What's on the Menu..

So the other night, I made on of husbys favorite meals..

Smothered Chicken..

So here is how I make this dinner..

You guys know by now, unless I am baking.. I don't really use measurements...but if you follow along with the pictures and directions.. it will be a breeze to make!

First off, I am just using a chicken that is already cut up for me.

I like to soak it in salt water as long as I can. The night before is best but this time it only soaked for a couple hours.

The left over neck, back, heart, and livers are for the cats. I just boil these and then tear the meat from the bone and cut it all up for them.

Fresh green beans with bacon, shallots, and garlic..

and smashed red potatoes.

Rinse the chicken and remove it to a

plastic cutting board and

Pat dry.

I took some flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper, mixed it up in a shallow dish and set aside.

Then I heated up

some plain old vegetable oil

over med heat.

While that was heating up I

Then I took 1 egg and about 1/4 cup of milk.

Mixed it up..

and then I dipped in the chicken in the egg wash mixture..

Into the flour and then I put it right back on the

plastic cutting board to dry for a minute or two.

Repeat with all the chicken.

After all has its first coating..

do it all over again with each piece.

You want a thick coating so

really push it on it!

and into the oil it goes..

Cook over med heat until you get some good color on the chicken.

Flip it over and continue to cook for about 15 minutes. Turn down the heat to med low and cook it in batches. As it finishes cooking put the chicken in a

casserole in the oven on about 200... to keep warm and continue to cook the rest of the way through.

While I was cooking the chicken in batches I started preparing my veggies for dinner.

I think fresh green beans are the best. and I don' really like snapping the ends off. Instead,

I cut them off.

Once those were done, I piled them up and started on the

garlic and shallot. I used 2 shallots and about 4 cloves of fresh garlic.

I then cut up some bacon that will be added to the green beans.

Once everything was done

was done for the green beans I started with the

red potatoes.

I just quartered them up to boil. Easy stuff.

And both the green beans and red potatoes will give you a little more practice with your knife.

Add the potatoes to a pot and boil till tender.

For the green beans I started with

adding some olive oil to the skillet..

Then add your bacon and cook up.

The bacon has a little grease to it but not enough

to cook the onion and garlic. After the bacon is cooked up add the garlic and shallot. and cook till tender. Then I added the green beans and about a cup of chicken stock and cooked for about 10-15 minutes.

While that was cooking..