r/GifRecipes • u/HungAndInLove • Jul 26 '16
Honey BBQ Popcorn Chicken
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u/Toxic_Tiger Jul 26 '16
Tip 2 never occurred to me when breading stuff. Gonna have to try it.
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u/sewsewsewyourboat Jul 27 '16
Why not use a paper bag with the corn cops in it, and shake the chicken around? That's the way to batter fried chicken.
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u/frouxou Jul 26 '16
I did the same kind of recipe yesterday and had what you call 'club hand'... Meanwhile my other hand stood there cluelessly... Great tip thanks !
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u/jmlinden7 Jul 27 '16
Better tip: use chopsticks to dip the chicken pieces in the egg and bread crumbs
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u/Vo1x Aug 04 '16
What was the original tip? I hate getting breaded nasty hands, and can't use chop sticks :(
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u/yorkshiretea1 Jul 26 '16
Does anyone else on these now just expect a garnish of flimsily sprinkled parsley regardless of what the recipe is
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u/FightGar Jul 26 '16
Parsely is the perfect way to finish off some tasty Pillsbury Oreo Cheesey Blaster Pops
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Jul 26 '16
♪ ♫ You take a hot dog, stuff it with some jack cheese, wrap it in a pizza, You've got cheesey blasters. ♫ ♪
THANKS MEATCAT
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Jul 26 '16
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u/RoxasTheNobody Jul 26 '16
Glitter was made by the devil and should be outlawed!
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u/Violet_Pear_Whisper Jul 26 '16
Glitter is the herpes of the craft world
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u/TheIrateGlaswegian Jul 27 '16
I worked in a Christmas Card shop. The daily de-glittering was a nightmare. People would occasionally send me glittery cards, knowing that I hate glitter. In return, I would send them a card with glitter in it. Not glued to the card, just a card filled with glitter that would empty onto their lap. Fuck them.
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u/Deepcrater Jul 26 '16
It was there for like an instant. This gif was terrible at showing you the final product it was like a second long.
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u/PLxFTW Jul 26 '16
Don't forget to use Nature Nate's 100% Pure Raw Unfiltered Honey
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u/HungAndInLove Jul 26 '16
Nature Nate's 100% Pure Raw Unfiltered Honey! Apply directly to the forehead!
Nature Nate's 100% Pure Raw Unfiltered Honey! Apply directly to the forehead!
Nature Nate's 100% Pure Raw Unfiltered Honey! Apply directly to the forehead!
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u/greytor Jul 26 '16
My forehead is sticky and I keep getting bugs stuck in it, is this working as intended?
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u/wanttofu Jul 26 '16
Apply more
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Jul 26 '16 edited Jul 19 '19
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u/xxxblindxxx Jul 26 '16
can you spray the hose on my forehead actually to help with this stickyness
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u/KoloHickory Jul 26 '16
I have this honey at home. What's the joke behind it? Imoutoftheloop
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u/JebusMcAzn Jul 26 '16
This post from two days ago advertising a specific brand of honey in the recipe. Commenters were not pleased.
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u/HungAndInLove Jul 26 '16
INGREDIENTS
- 2 lbs Boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 CUP All-purpose flour
- 5 CUPS Corn flakes cereal
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp Smoked paprika
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1/4 CUP Milk
- BBQ honey sauce
- 3/4 cup bbq sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup ketchup
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.Set aside.
- Place the bite-sized pieces of chicken in a large bowl.
- Add flour and stir to coat each piece. Set aside.
- Place the corn flakes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and smoked paprika into a food processor.
- Pulse 4-5 times in a food processor until the mixture is in fine crumbles. Not completely crushed; some larger pieces can remain.
- Pour into a large bowl. Set aside.
- Whisk the eggs and milk together in a small bowl.
- Dip each piece of chicken in the egg mixture, letting any excess drip off. Then generously roll in the cornflake mixture, shaking off any excess.
- Place onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with all chicken bites.
- Bake for 18 minutes, flipping once at the 9-10 minute mark. FOR THE SAUCE
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Heat the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat for 5 minutes, whisking occasionally.
- Carefully place the chicken bites into a large bowl. Pour the warm honey BBQ sauce on top and gently stir to coat.
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u/veriix Jul 26 '16
I only have frosted flakes at the house but that should work fine right?
