Necessary Pleasures

Jason has a stand-by recipe that always makes the girls happy. JaFaxby's is short for either Jason's Faux Zaxby's or Jason Fulmore's Zaxby's. Whichever, the girls go GaGa over it.

True to GaGa style, I mixed it up tonight (by substituting corn meal for the flour. I'm just that wild! Born that way, I guess.)

TaFaxBy's
(measuring advice from Jason: "make it up as you go"):

• flour (or, if you're feeling wild, corn meal
• salt and pepper
• parmesan cheese, grated (leave it out if you're making it Mama style)
• chicken, cut into strips
• egg
• milk
• canola oil

Directions -- Cover the bottom of a heavy pan with 2-3" of canola oil and heat over medium-high. Beat the egg with a little milk in a bowl. Put some flour, S&P and parmesan in a sealable plastic bag (or, if you're like us and don't often have plastic bags on hand, just put it in a large bowl). One by one, dip the chicken strips in the egg/milk mixture, then into the flour mixture, and then into the hot pan to cook.