Lots of chicken and new sauce

No pictures indeed because I was hungry and it's chicken sandwiches. Who needs pictures? I'm low on certain cupboard staples so the next week or so is going to be chicken, hamburger and chicken. Will try and get hold of some beef next time other than hamburger.

So first off I used the three chicken breast cutlets that were left and soaked them overnight in a 'spiced buttermilk'. Namely:

1 c milk

1 tbl lemon juice

2 tbl rotisserie chicken spice mix

 

Whisk together thoroughly, let it sit a minute or two. I used a freezer ziplock bag and poured the buttermilk soak into the bag with the cutlets, put them on a plate in the fridge overnight. You can do an hour or two but this really set the flavor into the meat.

Now the fixing were the usual, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo and tried my hand at another chicken sauce off the top of my head. I was lucky this time, it was tasty! I did a small batch since it was only for two sandwiches. Measurements are VERY approximate and at first I thought there was too much mustard but after whisking and adding in a little more bbq sauce it was perfect.

1/2 c mayonnaise

1 tbl bbq sauce (+ a smidge, to taste)

1 tsp yellow mustard

1/2 tsp dill pickle juice

1/2 tsp ground pepper

1/4 tsp each garlic and onion powder

1/4 tsp smoked paprika

 

Whisk it all together if in a round bottom bowl, if you use something that has straight sides, be sure to get a spoon to get all the ingredients in the bottom.

 

That turned out so well my partner used it on both sides of his buns and almost didn't leave enough for me. It's subtle but still has that tangy mustard flavor but isn't overpowering. Great balance of tart and sweet and smoky that was perfect for the chicken.

 

The previous recipe I did with the cutlets I was going for a cheese steak sort of sandwich mix. So I had red and green bell peppers and sliced onion. I think I only soaked the chicken for an hour or two in the buttermilk but it was another surprise dish combination.

 

 

I have never had a 'philly cheese steak' sandwich, the cooked peppers and onion with the cheese combo always kind of put me off.  Well, this has changed my mind and am now prepared to try the vaunted 'cheese steak and pepper' sandwich sometime when I can. Might have to see about getting some shaved beef like I did before, food for thought.

HA!

Finally, cannot recommend it higher to try the Costco Chocolate Mousse layer cake with ganache frosting. I bought it for my birthday earlier in the month and have forgotten to post about it. Huge cake of course that took us about two or three weeks to finish off. I bought it at the end of September since my birthday was the first week of October.  Note: I did not do the first cut of the cake..ahem.... I had to fix it with subsequent divisions. Standard slice size was even too big for my chocolate loving partner and had to give me the last half of his slice. You could divide those slices and it would still be more than enough for dessert.