By definition, home cooked meals should make you feel at home. But, especially when your not at your home when you eat said meal, be it at some restaurant or at some one else’s house, sometimes the result of a home cooked meal is making you feel like your at home, just not at YOUR home. I was fortunate enough to be able to bring my little corner kitchen at my Place de Clichy apt back to San Francisco’s Mission district where my latino roommates at my mother’s house and my father’s West Indian influence intersect. Fajitas and fried plantains, sometimes it really gets no better. Moreover, meal came together naturally but end up being a true representation of myself that i only realized in hindsight. We have got the melange of the time my mother spent inefficiently cooking dinner, because i had to help and we all know that kids slow EVERYTHING down, and the Latino atmosphere of my Mission district residence and the Guyanese influence in the choice of the side dish. This one will def be a hit because it pretty much covers all bases. Its simple enough to cook but still complicated enough that people will be impressed when you tell them what your making, and to top those two things off its got some real authenticity and comfort to it. Plus anything you can eat with your hands is a plus in my book.
Anyways, to the recipe. I always start with the seasoning. SPPCG (SaltPepperPaprikaCayenneGarlic dry rub, like my pops taught me). While the chicken sits, seasoned, just cut up some plantains and and fry them in some veggie oil. Then cut up some red and yellow peppers, white and yellow onions and throw them in bowl. Chicken in the pan… and ur a cookin and ur a cookin {can’t help the eddie murphy raw references} throw in first the onions till they are clear and then the peppers just for an instant so they are still a lil crispy. Then to some salsa. Since im in France and i do not have access to most Latino cuisine items, i figured id just spice up some store bought salsa. Chop up fresh tomtoms and a lil white onion and mix it in with that salsa, then ur ready to go. You have no idea how much of a difference it makes till you try it. Then heat up some tortillas on the stove [makes a huge difference] cut up some avocados and its chomping time. Bon Apetit.
Even got matt feeling at home 
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