Jenn at Frugal Upstate has been doing a Frugal Food Series for a while now. I haven’t had a good recipe to post until this week when the theme ingredient is chicken.
This is one of my all time favorite recipes. I got it from the Taste of Home Cookbook, and have modified it slightly to fit our tastes. So here it is, another Frugal Recipe for Bruschetta Chicken:
Bruschetta Chicken
Ingredients:
* 1-2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
* 1 egg
* about 1/4 cup flour (enough to coat chicken)
* 2 tablespoons melted butter
* bread crumbs (about 1/4 cup)
* Parmesan cheese to taste (about 1-2 tablespoons)
* 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
* 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
* 1 medium diced tomato
* dried basil to taste (about 2-3 teaspoons)
* 1 clove minced garlic
* dash of olive oil (about 1 tablespoon)
Instructions:
First defrost the chicken you need. While it’s defrosting create two shallow bowls, one filled with the mixed egg and one with flour. When the chicken is ready dip it in the egg and then coat in the flour. The egg is optional – I’ve often cut out the egg step and it sticks almost as well and you can’t taste a difference
Mix the breadcrumbs, melted butter, Parmesan cheese, onion powder, and garlic powder together. It should form a moist crumbly topping. Place this on top of the chicken and bake at 375 degrees for about 20-30 minutes.
While the chicken is cooking dice the tomato and garlic and mix them with the basil and just enough olive oil to coat to make the bruschetta. After the chicken is done put the tomato mixture on top and bake another 5-10 minutes just to warm it up.
And that’s it. It’s a super easy, fast, and healthy recipe.
It’s like chicken parmesan but with fresh tomatoes rather than sauce. And again, like the other frugal recipes, you don’t need many ingredients. Our kitchen always has chicken breasts, flour, bread crumbs, butter, garlic/onion powders, and basil on hand. Often times when I plan this recipe the only thing I have to buy is the tomato, and now with summer gardens getting ready for harvest you can use a homegrown tomato and/or basil.
Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of this recipe because I haven’t made it in a little while. But here is Bruschetta Chicken image from the TOH website:
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oohhh! That looks so yummy. And hey, what's not to love. Chicken. Tomatoes. Cheese. You can't go wrong.
It is yummy.
There's only one semi-negative… you go through a lot of bowls in the prep. But overall it's something I'm willing to deal with.
I've enjoyed the frugal food series, keep it up.
This looks wonderful!
Gotta say, I really wish I could cook… That does look delicious.
As for the book, I'm finding it extremely inspirational, if not a bit intimidating. I like the whole owning your own business kind of thing, but I find myself with no creativity whatsoever to come up with a good idea. The best seem to be stumbled upon, so I found the story about the lawyer and his vacation booking company thing (Whatever it was) to be the most inspirational thing so far. I'd love to find something like that where it feels like a vacation every day yet it's making my life comfortable.
Really, the book is probably my best impulse buy ever.
I certainly agree, I absolutely hate the "deferred life" plan. I have a feeling that after our pending trip to Germany (Jan. 2010) I'll be even more determined to not get chained down to anything in particular career-wise. I really hope he'll be writing about is experience, I'd be very interested in following your experiment.
(Oh, and by the way, I like your "fun tax" idea… One of the many ideas I decided to implement in my own finances!)
That really looks good. I have all the ingredients on hand and may try this for lunch.
I've never tried it for lunch, but I know it would be delicious. If you make it let me know how it comes out.
This does look awesome indeed!!
This was a recipe I started before I really knew how to cook. It's easy.
Yea, we stumbled on this book at the library and then got the audio version for Ry to listen to during his commute. It really got us thinking. There's a post in draft now, and comments aren't really the place for details, so I'll just sum up here.
There are some big changes in the works. A combination of Ry disliking his job/career track, and the fact that we are young with minimal responsibilities (no kids, house, etc), and the desire to not follow the deferred life plan has led us to rethink life and our current path. it's definitely scary, but exciting too! I'll definitely keep you posted. *(no pun intended)
Germany in 2010 sounds awesome! I went a few years ago to visit family and friends and it was beautiful!
We like the fun tax too. It lets us have fun while keeping tabs on it. And the best part? The fund replenishes each paycheck, so you don't get really low on fun at the end of the month. (we tax each paycheck as it comes in, just like a real tax)
Let me know if you try it
Nice blog. any way I don't like to have non-veg foods. Thanks
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