One of my four recipes for this specific week was- Turkey Piccata. The picture in my wonderful Crockpot Cookbook shows golden brown nuggets of turkey, sitting on a steamy pile of rice and wonderfully placed next to a generous helping of broccoli. Sounds wonderful right? Seems to cover all necessary colors for a meal?
My first mistake in this meal was deciding the appease my husbands wishes to do away with the vegetable of choice that night. No broccoli = minus green. Second mistake? Not browning the chicken I substituted the turkey for. No golden nuggets = minus yellow. And yes, ladies and gents, there were three mistakes... third mistake? Wondering to myself JUST how crucial the cilantro would be to the final product. It is, after all, just a garnish. Right?
Maybe I'm getting to ahead of myself here... I will break down the recipe for you. You are to cut breasts into strips and then dredge in flour, salt and pepper. Then, brown on each side of the strips before placing them into the crock pot. Next, you are to pour in a can of chicken broth and the zest/juice of one lemon. Cook on low for one hour, then add in cilantro.
Oops, that makes four mistakes... forgot the lemon too!
Hind sight is 20/20. Lemon and cilantro combine for a fresh hispanic flavor. I had neither of these, so I suppose I just had a fresh! The picture was anything but beautiful, but I swallowed my pride and plated up our dinner bracing myself for the look of, "What are you feeding me??" Picture this- soggy pale chicken, on a plate of white rice... the only color being the gold-ish color of the chicken broth. I couldn't even take a picture! Below is a picture of what should have been-
Guess we should've gotten the broccoli :-)
Till next time,
KC
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