Hot Cheetos Chicken

Daddy Monster was late from work today, and wanted to go out when he got home, but our "normal" dinnertime was upon us, and we were hungry, so I decided to throw something together. I had some chicken breasts thawed in the fridge, and had this great recipe pinned, and thus Hot Cheetos Chicken was born.
I used this recipe from food.com as a jumping off point.
First, I took a small bag of baked Cheetos (extra awesome, because they were free!) and threw them in the blender with a few Tbs of parmesan cheese, and pulsed it until it was all crumbled, I emptied it out onto a plate, then I did the same thing with a big handful of Hot Cheetos. I emptied that out on a plate, gave an egg a quick scramble in a bowl, and poured about a cup of flour on another plate. Once I had my assembly line set up, I butterflied my chicken (yes, it isn't that pretty, but I'm not looking for points for presentation a la Chopped or anything :), dipped it in the egg, into the flour, into the egg again, and then into the Cheetos crumbs. A small breast into the baked Cheetos for Big Monster and a slightly bigger one into the hot Cheetos for Momma Monster. I heated some vegetable oil over medium heat and then cooked the chicken until it was brownish and crispy on the outside.
Verdict: Yum! The baked Cheetos one had a far milder flavor than the hot Cheetos one, but the hot Cheetos one had no spicyness whatsoever. The hot Cheetos one was quite a bit more greasy though. They were both really good, even Big Monster (pickiest eater on the face of the PLANET!!!) finished her whole portion. I'll definitely be making them again!



The Assembly Line

And introducing....

Hello, all out there in blogland. It is I, the notorious blog-starter-and-never-finisher, also known as Amanda! As you can tell by this ever-awesome nickname, I have a horrid, horrid habit. Well, I`m here today to make an honest effort to change. Of course, it`s not like I`m not busy enough as it is, what with two little monsters, a husband, school, and working on making our business venture a success, but I'm nothing if not ambitious! Plus, with Blogger's mobile app, i can blog while rock-a-bying Little Monster to sleep, since the darling child who i love so much refuses to sleep unless she's being held.
So, as I sit here at naptime (aka "lay down quietly or you go to bed early" time, in the case of Big Monster) browsing Pinterest and following the maze of connections through the Blogosphere, I have a thousand million ideas shooting through my head, and i want to share. So, i hope this will be a place where you can enjoy stories of my successes and even of my failures, and maybe share yours too. I can't wait to chronicle the things i sew, the food i cook, the crafts i make, and, i hope at some point, the adventures i have with my monsters.
About me? Well, I recently turned 25 years old, and I'm quite obsessed with making stuff. I love to create, must be the Pisces in me. I'm not very funny to most people (although I crack myself up, lol!), but I do love to laugh. I love to cook and may not have the cleanest house in the world (or even in my neighborhood) and I'm okay with that...sometimes. I've been married almost 6 years to one of the only people who "get" me Big Daddy Monster, and we have two Monsters together: Big Monster is 5 1/2 going on 30, and Little Monster is 2 1/2 months.
I hope you all enjoy my blog!
Tonight for dinner: Cheetos Chicken. I'll let you know how it turns out :-)

Momma Monster out