Thursday, November 11, 2010

What's for dinner 11/11/10: Chicken Legs w/ Homemade Shake & Bake, Homemade Rice a Roni & Artichokes

Tonight's Feingold meal was chicken legs with homemade shake & bake, rice a roni from scratch and artichokes.  I am going to post 2 recipes for you tonight.  My family actually likes these recipes better than the ones you can buy in the store...











Homemade Shake and Bake Mixture

4 cups dry bread crumbs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp celery salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/4 tsp minced onion
pinch dried basil
pinch dried parsley
pinch dried oregano

In a large resealable plastic bag combine all the ingredients and shake to mix.
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Rice a Roni mix
makes 3 cups of mix

2 cups uncooked rice (not instant)
1 Cup broken Vermicelli (broken into 1 inch pieces)
1/4 cup dried parsley flakes
2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp celery salt
 
Mix all ingredients and store in an air tight container

To use:
Shake or stir died mixtrue well. Place 1 cup mix and 2 tbsp butter in a heavy sauce pan brown the rice and noodles. Once everything is browned add 2 1/4 cups of broth and bring to a boil ; cover and reduce heat. Simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender and the broth has been absorbed.

*note you can try adding in approved nuts and vegetable to spice this up a bit.

VERDICT: I got the Rice a Roni recipe from the Feingold recipe board and I so thank who originally posted this, I make it a few times a month and love how flexible it can be with what you put in it.  I like this better than the box stuff and you can use what ever broth you want to to complement your meal.  I keep it in a snap and seal container so it's ready when I want it. The Shake & Bake recipe I found on line a while back and just got to try it.  LOVE IT...I actually halved the recipe and it was enough mixture to coat a family pack of chicken legs with extra left over.  It was really good on chicken and I may have to try it on pork chops and it has none of the icky stuff in it that is in the ones at the store...

1 comment:

  1. Can't see the words with purple font on red. Would love to see your rice a roni recipe.

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