Chicken, Pasta, Veggie.

I feel like all of the dinners that I make have a combination of these three things. Tonight, I deconstructed (as they say on Top Chef) my favorite dishes and made Breaded Chicken, Steamed Broccoli and little noodles.

Breaded Chicken is my favorite thing to make for many reasons-- mainly about the main sauces that you can dip or pour over it.

Start making your dinner in this order, so that everything come out hot!

Noodles (10 minutes)
Broccoli (start 3 minutes after you pour noodles in)
Chicken (start 5 minutes after you pour noodles in)

Noodles
Who doesn't love noodles with butter and Parmesan cheese? It makes me think about my childhood dinners. I had tiny soup noodles so I used those tonight. I really wanted spatzel but our grocery store didn't have any.

Broccoli

Ingredients

1 bunch of broccoli

Lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Method

1 Rinse out well your broccoli, and break into large, bite-sized florets. Cut off the stem and peel off the thick skin around the stem. Quarter or halve the stem lengthwise.

2 Bring 3/4 to 1 inch of water to a boil in a saucepan with a steamer. (Note that is you don't have a steamer, you can simply put the broccoli directly into an inch of boiling water.) Add the broccoli to the steamer and cover; reduce heat to medium and let cook for 6-7 minutes. The broccoli is done when you can pierce it with a fork. But be careful not to overcook the broccoli. As soon as it is pierce-able, remove from heat, place in serving dish.

3 Salt and pepper. Squeeze half a lemon over the top!

Serves 2-4, depending on how much broccoli people like to eat.

I make my Breaded Chicken by...

First, I butterfly the chicken breast and flatten it using a meat mallet. Then, I dip the chicken into breadcrumbs, no eggs for me! I pour olive oil in the bottom of the pan, very very thin layer. I let the oil heat up on medium-low heat.

Cook 3 minutes on each side. Before taking the chicken out, squeeze half a lemon over top and cook for 1 more minute.

Seriously yummy dinner.