We use cut up boneless, skinless chicken breasts but you can use boneless thighs instead if you like the moistness of the darker meat.
This is comfort food, but it's as easy as any box mix you've ever made.
This will feed three-to-four people:
3 large chicken breasts, cut into thirds.
1 Tablespoon Chicken base or six bouillon cubes
Olive oil
4 cups water
Paprika
Smother all sides of the cut up chicken with paprika. I mean drag it through the paprika until it's totally covered. This is not a sprinkling kind of recipe, if you know what I mean!
Use large frying pan. Coat bottom with olive oil, about a 1/4 inch high. Heat the oil until hot.
Put chicken in frying pan and then despite your better judgement, allow the paprika to almost burn. In fact, some of it does burn, it gets REALLY DARK and that's okay. That's the goal! Turn chicken to darken on all sides, but make sure you kind of burn at least one side.
When chicken is browned on all sides, add water. (Be careful! Oil will spatter and steam!!!) Mix in the bouillon cubes (or you can dissolve them into the water first) or use the chicken base.
Bring to boil, cover and simmer while you cook the pasta.
THAT'S IT.
When the pasta is done, drain it... put it back in the pan. Pour the broth into the pasta and stir. Serve meat on the side.
Zach likes pepper!!!!!
This is such an affordable meal. It's wonderful, tasty, filling and while it's comfort food, its so good that it's worth the carb level. I promise!
So this week we'll be doing beautiful Holy Work services and Masses from home. I'll be making our traditional Good Friday Fish Fry and delivering it to the folks who normally gather with us. We'll pray and praise God and thank sweet Jesus for the most amazing sacrifice in the world... and await the resurrection!
A quiet Easter.
Maybe more like that first one, that holy one, that day where the women went to anoint the Lord's body and found the stone rolled away.
And the grave was empty.
:)
And this picture is of the two candles I have on the front porch... to show support and love for the medical personnel and the first responders on the front line of this pandemic...
Wishing you the best of God's blessings and strength and fortitude to all of you!
Hmm... I'm still trying to decide how I feel about this chicken, Ruthy. Maybe it's the charred part that swaying me. Not a fan of that much charring. Still, I have everything on hand, so you never know. I might just give it a try one night.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, a very different Easter this year. One of our deacons brought us prepackaged communion the other day that we can either do ourselves or during our pastor's Easter sermon online. Thought that was kind of cool. Different, but cool. Talk about rolling with the changes.
Mindy, the delivered communion is a wonderful thing!
DeleteYou know the breaking of the bread is such a special part of the Last Supper... and I wish it was more like that at church (Don't Tell My Catholic Friends That) where it wouldn't be preformed wafers, but pieces of bread, like Christ tore and handed out at that last meal.
DeleteDoes that sound weird to say?
I would really like that.
And Mindy, I don't like charred anything, the funny thing is the chicken isn't charred... it's the paprika. The chicken is tender and normal, but it looks funny, doesn't it? And you don't have to let it get that dark, I usually go a shade lighter than that.
But it was delicious!!!!
Ruthy, I'm just brave enough to try this! I normally love char on foods, so I bet I would love it. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to you all!
It's one of those things that looks funny and tastes great. When Seth makes it, he doesn't get it dark like that, he goes more low-key.... So it's good that way too. They have it once or twice/week and his whole family loves it.
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One of my favorites! Feel free to make it for me anytime! ;)
ReplyDeleteWill do! :) If we ever get out of lockdown.
DeleteThis looks delicious! I love charred anything. My family always accuses me of overcooking, but that's how I like it.
ReplyDeleteI love your candles. 7PM is the daily clapout in my neighborhood. It's like an alarm clock goes off. Suddenly everyone's windows open and the whistling and clapping and hooting and hollering start up. Even Fenway gets in on it, barking right along!
I've seen the clapouts on the news! What a good way of letting folks know you care, that you love them, that you're proud of them.
DeleteStill praying for NYC and for all the hard-hit areas.
And for those families who are struggling while I'm cozied up in a farmhouse.
Apartment frenzy is going to be a new mental health issue.
I hadn't heard about the daily clapout, Cate! That's the way a community gets through a crisis together. :-)
DeleteHow wonderful, Mary Cate! Last week my DIL told me that every evening at 8 pm they shoot off fireworks and cheer for the employees getting off work at Emory Midtown Hospital. She shared a video, taken from their apartment, I think. I couldn't see the fireworks but could hear the noise. So wonderful.
DeleteI'm going to have to try this chicken. We have all the ingredients in our pantry & freezer!
ReplyDeleteOur church (the denomination all around the world) is having a time of fasting and prayer from this evening through tomorrow afternoon. Anyone can join in...
Jan, that's an amazing thing to all do together.
DeleteLove your porch lights, Ruthy! I have a big star that lights up shining in my front window and lots of people have started turning on their Christmas lights again. It's a nice way to brighten up an evening walk and so many people are out walking and biking. Gives us all a little lift in these trying times.
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