Last week yours truly had the opportunity to attend a hands on afternoon of cooking at the International Culinary Council in New York City thanks to Fage Greek Yogurt! Ascending Butterfly alongside many fantastic New York City Bloggers had the chance to learn how to make simple recipe substitutions to favorite recipes, making them a whole lot leaner and much healthier! As you guys know I am down 26 pounds this year and when presented with the opportunity to make my favorite recipes even healthier you know I jumped at the chance.
I want to share with you each recipe that I prepared that day, since there were quite a few, I'm going to present you guys with one per week until I've shared them all!
I'm going to start with a summertime favorite that I'm sure many of you enjoyed over the Independence Day Holiday Weekend, Fried Chicken. Yes I know what you are thinking because I thought the same thing, Fried Chicken + 'Healthy' = I don't think so, right? But you can make substitutions to make this recipe a lot more heart AND hips friendly!
FAGE (pronounced “fah-yeh”) is known for Total, the authentic Greek strained yogurt. This summer, Ascending Butterfly and FAGE Total takes you on a mouthwatering journey from plainly plain to plain extraordinary!
FAGE FRIED CHICKEN
Serves: 4 – 6
Directions:
Marinade Ingredients:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 2 cups FAGE Total
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/2 teaspoon Dried Oregano
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cumin
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1 teaspoon Salt
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/4 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Two 3 ½ - 4 pound Chickens
In large mixing bowl, combine all marinade ingredients.
Remove wing tips and backs from chickens. Cut each chicken into 8 pieces for 2 legs, 2 thighs, and each breast half-cut into 2 (breast/wing and breast). Combine chicken with marinade and marinate 6-12 hours.
Ingredients:
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Marinated Chicken pieces – wipe until as dry as possible
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 2 cups All-Purpose
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1 teaspoon Dried Basil
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 2 teaspoons Ground Cumin
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 2 teaspoons Salt
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/2 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 1/2 teaspoon Ground Allspice
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - 2 cups Canola Oil
Directions:
Mix all dry ingredients, then combine with the chicken pieces in a large bag and shake to coat thoroughly. Remove from bag and shake off excess flour.
Preheat oven to 350*.
Heat the oil in a large skillet. Oil should be about an inch deep. When oil is shimmering, carefully lower the legs and thighs into the hot oil. Cook slowly until golden brown, turning to give the chicken an even golden color. When well browned and cooked, 8 – 10 minutes, remove and drain on paper towels.
Then place on a baking sheet and transfer to the oven for 15 minutes to complete cooking.
When finished with the dark meat, repeat procedure with the breast pieces.
Check pieces for doneness and serve hot from the oven.
Oven Fried Option:
Replace All-Purpose flour with Panko bread crumbs. Season and “bread” the chicken pieces as described.
After coating chicken pieces with bread crumbs, place on a foil lined baking sheet. Spray chicken pieces with a “Pam-like” spray or an oil mister. Bake at 350* for 15 minutes, turn pieces over, re-mist and return to oven for 10 – 15 minutes. Check for doneness and serve hot from the oven.
Recipe created by Edward Magel on behalf of Fage Total Greek Yogurt
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FTC Disclosure Information: I attended a hands on cooking session at the International Culinary Council as a guest of Fage Total Yogurt, I was taught how to make the recipes I am sharing on my blog, I am under no obligation to do so. This is a non-compensated post. This is a non-sponsored post.
My mouth is watering...
ReplyDelete@h. mcnaron - It tasted so good!!!! All the recipes were absolutely amazing! I will share them all one per week throughout the summer!
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OK, that looks fab ... have to print this out straight away!
ReplyDeleteand just as I am writing a post about NOT eating - lol!
@By Word of Mouth Musings - You are going to LOVE this recipe, and this is coming from a recent Yogurt convert, I didn't grow up on Yogurt, and didn't start eating it until LAST year. So at first I had my doubts, but the proof was in the tasting! Not eating is not a good option, but healthy substitutions that do NOT sacrifice taste and flavor is the only way to go to make lasting healthy lifestyle changes! I've only made minor changes to my lifestyle and have dropped 26 pounds so far! It can be done! :)
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