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.

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".