Things have been busy it seems. Honestly I couldnt even tell you what I have been doing that is keeping me so busy but it seems I rarely have any time to do whatever I want and I am constantly getting ready for the next thing I need to do. Here are a few highlights of the last couple weeks and what they have held.
Chase's brother (David) and his gf (Maci) are pregnant. Yeah, I suppose technically she is the pregnant one but they are in it together. I have many thoughts and feelings on this that I choose not to share in a public way. If you really want to know call me.
I got a new car, its not a car its an SUV. I got a 05 Tahoe Z71 4x4 its like champagne or sand colored. The color is dads favorite. It has less that 100K miles on it and we got it $5K under price, so YAY! But I am nervous about the payment. Luckily insurance is only like $30 more a month so that is exciting considering I had liability on the car and have full coverage on the Tahoe, but whatever. Chad is buying the car from me. He already gave me a $100 and $55 for the insurance for the month, when he gets back from his trip he is going to get his truck sold and give me the rest of the money then and we will get the title transferred at that point.
Work is crazy this month. This week we were off Monday for the Memorial Day holiday but I have to work Saturday from 10-5 and Sunday from 12-5 then we work full days Mon-Wed and the office will be closed Thurs-Fri but I will only be off Thursday, Friday I have to go to Lyndon Fest to work from 4-7 then Saturday work 12-7 same event, but I will be off Sunday. Then we have a normal work week followed by another week where we work all day Mon-Wed and are off Thursday Friday so 4 day weekend but we dont get paid for any of the days we dont work. That is part of why I am helping with all these events on the weekends. Also, bc we are going to be in St. Louis with Zach's dad James for the Cardinals Padres game. Its looking like that might be the only game we get to this summer. Chase may be going this weekend to St. Louis but I cant go bc of work.
I havent been reading much which is disappointing for me. I am a week behind on GoT which is sad. Havent got to see The Great Gatsby or Star Trek 2 yet. I am up for a raise in like 19 days so yay hope its a big one!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
The Secret to Perfect Chicken Everytime!
Today I was thinking of how I could successfully make chicken to shred and flavor that wasnt over done and chewy. I have tried boiling chicken and tearing it, not ideal, I tried baking it off and tearing it, also blah didnt work out how I thought, then there is pan fry, messy messy messy and again timing to not overcook.... I figured somewhere out there in the great blogisphere (thats a word right?) must be someone who has this down. I got lucky and found a promising idea on the second blog I checked out. I tried it and damn if it doesnt work PERFECT! Ill likely never cook chicken another way, well except when making fried chicken because obviously theres only one way to do that right.
You can only cook 3 chicken breasts at a time this way.
2-3 Chicken breasts
salt and pepper
1 cup chicken broth
2-4 Tbsp olive oil
12 inch skillet OR saucepan WITH lid
Put the olive oil in the pan and heat it on medium heat until it ripples when you move the pan around
While the oil is heating salt and pepper both side of the chicken breasts
Once the oil is hot, put the chicken top side (the prettier side) into the oil and cover with lid cook for 5 minutes do not bother the chicken!
Once 5 minutes has elapsed, pour in 3/4 cup of the chicken broth and turn the chicken breasts over.
Cover again and cook for 7 minutes, then pour in the rest of the broth and cover and cook for 3 more minutes.
As soon as the 10 minutes is over remove the chicken and let it cook until you can shred, or chop it.
IF you want to flavor the shredded chicken this is what I do.
After removing the chicken from the pan to cool do no throw out brothy oil mixture, maybe pour a little out if it didnt reduce at all. But as you shred the chicken throw it back into that pan and then once all the chicken is shredded pour in taco or blackening seasoning and mix it all up and heat it for maybe 3 minutes let it cool and put it in tupperware until you need it or its ready to serve!
You can only cook 3 chicken breasts at a time this way.
2-3 Chicken breasts
salt and pepper
1 cup chicken broth
2-4 Tbsp olive oil
12 inch skillet OR saucepan WITH lid
Put the olive oil in the pan and heat it on medium heat until it ripples when you move the pan around
While the oil is heating salt and pepper both side of the chicken breasts
Once the oil is hot, put the chicken top side (the prettier side) into the oil and cover with lid cook for 5 minutes do not bother the chicken!
Once 5 minutes has elapsed, pour in 3/4 cup of the chicken broth and turn the chicken breasts over.
Cover again and cook for 7 minutes, then pour in the rest of the broth and cover and cook for 3 more minutes.
As soon as the 10 minutes is over remove the chicken and let it cook until you can shred, or chop it.
IF you want to flavor the shredded chicken this is what I do.
After removing the chicken from the pan to cool do no throw out brothy oil mixture, maybe pour a little out if it didnt reduce at all. But as you shred the chicken throw it back into that pan and then once all the chicken is shredded pour in taco or blackening seasoning and mix it all up and heat it for maybe 3 minutes let it cool and put it in tupperware until you need it or its ready to serve!
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