Monday, May 28, 2012

Recipe of the Week: Mom's Chicken Nuggets and Diced Potatoes

Here's another yummy and easy recipe. Back when I was leaving home for college heading to the wild wild west, I spent a few days going through all my mom's hundreds of recipe cards and wrote down all the ones I thought seemed easy enough for a girl just started out learning to cook. This one has always been a favorite in our house. Brad loves it, and every time we have it for dinner he acts like it's the first time he's ever eaten it, constantly telling me how good it is.

Momma B's Chicken Nuggets

what you need:
1 pound chicken breast (Brad and I usually eat 1 to 1 1/2 breasts)
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon basil
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon parsley

what you do:
Cut chicken into 1 1/2 inch squares.
 
Mix dry ingredients.

Melt butter. (It doesn't have to be completely melted. As you can see, I still have a few soft parts in there.)

Dip chicken into melted butter and then into mixed dry ingredients. WARNING: you'll get messy.

 Arrange nuggets on a foil-lined, sprayed baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
 (Crazy Blogger keeps flipping this picture 90 degrees and won't let me change it! Gah! Sorry for the required head-tilt.)

Beyond Easy Diced Potatoes

I've tried tons of different potato recipes using millions of combinations of spices, cheeses, gravies, you name it. But one day I decided enough was enough, and I just gonna butter some taters and throw in the oven. And I've never looked back - so yummy!

what you need:
potatoes (Brad and I usually eat 2 large potatoes)
butter

what you do:
Dice your potatoes. I dice them pretty small so they'll cook faster - like maybe in half inch-ish sized cubes. Place cubed potatoes in foil-lined pan (if I can line a pan with foil before I cook whatever's in the pan I do it - love me some easy clean-up).
 
Pile on the butter. If you use as much butter as I do (which I totally recommend) you won't need to spray your pan. I used about a half stick. Just cut little pieces and evenly distribute around pan.

If I'm not cooking these with the nuggets from above I usually bake these suckers at 350 for 30 minutes. But I just throw them in about 5-10 minutes before the nuggets (so just put the potatoes in and then start on the nugget prep) at 400 degrees, and they'll totally fine and cooked by the time the chicken's done.

Brad likes ketchup on his (and on the nuggets as well), and I do salt and pepper. Whatever your fancy.

Oh, and on a side note. What the heck happened to this potato?? It's got a 3 inch gap right in the middle of it. It was disgusting and got tossed.

This is definitely a mono-chromatic meal, so I usually try to throw in some green fruit like apples or kiwis or grapes or maybe even some green veggies like spinach or broccoli.

Brad was so excited for this yummy dinner that he took another picture of it once it was one the table. 
The drinks are frozen strawberry limeades. I found the recipe on pinterest, and they're super yummy. HERE'S the link.

Happy eating,

Courtney

Momma B's Chicken Nuggets

1 pound chicken breast
1/4 cup melted margarine
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon basil
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon parsely

Cut chicken into 1 1/2 inch squares.
Mix dry ingredients.
Dip chicken in melted butter.
Arrange on foil-lined baking sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

2 comments:

  1. i know you said you would never look back...BUT some of our favorite potatoes (that we make when we go camping in foil packets) is basically what you did but we add dry onion soup mix. Yummmy! You should try it if you are up for it :) we dice the potatoes, put the butter on, and spread the mix. while it is cooking i usually stir it one time to make sure it gets spread evenly.

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  2. Oh yummy! We may have to try both of these. What a colorful meal!! =P

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