#87: Cook a meal I have not made once a week – round 2

[cptntiller]

Beer Batter Cheez-it crusted Fried Chicken

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I took two recipes, and combined them, because I wanted to try my friend cobie's recipe, but I also got a big urge to make beer related food. I should have stuck with cobie's. Lesson learned.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound chicken [breasts, I used]
• 2-3 Cups Cheez-its
• 1/4 c finely grated Parmesan cheese
• 1-2 Tbsp Parsley
• 1 Tbsp thyme
• Salt & Pepper
• 1 Egg
• 2/3 cup flour
• 3/4 cup flat beer

Directions:

1. Cut up chicken into thin, even slices, and sprinkle with salt
2. In a bowl, beat egg and slowly add beer. Mix it all up, yo.
3. In a shallow bowl of some sort, mix up the flour, and some of the seasoning.
4. Crunch up the Cheez-its... Make them not too fine, but also not like whole cheez-its. Combine this in a plate with the seasoning and cheese, and mix it all up nice-nice.
5. Cover the chicken in the flour, then dip it in the batter, then coat it in the cheez-it mixture. [or, for the just beer ones, run through the flour mixture again.
6. Heat just enough oil in a large pan to cover the bottom. Allow to steam before turning heat down to medium.
7. Fry up individual breaded chicken fingers until golden, flipping as necessary.
8. When done, set aside to drain of excess oil.

Results: I should have just used Miller's recipe. But I was curious! It was tasty, but the ones where I just used the batter tasted way too eggy, and not quite beer-y enough. The ones with Cheez-it's, however, were perfect, pretty much. Beer goes well with cheese, so that was a nice touch to it.

Recipe from wayofthespatula.com
And from big oven