Garret Chicken and Sweet Chicken

Lately I have become a much more daring person with food. I love food and love to cook but I am tired of the same old same old with my food. There is one thing that I almost always have. Chicken. So I wanted to come up with some different recipes that were not just lemon pepper or barbecue. I needed something new. 

I was on SPAC during spring term and we had a food night. I wanted to make something but I didn't know what to do. Like I said before, I always have chicken of some sort. So I grabbed one of my friends books called The Flavor Bible. SO GENIUS! It is amazing. It has flavors, spices, other foods, ect that go with any other type of food. I looked up Chicken and it had a ton of things to use with it. I had a few ideas but didn't know how to go about it. I asked my friend Garret what he would want to have, a sweet chicken or a hearty chicken. He picked hearty so I did that. Here is what I did and what is now called Garret Chicken for him picking what I should make. So thanks Garebear!

Chicken

Butter or Oil

Salt

Pepper

Garlic Powder/Salt (whichever one you prefer really)

Onion Powder/Salt (same as garlic)

Diced or Chopped Tomatoes (however big you want your tomatoes)

Fry chicken (any kind really - I am going to do chicken breast next) in just a regular frying pan with some butter or oil. Putting salt, pepper, garlic, onion, oregano, and parsley on each side of the chicken while it cooks. Once the chicken starts to get a golden color, add the tomatoes and saute them. It is all up to you for how cooked you want the chicken and the tomatoes. Enjoy! I like the chicken alone as well as shredded and put into pasta and Alfredo. 

The next one I made was made today. It was soo good! I did the sweet chicken today.

Chicken

Butter

Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Vanilla

Honey

Fry the chicken just like in the Garret Chicken, in a pan but this time with only the butter. Right away put in three heaping teaspoons of brown sugar. Mix the sugar and the melting butter around and all over the chicken. After it has been spread, sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg onto the chicken. Let all of this set in for a little to let the flavors seep into the meat. All the while you are flipping the chicken. Put about a tablespoon of  vanilla extract into the mixture and a teaspoon of honey. Mix it all in and cook the chicken until it is all the way cooked. Now enjoy!

It sounds crazy, smells good, and tastes delicious! Don't be scared, just try it out. I promise you will enjoy it.