Franken Pantry IX

[mhend]

I made dinner from the pantry tonight. We had pan fried chicken breasts, garlic mashed potatoes with mushroom and onion gravy. For the liquid in the gravy I made a broth from some extra chicken, onions, carrots and celery, salt and pepper. I used flour as my wild card to dredge the chicken in before frying it and to make the gravy. I seasoned the flour with salt, pepper, oregano and thyme.

 

[MexicoKaren]

That chicken looks so beautiful, and the gravy is a luscious color, Mary.

 

[lilbopeep]

That looks awesome Mary!!

 

[Keltin]

Not sure what to call this, I suppose:

Deconstructed Chicken Jambalaya

Wild Card = Bullion

I took a chicken breast and cut it into cubes, put that on skewers, then slathered with olive oil, salt, and pepper. I broiled that till done with a little color. Next time, I’ll grill it.

I made some rice in water with tomato bouillon and set aside.

In a pot, I sautéed the Cajun Trinity of Celery, Onion, and Carrot in some butter. Once soft, I added a bit of chicken stock (from bouillon) then some potato flakes to thicken it just a touch.

When ready to serve, I sautéed the rice with some thinly sliced mushrooms in butter.

I plated the rice and mushrooms, then spooned the trinity sauce over it. On top of that, I placed the skewered chicken.

I meant to add some dice tomatoes to the top of this…..had them out…..but forgot!

I so feel like Trevor from Hell’s Kitchen right now.

All in all, this tasted great! I’ll do it again, but will grill the chicken over coals. DW preferred her chicken off the stick and in the mix, but I enjoyed eating the chicken off the stick and then alternating that with a fork full of the rice.

 

[Keltin]

One more pic...................

 

[Keltin]

Crap.

I screwed up. Rice wasn’t in the pantry. That should have been my Wild Card.

Tomato juice from canned tomatoes into the rice water. Canned tomatoes on top (probably sautéed in butter first).

Whole chicken cut down to breast, and bones used to make chicken stock.

So yeah, with Wild Card = Rice, this is still a possible recipe.

Sorry for the goof!

Gonna go get a shot of something and go to bed now!

 

[MexicoKaren]

Easy enough to do, Keltin...I get one pantry confused with another, as well. Anyway, you made a great dinner, and you two enjoyed eating it. That's what really matters. Thanks for sharing it with us. And - your rice looks beautiful.

 

[mhend]

Looks delicious, Keltin. The rice looks perfect!

 

[lilbopeep]

I want a plate of that Keltin!! YUMMY!!

 

[LETHAL GTS]

It was a bit of an off night last night. So what I came up with was...well ordinary.
So here you have it!
Vvvulla!
Crispy tators, pan fried chicken and seared tomato yakadoo!

 

[MexicoKaren]

Doesn't look a bit ordinary to me, LGTS - looks delicious. I like that plate, too.

 

[lilbopeep]

Pass me a plate of that!! YUMMY

 

[Keltin]

As always, that looks great Lethal! Awesome job! And I'm with Karen, I love that plate!!