This is going to be confusing but initially we tried the Chicken Carbonara just the way the recipe stated. I only made half of the recipe since there's only two of us. It was good but we doctored it up during the dinner.
I did cook the original amount of chicken and I doubled the spaghetti to have on hand for tomorrow (even though I halved the recipe for our dinner, make sense?) . Harold wanted more spaghetti halfway through so I mixed some of the 'saving' spaghetti into the dinner he had left. Then we decided on more cheese so I shredded more parmesan over the altered dinner. And since I was up, I zested a bit more lemon over our plates.
We really enjoyed the dinner before all the changes but enjoyed it more afterwards. I only used 2 eggs and I had everything else piping hot so the eggs did cook with the heat of the food that was stirred in (thanks for that hint). Next time, I'll only toast the walnuts and forget the bread crumbs, or maybe just cut way down on the crumbs.
I had 2 problems making this dinner and they were both my fault. I had my mise en place ready and spilled the cream, twice! What a mess, twice. Then that cast iron pan was so heavy that I had trouble scraping the chicken out of the pan into the egg/cream mix. It nearly broke my wrist and elbow but next time I know to stand on a small stool or have Mr HB do it. Holy cow, that pan weighs a ton. I'm not a little thing, I'm 5'6" and just barely could bring my arm up high enough to get the poultry and bacon into the egg mix bowl.
Even before we played with changes, this was Harold's favorite dinner yet. We both gave it an 8 and will definately make Chicken Carbonara again but I'll probably use another recipe. In fact, I think I will meld this recipe and the recipe from Weeknight Dinners for our perfect Chick Carbonara.
We're still waiting for our '9' which we'll make at least once a month and the '10' that we'll serve when George Clooney, Sean Connery and Tom Selleck come to visit. Harold's list of visitors is a little different than mine but I'm the cook!
I did cook the original amount of chicken and I doubled the spaghetti to have on hand for tomorrow (even though I halved the recipe for our dinner, make sense?) . Harold wanted more spaghetti halfway through so I mixed some of the 'saving' spaghetti into the dinner he had left. Then we decided on more cheese so I shredded more parmesan over the altered dinner. And since I was up, I zested a bit more lemon over our plates.
We really enjoyed the dinner before all the changes but enjoyed it more afterwards. I only used 2 eggs and I had everything else piping hot so the eggs did cook with the heat of the food that was stirred in (thanks for that hint). Next time, I'll only toast the walnuts and forget the bread crumbs, or maybe just cut way down on the crumbs.
I had 2 problems making this dinner and they were both my fault. I had my mise en place ready and spilled the cream, twice! What a mess, twice. Then that cast iron pan was so heavy that I had trouble scraping the chicken out of the pan into the egg/cream mix. It nearly broke my wrist and elbow but next time I know to stand on a small stool or have Mr HB do it. Holy cow, that pan weighs a ton. I'm not a little thing, I'm 5'6" and just barely could bring my arm up high enough to get the poultry and bacon into the egg mix bowl.
Even before we played with changes, this was Harold's favorite dinner yet. We both gave it an 8 and will definately make Chicken Carbonara again but I'll probably use another recipe. In fact, I think I will meld this recipe and the recipe from Weeknight Dinners for our perfect Chick Carbonara.
We're still waiting for our '9' which we'll make at least once a month and the '10' that we'll serve when George Clooney, Sean Connery and Tom Selleck come to visit. Harold's list of visitors is a little different than mine but I'm the cook!
Jan
Please spay and neuter your pets.
Please spay and neuter your pets.