First, you might notice my little feed on the side from the Temple. I'm doing the same thing over at the Temple with a feed from HFG.
Now, I'm going to also bring over Dinner Possible segments from the Temple. It's pretty much my favorite recipes that I cooked up recently with a twist of having most ingredients bought at Fresh & Easy. They're good recipes that apply to groceries from ANY store, so I think I should probably cross-post so y'all can enjoy them too.
Here goes the most recent Dinner Possible post from the Temple. Next time, I will post tandem. :)
Dinner Possible: Roasted Chicken and Croutons
I was supremely inspired after watching him made the Proper Chicken Salad. Essentially, he roasted chicken thighs in a pan on top of pieces of ciabatta bread which turned out to be some awesome croutons in the process. He also made his salad dressing from scratch.
I took shortcuts by buying a bag of romaine and bottle of Caesar. Didn't I tell you guys I was lazy?
However, I did follow Jamie's recipe on the chicken and ciabatta almost to the tee, except that I substitute thyme for rosemary (Brandon doesn't like rosemary), added a few lightly smashed clovers of garlic in the mix, and used bacon instead of pancetta. Also, after laying on the bacon, I roasted it up to 30 minutes extra because the bacon refuses to crisp up.
The bacon layer:
![properchicken (2)](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3519172823_8a2097b7c6.jpg)
The chicken layer:
![properchicken (7)](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3519174913_2ef93055fb.jpg)
The crispy delicious crouton layer:
![properchicken (11)](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3519990624_9d25f3718b.jpg)
I also served the meal differently. Instead of shredding the chicken for a salad, I featured the chicken thigh, bacon, and the croutons as a main course with salad on the side. It worked out very well that way as well. This recipe feeds 4.
Oh, and I don't know how but we ended up with a handful of romaine, a few croutons and strips of bacon leftover to have for lunch the next day.
The Fresh & Easy version totaled up to about $4 per person with extra chicken and bacon for future use.
![properchicken (17)](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/3519992894_6202cdca64.jpg)
ETA: When I made this the second time for the pictures, I decided to do a pan gravy as well. Just dumped some flour into the leftover grease, cooked that up, and deglaze with chicken stock.
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