Make a Meal with Culinary K #38

February 23, 2018 By Captain Maiel Leave a Comment

If winter has got you down, this meal will bring you right back up. It’s got summer all over it, but is the comfort food you desire in colder temps. You might think that this is just another boring chicken recipe. I assure you that this will up your chicken game. In fact, you can use the mix from the recipe to season the batter for your fried chicken. Yes, it’s that’s good and versatile.

So let’s get started…

K’s Kickin’ Chicken

The experimental chicken…which I will now call K’s Kickin’ Chicken came about in a cold and boring night. Is anyone else bored with the daily fare? I am tired of coming up with dinners, I often say. The reality is, I’m tired of the same thing every week, like I have a one page menu to pick from.

You can’t eat just the chicken though. You’ll need a couple sides. Let’s keep it light. The winter is too often an excuse to eat heavy.

Steamed Green Beans

Wash and cut the stems from fresh green beans. If the green beans are too long to fit in your pot, you can cut them in half. Place a steamer basket (Please use metal. Plastic can melt in the pan. I learned that the hard way.) in an ample size sauce pan with an inch of water. Put the beans in the basket and cover. Heat with steam for about 5-8 minutes depending on the tenderness you prefer for your beans.

If you can’t find fresh green beans, use frozen. You’ll just get to skip the first couple of steps. It may take a little longer to heat the beans through.

Season with salt and pepper to taste, add a little butter to deepen the flavor.

A nice addition to this compact but tasty pairing is biscuits. If you use Bisquick or another baking mix, follow the directions on the packaging. Do you prefer to use a product you put together yourself?

Baking Mix Recipe [Homemade Bisquick]

If you’re building your own mix or using store bought, be sure to brush some melted butter on the top of the biscuits. You can also add crumbles to the batter to improve texture and flavor. These biscuits will be light and airy.

Happy eating!

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About Captain Maiel

Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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Excerpts of K's unedited, rough drafts and other scraps of writing can be found at: KWilliamsAuthor on deviantArt.com. You can also sample her books on Wattpad.

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