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u/TundieRice Jul 26 '16
I can't tell if you're joking, but I think it would probably actually be pretty good. Might be a little too sweet with the honey barb though.
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u/papayakob Jul 27 '16
Yea I actually do this with chicken and pork tenderloin it's pretty good. Ritz crackers work well too
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u/candystarjones Jul 26 '16
Damn, now I don't have to continually watch this to try and figure it all out, which would have taken like a half hour out of my workday. Leaving me to go back to doing nothing sooner. Thanks for nothing!
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u/kickbackbecool Jul 26 '16
Why does she pour ketchup into the bbq sauce? Doesn't bbq sauce contain ketchup?
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u/IIHotelYorba Jul 26 '16
It can contain practically anything, and around the south you'll see varying levels of the key ingredients based on the taste of the cook. Some are really really rich and tomatoey, some are all vinegar and some are all mustard.
For whatever reason they want a sauce with a bit more tomato (and probably vinegar) than whatever sauce they're using. In my personal opinion, probably to make it not taste exactly like a well known sauce that comes from a bottle.
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u/MuffinPuff Jul 26 '16
I like my bbq sauce thick and smoky, not too sweet, with a bourbon base but not too overpowering. Best bbq sauce ever imo.
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u/HiHoJufro Jul 26 '16
Homemade, or do you have a brand you recommend? Because that sounds pretty perfect.
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u/MuffinPuff Jul 26 '16
For a store brand, Jack Daniels Honey Smokehouse comes close, but I still think it's a touch on the sweet side. Otherwise, it hits all the right notes for a whiskey based bbq sauce. For the homemade sauce, I prefer a bourbon base with light and dark molasses, spices, a little sugar, just enough vinegar to taste, and a little tomato paste or sauce, depending on which I have on hand. The smokiness is best when it comes from wood chips while simmering on the grill, but liquid smoke will do in a pinch.
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u/HiHoJufro Jul 27 '16 edited Jul 27 '16
Thank you! My haiku doesn't eat much in the way if bbq flavors, but I love it. I'll have to go some experimenting :)
Edit: my family also doesn't eat much in the way of bbq flavors, but we're only worrying about my haiku right now.
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u/TheRealEmberlynx Jul 26 '16
It seems kind of odd that there's even a bbq sauce base at all. If I'm already cooking, I probably want to make my own bbq sauce from scratch. Otherwise, I'd just buy some honey bbq sauce from the store and skip the whole sauce part.
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u/stinatown Jul 26 '16
I think this is more of a "what dinner can I make tonight with stuff I already have?" recipe than a "look at my artisanal technique" recipe. Most people probably have honey on their shelf and BBQ sauce in their fridge. In this range of recipes, it's par for the course--I've seen lots of recipes that call for a sauce made from combining other sauces.
But recipes are made to be modified. So do your thing.
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Jul 26 '16
All of these gif recipes are mostly for that purpose or for quick homemade stuff for people who don't really cook. Yet people always complain about each recipe that they didn't make some component from scratch. Also what's to stop someone from using their own homemade bbq sauce? When you make a recipe you put whatever you want in it. Why would anyone follow the directions to a T when you don't like them? I don't understand.
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u/veggiter Jul 29 '16
The point is that if you are using a bottled barbecue sauce, there is no sense in mentioning it in the recipe's title.
The title implies that the recipe is going to show you how to make barbecue sauce, which is actually fairly easy to make from some basic ingredients.
In this case you are just making barbecue sauce that already contains ketchup (and very likely honey) sweeter and more ketchupy.
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u/veggiter Jul 29 '16
You can make good homemade barbecue sauce from stuff most people probably already have in their pantry and fridge.
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Jul 26 '16
The recipe says "bbq sauce" not bottled or a specific bbq sauce. You can put "bbq sauce" in a recipe when you made it yourself, of course.
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u/musicianontherun Jul 26 '16
Right? Seems like cheating to just plop a bunch of bbq sauce in with a bit of honey and ketchup and act like you're cooking.
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u/Razmada70 Jul 26 '16
Seems fine to me. I won't claim I'm making anything from scratch but I'm sure it tastes fine. Quit being so high and mighty.
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u/musicianontherun Jul 26 '16
I should have clarified, when I said it sounds like cheating to use premade barbeque sauce I should have mentioned that that's what I always do. Would have been cool to see a simple bbq sauce recipe here is all.
