"Breaded" Caesar Chicken

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe # 19

Well, I was home alone tonight and that is the perfect time to try new things. And try I did. I wouldn't necessarily say succeed.....I mean it was edible, but nothing that I would suggest for you to cook. Not without some major tweaking anyways!

Nowadays my TV watching has changed drastically...I've switched Teen Mom for some Food Network and in the background I heard them talking about Panko bread crumbs. So I bought some!

I had already been marinating 3 chicken breast in my FAVORITE salad dressing:

Galeo's Miso Caesar Dressing

This stuff is low cal and they use this at the Biggest Loser ranch. Hello...can't go wrong!!

After my chicken had marinated for a few hours, I laid out my Panko bread crumbs and mixed it with salt and pepper.

I just coated it on each side of my chicken breast and stuck it in the skillet for about 8 minutes on each side. 

Apparently caesar dressing isn't enough "glue" to keep the bread crumbs on. That is why I used the term "breaded" in quotations....it didn't quite end up breaded! Oh well! 

The skillet didn't quite get it done enough on the inside, so I stuck it in the oven at about 400 for 6 minutes on each side. 

I served with zucchini and cornbread and drizzled a little more of the caesar dressing on top, and some breadcrumbs :) 

I'll redo this recipe soon and give ya'll a step by step instruction once I get it good enough to share!!

Shirataki Noodles....Dun Dun Dun.

Well I have finally tried them: Shirataki Noodles (aka Tofu noodles). They are used as a pasta substitute and are extremely low in carbs and calories. They are also featured in Hungry Girl. So, why not try them? I decided  to just go for a classic spaghetti dish with beef and tomato sauce on top of the noodles. 

Let me first just start with I am not trying to start eating tofu and/or any meat substitute. But I am open to trying new things. Secondly, I am not posting this because it was a "success". I think its only fair that if I keep posting all my wonderful cooking adventures, I might as well share my, um....more interesting and off-beat meals also. 

I decided to make these just for myself. As you know by previous posts, Hil and Mo are fairly picky and especially critical of my cooking. So I figured I'd do this more daring recipe for just myself... 

So, according to Hungry Girl, to start these off, you need to wash them and "pat them dry". Since they are tofu, they soak up a lot of moisture and for any of the sauce to stick, they need to be patted dry with a paper towel. 

Here are the directions.....

NOTICE* I have never heard of needing to cook something to "reduce the authentic aroma". Strange. Anyways, I go and open the package and about fell over. The "authentic aroma" that they refer to is one of the most fowl smelling things I have ever experienced. I wanted to choke. As I'm writing this a week later I can still imagine the smell!! Just EEWWW!!! Trust me! 

Being the trooper that I think I am, I go on with cooking them...

They were a little more rubbery than normal noodles. Just in case you do try them, cooking does actually reduce the smell, but not entirely. 

And I pat them dry. It took more paper towels than I want to admit to soak up all the water.

Here is the final product. To tell you the truth I did not eat it all. I think I mostly couldn't get over the whole smell, and the texture was pretty rubbery. My final say is that if I had to eat them I would and could, but not voluntarily. I would much rather just give up pasta. :) 

So there you go....probably the worst meal I have ever prepared. I'm sure there will be more to come, but it was a risk worth taking. (What if they were amazing and I would never have to waste my caloric intake on regular pasta again?) That, however was definitely not the case!