Say what???

Monday JL decided we needed to go to the store and get groceries for the week, in an attempt to save some money we agreed that we need to make dinner at home more often. I love the idea that he wanted to help me, took some of the weight off my shoulders! As we were wandering we had to think of meals, seven of them. I came up with a few and then he throws a curve ball at me... "What about fried chicken with mustard?" I simply replied, "Are you crazy?" I couldn't think that dipping chicken in mustard was an excellent combination but frying it, for me, seemed to just be wrong... Although I was totally aghast at this combination I decided why not? The worst case scenario I would have a can of tomato soup on standby, so I said ok.

Tuesday rolls around and I decide lets get this over with. I had planned on making a vegetable saute with the mustard chicken and thought we should use the veggies while they were still relatively fresh so Tuesday was going to be the day... (Soup was standing by.)

Funny, but it really was as simple as he explained. He took out about 8 drumsticks and covered them with mustard. While he was getting more mustard on his hands than the slimy chicken, he had about 1/2 inch of oil in a large fry pan heating up. Once the oil was hot (on medium heat), but not smoking, he lightly placed all the drumsticks in the pan and walked away... Hmm... I peered at the bright yellow chicken and thought, well I really like mustard so this may not be that bad... Plus, as JL says, "anything fried is delicious!" LOL, not sure about that, but almost everything is better when its fried... Throughout the cooking time we rotated the pieces as they browned so all the sides would be crispy. The cooking time took about 30 minutes.

The review on last night dinner? It was DELICIOUS!!! It didn't taste like mustard at all, it actually resembled the chicken from El Pollo Loco but a little more crispy, which I like better. Yes it was fried but without the breading it really wasn't that unhealthy since it didn't soak up much oil at all. The only thing I might suggest is to let your chicken marinade in the mustard for a little bit or overnight.

We did have this with a vegetable saute but next time I would just try and mimic a meal from El Pollo Loco, with fresh salsa, tortillas, a salad and some spicy pinto beans.

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