Okay, it was good t.v. last night, I got home a little later than usual, so I am posting my dinner this morning!
Two things happen when I cook: I make a mess and the smoke detector goes off! And last night was no exception!
So I wanted to make baked chicken wings, but when I got home, I realized I didn’t have any more bread crumbs, I’d used them for the chicken parmesan. But that’s okay – I had a loaf of french bread that was hard as a rock – I could just put that in the food processor. Only problem? They weren’t completely dry. Again, not a problem. I pureed the bread as best as I could, and then decided to dry the crumbs by putting them in the oven – that I had already preheated to 425 for the wings!
So I am just talking to Tony, talking about our day as I am putting the wings together, when all of a sudden I smell something burning. I said to Tony “if I do nothing else this weekend, I need to clean out this oven.” I go to open the door to see what is on the bottom of the stove that might be causing the burning smell – I completely forgot about the bread crumbs!
So I take this pan outside to cool, smoke is filling the kitchen and then, 1. . . 2. . . .3. . .BEEP BEEP BEEP! The smoke detector in Hannah’s room goes off.
Okay, so now I definitely have no bread crumbs. So I see what else I have. Aha! Cheese and herb flavored croutons! So I added croutons, italian seasoning, salt, pepper, paprika and garlic powder to the food processor and make the crumb mixture.
First I dipped the wings in an egg/milk mixture, then with the crumbs in a ziploc bag, just shaked and baked them. They turned out really crispy! They took about 50 minutes in the oven. On the side I had skin on smashed potatoes and green beans with diced pancetta.
Okay, probably not the healthiest meal, but very tasty! And I couldn’t pass up a bargain – the whole package of wings was only $2.00!
See you tomorrow for breakfast! Ur, I mean later for breakfast!
Wow great job on creating bread crumbs, even though it took 2 takes 🙂
Dinner looks yum!
Hi,
Ya know, if you use a wire rack in your baking pan, it’ll lift the wings (or any thing) off the bottom of the pan and get a more even crust. I love baked chicken that way.
Cheers!
Haha, that is so funny, because I make the smoke detector go off too! Since September, I have made it gone off at least five times! And one of the times, it was because I was using the toaster! THE TOASTER! Haha, strange strange!
Good for you for thinking on your feet and using croutons. I would have just curled up in the fetal position and cried at that point. I am famous for setting off the fire alarm. One year I was broiling steaks and my oven cought on fire. So I grabbed the baby and yelled for my hubby to get the extinguisher. In the meantime my bro in law called (while the fire department was trying to call- I did not have call waiting) so the fire got out and from my window I see a fire truck come blazing down the road. Wow we must be having a fire in the neighborhood I thought. My neighbors bundled up their kids and said “Look kids santa is coming” (Santa used to come around on a fire truck and throw candy to the kids). Right behind the truck was my brother taking the corner on two wheels. The truck was for OUR house. While I was on the phone with my bro in law the Fire Dept. called and got no response so sent out a rig and called my brother to meet them there! He was shaking, I was embarrassed and the neighborhood kids were disappointed it was not Santa! Sigh.