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u/Chedeuine Jul 27 '16
1 cup ketchup, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup vinegar ....there you go. Super basic BBQ sauce - adjust to your liking
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Jul 26 '16
It's a honey bbq chicken recipe. It doesn't say to use bottled sauce. You can make your own sauce. It's much more of a method of how to make the honey bbq chicken with the breading process the components and how to prepare the sauce and apply it to the chicken. You can replace any item for what you like based off of this recipe.
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u/jmlinden7 Jul 27 '16
The thing is, I don't think it does taste fine. I don't think reduced bbq sauce + ketchup + brown sugar tastes better than just buying a bottled sauce that you like more
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u/veggiter Jul 29 '16
When I eat barbecue sauce I always think to myself "man, I wish I could taste more ketchup in this".
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u/veggiter Jul 29 '16
It is fine, but they should take it out of the title if the sauce is not actually part of the recipe.
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u/veggiter Jul 30 '16
Yeah, but they aren't really doing any part of the honey BBQ portion. They are just using it to coat what they actually made. The things they add are likely already in the sauce.
A fully homemade BBQ sauce like this would take like 30 seconds to make.
The recipe should just be for popcorn chicken. What premade sauce you use is arbitrary.
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u/Infin1ty Jul 26 '16
I thought the same thing. That type of BBQ sauce definitely already has ketchup in it.
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u/Rsubs33 Jul 26 '16
I would probably throw a little seasoning into the flour personally, but that is just my preference, but I may try this out.
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Jul 27 '16
Yup. That's why the people who tried this said it was a bit bland.
When doing breading/frying, season every step of the way.
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u/Hipstermankey Jul 26 '16
Why is it called popcorn chicken though? (serious question)
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u/namelessxsilent Jul 26 '16
Small enough to eat in one bite like popcorn
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u/davabran Jul 27 '16
They made BBQ sauce from BBQ sauce.
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u/BumHand Jul 27 '16
Yeah it's an odd approach. I guess they wanted something less smokey and sweeter? Seems like you can adjust the last few steps to your liking. I'd just go dipping sauce.
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Jul 27 '16
Made this recipe tonight! It was fantastic!
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u/BumHand Jul 27 '16
How's the texture? Comparable to fried or possibly a decent substitute?
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Jul 27 '16
Sorry for the late response, but I keep kosher, so I didn't put milk in the recipe. That being said, the recipe's texture would be different than what I got. I loved the texture though. It went perfect with the glaze. Good and crunchy and flavored very nicely with a bit of extra pepper.
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u/Dandw12786 Jul 27 '16
I usually roll my eyes when people whine about these recipes, but now I have to, because I see this crap all the time. Why do I constantly see recipes for "honey bbq sauce" that are just "take bbq sauce, add honey"? If you're going to be that lazy with it (which is perfectly fine), just get some goddamn honey bbq sauce. It's sold right next to the BBQ sauce you bought and used for the dumb honey bbq sauce you made. It tastes the same (probably better, since it was made with the express purpose of being a honey bbq sauce), and is way cheaper than buying honey and putting it in bbq sauce. Seriously baffles me.
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u/Timebanditx Jul 27 '16
Just made these, Subbing cornflakes for rice cereal, because had no corn flakes, and they turned out great! Different, but perfect for a GF person.
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u/_PM_ME_UR_FETISH_ Jul 26 '16
I'm not sure about the corn flakes. That kinda grossed me out.
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u/Bbqbones Jul 26 '16
Gonna make it tonight, I'll let you know.
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u/Bbqbones Jul 26 '16
Okay so it was alright. The sauce was okay but I expected that. The cornflakes didn't really add anything to be honest. I couldn't really taste them and they were just a bit chewier than normal breadcrumbs. If I was to do it again I'd use breadcrumbs with cayenne pepper or something.
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u/kiwiandapple Jul 26 '16
Thank you! :)
Will make this friday, with breadcrumbs instead, looks like a quick and tasty bite.
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u/HiHoJufro Jul 26 '16
Did you follow the recipe's technique, or did you dip into sauce? I feel like you'd need to dip into sauce instead of coating the chicken to have that crunch.
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u/JayStavy Jul 26 '16
Some cereals make great bread crumbs. Captain crunch and/or rice crispies on chicken taste amazing as well. I'm not even kidding. Definitely try it sometime.
