One thing's for sure, since joining French Fridays with Dorie, I have gotten to know the grocery stores and markets in my area. Some weeks I spend more time hunting down ingredients than I do fixing the recipe. I still had to make one substitution for an ingredient, however, and that was because I forgot that the recipe called for crème fraîche and since it takes about two days to make it, I used mexican crema instead.
This dish doesn't require a lot of ingredients and once you have them all it is a perfect one to fix for a week night meal as it doesn't take more than 10 minutes to put on the table. The cookies are roughly cut with a serrated knife and mixed with the cream. You then slice the chicken breasts in strips and cook in oil or butter. I cooked mine in a little oil. You add the cream mixture and cook until the chicken is coated, season with salt and pepper. And that's it.
I served my chicken on a butter lettuce leaf and ate it like a wrap. I took Dorie's suggestion and made her Lemon-Steamed Spinach and I also had some leftover pasta as side dishes.
The chicken was good - not much of a crunch from the cookies after cooking them - but the cookie coating gave a nice sweet flavor and texture to the chicken. Visit French Fridays with Dorie to see what the rest of the group did. You can find this recipe on page 220 of Around My French Table.
I looked at that recipe and it seemed a bit odd to me. I am glad that you liked it. I am making the stuffed peppers you made for last week's French Friday's for supper tonight! You and Yummy Chunklet inspired me!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you finally found the cookies! And, your chicken looks delicious on the bed of iceberg!
ReplyDeleteA cookie chicken:) Sounds interesting
ReplyDeleteI gave up on the cookies - the only LU we get around here are the Panky chocolate wafers. I love the wrap idea - great way to freshen up what could be a heavy chicken dish.
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea to eat the chicken as a wrap filling! Your dish looked a bit like mine, drier with visible cookie bits. I was getting a bit worried there for a moment because almost everyone else's chicken looked on the saucy side!
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear that you found the cookies on time, I did not since they will not hit the shelves here until closer to Christmas, oh well. Your meal looks very tasty.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting pairing.. the cinnamon cookies and chicken. It does sound good, though! I like the idea of serving it as a wrap.
ReplyDeleteWow...great pairing! I served mine on greens too. I would prefer it if it is a less sweetish :) anyway it is delicious !
ReplyDeleteI was NOT able to find the cookies, so I substituted ginger snaps. I would like to try making this again if I ever do find the right cookies. Yours looks so fresh with the butter lettuce and spinach!
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of us substituted on the cookies... These scavenger hunts are kind of fun. Love the thought of the spinach with the chicken.
ReplyDeleteOver the past year, since I've been food blogging and have joined a couple of groups, I have acquired new knowledge relating to grocery stores. Now that I have specific things to make and need the right ingredients, including at least 10 different kinds of salt, my food hobbies have changed. I used to go see what was on sale or when I walked down the isles I would grab items and then go home and bake from what I had purchased. Now we have to go track ingredients down if we want to have the whole experience. I think we've all done a pretty good job. Now my problem is...where do I keep everything. Scary. Hubby quit entering some rooms in our house...like vacated kids bedrooms, where I have taken over a closet or two and sometimes stack ingredients on beds as I get ready for a project. A couple of my girls tell me I have become a hoarder and soon I'll be like that TV program where people can hardly get into their houses. Right now we all laugh about by foodie ways, but if I keep acquiring new ingredients and baking pans and gadgets at the rate I have over the past year...and I also keep finding cookbooks that I must have...then I think Hubby will have the garage sale he keeps talking about to get back our house. I'm glad I already have madeline pans or I'd have to find room for them too...like a few other other bakers will be doing this week. Well, it's all fun and my family likes eating all the food.
ReplyDeleteThis one was rich, so I like your idea of serving it as a lettuce wrap. Fortunately for me, the supermarket closest to me always has these cookies on the shelf. I didn't love the chicken, but I do love the cookies. Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteKris obviously enjoyed it.... :) Hm... I ran around trying to find LU's chocolate covered cookies for a TWD recipe - drove me mad! Wow... very interesting combo and love the wrap!! Very creative Elaine! And you know I love the plate. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed your cookie chicken after spending the time to find 2 cookies for the sauce!
ReplyDeleteI admit I was afraid of this recipe, I was thinking it might be sweet and a little on the heavy side but next week I'll make the cookies and share them ;-)
Oh, your whole meal looks outstanding! And you found the cookies!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the idea of making it a wrap!!! Looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteYour chicken looks delicious - glad you liked it. And a recommendation for some of those extra cookies: I made David Lebovitz' lemon and speculoos ice cream and it is so tasty. It's a great way to make those cookies a little less holiday and a little more end-of-summer!
ReplyDeleteWhat an unusual recipe! And yes, there's nothing like running all over town to get an ingredient that you need about a tablespoon of.
ReplyDeleteElaine, Your chicken looks delicious but I have to say I also was not a fan of putting spice cookies in my chicken. Since we were away for the weekend...I got to pass on it! Glad you found the cookies and enjoyed the chicken!
ReplyDeleteI think we've all learned a lot about hunting down ingredients - I've also discovered other interesting ingredients in my searches, too. I'll have to try this chicken some time. So many mixed reviews! I'm curious to see if I'll like it.
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