Party Time!

We had the cast from Measure for Measure over Saturday night for a get-together after the show. Nearly everyone turned up, and everyone seemed to enjoy himself/herself. It was an opportunity to break out the deep fryer that I'd gotten as a Christmas present, but hadn't really used since I'm pathetically attempting to lose some weight. In any case, it provides an opportunity to bust out this recipe (reportedly "smack your mama good" from one party attendee, who brought his mama along for the occasion):

CNS Rolls

1 package (1 lb) egg roll wrappers
1 lb chicken breast meat, cut up into pieces (preferable) or ground
3-4 ribs celery, diced into 1/4 to 1/2 inch pieces
2-3 carrots, diced similarly
3-4 green onions, chopped
1-2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp dried thyme
good shot each of tabasco and worcestershire

oil for deep-frying

Heat the olive oil in a skillet, add vegetables, salt, pepper, thyme, tabasco and worcestershire and saute for 5-6 minutes until slightly tender. Add chicken and cook through--probably another five minutes, depending on the size of your skillet. Allow to cool COMPLETELY (if the filling is hot it will soften the wrappers and you'll end up with a mess).

Spoon two tbsp of cooked, cooled chicken mixture onto each egg roll wrapper and wrap, using water to seal the edges. At this point you can refrigerate or freeze the rolls until you're ready to fry. Deep fry at 350-360 degrees, serve warm with honey mustard.