SPD: Crispy Ranch Chicken & Baked Asparagus

 

Monday night, I made this delicious Crispy Ranch Chicken via this pin

and my favorite and super simple way to make asparagus via this pin.

 

 

To make the chicken:

{sidenote: I tweaked the recipe from the original pin a wee bit!}

 

1. Gather all of your ingredients

- about 8 chicken tenderloins {or about 5-6 chicken breasts}

- 1 cup of Ranch dressing {I ended up doing about 2/3 cup of Ranch and 1/3 cup of Greek yogurt to try to cut down on all of that Ranch-y texture. Next time, I will likely make it with just Greek yogurt and a packet of Ranch dressing mix.}

- 1.5 cups plain bread crumbs

- 1.5 cups lightly crushed corn flakes

 

2. Set up an assembly line!

- in a wide bowl, pour in ranch dressing

- in a second wide bowl, combine bread crumbs and corn flakes

 

3. Procede with coating the chicken

- dip chicken evenly into ranch on both sides

- dip ranch covered chicken into dry mixture

- place on top of wire rack on baking sheet {this helps to get the chicken crispy on ALL sides!}

 

4. Bake at 350* for 35-45 mins

OR until chicken is tender and cooked through.

 

 

Now, to make the asparagus:

 

 {Two quick words: YUM. YUM.}

 

It's really rather simple.

Take the fresh/raw asparagus and season with:

-olive oil

-pepper

-salt

-a sprinkling of parmesan cheese

-and {this time} I added toasted sunflower seeds.

 

Lay flat on a baking sheet.

 

Bake at 400* for about 8 minutes.

 

That's it!

Easy as asparagus pie, right?

You're welcome.

 

 

You can add whatever other side dishes you enjoy.

We chose some nice chunky applesauce {because we're still kids at heart, obviously}.

 

Enjoy!

 

One more sidenote:

Doesn't it just kill you when you have a sink full of dirty dishes,

and you go to put them in the dishwasher...

only to find a dishwasher packed full of clean dishes that you have yet to put away?

Gah.

 Luckily, I got it all taken care of quickly while the food was in the oven.

{& just in time to have to clean up all of the dirty dishes from the rest of dinner.}

Moral of story: I do not like doing dishes.

#endrant.

 

Linking up today with Stephanie {Katie's off vacationing!}, of course.