OKs HAPPY HOUR

Thomas Keller’s Fried Chicken

Brining:
24c water
1c kosher salt
1/2c + 1T honey
18 bay leaves
30 unpeeled garlic cloves
3T whole black peppercorns
5 large rosemary sprigs
11/2 bunch thyme
11/2 bunch parsley
2T finely grated lemon peel 
3/4c lemon juice
3 31/2pound chickens

Frying:
6c flour
5T garlic powder
5T onion powder
4t paprika
4t cayenne
1t black pepper
4t kosher salt
6c buttermilk
12c peanut oil

Make this for yourself, you’ll love it. It is so so so so good.

Recovery food.

Beer-battered Fish and Asparagus Fries

There’s a simple thing to remember with beer batters and batters of any kind, really, and that is 1:1:1.

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup beer (liquid)
• 1 tsp. salt

For our purposes, I embellished with 1/4 tsp. pepper and 1 tbsp. lemon zest because I’m the prettiest girl and deserve nice things.

Dip asparagus, beat off excess, fry it up at 375°F. Do the vegetables first always when using the same oil. You don’t want your veg smelling like fish. No one likes fishy veg. Fry up fish at 320°F and serve. 

Asparagus being a nice springtime-appropriate treat works very well with this dish. Fried fish is fried fish and if you don’t know what that tastes like already, I feel bad for you. That asparagus fry is something-else good and it’s green. 

Irish Gold (w/Mint)

• 2 parts Irish Whiskey
• 1/2 part Peach Schnapps
• Splash of Orange Juice
• Mix in glass, fill with Ginger Ale 
• Garnish with Mint Leaves

This drink is very nice. I would have liked anything by this part of the evening but it was good. Not overly sweet, pleasant, and not too girly. 

• Sourdough bread
• Fresh Mozzarella
• Sliced Tomato
• Fresh Basil
• Red pepper flakes
• Butter

1. First thing you want to do is find the iron that your hotel room has. Look in the closet next to the door, it’s probably in there. Set it to its highest heat setting (probably linen, anything less than cotton won’t brown your bread).
2. Place bare bread down on frying pan. 
3. Add all ingredients on bread.
4. Butter piece of bread and place on top of your sandwich with the butter facing up.
5. Place iron on top and press down lightly. Allow bread to brown and cheese to melt, about 6 minutes.
6. Flip sandwich and spread butter on bread and repeat step 5.

This is a better sandwich than anything room service would make for you. The only downside is having to pack in food and cleaning up a mess in the room. The last thing is that it makes your room smell like an italian restaurant for a little bit.