Food.
I love pickles! Preferably these zesty dill ones. I
discovered a few year back that restaurants were taking these normally sandwich
side items and frying them making them even more irresistible. Snookie and I were really happy about this
news.
If I could eat anything I wanted, then I would down these
guys anytime I was craving them, but I can’t because I am like the majority folks with a normal metabolism. So, if I cant
eat these guys fried, then lets bake them.
"FRIED"
PICKLES
Adapted
from The Vanilla Tulip
Makes
6 servings.
Ingredients
1
jar pickle slices (hamburger style; strained; separate from juice)
2
eggs
1/3
cup flour
1
Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1
tsp hot sauce (I used Franks)
1
tsp garlic powder
1
tsp pepper
1
1/2 cups panko bread crumbs
Turn
oven broiler on high. In a medium bowl,
whisk together eggs and flour. Add Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, garlic powder,
and pepper. Mix well.
Place
panko bread crumbs in a dish. Dunk each pickle slice into the egg mixture, fish
out with a fork than dredge it in the panko bread crumbs.
Spray
rack with non-stick cooking spray and place coated pickles on a rack set above
a baking sheet. Make sure to place the pan
in the middle rack of the oven. Broil for about 3 minutes on each side. Keep an eye on them. The broiler is your friend and your foe.
I made a side sauce by mixing equal parts mayo
(actually Miracle Whip), ketchup, and
little squirt of spicy grain mustard.
Yummy!
I ended up using the remainder of the mixture to make baked
chicken strips. I use chicken tenderloins
and baked them in the oven instead of using the broiler.
The “fried” pickles and the chicken tenderloins felt like a
cheat meal but without all the guilt.
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