On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:02:47 PM UTC-6, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> > Someone posted this recipe to Facebook and she is a good cook so I assumed
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> > that she had tried it. I also thought it was too good to be true, and it
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> > was.
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> > https://www.facebook.com/MyFridgeFoo...type=1&fref=nf
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> > As you can see, no amounts are listed. And I did not make the sauce as I
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> > know that my husband and daughter wouldn't have liked it.
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> > So what went wrong? Nothing would stick to the chicken. I wondered about
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> > dipping it in milk. Normally when I make things like this (which isn't
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> > often), I use an egg to make the stuff stick. I know that buttermilk can
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> > be used too. But the regular milk was just too thin, I think. I also
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> > only used a small amount of cheese as daughter isn't big on cheese and
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> > meat together.
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> > I did manage to force the crumbs and cheese onto the chicken and baked it.
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> > Nothing stuck to the bottom of the chicken. Not much stuck to the top and
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> > it certainly wasn't crispy at all. So... Disappointed as there are two
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> > chicken breasts left.
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> > I also wondered about the lack of seasoning but reasoned that the salt in
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> > the Ritz would be enough. I have since looked up these ingredients and
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> > see other recipes, most of them similar to this:
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> > http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/me...ICKEN-52127001
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> > I used perhaps 3/4 of a cup for 4 breasts, if that. And as I found, I did
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> > have to press the stuff on, but it still didn't stick. Maybe because I
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> > used not enough cheese and 2% milk. I would assume that whole is thicker.
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> > Not sure I've ever actually seen what whole looks like.
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> > The good thing is that the chicken came out moist and tender, but... What
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> > can I do with the remaining two breasts? I thought about putting them on
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> > Cibatta bread, maybe with some mustard or something because they are
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> > woefully lacking in seasoning.
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> You need to dust the chicken with flour first or you cannot expect the
> coating to stick. That's cooking 101.
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I really believe that Julie plans for failure very time she modifies a recipe...that way she can bitch and complain.

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