Gluten Free Cooking -- Crispy-Cheesey Chicken & a Basic White Wine Sauce

Hello my little foodies!
EATING GLUTEN FREE IS NOT A FAD- NOR IS IT SOME FAD DIET!  Now I have that off my chest-

  Its always good to come back.  The Gluten Free thing is going well.  My biggest problem is food I don't cook myself.. I think people lie! Do you know restaurants mix pancake batter in their scrambled eggs and omlettes to make them fluffy??
   Eating Gluten Free is not a fad or a diet.. it's my life.. I get sick..plain and simple--bloating, pain and nausea- the Trinity. I have done some research to also find the link between hyperthyroidism and gluten
   My goal is to make GF food that tastes good.. harder than you may think, as I am a junk food junkie.. as if you couldn't tell.
   Doug and I are still together-over 3 yrs now amazing huh? It was in this very same blog I first told him I loved him.  He read the post and said by the way, I love you too! It really is amazing!  Well, I think so!

   But I digress, I want to tell you about a food find I really like- Gluten Free Bisquick.  I haven't made pancakes or biscuits yet, but I have used it to make chicken that is da bomb.  and easy- best part.  Everyone in my family ate this chicken and no idea it was gluten free.  (we had no left overs)


Gluten Free Crispy Chicken (would I lie to you?)

The recipe is as follows--

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
I used about 2

1 1/2 cups of GF Bisquick
3/4 cup of good parmesean cheese- life is too short to eat lousy cheese
2 tsp Italian seasoning (or mix together 2 TBSP of each  Basil, Oregano, Thyme, Marjoram and Rosemary- use 2 tsp)
1/2 tsp garlic powder (use more if you like)
1/4 tsp black pepper

2 eggs beaten
olive oil

You can cut the chicken as you choose- long strips for tenders, shorter chunks for nuggets, or 1/2 breast pounded thin. (I make tenders- cook faster and are left over friendly)
Put the dry ingredients in a gallon size plastic bag- like Ziploc. Mix together by shaking the bag around.
Next beat the eggs in a shallow bowl.
Dip the chicken one piece at a time in egg, then the dry mixture..and repeat.  So that is wet, dry, wet, dry- got it!
Pour enough olive oil to cover the bottom of your pan. Heat it till is hot-drop a bead of water in and if it sizzles, it's hot enough.  (Using oil that isnt hot cause food to absorb the oil and it tastes heavy and greasy.)
Fry each piece of chicken till golden brown on the outside...You get a crispy cheesey goodness.

You can use these lots of ways.  Eat them as is-delicious. Use GF Honey Mustard. Ken's is GF  or GF Barbeque sauce- Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauces are GF. (all others,please read the lables)

Put them in a baking pan top with tomato sauce (look for my nonna's recipe in another post) and mozarella cheese- Bake 350 for 20 min- till the cheese is awesome! Make a chicken with white wine sauce recipe (recipe for gluten free delicious sauce below)

GF White Wine Sauce

*Olive Oil- Good Quality Extra Virgin (can you be an extra virgin?)
*About 3 TBSP of butter- I like a bit more, but that's me
*Clove of garlic - smashed (don't peel the garlic-put it on a cutting board and smash it with the side of a knife- makes it easier to get out later)
*About 1 1/2 cups of a really good white wine (not 50$ a bottle, but a good quality wine you would drink- never use cheap wine for cooking- no ripple)
another glass to drink while cooking
*Black Pepper to taste

Now here is where you get creative!! Use any or all of the following:
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper or more if you like heat
Fresh chopped parsley (no one here will eat it if they see green anything in it)
Fresh Basil chopped
Fresh Oregano chopped
1 tsp Dried Italian Seasoning (see recipe above)
or Add some lemon and capers- Voila!! Chicken Picatta

Heat the oil with the garlic till fragrant- DO NOT let it burn. Burnt garlic is well.. just AWEFUL! Add butter to the oil and garlic.  If you are using dried seasoning add them now.  Add wine and bring to a simmer. Add fresh herbs that you use at the very end.  At this point I pull out the garlic clove.  TA DA- easy and delicious!!  Serve over cooked chicken- add some GF linguine and you have a meal fit for a Queen!  This is a good easy and fast sauce for pasta.  If you want you can saute scallops/shrimp/clams/mussles (any one or any mix)  in the olive oil/garlic/butter mixture and serve over gf pasta.. a little parmesean cheese and voila!  A really delicious dinner you can serve to anyone.  

Thought for the day