For the cookbook
7OK, so I know it’s past the deadline, but I had an inspiration when I got my last IRK which included a case of the strawberry cereal and I thought “how am I going to choke down…I mean what wonderful ways can I use this?”
So I thought, why not crush it up and use it to coat chicken? Strawberry is good with chicken and I’ve used cereal before for a coating. This could be good.
So I decided to make Spark Off-limits Fried Chicken
Ingredients
2 large boneless, sinless chicken breasts (mine were ~1.5# total)
Maybe 1/2c flour
3 eggs (2 might have been enough)
Pinch salt
1 Tbs milk (optional)
1 c Spark cereal
First I cut the chicken into strips. You can pound it if you like. You just want them to be relatively even and about 1/2" thick
Beat the eggs with the salt and milk to make an egg wash.
Crush the cereal. I used a small hand processor. You will get some fine powder, but you’ll want to leave some bigger chunks. If I had it to do over again, I’d leave more bigger chunks.
Dredge chicken pieces in flour, shake off excess
Dip in egg wash
Dredge in cereal
Place on rack to rest
Cook as you would any other chicken strips
I chose to fry in oil on a cast iron skillet
Try to keep oil about 350
Put in a few at a time
Replace a couple as you take them out. That will help keep the oil consistent
A digital probe thermometer (didn’t we see one somewhere? ) is helpful to both keep track of oil temp and the temp of the chicken.
Pull chicken pieces out at 165+. If you don’t have a thermometer, they won’t feel squishy when you push against them
We had them with tater tots and a salad with home grown tomatoes and poppy seed dressing. All went well together.
The good
Strawberry flavor was good but not overpowering
Chicken was mostly crispy
I could really see this served on a waffle
What I’d do differently
Like I said - leave more cereal chunks bigger. Definitely added to the crispness
I also didn’t use enough oil so the later pieces weren’t as good. My bad.
I would also try air-frying, just for a difference
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Sinless, truly? (If you want that fixed, you need only ask.)
@werehatrack Well I don’t want sinful chicken in my kitchen.
@phendrick @werehatrack It was organic, so…
@phendrick @werehatrack @ybmuG I, for one, would be interested in where to find a sinless chicken. Maybe the only chickens I’ve met were actually hellbeasts, but I feel like I’ve seen a fairly representative selection of chickens.
Some of them were almost nice, but I have not yet seen a sinless one.
@phendrick @werehatrack @xobzoo @ybmuG![:smiling_imp:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f608.png)
Absolutely true. We keep a coop-full of chickens and none of them are pure of heart.
Even their eggs are deviled.
@ybmug very creative! Bravo
@tinamarie1974 And great Show and Tell.
@phendrick absolutely!!! Could only have been improved if yekop managed to sneak in some of the pictures![:purple_heart:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f49c.png)
@phendrick @tinamarie1974 Thanks. It was fun!
What to do next with the cereal?
Salad with crispy shrimp?
Coating on a Monte Cristo?
Mix in to the topping for a blueberry crumble?
@phendrick @tinamarie1974 And yekoP was in the doorway of the kitchen for most of the time, then tried to get under foot where he knows he’s not supposed to be. But it was after 6:00 and he’s quite OCD about dinner time. I did seem to get the scotty napkin holder in the pics.
@phendrick @tinamarie1974 Did you see the napkin holder?
(Oh haha - you (@ybmuG) posted that as I was writing this.)
@Kyeh @phendrick @ybmuG I totally missed the napkin holder. Super cute!!!
Very nice step-by-step demo with great photos! And it sounds good - I could imagine having it on top of a strawberry almond spinach salad with poppy seed dressing.
@Kyeh Might try that with the leftovers!
@Kyeh oh that sounds good
@Kyeh @tinamarie1974 well, no spinach but I did do romaine, dried blueberries and some crushed cereal as croutons. Tomatoes were not quite ready today.![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
@Kyeh @ybmuG how was it, looks good!!!
@tinamarie1974 @ybmuG![:yum:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f60b.png)
It does, I want that!
@Kyeh @tinamarie1974 it was quite good. Would have been better with tomatoes and maybe some candied pecans, crumbly blue…hmmm maybe i need to make this again
@tinamarie1974 @ybmuG Do try it with fresh strawberries - peach slices would be good too.
/giphy NO
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@sammydog01
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/giphy Yeeeeesssss!
This reminds me of those Food Network shows where thry give you various ingredients and tell you to make SOMETHING.
@tinamarie1974 Haha - yes. I’d say he nailed it!