My deepest apologies for the space between posts, but there is a reason. I've started at the Yolo County District Attorneys Office as a prosecutor so my time has been taken up a lot recently. I'm learning a lot at a very rapid pace and the action never stops. But I am loving it thus far and know this has been my field since day one. In fact I was having a cake fit the other day, so Patty very graciously went out and got this:
Lemon filled ecstasy! I don't have a big sweet tooth, but from time to time I will indulge myself, so Patty did the honors this time and it was fabulous! I loved it, she loved it. Nicole who hung out with me last night. The cake was truly slammin! And a nice treat to the new gig!
Today I was thinking about something new, I look back at past entries and there is a lot of pasta based things, and I need to get off pasta for awhile. After all, Summer is coming, need to continue to lean up more for softball. So I wanted to try a little something different and fun...Chicken Strips!
I thought "How hard can that be...?", so as always I started off with some research and got a simple recipe from one of my favorite chef's, Ms. Paula Deen! the list of ingredients was short and to the point:
- 2 cups crushed sour-cream-and-onion-flavored potato chips
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 6 chicken breast fillets, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
First thing I did was fire up the oven to 350 degrees. Then it was time to get the big bag of Sour Cream and Onion Lay's chips, put them in a bowl and pulverize them into very tiny crumbs, I had to back off before it became dust...
From there I took three chicken breasts and sliced them into strips, gave them a slight hit of salt and pepper and let the, rest while I prepped the rest of the goodies. I mixed the egg as and milk but used two eggs and 4 tablespoons of milk because the strips were pretty robust. I then slowly melted a cup and a half butter, and while that was happening I began lay out the chicken.
I would dip the chicken into the egg mixture, then roll them through the chip crumbs, then lay onto a baking sheet. After doing all the chicken, I then drizzled the butter over the chicken strips and placed them in the oven. The recipe called for 16-18 minutes, but they didn't look quite done and crispy enough so I gave it an extra 6 minutes and....BANG! The end result...
I tried my hand at some Philly Cheesesteaks last week and they turned out well and I will write on that during the week. That was a fun experience and one way out of my comfort zone. But, like I always say, just follow directions and don't deviate from the game plan and everything will turn out fine.
Catch you mid-week!
