Nonnymus wrote:

> Being on diets, the wife and I are really looking for low calorie
> foods that don't taste like cardboard. The other day, she saw
> something on the Food Network where a guy deep fried chicken, as I
> was told, in a breading that incorporated Ranch Dressing mix. That
> gave me an idea about how to make a chicken breast more appetizing.
>
> I trimmed down 4 halves, removing all fat and also the clear membrane-
> whatever that's called. I tossed the four halves into a small vacuum
> cannister and added a packet of Ranch salad dressing mix. That got a
> good shake, followed by a vacuum. The shake was repeated several
> times over the course of a couple days. Tonight, I grilled the
> breast halves.
> The flavor was clear through the meat and if I'd cubed the pieces and
> stuck toothpicks in them, I'd have been happy to have served them to
> guests as an appetizer. The upshot was that the breasts were
> delicious and the dressing mix, without added oil, didn't really add
> many calories if you figure what remained in the vacuum cannister.
>
> It's definitely something new for on my list of good things.

Interesting. May have to give it a try.

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Dave
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