Stuffed Chicken Breast, Basmati Rice, and Green Salad

Cook to Temperature - Not Time

Produce: Duncan Family Farms
Protein: fresh and easy

Cooking Time: 60 minutes
Clean Up: Cutting board, pot, chef knife, rotary cheese grater, salad bowl
Tim's Additions: none

Stuffed Chicken Breast

Decided to invest a bit more time in dinner tonight: and went with a stuffed chicken breast from my favorite store. The best thing about this is that it is a simple peel-the-plastic-off-cover-with-aluminum-foil-and-shove-the-temperature-probe-in-the-center and place it in a 375 degree oven on a baking sheet.  Since you have to wait around an hour, we can focus on the other stuff for the meal.

Simple Green Salad

At four ingredients (arugula, romaine hearts, radishes, and parmesan), salads don't get any more simple than this. Since we are dealing with farm-to-table produce, it goes without saying that you need to wash the veggies thoroughly (unless you like bonus top soil in your veggies).  Arugula can just be thrown in the bowl. Slice the romaine hearts (perpendicular to the stem) and radishes - chuck those into the bowl as well. Grate some real parmesan (for all that is good and holy do not use the "parm" that comes in a green can - it isn't cheese if the food label shows more than one thing like, let's say, cheese) over the top. Sprinkle some ground pepper and veggie seasoning over the top.  Feel free to either dress with oil or your favorite salad dressing.

Not Your Mom's Minute Rice

Felt like adding a starch and opted for rice.  Resist the urge to bust out the minute rice you grew up with and go with something decent like basmati tonight (only because I had it on hand). You've got lots of time before the chicken is done so time shouldn't be a factor. For boiling it off, I add olive oil and butter to the water that needs to be boiling...those are optional but, I like the way the finished product tastes.

The finished chicken tasted great but the presentation was off.  All was well until I had to slice it and then it just fell apart before I could get in on the plate. If I had invested another 15 minutes, I might have upped the presentation factor but, it wasn't worth it for tonight.  The overall taste reminded me a bit of chicken and dumplings and was way, way better than going out to eat.

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