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Samar Halarnkar gives steamed chicken leftovers a new life
A man who writes about food likes to cook at home.
He made a dish of chicken steamed with ginger and spring onion.
When the chicken was done, some tasty broth had formed under it.
He saved that broth because it was so good—he called it 'liquid gold.'
He used the broth and leftover chicken to make a new meal for the next day.
That way, the same food gets a brand new life instead of being thrown away.
Everyone loved the first meal very much.
But the man was not sure the main eater in his family would love the new version just as much.
Giving leftovers a new life can make cooking more fun and waste less food.
Samar Halarnkar writes about learning to repurpose the same dish in a new avatar for the next meal.
He prepared ginger-spring onion steamed chicken and reserved the broth that emerged from steaming.
He describes the reserved steaming broth as 'liquid gold.'
The first serving of the dish was a hit.
He could not be sure the 'consumer-in-chief' would enjoy the leftovers-based version as eagerly as the first.
- Who
- Samar Halarnkar, a food columnist writing about repurposing leftovers at home
- What
- He steamed chicken with ginger and spring onion, saved the broth, and repurposed the leftovers into a new meal
- Where
- Not specified in the article
- When
- Not specified in the article
- Why
- To give leftovers a new life by repurposing the same dish for the next meal
Key facts
- Column title
- Steamed chicken and a new life to leftovers
- Author
- Samar Halarnkar
- Dish
- Ginger-spring onion steamed chicken
- Key technique
- Reserving the steaming broth, described as 'liquid gold'
- First serving
- A hit
- Uncertain element
- Whether the 'consumer-in-chief' would enjoy the leftovers version as much
- Theme
- Repurposing leftovers into new meals





