Last night's dinner was ANOTHER lesson in FLAVOR!! Lots and lots of Flavor!!!!! We made Walnut & Rosemary Oven Fried Chicken with Broccoli & cheese couscous and sweet peas:)
While Scott was busy butterflying the chicken (and he did a MOST excellent job!), I was busy mixing up the panko, walnuts, Parmesan cheese, salt & rosemary. How flavorful does THAT sound?????
And, since it's STILL summer after all...we popped the chicken right into the toaster oven for 40 minutes (they were thick pieces). The aromas wafting from the oven were SUCH a tease! You could even smell the mustard from the 'dredge'!!...
Every bite had flavors just oozing out of it!! Nutty walnuts, tangy mustard, herby rosemary, salty cheese...YUM!!!! It was AMAZINGLY delicious!!! AND CRUNCHYYYYY!!! The key was browning the panko BEFORE coating the chicken...it knocked it out of the park! I'm going to try that everytime I use panko now! ...
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Oh, it had been TOO long since we had couscous!!...
...And it was a blissful reunion:)
And of course, 'silver can' peas are the bestest! (You know which ones I'm talkin about;)
A great, great, GREAT dinner all around! Even Scott, who is not a fan of walnuts OR broccoli & cheese items (I know, I know) LOVED this dinner! And here he was afraid all he was going to like was the peas:) Surprise, suprise:) I'm excited to try Almond chicken next, since it's been on my 'radar' for awhile...but have always gotten the 'thumbs down' when I suggested it...not anymore! :) hahahahahha....
Sighhhhhhhh...one day closer! I'm sooooo excited for our plans for tomorrow night! It is going to be ULTRA blog-worthy!!! Have a good Thursday!
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