First, rinse your chicken breasts. Then put them in a big pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil. After a couple of minutes, reduce the heat and let simmer for 30 minutes or so. Check chicken to see that it's cooked and remove from heat. Pull chicken out and set in a bowl. If you want to make chicken stock, save the water. If not, just pour it down the drain. While your chicken is cooling, you can make the sauce.
*After buying cans of tomato paste and crushed tomatoes, I came to realize that I have no can opener, and the dorm's can-opener is mysteriously missing. *sigh* So no tomato cream sauce for now...Look for it in the near future though!
I realized this AS I was preparing for dinner. No time to go buy a can opener, so I just changed plans last minute. I'm going with pan-fried chicken in a cream sauce pasta. Definitely not as healthy but oh well. I think we'll live. ;)
I prepared a mixture of parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, salt, and sugar (the same quantities as the recipe above), and added to it 1 cup of plain bread crumbs.
I whisked together an egg and a little bit of whole milk (about 1/4 cup) and dipped my chicken breasts into it one at a time (because my bowl is small).
Then I breaded them with the bread crumb mixture and pan fried them with some olive oil.
Matt got this lovely picture of me cooking...Of course it's my best side. ;)
Finally, I plated the pasta with the chicken breast on top, and served it with steamed broccoli.
Although this didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to, it was still a great dinner for me and the boyfriend. But you can bet I'm going to buy a can opener for next time.
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