"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> Someone posted this recipe to Facebook and she is a good cook so I
>> assumed that she had tried it. I also thought it was too good to be
>> true, and it was.
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>> https://www.facebook.com/MyFridgeFoo...type=1&fref=nf
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>> As you can see, no amounts are listed. And I did not make the sauce as
>> I know that my husband and daughter wouldn't have liked it.
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>> So what went wrong? Nothing would stick to the chicken. I wondered
>> about dipping it in milk. Normally when I make things like this (which
>> isn't often), I use an egg to make the stuff stick. I know that
>> buttermilk can be used too. But the regular milk was just too thin, I
>> think. I also only used a small amount of cheese as daughter isn't big
>> on cheese and meat together.
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>> I did manage to force the crumbs and cheese onto the chicken and baked
>> it. Nothing stuck to the bottom of the chicken. Not much stuck to the
>> top and it certainly wasn't crispy at all. So... Disappointed as there
>> are two chicken breasts left.
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>> I also wondered about the lack of seasoning but reasoned that the salt in
>> the Ritz would be enough. I have since looked up these ingredients and
>> see other recipes, most of them similar to this:
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>> http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/me...ICKEN-52127001
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>> I used perhaps 3/4 of a cup for 4 breasts, if that. And as I found, I
>> did have to press the stuff on, but it still didn't stick. Maybe because
>> I used not enough cheese and 2% milk. I would assume that whole is
>> thicker. Not sure I've ever actually seen what whole looks like.
>>
>> The good thing is that the chicken came out moist and tender, but... What
>> can I do with the remaining two breasts? I thought about putting them on
>> Cibatta bread, maybe with some mustard or something because they are
>> woefully lacking in seasoning.
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> To be fair, Julie, if you change a recipe around, you can't expect it to
> behave in the way the writer suggests.

Ahem. I *didn't* change it. I made it exactly as posted to Facebook.
Apparently if you go to the actual website and do some digging around, you
will find a different version of the recipe. I did actually go to the
website but in clicking on the link, the recipe was not shown. Since it
wasn't a good recipe, I didn't feel like poking around there. I also can't
imagine how they would have come out with 3 cups of cheese. That's far too
much IMO. No amounts were posted to FB. Merely said to dip the chicken in
the milk, then the cheese, then the crackers. Then it said what was in the
sauce. Not sure if it gave amounts for the sauce or not but no way was I
going to make that. Putting sauce on what is supposed to be a crispy food
makes no sense to me either. Then it wouldn't be crispy.

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You don't have to go "digging around." The link you sent provides a link
for the "detailed recipe." I don't know why the page did not simply provide
the full details, but the link is clear is is only down about an inch on the
page.

MaryL