Austerity Dinner #8.
I am sick. I am really freaking sick. I was hoping whatever this is that ails me was only a head cold, but noooooooo...I cannot get that freaking lucky. It started as a head cold and dropped down into my lungs late yesterday. OY! I'm crossing my fingers that I do not have to do the whole antibiotic/steroid thing....again. So, it's safe to say that I'm a bit crabby this morning.
Why not let Bob cook? Well, I like Bob's grilling ability very much, but, with that being said, I do not care for Bob's creativeness in the kitchen. The last time I had him make me something for dinner (inside, not outside) he put cinnamon into my hashbrowns and vanilla into my scrambled eggs. Nope, sick or not, I'll cook dinner...thank you very much.
I had leftover chicken from the night before last. I was attempted to make an oven fried, panko crusted, ginger and orange scented chicken. It bombed. It was edible but I didn't eat any because it lacked eye appeal. If something doesn't look very good, it loses all appeal for me and I'll just eat a bowl of Froot Loops instead.
Anyhow, I asked some friends about Frittata. I've never eaten frittata, so, obviously, I've never made frittata. Thanks, Lauren, for clearing the whole frittata/quiche mystery up for me.
I looked at a few recipes and got a few basic measurements and created from there. I sauteed up some scallions and crimini mushrooms.
I added the diced chicken so it could heat through.
Then I poured over the egg/heavy cream mixture and topped with the scallion tops and some chopped parsley.
I used a combo of sharp cheddar and parmesan cheese.
The whole mess went into the oven for about 25 minutes...and...
there you have it: Baked Chicken-Crimini Frittata!
4 eggs
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon hot sauce
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/3 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup diced, cooked chicken
1 cup sliced crimini mushrooms
1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons minced flat-leaf parsley
Salt & Pepper, to taste
In a skillet, saute the white parts of the sliced scallions with the crimini mushrooms until they have cooked down a bit. Add in the diced chicken and heat through.
In the meantime, spray a 9 x 9 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Put chicken-mushroom-scallion mixture into the bottom of the baking dish. Sprinkle with half of the grated cheeses. Scramble eggs with heavy cream and hot sauce. Pour over chicken junk in pan. Top with scallion tops, parsley and the rest of the cheese. Bake at 350 for about 25-30 minutes or until completely set in the middle.
I served this with hashbrown patties, which we buy at the restaurant supply store, so we have A LOT of them, and an orange because I'm sick.
We'll see how the Satellite Dish does with her cone being taken off this afternoon.
Enjoy...PEACE!
Well, ok, her cone came off this morning, instead!
ReplyDeleteHe Laurrie! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I am so sorry you're sick. Its been going around down here too - my daughter got the flu the day she got out of school for break. Then I got it just as she started feeling better. Poor daddy lol! We are all better now thankfully. I just did a catch-up read (about 4-5 pages that I missed!) and that papparadelle (sp?) with shrimp looked great! One of the few interesting things I have made recently is spicy mulligatawny soup with homemade naan. It was my first Indian meal and it turned out great! I did take my first solo foray into yeast bread land and made homemade cinnamon rolls (maybe a bit ambitious lol) but they turned out pretty good too. Well, I'm glad to be back where I can read your blog everyday during the week. I missed you! Hope you feel better and that Sasha is doing well after the satellite came off!
ReplyDeleteHey, Kristin!! It's great to "see" your smiling face! You sound way more ambitious than me...I've never had mulligatawny soup and now I'm going to have to google it to see what it is! Bob would love it if I made him some cinnamon rolls...I've never made those either. Yeast is fun to work with, isn't it? I can't believe I was such a chicken all those years!
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