Chicken Parmigiana with Sweet Potato Fries and Mixed Salad

Chicken Parmigiana with Sweet Potato Fries and Mixed Salad

Let it be noted here and now that I am prone to cheating in my kitchen. A goddess never needs to answer to anyone, for we can do as we please. I'll often by pre-prepared components and put them together. I could perhaps take longer, and invest more time and energy into my cooking, and in fact I do enjoy doing this! (I should do it more) I am passionate about food, but when you come home from a long day of serving food and coffee to other people the easiest options sound best!


So onto tonight's meal.

Thursday 21st of July

Chicken Parmigiana with Sweet Potato Fries and Mixed Salad

S loves Chicken Parmigiana. I think its an Australian male thing (although I know many women who love it too). Because I know many men who will always order the "Parmie" at every restaurant, or pub that they go to for a meal. I'm certainly not against that! But as someone who can't eat tomato, it's not what I'd order. 


With that in mind, I still enjoy a good chicken schnitzel with melted, gooey mozzarella and parmesan for bite on top. I can have mine, and he can have his. The tomato sauce today was actually a tomato and herby garlic pesto, thick and unguent. You could see the oil on top, all naughty and delicious. S enjoyed it anyway.


I baked some sweet potato fries to go with it, alongside a garlic aioli (with a swirl of tomato pesto for S) and a fresh salad of mixed salad leaves. The greens were mostly there to help break up the rich flavours of the other components. But S didn't see it quite the same way, and managed to get all of his greens onto one fork right at the start, and with a "get rid of the green stuff!" prompty ate the whole lot in one go.


So much for trying to create a gastronomical delight, huh? That's S for you though. :)


All in all, my first dinner on Kitchen Goddess in Training was a success. The fries weren't as crispy as they could have been, but the chicken was succulent, and the aioli as good as ever. If you enjoy a decent aioli, Maille's aioli is pretty tasty. I have noticed it's hard to find though, not many supermarkets seem to stock it.


Annean
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