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Showing posts with label snack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snack. Show all posts

Friday, August 9, 2013

Hot...Fingers?

So I was wanting hot wings. Really, really wanting them! Of course it was like 11pm, I never do things the easy way. So o go to the grocery store. I believe I have already told you that I'm cheap, right? So when I see my choices, I got inventive.
See, they had small boxes of like 6 winglets (you know, not the whole wing, just half) for like $4. Seriously? So I move on. They have  4 pound bag of frozen winglets, plain, just cut and frozen, for $8. Better, but all I want is a snack, not a meal for the family! OK, let's look at the fresh wings. Now I remember when wings were all but free because nobody wanted them. Now they're as much as chicken breast! I. Don't. Think. So!

What to do? Hmmmm. Well, I *do* have a package of chicken breast thawing in the fridge. There's more than I'll need for dinner...yeah! That'll work!
Now these were bone in breast halves, so they included the tenders. They're not heavily breaded, either, but quick and pretty good!  Oh, and I don't do the butter in the hot sauce thing, but if you prefer it that way, feel free.

Hot Fingers

1 large chicken breast half, cut into strips
1/2 cup flour
1 T Cajun seasoning
Hot sauce
Oil

Combine flour And Cajun seasoning in a medium bowl. Add chicken strips and toss to coat.
Heat oil in a large skillet, then add chicken a little at a time so it doesn't clump together. Fry about 10 minutes or till cooked through.  Remove to paper towels to drain. In a bowl, add as much hot sauce as you like, add chicken, and toss to coat.
Enjoy! 
* there's really enough for 2 people for a snack or one for a meal, but...they really were good!

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Cinnamon Bread

OK, I have no idea where this recipe came from, but I found it on my Facebook wall, shared by a friend who also had no clue where it came from. It is SOOOO good! It makes 2 loaves and one was gone by bedtime. The other one lasted a little longer. Because we were all asleep part of the time!

Hubby said I must always have a loaf of this made up LOL go for it, dude!

I've made it twice, following the recipe exactly. Well. Sorry of. I think I may have accidentally added an extra 1/2 cup of flour the last time. The batter was thicker than in the pictures. The first time, the bread was more of a cake texture, but more bread-like the last time. Next time, I'm going to purposefully ads an extra 1/2 cup of flour and see what happens. Also going to double the cinnamon. It's good as-is, but we'll really like cinnamon, so...

Cinnamon Bread

2 C. Buttermilk
2 C. Sugar
4 C. Flour
1 C. Butter, room temperature
2 eggs
2 t. Baking soda

2/3 C. Sugar
2 t. Cinnamon

Heat oven to 350.

Cream together 2 C. Sugar and butter. Add eggs, milk, flour, and baking soda. Mix well.

In a small bowl, combine 2/3 C. Sugar and cinnamon.

Grease 2 loaf pans. Fill each pan with 1/4 of the batter (1/2 of the batter, total). Set aside 1/4 of the cinnamon sugar. Sprinkle the remaining 3/4 equally over the batter in the pans. Top with the remaining batter, split equally between the pans. Split the remaining cinnamon sugar between the pans, sprinkling on top of the batter

Bake 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.