Last night my parents came over for dinner, I decided to make my favorite meal. Its easy, it’s the only meal I’ve known how to make more than 3 months ago when I started to cook, and I knew I couldn’t mess it up…until I did.
WHY does that always happen to me?! I’m still getting the rhythm down that no one is standing over my shoulder saying, maybe you should add this or try that, or, NO DON’T DO THAT, while I’m cooking. Not that it’s a bad thing, I miss it sometimes! (a lot of the time) It’s a weird kinda refreshing thing, that my poor husband hasn’t ever had any of the meals I’m making, so what does he care what it turns out like as long as its eatable! ;) Last night I said, well that was ok, not what it should have turned out like, any guesses what the loving man said back to me?! “Man I thought it was great, but I was hungry, feed me anytime I’m hungry and I’ll eat it!” Awesome. Thanks babe.
What you need: 4 boneless chicken breast, flour, salt, pepper, oil, butter, 1 med onion, chicken broth, lemon juice, thyme, parsley, egg noodles.
Combine flour, salt and pepper in bag, add chicken, reserve excess flour aside
In large skillet heat 1 tablespoon oil, add chicken and brown on low heat
Turn chicken and add 1 tablespoon oil, once chicken is brown on both sides, take off stove and set aside.
First mistake, I wanted to do more than 4 pieces of chicken, remember how I said to reserve excess flour?! Lame sauce, I didn't do that. Don't be like me.
Chop 1 med onion while your chicken is browning.
Next mistake, don't be like your sister Kate, calm down and remember that just because chicken in frying and making noice doesn't mean its going to kill you or burn down the house. Let it fry so that its nice and crispy. I don't don't have a picture of this because I was too busy freaking out!
After you take the chicken out and set it aside, add your 1 tablespoon of butter.
add in your onion and scrape off all the golden goodness off the bottom of the skillet! Cook onion until soft – 2-3 minutes. Then add in your excess flour and stir for about 1 minute (that i forgot about, I know, maybe I'm not the best cooking teacher)
Pour in your cup of chicken broth, lemon and thyme stirring continuously
Next add your chicken back into the skillet, cover, and let cook for 10 minutes on low heat. Add remaining lemon and parsley and serve.
While that's all going on, find time to boil half bag of egg noodles.
I did this while my chicken was browning and I was freaking out about it, my water started to boil over, I set my oven mitt down to tend to my water and started to smell something burning, *sniff sniff* ohhhh! That would be my oven mitt trying to burn because I set it on my hot burner, but because the water was boiling over, it as wet and didn't catch on fire.
ugh...ok wow.
Welcome to cooking in the bubble. If you can manage to NOT do the stupid things I do, this will be a good meal. Promise!
Lemon Chicken
3 tablespoon flour
½ teaspoon salt
2/5 teaspoon pepper
4 chicken breasts
2 tablespoon oil
1 medium onion
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup chicken broth
3 tablespoon lemon juice
½ teaspoon thyme
2 tablespoon parsley
Combine flour, salt and pepper in bag, add chicken
Reserve excess flour aside
In large skillet heat 1 tablespoon oil, add chicken and brown on low heat
Turn chicken and add 1 tablespoon oil, once chicken is brown on both sides, take off stove and set aside.
Boil ½ bag of noodles
Chop onions
Add margarine to skillet
Cook onion until soft – 2-3 minutes
Stir in flour, about 1 minute
Add chicken broth
Add lemon and thyme stirring continuously
place chicken back in skillet
Cover skillet and cook about 10 minutes
Add remaining lemon and parsley
