Ranch Crusted Chicken

Oh, man! This one is delicious. My whole household loves chicken and sometimes it gets repetitive to eat chicken too often. This is a great way to help get rid of the boring grilled chicken blues. It's a simple recipe and only calls for a few ingredients. The chicken ends up so flavorful, and it's the juiciest chicken I have ever eaten.

What you'll need: 

1 cup mayo (Kraft in our home)
3 tbsp ranch dressing seasoning (Hidden Valley Ranch in our home)
3 chicken breasts, tenderized and cut in 1/2
bread crumbs (crushed up pork rinds in our home)
parchment paper

What you'll do:

In a bowl, mix the mayo and the ranch dressing seasoning together. In a separate container (preferrably with a flat bottom), add your pork rind crumbs. Take your chicken and dip it in the mayo/seasoning mix. Then, once it's coated, dredge it in the pork rinds. Place each piece on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, making sure to cook each piece all the way through. Remove from the oven, let it cool, and enjoy!

It's Wing Time!

It's Superbowl Weekend! This year, a Florida team is going, so I'm considering watching. Let's be real, though... I'm only interested in the snacks, for the most part. While I love many snacks at a Superbowl party, all snacks are not created equal. Wings are superior in every way! While it's easy to find wing sauces at the grocery store that are low carb, I just love a homemade sauce so much more. If you are buying a sauce, make sure to check the label for hidden sugars. I personally prefer flats to drums, but I won't turn any wing down! I like to cook a few pounds of wings, and here's how I do it. 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line your wings up on a baking sheet with aluminum foil. I lightly spray the foil to keep them from sticking. I cook them until they are crispy on the outside. This takes about an hour, and you will need to turn them 3 to 4 times during cooking. 

After they are done, I toss them in my homemade buffalo sauce. For my buffalo sauce, I use 2 tbsp butter for every 6 wings. I use 1 to 2 tbsp Louisiana Hot sauce for every 6 wings. I also add a tbsp low-carb ketchup to thicken and lightly sweeten my sauce. Once the wings are done, I mix the amount of sauce I will need, and toss the wings in it.

Finally, put this snack over the top with some homemade ranch or homemade blue cheese dressing, and enjoy!