Sunday, June 19, 2011

June 18, 2011 - Gorgonzola Chicken Thighs

I’d been planning tonight’s speriment for about a week, ever since I still had gorgonzola.  So even though I’d already baked bread this morning, I couldn’t pass up this recipe.  Gorgonzola Chicken Thighs from food.com.  I have to say as I re-read the recipe, it seemed a little complicated. 
Ingredients:

  • Gorgonzola – check
  • Breadcrumbs – check
  • Ground Black Pepper – check
  • Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs – check
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil – check
  • Salt – check
So the whole ordeal began with cutting up some potatoes, which were fully NOT involved in this dish specifically, but I made mashed potatoes too (I’m an old hand at that one, pretty much my family you have to be).  So anyway, I cut the potatoes and then put them in a pot with water to boil slowly while I prepped the chicken.
The recipe is a little complicated…but ok, so breading things with gorgonzola and trying to make it stick is NOT EASY.  Trying to roll chicken thighs into a semblance of wonder also NOT EASY.  Long story short I put the chicken together and got them into the oven.  I’m sure you can check out the recipe on google if you’d like.  While the chicken cooked, I cleaned up and mashed the potatoes. 
The first time I took the chicken out, I realized it really needed to cook longer, so this teaches me that I need to be better at understanding what looks “done” coming out of an oven.  Finally they were finished.  I had also attempted some gravy for the potatoes but that ended in an epic fail so I won’t document that here.
My take on this recipe: +5 for taste, they were really good!  I’m glad I’ll have some extra dinner items for this week.  Even though you couldn’t really taste the gorgonzola at all, but I suppose I shouldn’t have expected any different, -3 for complicated set up and cooking, -2 for too much cleanup.  I definitely enjoyed the end result, but I think I wouldn’t make it again in a hurry due to my lack of desiring to get so messy, or maybe I’d do it if I hadn’t made bread in the morning. 

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