More Than Meets The Eye!

Have you ever had a craving for something you like but you know is bad for you? Well, I had one of those last night. My wife took out some boneless-skinless chicken breast and since we were having a relax day she really didn't want to cook but I got the craving fever. I know this feeling because I had fried chicken on my mind all day.

So the first thing I did was put the chicken in aluminum foil and I got my mallet and pounded the chicken breast until it was about 1/2 inch think. It made the chicken breast very big. I also got 3 large containers. One container had egg wash with pepper, garlic powder and southwestern spices. The second container had oat flower with more fresh ground pepper and the third container had panko. I had coconut oil melting in my fryer so as soon as the oil was hot, I dipped the chicken breast in the flour, egg wash then the panko. Then I put it in the oil. It didn't take long with hot oil so the chicken was nice and golden fried. This was a hugh chicken breast and now I was worried that we did not have a plate big enough for this monster.

My wife decided to make some veggies (peas and broccoli) so while she was making that I though...hmm. Then it came to me. Are you kidding me? How about Chicken Fried Steaks with gravy. So immediately I started to take out a little bit of oat flour, I added pepper & garlic powder and more southwestern spices in the flour. I added milk and started to blend it all together, finally putting it in all the yummy left over coconut oil in the pan we used for the chicken. Wow...I put that over my chicken breast and had a wonderful Country Fried Chicken Breast with oat flour gravy. Beans and veggies on the side.

Okay, full disclosure: I know it was only one chicken breast but after pounding it out and frying it...this was so big I could not eat it all. It was Gianormous! You can make a healthier meal but all in all this was not that unhealthy. I am always looking for alternatives to making my meals more healthy. This was pretty good...even though it felt like I was over eatting. Well I have to look at the whole picture...now I will have chicken fried steak with gravy and eggs for breakfast...Thank God!