Re: Recipe: Breading for Chicken

December 31, 2004

I've been making my son chiken nuggets and chicken breast with corn

flake (GF) crumbs. They are great and it is one of the things he will

eat without question. Made by SoyNut Butter Company. Dip chicken in

egg and then roll in the crumbs. Nice bread crumb substitute.

> I saw a quick clip today on the FoodNetwork about cooking meals in

> 30 minutes or less. She was making some chicken strips that were

> served over a platter of lettuce and it looked great. It could be

> served for lunch or dinner and was a great version of chicken strips

> for adults.

>

> Here's what she did:

> -Take the chicken breast strips out of the pack and roll them in GF

> flour. (she was of course using regular flour)

> -Then drop them into a bowl that contains 2 or 3 beaten eggs.

> -Here's the interesting twist... she then rolled them in another pan

> that had a mixture of crushed pecans, some orange zest, some nutmeg,

> and salt & pepper.

> -she fried them in olive oil about 3 at a time (claims that cooking

> fewer in the pan will make the chicken strips crunchier).

> -when they were done, she tossed them over the platter of greens,

> and then drizzled them with some sort of homemade dressing (which

> was some kind of variation of molasses, bbq and italian dressing...

> or something like that). I didn't quite catch the dressing, but

> thought her method for the chicken strips could make a great

> variation for a GF meal for adults.

>

> I checked the foodnetwork.com website for these two recipes, but

> they weren't posted just yet, but their " 30 minute meal " recipes

> from previous weeks had already been posted. So... maybe in a few

> days they'll have the actual recipe, and the one of the dressing.

>

> Enjoy

>

> ~Melonie

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