Thursday

Earl Cooks Freezer to Plate Lemon Garlic Herb Chicken

While shopping in my local grocery store...by the way, shopping for me means going to almost EVERY aisle because I never know what I may find, I found something new that sort of set me wondering if it was possible. It was a box the claimed to have the ability to make frozen chicken a meal without THAWING!

I buy almost all my chicken fresh, then freeze it, or buy it frozen in those big packages, and almost always forget to DEFROST IT! This happens not because I have a bad memory, but because I never know, until it's too late, what I am going to create. I am trying to get better, but when I don't, I now have an ALLY...Freezer to Plate from a company called The Good Table.

They claim you can take their product, add frozen chicken and a bit of water and voilà-dinner.

I thought I would start with their Lemon Garlic Herb, because I knew my wife liked lemon. It includes Cavatappi Pasta. (Cavatappi is the Italian word for corkscrew), and a foil packet of sauce. That's it! Image result for CAVATAPPI PASTA Pour the dry pasta into the baking dish, add water place chicken breasts on top, pour sauce packet over chicken breasts, cover with foil and bake! You have it, right?
Well maybe. Since I was cooking just 2 breast halves, I didn't need a 9x13 baking dish. Also the chicken turns out pale because it was frozen and covered and there doesn't seem to be enough liquid for the pasta. That said, it tasted really good and the chicken was cooked perfectly(I cooked mine the longer time on the box), my wife liked it and she is not a pasta fan. i will buy it and make it a again, in a smaller baking dish with a dash more water and I am going to try some of their other offerings.

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