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I have a headache, I think I'm getting sick. It's strange because I rarely ever get sick. And it's summer. Summer! I don't get allergies, like hay fever, or anything, so yeah, it's strange. But mostly annoying, because I don't have the patience for being sick. Anyway, whine-time over. On to more appealing things...
This evening I made Crisp Chicken Cutlets. I was going to wait a while before doing another Nigella recipe, buuuut I was going to cook chicken anyway, and this happened to be the next recipe in the book. So here we are again :) It also helped that I had all the ingredients at home, except Buttermilk, which was easy enough to pick up on my way home from work.
Nigella describes these as "grown-up chicken nuggets." And she's right. Served with a side salad, this really is the perfect summer meal.
- 4 Chicken Breast fillets - you're going to need to bash these with a rolling pin until they're thin. I've never bashed chicken breast before, or bashed anything with a rolling pin either, so this really was a lot of fun :P
- Whisk together 1 Cup of Buttermilk and 1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce. Marinate the chicken pieces in this. 30 minutes is long enough.
- Mix together 2 Cups of Breadcrumbs, 1 Teaspoon of Salt, 1/4 Teaspoon of Pepper, 1 Teaspoon of Herbs and 1/2 Cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
- Once chicken is done marinating, coat the chicken on both sides in the seasoned crumbs.
- Cook in frying pan, use lots of oil. Like cover the base of the pan with 1/4 inch of oil.
So it's pretty easy, and tasty. The only dumb thing is having to wait for the chicken to marinate. But I suppose if you're super organised you could marinade the chicken overnight, so you're all prepped. I just don't think that far ahead, unfortunately.
Probably the best thing about this though is the left-over Buttermilk. I can use it to make something sweet, like scones or pancakes. Mmmmmmmm.
Not tonight though, don't know if I'm game enough to cook 2x Nigella recipes AND blog about both of them all in one night. Plus, I need to get some more eggs. But don't worry, my leftover Buttermilk doesn't expire until 1/02/2014. I've got pleeeenty of time to buy some eggs ;)
And pictures of tonight's feast are as follows:
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| Chicken marinating in Buttermilky goodness. |
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| The seasoned breadcrumbs mixture. If you have any leftover that you don't want to throw away, you can always freeze it, to be used again another day. |
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| 1x Plate |
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| 2x Plates |
That's all folks.
X O X O
Cooking Girl
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