Domesticity-like Stuff Today

[kittytech]

So today I'm trying something new. I made this once before, several years
ago, but it's been a while. I've decided to make chicken cordon bleu for masterofmusings. I'm not using the frozen stuff either.

I got some really juicy large chicken breasts, (boneless of course), some
ham, and some cheese. It's not Swiss, but I don't like Swiss all that much,
so cheddar will be good enough.

I wanted to pound out the chicken a little bit to flatten it, but I don't
have a meat mallet, so unless someone knows of a substitute, I'll skip that
part. Then, I'll use the cheese and the ham, and wrap it up. I've got
toothpicks, and I know I'm going to need them for this. Finally, I'm going
to dip them in Italian-seasoned bread crumbs. Originally I was thinking
about shake-and-bake, which I also have here, but I kind of like the idea of
the bread crumbs better. I'll probably use a trick that someone showed me a
long time ago of dipping the chicken into a raw egg first and then rolling
it in the crumbs. It makes the crumbs stick better.

Once I get that going, the hard part starts. I'll have to make rice! It's
such a difficult task!!!! Take out the rice cooker, add water and rice,
cover, plug in, press the button, and walk away. I'm just not sure if I can
deal with the challenge!! SMILE!

So, that's our exciting meal for tonight. I can't wait!!

Comments

pounding out chicken

[chocolab.livejournal.com]

Hi. Use any heavy pan you have, frying, sauce, doesn't matter it should work. Hope that helps and enjoy your dinner.

[cozyjeans.livejournal.com]

If your drinking glasses are sturdy enough, you can use the bottom of one of them to pound the meat. Or a coffee mug, or something with a flat bottom.

[pawpower4me.livejournal.com]

my husband uses a small saucer in place of a meat hammer thing.he uses the edge of it. I need to buy him a meat pounder gizmo

[chocolab.livejournal.com]

It also comes in handy when they are being just totally up your butt, trust me we have a meat mallot and wow, it's a weapon, not only metal but also has teeth! Lol i'm such a vendictive little...

[lyssas-song.livejournal.com]

My mom uses a hammer. LOL.

[lisasali.livejournal.com]

Your dinner sounds amazing. Fwiw, here's one of my favorite things to do with rice. Instead of adding 2 cups water, add 1 and 3 4th cups chicken broth and 1 4th cup lemon juice. Voila! Lemony rice. When I've made this, I cook regular rice for 20 minutes. I think the acids in the lemon juice make this cook faster, so if you do it for 20 minutes, it will be mushy. So, I usually cook it for 18 minutes, and it's great. Just thought I'd share.

[kittytech.livejournal.com]

Yum!!! I'll have to try that sometime. I like doing stuff to the rice to give it flavor and this sounds like it'd be really good. Thanks for the tip.

[dahlia-and-balu.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you and masterofmusings are having a nice time together. I'm so glad!