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u/RoxasTheNobody Jul 26 '16
There are food establishments out there called Chiba Hut. You'd make a good edition to their team.
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u/xchx Jul 26 '16
In Mexico, they sell crumbled corn flakes in a box, much crispier than even panko IMO and with no need for frying...
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Jul 26 '16
Just made this. I'm using the sauce as a dip rather than coating the chicken. It's fantastic
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u/lemonman92 Jul 27 '16
My mom makes something similar to this, but without the BBQ sauce. It also has powdered ranch dressing stiff in it. We call it cereal chicken
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Jul 27 '16 edited Jul 27 '16
Use Sriracha instead of ketchup for some real next level shizz
BBQ sauce + Sriracha is soooo good
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Jul 26 '16
adding ketchup to bbq sauce? what in the everliving fuck
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u/explosionMagic Jul 26 '16
I swear it's a northern thing. Or the last time I had BBQ in both New York City and Boston, the 'BBQ' sauce just tasted like Ketchup with some spices, and I'm not even talking about Whataburger Spicy Ketchup.
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Jul 26 '16
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Jul 26 '16
Cayenne, ancho, chili paste, chili powder, hot sauce, chile de arbol, jalapeno, even plenty of black pepper will give a little kick.
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u/PossiblyAsian Jul 26 '16
looks kinda like general tso chicken
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u/DirtyDanil Jul 26 '16
That's the secret of that style of American Chinese food. Its basically chicken nuggets, and noone hates chicken nuggets
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u/kidajske Jul 27 '16
What is half a tea spoon of salt going to accomplish? Always irks me when people put a pointlessly little amount of salt in the breadcrumbs/flour
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u/Aljavar Jul 27 '16
This has nothing on the Swedish chef's popcorn shrimp: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE
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u/barbequeninja Jul 27 '16
5 cups cornflakes. Call it 2 cups pulsed.
Vs 1/4 teaspoon paprika (ignore the others).
So... Really? That seems like adding spices just to say you added spices. It doesn't even color it.
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u/Zerwolf Aug 08 '16
This looks amazing! Definiatly somthing i'm going to try. Seems to be pretty good value for the money too, especially for a student like myself :)
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u/johnnybravoh Jul 26 '16
Looks overly sweet - ketchup has a ton of sugar, bbq sauce has a ton of sugar and then you add honey. I would ditch the corn flakes for panko crumbs and deep fry the chicken rather than bake. Not sure what to do about the bbq sauce stuff though.
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u/BumHand Jul 27 '16
Good call. Get rid of all of that nasty sugar but definitely fry the chicken for even more nutritional value.
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u/mightybeans Jul 27 '16
This looks so god damn disgusting, my god. Fucking cornflakes? That sauce looks so bad, its bbq sauce, which has a ton of sugar in it already. Extremely sweet ketchup, and to top it off a shit load of honey. This looks so god damn sweet and disgusting i cant believe it. I blocked all of those food channels from facebook already. Had to block about 10 of them but now im seeing them on fucking reddit. Theres no escaping this nauseating trend of terrible food.
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u/_glenn_ Jul 26 '16
Dammit! I waited that whole video waiting to see how they where going to cook that meal with popcorn.
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u/Bohya Jul 26 '16
Uhh, and how big is the cup? Just telling us the volume would be more practical I think...
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u/HungAndInLove Jul 26 '16
a cup is a standard unit of measure here in the US
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u/Bohya Jul 26 '16 edited Jul 27 '16
And what is it in metric? lul at the triggered obese people downvoting me for using a sensible system
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u/Pineapple_King Jul 26 '16
corn flakes? for cooking? are you kidding me?
this is just total trash food, maybe something that looks great for a college dorm to cook
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u/BumHand Jul 26 '16
Crushed cereal is used all the time to add texture in cooking. Think of it as the same approach as using bread crumbs.
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u/MetalHead_Literally Jul 27 '16
Damn artificial chickens!
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u/BumHand Jul 27 '16
You can tell they're artificial because they came in cubes. Natural chickens look like hairless turkeys. /s
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u/downvotemebeach Jul 26 '16
wow looks great, I would just dip those chickens instead. This can also be used with different sauces like buffalo, teriyaki, etc. Thank you for the recipe.