My Top Chef

Top Chef starts tonight! What a coincidence, because I wanted to share with you my top chef.

I'm almost always the one to cook for us. I really enjoy doing it, so it was never really a question. Well last night I came home to dinner waiting for me on the table! Matt stayed home from work with a migraine and was feeling much better by dinner time so decided he'd get dinner together.

It was SOOOOO GOOD! We already had dinner picked out*, so he whipped up the recipe and I have to admit - he's such a better cook than I! He's cooked for me before, but not in a while. I told him he's in trouble now that I know how great he is ;)

So here is our dinner:


I was soon a member of the clean plate club:


And the amazing recipe comes from Mary Ellen's Cooking Creations:

SPICY GARLIC LIME CHICKEN

Ingredients

• 3-4 boneless chicken breasts, pounded out just a bit
• Spices: Kosher salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, dried parsley, dried cilantro, paprika
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/4 c tequila
• 1 14.5 can low sodium chicken broth
• Juice from 1 lime
• Handful of chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tbsp butter
• Olive oil
• Linguine
  

Directions

• Coat chicken in the dry spices - I simply shook the spices right onto the chicken from the spice jars and then rubbed them all in. I don't measure, but it was probably about 3 shakes from each bottle per side of chicken.
• Heat about 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan.
• Add chicken and cook on medium high heat for about 4-5 minutes per side. The chicken will turn a beautiful golden brown color. If the chicken is not cooked all the way through, lower your heat and continue to cook, or transfer it to the oven to finish (covered).
• Remove chicken from the pan and add another tbsp of olive oil.
• Add garlic, saute
• Deglaze pan with the tequila.
• Add chicken broth and lime juice; bring to a boil.
• Add parsley.
• Whisk in butter to thicken the sauce up a bit
• Serve chicken over linguine; top with the sauce.

What are you making for me next week, husband?

*Picking out recipes before going to the grocery stores really helps you stay within budget and stop unneeded spending.