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Thigh & Stuffing

Breakfast was Banana Nut Muffins and lunch Egg salad sandwich

Flashback to thanksgiving. Everyone loves stuffing, that’s why there is 1/4 aisle dedicated to different flavors in the market. But alas it, too is four to six servings. Stuffing is the perfect vehicle to use up leftover, stale bread instead of tossing it. Some flavors, and some chicken.

I had one remaining corn muffin, and the heel of my sourdough loaf.
I cubed them up using a serrated knife.
Melted two tablespoons of butter in the micro, and added a tablespoon Italian seasoning.
1/2 teaspoon ground sage.
And a teaspoon garlic powder.
Mix the spices and the butter together.
Coat the breads with the butter mixture.
Bake in preheated 375 oven 10-15 minutes until brown and crispy.
Times will vary depending on how much moisture is in the bread.
Watch them closely!
Meanwhile, chop celery, onion, and garlic. One onion slice, I had just the inner stalks of celery, and a clove of garlic.
Melt a pat of butter in a saute pan, and put the chicken thigh in skin side down.
Get the skin nice and crispy over medium high heat.
Set aside.
Saute the veggies in the butter and chicken fat in the pan.
Get two of the chicken stock cubes from the freezer and add to the pan.
Once the cubes have melted and you picked up all the fond from the pan.
Fond is the french work for “the little brown bits”.
Put the toasty croutons into the pan. Toss to coat and then into a ramekin.
Put the chicken thigh on top of the stuffing and bake at 375 for 30 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
Add a side of broccoli from the freezer, and heated in the micro.

Angel

I have always cooked, I was that person who could make a meal from an empty fridge. I have lived alone and with large and small families, I have cooked for camps on wood stoves, and in professional kitchens. I have lived and worked all over the west from Montana, to Seattle to Arizona to San Diego. I have traveled, maybe not 'all over the world', yet, and have collected tastes recipes and techniques everywhere, and every one I meet.

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