Almond & Rosemary Crusted Chicken Amongst Spinach & Parmesan Orzo

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I asked on the mass of Face whether or non you lot wanted something sweet, savory, or the UP festivities on the weblog terminal week. Well, the votes won, too UP was posted. However, I couldn't forget those few votes for savory, hence hither it is.

I similar to mean value I've gotten the whole bread-the-dang-chicken affair down. Ryan requests fried chicken pretty oft (it's to a greater extent than similar lightly-cooked-in-oil chicken), too ever loves it when I larn inwards for us. However, same-style breaded chicken tin forcefulness out larn pretty quondam for me, hence I similar to switch it up. This yesteryear batch I used crumbled almonds mixed amongst the traditional panko. For to a greater extent than flavor, I added inwards or hence rosemary. Don't similar almonds or rosemary? You could totally role roasted pecan crumbs, or fifty-fifty cashew crumbs. Use the nuts! Also, you lot could easily substitute rosemary inwards this recipe for thyme or Italian seasoning if you lot prefer those flavors. It's hence versatile, leaving the door broad opened upwards to customizing this recipe to your family's tastes.

Then seat it over a bed of soft too creamy orzo amongst a handful of spinach? Filled us correct upwards quite tastefully.

I'm hence glad we're at a whole novel week. This yesteryear weekend (and still) nosotros were hunkering downward amongst our sick piffling one. We've been pretty lucky amongst the Manchild non getting really sick at all since he was a newborn. However, that has for certain caught upwards to us. After a doctor's catch on Friday, we've already scheduled or hence other i for today - he seems to hold out getting worse. His coughing merely breaks my heart, too amongst a raw throat, afterwards each coughing is a minor whimper. It's torture! Thank heavens it was a snowy/cozy weekend - made it easier to merely remain within too focus on our piffling guy's health. Lots too lots of movies.

On a piffling happier note...

Tomorrow I accept a piffling surprise for you lot all :) 


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Almond Rosemary Crusted Chicken

Ingredients:
6-8 small/medium chicken tenders
2/3 C slivered almonds, crushed finely
2/3 C panko crumbs
1 T rosemary (dried or fresh)
1 C flour
iii eggs
1 t milk
drizzle of EVOO
common salt too pepper

Method:
1. Prepare iii bowls. In bowl 1: add together flour. In bowl 2: whisk together eggs too milk. In bowl 3: combine panko, rosemary, & almond crumbs.
2. Drizzle olive petroleum inwards the bottom of a large skillet. Heat petroleum over medium.
3. Coat chicken. Keeping i manus for dry out ingredients too i manus for wet, dunk raw chicken i yesteryear i inwards flour, too then inwards the egg mixture, followed yesteryear the panko mixture. Place coated chicken inwards the heated too oiled pan. Repeat amongst the remaining chicken pieces.
4. After a few minutes, flip chicken. Season amongst common salt too pepper. Turn downward rut to a simmer (very low) too cover. Cook until chicken is cooked through, most 5-10 minutes. Remove pan from heat, maintain lid on, too allow sit down for v minutes (lets juices seep dorsum into chicken)

-BwB original

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Spinach & Parmesan Orzo

Ingredients:
ii C orzo
ii T EVOO
2-3 light-green onions, chopped
ii cloves garlic, minced
common salt too pepper to taste
ii T flour
1 C milk
2/3 - 1 C spinach, chopped (amount depends on your preference)
1/2 C Parmesan + to a greater extent than for sprinkling

Method:
1. Cook pasta according to directions on package. Drain.
2. In a medium skillet, rut olive petroleum over medium heat. Add onions, garlic, common salt too pepper to pan too saute until onions are translucent (careful non to chocolate-brown garlic). Add flour to shape a roux too gear upwards for or hence other minute.
3. Add 1/4 C of milk to the pan too whisk until sauce is smooth. Then add together remaining milk too run along whisking. Bring to a simmer too gear upwards until sauce thickens (5-8 minutes).
4. Add chopped spinach to sauce too gear upwards or hence other ii minutes until spinach wilts slightly. Remove sauce from rut too stir parmesan into sauce. Pour sauce over cooked orzo inwards a medium bowl too stir. Garnish amongst additional parmesan.

Recipe source: Life equally a Strawberry
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