Honey Mustard Chicken

Ingredients

Requires either 1/2 chicken breast or 1 chicken schnitzel cut per person

Recipe below serves 2 - multiply as necessary

1 Chicken breast (or 2 schnitzel cuts)
4 Tbsp Honey mustard sauce
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 tsp mixed herbs
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.
Brush honey mustard sauce onto chicken.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and seasonings.
Cook for 20-25 minutes.

Easy... and delicious

I used a honey mustard simmer sauce and the remainder of the jar can be used for another meal - 2 for 1 is always good.

December 22, Chicken Cordon Bleu Salad

This is a salad dedicated to one of my favourite dishes, Chicken Cordon Bleu.
Chicken breast represents Chicken schnitzel. Bacon represents ham. Cheese represents cheese sauce.

Ingredients

1 chicken breast
1 rasher of shoulder bacon
1 egg
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 cup plain flour
1 tsp mixed herbs
1/4 cup croutons
1 slice cheese, diced
Lettuce

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.
Cut chicken breast into thumb sized pieces and pan fry until golden.
Beat egg and brush over chicken pieces.
Mix breadcrumbs, flour and herbs then sprinkle mixture over chicken.
Cook chicken in oven for 3 minutes on each side to make coating golden.
Cut bacon into small squares and pan fry until crispy.

Serve

Toss lettuce in a bowl with cheese, croutons and bacon.
Place chicken pieces on top.



Croutons

Today's croutons were lightly brushed with oil then sprinkled with chicken salt then grilled at 180C until golden.

Tip Time!

When defrosting chicken in the microwave it can develop a yucky odor. To prevent this carrying over into your dish sprinkle chicken lightly with coriander before cooking.

December 9, Lemon and Herb Chicken Schnitzel

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C
Fillet breast into two thin slices.
Use a sieve to sprinkle flour over chicken slices.
Melt margarine in a bowl then add egg and beat till smooth.
Brush egg mix oven chicken (alternatively you can dunk the chicken in the egg mix).
Cover chicken slices with lemon juice.
Mix together breadcrumbs and seasonings then sprinkle over chicken.
Place in oven for 15 minutes then turn slices over and cook for a further 10 minutes.

Serve

I served my Schnitzel with mashed potato (seasoned with chicken salt), lettuce from the garden and shaved carrot.


Alternatives

This seasoning would also work well on fish like blue cod or hoki. Coat fish in the same way then pan fry until cooked.

December 5, Seasoned Roast Chicken Breast

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Brush tinfoil lined tray with oil.
Sprinkle half of the salt, pepper and rosemary.
Place chicken breast on tray and drizzle lemon juice over breast.
Sprinkle remainder of seasoning on to breast.
Cook for 30 minutes.

Serve

To serve slice breast and place over salad. I had lettuce fresh from the garden, croutons, shaved carrot and cubed cheese.


Croutons


Tonight's croutons were lightly brushed with oil then sprinkled with salt and garlic powder before grilling.

December 1, Satay Chicken Pieces (and Salad)

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C
Mix flour, breadcrumbs, paprika, salt and pepper in a shallow bowl.
Mix melted margarine and peanut butter with hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce in another shallow bowl.
Cut chicken into finger sized strips and fry in oil.
Brown chicken.
Coat in flour mixture.
Return to pan to brown coating.
Place chicken on lined baking tray and coat sauce mixture.
Sprinkle with extra breadcrumbs.
Cook for 10 minutes.

Serve

Serve with salad. I like to have lettuce (fresh from the garden), with peeled strips of carrot and sunflower seeds. You may also like to add small cubes of cheese and cherry tomatoes.
(serves 1-2)



Alterations

For those who don't like peanuts just skip the peanut butter to create "Buffalo Chicken Strips".