What can I do with a chicken breast?

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I've got two, and they're defrosted and ready to go. I don't want to make a chicken curry, nor do I want an Italian tomato-based sauce. WHat else is tasty and I can make with a chicken breast?

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Do not go to the handism thread!

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

tonight we're going to stuff them with soft cheese, wrap bacon around them and eat it, served with new potatoes and some mushroomy sauce perhaps.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Stirfry, dude. Or spicy noodle lakhsa.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:50 (twenty-one years ago)

rosemary and garlic and balsamic vinegar.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Butterfly, griddle, honey, mustard, balsamic, bingo

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)

do they have skin? Important question.

― 3underscore (___), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Easy comfort food: Cook 'em, dice 'em, put 'em in a casserole with cooked bowtie pasta, two cans mushroom soup, spices to taste, cover liberally with grated cheese and some breadcrumbs, bake until the cheese is melted and slightly browned...

― aimurchie, Friday, 12 November 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

A good recipe that I think I got from Nigel Slater in the Observer:

Flatten them out a bit with a rolling pin and fry for a couple of minutes on each side, until they're *just* done in the middle. Spread a teaspoonful of pesto on the top of each one, cover it with a thickish (3mm or so) slice of mozarella cheese, then put it under a hot grill until the cheese is melted and browned. Whilst it's doing that, put another teaspoon of pesto in the pan with the chicken juices, and heat it up to make a bit of a sauce to go with it.

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Last night I grilled some with just cajun spice on it (lots of it.) I ate it with tomatoes and spinach. In fact, I'm having that same thing tonight because it was so good, and it took 10 minutes to prepare.

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Augment your bust.

― Adam Faithless (Adam Faithless), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

This is all really turning me on...

Just kidding. Thai Lime Marinade with some fresh cilantro.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.blackonyx.nu/tasteless/img/chicken.jpg

― Kenan (kenan), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

steam it with ginger and spring onion?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

have it in a noodle soup

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

chicken chow mein

the possibilities are endless!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

chop them to blocks and fry it in batter. and eat with sweet and sour sauce or curry sauce

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I had it with a sweet and sour sauce last week, so I'd rather not. Besides, sweet and sour sauce is a pain to make - I end up using a quarter of a pepper and wasting the rest.

Has anyone got a decent recipe for curry sauce? I've tried a few, but they always taste inferior to the chip shop curry sauces.

I'm loving the pesto plan above, mind.

Although the chow mein idea's a goon'un as well.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Stuff with Mexican Chocolate and some chillies (ancho as a base and something bright above it) with some oregano and a bay leaf. Squeeze over half a lime, wrap in foil and bake.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Something with paprika. My wife does a mean paprika chicken thing but I can't remember the recipe.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Why are "pocket pussies" considered so pathetic while dildos aren't?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of that.

― Nellie (nellskies), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

If the breasts don't have skin, you can make chicken picotta, it's really easy. Flatten em with a mallet or 2x4 or rolling pin or something... sautee some onions and garlic... make a mixture of 1/2 cup flour + salt and pepper... dip the chicken in there and then brown them in the pan with a little butter, 2 or 3 minutes each side, add the onions and garlic back in, turn up the heat and pour in a couple of splashes of sherry, lemon juice, and capers. mmmmmm. garnish w/some extremely thinly sliced lemon and parsley.

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Put between two pieces of clingfilm and bash with something flat until it's very very thin, then pan-fry with a little butter and a lot of tarragon, maybe some lemon juice. Serve with new potatoes, and... oh, I don't know, some kind of vegetable.

Or stir fry with the juice of a lemon and a tablespoon of honey!

God, I miss cooking.

― cis (cis), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

You need an ~~fire hazard~~ electric frying pan for your room stat.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

hey cis!!

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

mmm, tasty fire hazards.

(we have hobs o'doom in the kitchen here: it's more the lack of space for implements/ingredients, need to finish off food quickly rather than having three other people to eat it, dearness of meat -type factors. bah studenthood.)

xpost hey tracer!! where are you at, at the mo?

― cis (cis), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Brixton y'know. But yr govt is kicking me out soon :( Are you living in a dorm or something?

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Our govt should be paying to keep you. :( Will you still be around in Dec, when I'm back in London?

I guess where I'm living probably counts as a dorm, if a kind of old and small one. With no oven. :( (though if it had one, I'd probably be making cake instead of working. as opposed to reading ilx instead of working.)

― cis (cis), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

all we had in our halls was a kettle and a microwave oven! :\

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

no fridge?

― cis (cis), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Slice chicken, fry in a wok (or any hot pan) for ±3 mins., add 1 tablespoon of lemon zest (cut into the smallest possible pieces) and 2 teaspoons of sambal oelek, fry for another minute, add 3 spring onions (sliced in 2cm/1 inch pieces), fry another minute. Lower the fire, add 1 tablespoon of grated ginger root and 2-3 tablespoon of oystersauce. Heat for another minute, add 50 grams of cashew nuts and a handfull of fresh coriander and you're ready!
Serve with white rice (preferably basmati, but any kind is okay) and a beer.

― willem (willem), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yes there is that one fridge shared by 20 people (who were all evil and stole all my food :(((((( )

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

(20 was the actual number too rather than an exaggeration)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

but 'all' your food was an exaggeration?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

not really :(

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

i stopped putting food in after a while. and then some retard started to put soap into the kettles. fucking townie twats :\

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Cis is back! :-)

The photo posted above transcends intelligent commentary beyond the "EURGH" level.

Chicken cacciatore is the focus of tomorrow's dinner with friends. I am anxious to see the results (the chef/host is an astonishingly good cook, so his variant will be top of the line).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

It's kind of shameful how excited I was when they got a second fridge for our (25-person) staircase.

No-one steals my food because they do not know what to do with pak choi and mushrooms, ahaha.

― cis (cis), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Soap in the kettles?

How odd.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

haha!!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah :( it was one of those kettles that's fixed to the wall, and the water goes into it from a pipe... some loser thought it was really funny to open the lid and drop a soap in and so soap water comes out. it ruined one of my pot noodles. i bought my own kettle since. i should have just bought myself a whole kitchen in my room.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

A tragic tale, ken. Did you give the pot noodle a proper burial?

― 3underscore (___), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

in the toilet?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i poured it into the kettle

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 12 November 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

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