New make bake 28 and 29 - Rice Krispie Chicken and Chicken with Katsu Sauce

A few weeks ago I snapped up a bargain in the Supermarket, Lisa Faulkner's new book - Recipes from my Mother for my Daughter. I'd heard lots of positive things about the book from the blogging world and so I settled down to have a read. Wow, so many lovely things which I wanted to try, I didn't know where to start!

From a quick look online it seemed that there were rave reviews about the Rice Krispie Chicken so it seemed to be a sensible place to start. M wasn't too convinced when I started getting the cereal out of the cupboard so it needed to be good to persuade him to give it a go. The recipe is very simple, you dip Chicken Goujons in mayonnaise and then dip them in crushed and seasoned Rice Krispies. I then baked them in the oven until they were golden and crispy.

I served mine with Baked skinny fries and ranch salad (from the supermarket). The fries were lovely, nice and tasty and yet healthy!

They didn't look as pretty as the ones in the book, some of the coating fell off (I think I used too much mayonnaise) but they were gorgeous. M took one mouthful and declared them as one of his favourite thins I'd ever made - high praise indeed. Very simple but very tasty and so easy to make.

A few days later I wanted to see if my success could be replicated so I decided to give the Chicken with Katsu sauce a whirl. It's Chicken strips coated in breadcrumbs (I used Panko breadcrumbs for the authentic Japanese taste) served with a sweet and slightly curry flavoured sauce. I'm quite scared of spicy foods with a lot of heat so I like the idea of controlling how much "burn" there is. The sauce called for curry powder and tomato ketchup which reminded me of the rice I made back in January and as I had really enjoyed the flavour so I figured this would be a tasty dish. I served mine with some stir-fried rice and beansprouts.

I didn't look the most "Yummy" of dishes due to the sauce but wow, it was divine. So tasty and such a lovely combination of flavours. I only made half of the recipe so it served two, next time I'd make enough and freeze the extra sauce for another time.

I think I'm really going to like this book :D