Oh Epicure, how I love THEE..
Tonight's item on the "Try something new" was
the square steamer and the italian seasoning. I have both
steamers now but sadly hadn't tried either of them. That is - until tonight - I am so SO impressed!!
So much so that you're getting a second posting
today, and I hardly *EVER* do
that.. I just didn't want to wait til
tomorrow to share..
We had decided on chicken so I pulled out the instruction
cards to consult.
The rectangular one showed instructions for 2 chicken
breasts. The square for 4. Both
said that chicken should be cooked for 6-8 minutes. Potatoes for 8 minutes.
I only needed to do 2 chicken breasts, but wanted
potatoes as well. We had some of the
mini potatoes that I picked up a while ago.
I thought I'd put the 2 chicken breasts in with some of
the potatoes, and a little Italian salad dressing and see what became of it.
The first 8 minutes seemed to go by in an instant. I have to say that not only did the kitchen
smell like the oven had been running for half an hour already, but everything looked finished.
A quick check however, showed that the chicken had only
reached an internal temperature of 120 degrees and chicken should be around 180
degrees according to the poultry setting on the thermometer. It looked cooked, but a quick flip over
showed the bottom wasn't quite cooked (still pink). So I figured I'd put it in for another 8
minutes and see where that got us..
Well.. end result
was that the potatoes were tender, and the chicken is fabulous.. I'm as much a skeptic as anyone and I
cannot believe that we were gifted a quality gourmet meal that would normally
take 45 minutes in the oven to cook for just 16 minutes. That just BLOWS ME AWAY!
I wish I'd thought
to add a vegetable to the steamer but I didn't.
I quickly heated up a can of sweet corn to have with supper..
Thank you Epicure, you have now redefined "Fast
Food" in my kitchen!!
Sorry guys.. No pictures this time.. ;)
Thank-you for choosing us to be
YOUR demonstrator!
Tammy J. Wilson ~ J. James Edwards
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