Thursday, February 3, 2011

The other exception to the rule: Fried Mac and Cheese

We know the whole point of the blog is to have recipes for just one person, right? Well, when I made the macaroni and cheese yesterday, I did it with the intention of having left overs so I could make fried macaroni and cheese. Since that's not exactly healthy, I decided to roast some squash and zucchini and bake a pork chop like I did last week.


I had a minor mishap..and the neighbors probably think I'm crazy (if you think you KNOW I'm crazy, keep that to yourself! HA!). I made a rookie mistake and let my oil get hot. Idiot! You'd think this was my first time in the kitchen! So lesson learned here, kids, is don't let your oil get too hot. If you do, you'll set off the smoke alarm and you food will look something like this:



(Side note: I come by my burning skills honestly...grandma's nickname is burn. Mine's usually crash.)

Roasted Veggies:
1/2 zucchini, cubed
1/2 squash, cubed
olive oil to coat lightly
chili powder
salt
pepper

Set oven to broil.
1. Wash and dry your veggies and place them in a small baking dish.
2. Drizzle them lightly with the olive oil and sprinkle lightly with chili powder. (HELLO! It's chili powder! Go easy with the stuff so you can eat the veggies!)
3. Salt and pepper lightly and toss the veggies to coat them well and mix the seasonings.
4. Bake for 10 minutes or until they start to char a little. They're charred! Not burnt!!

If you like your veggies a little more firm, you might want to cut the cook time a little short, just check on them.

Fried Mac and Cheese

3-4, 2" cubes of left over macaroni and cheese (I used Alton Brown's from foodnetwork.com)
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
House seasoning
2 eggs, blended
1 1/2-2 cups veggie oil/canola oil* (depends on your pan)

1. Mix the bread crumbs and a few good shakes of the house seasoning.
2. Put your oil in a frying pan and set to medium-high. Keep an eye on it, so that you don't have an incident like I did :)
3. Coat the macncheese cubes in egg, then in the bread crumbs. When the oil is nice and hot (just sprinkle a little bread crumbs in there, if it bubbles, the oil is hot) gently place your macncheese cubes in the oil.
4. Let each side cook in the oil for a minute or two. You want them to be golden brown. Take them out of the oil and set them on a paper towel to drain...remember, we're not trying to die tonight!
5. Top with a little shredded cheese and you're good to go!

How's that for a slice of fried gold? :D

*I used veggie oil...because that's what I had. I think that's what I always use. I know there are differences between canola and veggie oil, but really, Home Ec was like 10 years ago...

Here's what these turned out to look like...they were quite tasty!



Stay warm and happy cooking!!

Amy

2 comments:

  1. Looks so yummy! I miss your cookin'!

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  2. It was so good...after I started over :P We'll have to get together and have dinner soon!

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