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Battered Chicken (Baked not Fried)
I am going to share a little more about my personal life then I have in the past…5 years ago my ex husband and I began our journey in getting a divorce and we began it by separating. At that time it was one of the hardest things I had ever gone through as it was the start of me losing everything I knew my life to be. Over the next 5 years I lost friendships I thought I would have forever, I lost my home and I lost a family that I was part of for over 20 years.
Because of my divorce, a friend and I have begun to help other women in going through divorce to face some of the unforeseen issues, the hurt, betrayal and things that no one prepares you for. In providing help to other women we have learned that no matter what our own situation is, there are common stories and a special bond with these women and I feel fortunate to be helping them and what they don’t realize is that they are also helping me. If you would like to learn more about my other adventure follow me at www.UnFrozenDesires.com, don’t forget to subscribe there.
I will be doing a series of food recipes to bring in some humor and great recipes, which recipe will represent what I have learned from these women with the first in the series being “battered chicken”. I have found so many women feeling beaten and battered during and after their divorce, I speak from my groups which are currently all women and I mean no disregard to men but my current experience has only been with women.
When one goes through a divorce there seems to one person that lashes out and becomes a bully, either with their tongue or physically. Every time the bully (your ex) shows up, either in a call or physically and they beat their partner up by bullying them, this allows your ex to feel empowered; as they know this is the only way they can still impact you in controlling them. I always said the true identity of a man is not during the marriage but during a divorce. For all those women stuck in a marriage of an abused man, the bully who beats you down to make him look and feel better and yet to his friends and inner circles he’s the victim, I am so sorry. I have learned that leaving that kind of a marriage is not easy, as it has become the only life you have known and so the life you have accepted.
This is why I decided to make the perfect recipe “battered chicken” for all those women who feel beaten and battered by their ex…this method of making battered chicken was given to me when I was 16 years old and dating an ex boyfriend, his mom, Donna shared this simple trick that kept my battered chicken so moist and delicious that I had never forgotten it. There is a trick to is, what is that trick? Putting your chicken in buttermilk, breading it and putting it in the refrigerator for a few hours, in doing so you will have the most moist battered chicken and you will not miss the chicken being fried!
Do not skip a step in this recipe for battered chicken as each step allows the battered chicken to stay moist and delicious:
Remove chicken breast from the refrigerator
Place in your buttermilk I added tabasco sauce to my buttermilk
coat your chicken with bread crumbs/panko
place the coated chicken in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours
bake for 35-40 minutes or until the internal temperature is 165
serve immediately, I sliced my chicken to make it easy to serve
For those parents that work, this is a great recipe as you can keep the breaded chicken in the refrigerator all day while you are at work. When you get home, all you need to do is to preheat the oven, remove the chicken from the refrigerator and bake until cooked through….super easy!
So ladies, when your ex is beating you up and trying to break you, make my battered chicken and remember you are not alone. If you would like information on our classes, please email me at Livin42day365@yahoo.com. We are working on a website with more information to come. Stay strong!
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Battered Chicken (Baked not Fried)
Ingredients
- 1 pound Chicken Breasts, skins removed
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1/2 cup Panko
- 1/2 cup Bread Crumbs, or 1 cup if you are not using Panko
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasonings
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- Tabasco Sauce, to taste (optional)
Directions
- Place your chicken in a bowl and pour your butter milk over it, if you would like add the tabasco sauce to this. Make sure the chicken is coated with the buttermilk.
- In a separate bowl add your panko, bread crumbs, Italian seasonings, salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Mix well.
- Add your chicken, one by one to the bread crumb mixture and make sure the chicken is well coated with the bread crumb mixture. Place the coated chicken on a baking sheet.
- Place the baking sheet in your refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
- When your chicken is ready to be baked, preheat the oven to 400 degrees, bake your chicken for 18-28 minutes (depends on the thickness of the chicken) or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees.
- Serve Immediately. Enjoy!
Recipe belongs to Patty @MmGood.com, please contact me to use for personal use
Easy Savory Turkey Meatloaf Recipe
I happen to love meatloaf, especially leftover meatloaf as I love to make a meatloaf sandwich with a little mayonnaise (yes I use mayonnaise for my meatloaf sandwich). Being Italian I grew up with my nonna (grandmother) making meatloaf with 3 different kinds of meat, beef, pork and veal and then my grandmother would stuff the meatloaf with deli meats and hard boiled eggs…it was a lot of work and to be honest I never really liked it.
I wanted to create my own recipes and have created some unique and some traditional recipes for meatloaf and I recognize I have not posted any of those recipes and I promise I will in the new year. This recipe I am doing today is not an original recipe of mine and it is a recipe that is great for someone who is a just learning to cook as it takes out the guess work of your ingredient lists.
I generally do not use prepackaged seasonings but I was asked by “Healthy Solutions” spice blends to try out a few of their favorite blends and the “Savory Meatloaf” was one of the blends that I wanted to try. The savory meatloaf blend and it really does simplify the ease in ingredients. I opened the product and I really liked the flavors of the spices. In reading the ingredient list, it has everything needed from onion, salt, garlic, parsley, and other spices. I followed the recipe on the back of the package as I wanted to write this post for the “beginner” cook and also because it was such a super easy recipe.
I really did follow the recipe with the only change being that I used turkey instead of beef and I cut the recipe in half as it is only me around the house this weekend and it didn’t make sense in doing 2 pounds of meat. In writing up the recipe below, I will include the original recipe.
I put my turkey in a bowl
I added my ingredients
and I mixed it all together
and shaped it into the traditional meatloaf shape, again, I only used 1 pound of meat so that is why it is on the small side
I baked it for 40 minutes, in cooking with turkey you will not see a lot of fat running off, so that is why I like turkey instead of beef
I sliced into it and i have to say it was very moist
Again, I do not tend to use a pre seasoning for cooking as I really like to use the ingredients I think will work for a recipe, however, I found this spice blend to be a great flavoring and it is the perfect blend for someone who is new to cooking or does not have time to fuss with ingredients.
If you would like to try this blend click here and if you would like to try other blends from this company visit their home page by clicking here.
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Easy Savory Meatloaf
Ingredients
- 1 large Egg
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 1 package Savory Meatloaf Spice Blend
- 1 cup Bread Crumbs
- 2 pounds Ground Beef, Lean (I used Turkey)
- 3 tablespoons Parmesan Cheese
- 3 tablespoons Ketchup
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine all your ingredients; mix well.
- Shape mixture into 1 or 2 loaves and place in a baking dish or loaf pan.
- Bake uncovered for 45-60 minute or until meat thermometer reaches 160 degrees. Enjoy!
Recipe belongs to Patty @MmGood.com, please contact me to use for personal use
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