing. I heard it came on very quickly 

Surprise/late diagnosis of cancer. I believe he had gone to the hospital for back pain, where the diagnosis was made. He passed within a few weeks. 

The major skill required for this cook, is to be able to look SWMBO in the eye, and say "yes, I'm living that bag of chicken, in a duffle bag, out in the sun for a bit." And not flinch.

Botch

caliking said:
The major skill required for this cook, is to be able to look SWMBO in the eye, and say "yes, I'm living that bag of chicken, in a duffle bag, out in the sun for a bit." And not flinch.

If she starts digging in the closet for a bigger duffle, I'd probably go for a walk or something.