Last night I tried out a new recipe: Orange Sauce Chicken and Fried Rice.
It was the dumbest thing I've done since... well, since November, when I decided to run a triathlon. Moron!
Anyway, this new recipe looked really good. I had all the ingredients on hand. Plus, it was fairly healthy. Well, no, that's a lie. But I like to think that Orange Sauce counts as a fruit and that Fried Rice is just a misnomer - it's not actually fried, right? And I'm no novice in the kitchen, folks. So I wasn't worried in the slightest.
I should have been.
Step 1: dip chicken in egg batter; coat battered chicken with bread crumbs; saute for a few minutes; place in baking dish. Quite a first step, yeah? And this egg batter wasn't just egg whites and water - think beer-battered halibut type batter. Now try coating that little number with bread crumbs. Veeeery messy. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Put chicken in the oven. But, wait! There's already something in the oven! Oh, yeah, I'm making bread at the same time. Idiot! Okay, so chicken is on hold momentarily. Step 2, here I come: make the sauce. This should have been the easy step. I say should have been because halfway through the step I knocked the sugar container on the floor. Bonehead! Step 2-1/2: clean up sugar mess. Whew! Step 3: make rice. Oh, flip! I'm supposed to be making rice. Half an hour later, the chicken is getting cold and there's rice all over my stove because I chose the wrong sized skillet. (Did I mention that my two very hungry kids were running around causing mayhem this whole time? They were.) But you can't just up and walk out on a recipe (can you?), so I muddled my way through to the end result: pretty tasty chicken and rice.
But so not worth it. Next time I'll order out.
1 day ago
15 comments:
Hey, it sounds delicious. I made lasagna, which is super delicious, but very time consuming.
boy do I feel ya... I think Dinner time needs to be earlier in the day. The time that is it at now is hell. The kids are hyper/whiny, I'm tired and clumsy, and I don't like cooking much anyways :P
Mmm, sounds delicious. It also sounds much like my first experiences with new recipes! The other night I made Quick Gnocchi from allrecipes and it was super yummy. You can even let your kids help cut them, like playing with playdough! Definitely recommend it (though this was my first try and making both them and the sauce took 1 1/2 hours, it will surely take MUCH less the next time around.)
See, this is exactly why I don't even try. But now you have me hungry.
Most of my kitchen experiments go very similarly to this. Sigh.
Sometimes take out is just so much easier!
I have a crockpot version. Super simple, but super gross. I'm glad it wasn't worth it for you so you NEVER have to go through all that again. Oi!
they need to have microwave directions for those of us with kids running around :)
You're the one that introduced me to the allrecipes website and I was addicted for weeks!!! I'm trying to stay away now.
or come over and bum off the lymans it's not the first time for us :) We wouldn't mind either :) I have recipes like that ALL THE TIME. :)
This is why I have a 5 ingredient and 5 steps (of one sentence or less) rule. Anything beyond that is bonafide gourmet!
I think you need a formula, like # steps allowed in a recipe needs to not exceed the # of kids running around your kitchen, and # of ingredients per child under 5 divided by the # of phonecalls/interruption likely...
Hey, at least you weren't cooking for guests!
Hey there, I couldn't eat without a microwave. Thanks for stopping by my place. I haven't been very active latley on the blog. Hope that Tsunami dosen't get you, Arlon
Best tip for coating with crumbs or anything: put your coating in a ziplock back, then put your egg- or butter-dipped chicken in the bag. Shake like crazy, coat chicken well. Dump contents in baking dish, and voila! Less mess, same results. Good luck!
That's how my cooking experiences usually go...but I still keep trying!
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