Saturday, May 18, 2013

Month 4 day 11: Fried chicken and orzo

Today I made:
Chicken Milanese with Spring Greens ^Beans, Cooking Light May 2010
Parmesan-Browned Butter Orzo, Cooking Light May 2010


This is G's last home-cooked meal for a while, because he left today for a family vacation to Europe! So now I'm back to my camera, which can be really nice, but sometimes has a broken macro function. Here's hoping it keeps working so I can take some nice food shots. This also means that I won't be able to cook as often without G helping me eat the food! I'll probably just cook every other day for the summer.

I don't fry things too much, so I don't have a lot of experience. This chicken was pretty thin, but still got charred before getting cooked through. And the oil just splattered everywhere, such that when I removed the pan some splattered back onto the hot burner (I guess) and flared up a little. It's not great when a non-gas stove has flames :-P Maybe the oil was too hot or something. I wonder if it would alternatively work to fry it for a while and then finish it off in the oven or something.

Meanwhile, the orzo was really flavorful. The flavors got nice and concentrated, but I didn't add any chives. 

The chicken was supposed to be served with salad, but we didn't have any. I didn't realize it until after I had started making the dressing, so we just decided to put the dressing on steamed green beans. They were a little overcooked as I was distracted by the chicken :-P

I think I will keep the orzo recipe, but that's all.

No comments:

Post a Comment