Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
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Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
I rock tonight. For at least 15 minutes. After cleaning bits and pieces of the house I decided to cook up the chicken breasts and spinach and mushrooms that we had. Jeff got some capers and lemons to finish off the recipe.
It's my version of chicken piccata and it was perfect. I did it right, for once. Beat the shit out of the chicken breasts, season salted them with pepper, dredged in flour, covered in a bit of parmesan, with the extra parmesan for dumping on later. Refrigerated for a bit while we did a crossword puzzle.
Sauteed mushrooms in garlic and butter, added the spinach. Let it wilt.
Heated the olive oil and butter til hot, FINALLY, I usually don't let it get hot enough, and fried the breasts and with the added parmesan achieved the appropriate crispiness. Removed them and added thinly sliced lemons and capers and deglazed only enough to not burn everything.
Served with some rice, which I can't cook worth beans, but it was edible, at least not mushy and all together the chicken and spinach were restaurant-worthy.
Burp.
It's my version of chicken piccata and it was perfect. I did it right, for once. Beat the shit out of the chicken breasts, season salted them with pepper, dredged in flour, covered in a bit of parmesan, with the extra parmesan for dumping on later. Refrigerated for a bit while we did a crossword puzzle.
Sauteed mushrooms in garlic and butter, added the spinach. Let it wilt.
Heated the olive oil and butter til hot, FINALLY, I usually don't let it get hot enough, and fried the breasts and with the added parmesan achieved the appropriate crispiness. Removed them and added thinly sliced lemons and capers and deglazed only enough to not burn everything.
Served with some rice, which I can't cook worth beans, but it was edible, at least not mushy and all together the chicken and spinach were restaurant-worthy.
Burp.
Well, then
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Re: Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
Get Uncle Bens converted rice. It will be perfect every time.
Got any leftovers?
Got any leftovers?
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Re: Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
Actually, the rice turned out okay for me.kayrharris wrote:Get Uncle Bens converted rice. It will be perfect every time.
Got any leftovers?
No leftovers! It's gone, baby.
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Well, then
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Re: Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
Okay, you are a sock footed chef.
Is that better?

Sounds like it was good!
Is that better?
Sounds like it was good!
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I'm still in NYC but my Blackberry
is cooperating now for some reason.
Our feet are killing us so we are in early and calling room service soon.
is cooperating now for some reason.
Our feet are killing us so we are in early and calling room service soon.
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That and it is frickin cold tonight
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Re: Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
Yum!!
Rob and I make almost the same thing...except he doesn't like spinach so we usually add either black olives or artichoke hearts instead of spinach. I will have to try it with parmesan too, we never do that! Thanks for the good idea!
(I will not be depressed that I ate ramen noodles for dinner...)
Rob and I make almost the same thing...except he doesn't like spinach so we usually add either black olives or artichoke hearts instead of spinach. I will have to try it with parmesan too, we never do that! Thanks for the good idea!
(I will not be depressed that I ate ramen noodles for dinner...)
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You saved money you could invest.
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Re: Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
Lol...I just had too many projects to do around the house, so I didn't want to cook anything significant. I classed them up by eating them with chopsticks...christie1111 wrote:You saved money you could invest.
But now tv is getting the better of me, I'm tired and parked on the couch with the laptop!!
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We had a lovely late lunch atBeebs52 wrote:Cool. What are you going to order?
a French restaurant so we are ordering coffee since we just happen to have a bottle of Bailey's and some dark chocolate we biought at the Hershey's store last night.
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What hotel are you at?? I'll be there in an hour and a half!!kayrharris wrote:We had a lovely late lunch atBeebs52 wrote:Cool. What are you going to order?
a French restaurant so we are ordering coffee since we just happen to have a bottle of Bailey's and some dark chocolate we biought at the Hershey's store last night.
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Re: Well, just call me the sockfooted chef
I'll be there in two days!sunflower wrote:What hotel are you at?? I'll be there in an hour and a half!!kayrharris wrote:We had a lovely late lunch atBeebs52 wrote:Cool. What are you going to order?
a French restaurant so we are ordering coffee since we just happen to have a bottle of Bailey's and some dark chocolate we biought at the Hershey's store last night.
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We actually got it in a record 45 minutes!
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