As always we started the week with a meal plan:
Monday: hamburgers
Tuesday: fajitas
Wednesday: stir fry
Thursday: meatloaf
Friday: fried chicken
On Thursday our meal plan came to a screeching halt when we found ourselves in A&E because Adam was throwing up blood. By the time we got home and him into bed, all we wanted was pizza.
So Thursday’s meatloaf became Friday’s and Saturday became fried chicken, corn on the cob and champ.
Very American, except the champ, which is native to Northern Ireland.
Fried Chicken
Fried chicken is, of course, native to the American South. This is a recipe I made up myself one day when I realized I forgot to buy eggs, since I used to dredge in egg and flour and fry. Now it’s a bit more complicated. But not really. 🙂
One chicken breast per person
3 or 4 heaped tablespoons flour
Mixed spices, whatever you like. We like a bit of spice so I use chilli powder and cayenne pepper.
Salt and Pepper
Water
Vegetable oil
Cut chicken into chunks.
Combine flour, spices, salt and pepper. Add enough water to make it liquid, but not runny. Coat chicken in batter.
Heat abut an inch of oil. Fry chicken until golden.
Eat!
500 grams potatoes, any sort. I usually use new potatoes because I hate peeling!
100 ml milk
10 grams butter/marg
5 – 6 spring onions, trimmed and cut into teeny tiny pieces.
Cook the potatoes until done. Drain and set aside.
Into the pot heat the milk with the butter and the spring onions until the milk tastes oniony.
Mash it all together. I usually do that in my food processor so the spring onions get even smaller.
Eat!
I have a feeling y’all know how to make corn on the cob. 🙂
Do you boil or steam your corn?
Excellent question Clara!
I usual boil it as I don’t have a large enough steamer for whole ears.
I once baked it. It was a total disaster of half raw corn!
I haven’t ever tried it baked, but I love it on the grill. We usually steam it here. I just leave the cobs on the bottom long and stand the corn on them so they don’t touch the water in my big pot.
You can microwave it too, but 6 mins is too long as it ends up black. I thought it sounded a bit long when I put it in, but that was what the pack said!
Thanks for this recipe, will give it a try soon :).
I would never think to cook fried chicken. Is it also called Devilled Chicken or is that different? I am going to think about it now as looks tasty.
I have never heard it called Devilled Chicken, so I don’t think so!