Faux Fried Fowl

Is this recipe healthier than real fried chicken? Yes. Was it delicious? Yes. Was it better than the real thing? I will leave that up to you to judge. I do know that it was far less time consuming and didn't require me to stand over bubbling Crisco for an hour. I doubt it is as good as my real fried chicken, but I'll take this for a quick meal any night.

 

I give you faux fried fowl aka oven-fried chicken. It was delicious! I sort of improvised and used the spices I had in my kitchen but I am certain you can go on Pinterest and find a great assortment if you're not into mine. I got my inspiration from some cornflake chicken recipe and went from there. Remember, we like a lot of seasoning in our home!

 

You'll need:

 

1 beaten egg

3 tbsp. milk

1 sleeve of crushed saltines

1/2 tsp thyme

1.5 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 tbs butter

1 lb of chicken breasts

 

Mix together dry ingredients and in a gallon Ziploc bag. Combine milk and beaten egg - dip chicken breasts into mixture and then place into gallon Ziploc bag. Shake it up.

 

 

 

 

Place chicken on foil lined pan. Drizzle melted butter on top of chicken.

 

 

Bake at 375 for about 55 minutes or until the middle is 170 degrees F. Don't screw around with chicken, make sure it's completely cooked to the right temp or you could get food poisoning on your way to your honeymoon. No lie.

 

 

Serve with starch and veggies/fruits. Super juicy, super delcious and even had some crunch to it.

 

What's cookin' in your kitchen this week?

 

Until next time,

~ Buzzard ~



Potatoes Say Good-bye

Geez, I love taters. I don't know if there are many other people out there who adore potatoes like I do. I love them fried, baked, mashed, crinkled, shredded, covered in cheese, boiled and even raw. They are their own food group to me - a delicious food group of starchy perfection.

Which is why I've decided to give them up.

But only until Easter - and then it's game on for Grandma Buzzard's fried chicken and mashed taters for Easter dinner.

That's right, I'm giving up potatoes for Lent and I think this may be an even harder challenge than when I gave up soda for Lent (a lack of Dr. Pepper almost killed me).  So what will I be eating instead? 

Well, I'm obviously not going to cut back on my meat consumption. I'll continue to enjoy lean beef, tasty pork and lots of different forms of chicken. But to fill the gap on my plate where potatoes used to go......

That's not an exaggeration, I generally am pretty strictly meat and potatoes.... and cottage cheese. I looooooooove cottage cheese. If you don't believe me, ask the Ninja.

To fill this void I'll likely be eating a lot more of the following things:

- Green beans - did you know one cup of green beans contains 30% of your daily Vitamin C req's?
- Corn - One cup contains a pretty significant amount of Thiamin and Vitamic C
- Rice/pasta - I'll try to eat whole grain options in this category. Whole grain foods are very heart healthy and by the way, so is lean beef!
- Cottage cheese - this obviously has a lot of calcium in it!

If you haven't noticed, I'm not a big fan of vegetables. However, I like lots of different kinds of meats so maybe I'll rotate some kangaroo or some other exotic meat in there to toss things up a bit!

Are you giving anything up for Lent? If so, what?!

Until next time,
~ Buzzard ~

National Fried Chicken Day!

I love love love fried chicken - I can prove this. Go to my Facebook or Twitter profile and read the 'about me' section. Fried chicken is mentioned - twice.

This food is so great, it deserves a post of its own. I make mine the old fashioned way, just like Grandma Buzzard does - dip it in egg, flour and spices then fry in a cast iron skillet. Yum! Serve it up with mashed taters, gravy and a glass of ice cold milk and you've got yourself a meal! I made some just the other night because I was having a huge craving.

What's your favorite fried chicken recipe? Share in the comments section, please. I'd love to try out some new recipes!


p.s. - UPDATE: I love fried chicken so much, we served it as the meal at our rehearsal dinner. Hubsy didn't have any say in that!
Until next time,
~ Buzzard ~

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