Fried Chicken and the Man Cave

     In case you didn't pick up on it from my first blog... I'll just go ahead and say it bluntly: I cannot cook. I can bake, but cooking is a BIG lesson in progress.

      I used to be so entirely terrible at cooking that I was only allowed to do 3 things involved in meal preparation: Make tea, make rice, and set the table. (I currently only remember how to do 2 of those 3 things.) I ended up being the butt of many family jokes because of the few times that I did attempt to make dinner. Even when I was quite young, I remember people telling me "Beth, you're just going to have to find a rich man or one that knows how to cook and clean." Fortunately, God has a sense of humor and blessed me with a man pickier than any 3 year old I know and who doesn't really care about my housekeeping skills.

     Tonight I cleaned out and organized Prince Charming's man cave - and color coordinated his closet - hip, hip, hooray! I was hungry from all of that work - but I didn't want to go out to eat. So... I decided I'd try my hand at some fried chicken. (I've fried chicken before, it's just not something people will be clamoring for currently. It'll keep you alive, though.) Since my other recipes weren't working out the best I figured I would try a new one.

     So, first off... I thawed and washed my chicken strips. (I learned the hard way that the thawing part is particularly important.) I whipped up an egg and milk wash for the chicken to soak in for a few minutes. Added some salt and pepper before I floured them up, then stuck them in the pan and watched them fry, fry fry!

     Afterwards, I tried something I had seen on TV this afternoon. I put them on a paper toweled plate like usual, and then stuck my cake plate lid over the top. It's supposed to make it tender from "steaming"...

     So,this would be the finished product. You can't tell but some of them turned out a little more "browned" than they were intended to be. (I forgot about the last few because I was making stuffing.)

     I said my blessing a dug in! (It's always best to pray before any meal I cook - especially if it's chicken.) We'll find out what Prince Charming thinks of it tomorrow. (Best part is: he's super honest.) My personal thoughts of my chicken?
   
      ..... It was "okay."