This week's meal comes from the Food Network, the 24 hour cable channel that's dedicated to the love of food. the meal idea comes from two different shows. The City Fried Chicken comes the show Mr. Mom's Boot Camp and the Oven Baked Macaroni & Chesse comes from the show Good Eats both airs on the Food Network cable station. Check your local cable listings for the shows. Now get to cooking!
City Fried Chicken
Recipe courtesy Kathleen Daelemans
Show: Cooking ThinEpisode:
Mr. Mom's Boot CampRECIPE
Cook Time
4 minLevel
Easy
Yield
4 servings
CloseTimes:
Prep
20 min
Inactive Prep
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Cook
4 min
Total:
24 min
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Ingredients
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 8 pieces and lightly pounded
Coarse salt and cracked black pepper
2 egg whites, beaten
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest (I use a rasp)
1 cup all-purpose flour, for dusting
2 teaspoons extra-virgin
olive oil1 lemon, cut into 8 wedges
Directions
Season chicken generously with salt and pepper on both sides. Place egg whites in a shallow dish or plate. Whisk in cheese, parsley, and lemon zest. Dredge each chicken piece through the egg mixture, shaking off excess, and set in flour. Shake the plate so chicken pieces get coated, turn chicken over and repeat. Shake off all of the excess flour. Lay on a cookie sheet lined with parchment and set next to stove.
Heat oil in a 12-inch non-stick pan over medium high heat. When hot but not smoking, add chicken and cook, turning once, until golden and cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Serve with lemon wedges.
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Recipe courtesy Alton BrownShow:
Good EatsEpisode:
For Whom the Cheese Melts 2RECIPE
Cook Time
45 minLevel
Easy
Yield
6 to 8 servings
CloseTimes:
Prep
20 min
Inactive Prep
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Cook
45 min
Total:
1 hr 5 min
Ingredients
1/2 pound elbow
macaroni3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon powdered mustard
3 cups
milk1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 large egg
12 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Fresh black pepper
Topping:
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup panko
bread crumbs
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente.
While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. Make sure it's free of lumps. Stir in the milk, onion, bay leaf, and paprika. Simmer for ten minutes and remove the bay leaf.
Temper in the egg. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese.
Melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. Top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving.
Remember to save leftovers for fried Macaroni and Cheese.