Yeah, well I left work REALLY late on Thursday and was pretty pissed off and in no mood to cook.
So I went to Brookshires, bought a rotisserie chicken, french bread, Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes and Wavy Lays and Dean's Ranch Dip. I know not a good thing, but let me tell I needed that.
So today I decided what the hell let's make both, all right my wife suggested it when I realized I didn't have the ground beef for Beans Beans Beans, why not also make the Ultimate Chicken Fingers I hadn't made. So that's tonight's game plan.
I just want to say I hate breading things because I suck at it, and tonight's meal was no exception. That being said the Chicken Fingers are straight forward and easy to make. I will mention since Evie can't have eggs I use Ener G Egg Replacer for any recipe that needs it, including this one. Sometimes it turns out well, sometimes not really. Let's use the pictures as our tools, don't compare them to the Betty Crocker site though, as there is no comparison.
I basically just throw them all in the zip lock bag and shook them all together then placed them on the pan. Although I forgot to grease the foil which caused half the breading to get stuck, oh well. Then I waited about 10 minutes before flipping them. 10 minutes later I flipped them again at my wife's instance they be "extra done." Also the foil proved difficult to remove all the chicken easily, but eventually I won, losing more breading in the process.
The beans on the other hand I changed that recipe up a bit as well. I made these on the stove top rather than in the stove since there would be 100 degree difference between the two and I don't have a stock pot I can put in the oven, although I am sure a casserole dish would work too or a Crock Pot for that matter!
I made the bacon as directed, and it smelled so good, and crumbled so easy. Then I just sautéed the onions in the bacon grease. Then I completely changed everything else, sort of. To the onions I added the barbecue sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, liquid smoke, salt and pepper. Then I took it from the pan to a big pot. Added all the beans, drained and rinsed where required and mixed it all up. I set it to low, put on lid and stirred it a little every few minutes. The I kept tasting the beans the whole way through and I figured they were done after about 20 minutes, but decided to leave them goin until my wife concluded the chicken was done as well.
