:: Dinner Last Night :: December 6th :: Wicked Blue Cheese Salad

Last night night I decided to make a crispy chicken blue cheese salad for dinner.  Even though it is mid-December I was in the mood for salad.

Here are the main ingredients for the crispy chicken:
This recipe is for 4 - or for 3 dinners and 1 lunch  :)
2 chicken breasts
3 large eggs mixed with about
1/4 cup of buttermilk whisked in
2 cups of Panko (Japanese style bread crumbs)
- vegetable oil - enough to fill the pot you are using up about 3 inches
** Seasoning - see below 

You cut the chicken up into bite size pieces and add it into the egg & buttermilk.

If you don't like the tang of buttermilk you don't have to add it.  Around my house it is a staple :)

 Then you transfer the chicken to the Panko.

I usually leave one hand to get dirty with the egg solution so that I can use the spoon with my clean hand to move around the chickie.

Once the chickie is fully coated then you will want to drop it into the oil.

I allowed my oil to heat to about 350 degrees - medium high on the range.

 Remember not to do too big of a batch at once.  As you can see here I have a batch in the egg, a batch in the Panko and I have another cooking in the oil.  This is another reason why I allow only one hand to get disgusting! :)

This is what the chickie looks like after about 6 - 10 minutes of cooking.  It will depend on your oil temp as well as the size of your chickie pieces.

Don't be afraid to get them out of the oil and cut it open to check.  It is better to check then eat raw chicken.

 Let them cool on some paper towel to remove the excess oil.


This is also a great time to flavor them.  I used a ** Montreal Chicken Seasoning **.

Here is the assembled Wicked Blue Cheese Salad.
I used Spinach for the greens, then added blue cheese crumbles, French's fried onions, green onions, spicy secret sauce from a restaurant near by, Uncle Dan's Ranch and the crispy chicken.

It was delish!  Rave reviews from my husband and our room-mate. 

Here is a close up so you can see all of the deliciousness :)

I served it with simple garlic toast points.

I used sourdough bread, cut it into triangles and added some butter, garlic and freshly grated Parmesan cheese.  Then I broiled it for a couple of minutes.






This is my first real post!  What did you think?  What did I not include that you needed to know?

Thanks!

-- Beth Anne