Momma Joy's fried chicken

This is a favorite of my hubby's, his dad and his brother. This would include fighting over the last piece at the dinner table.

4 sleeves of townhouse Orginial crackers

1 pkg of chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into 1-2 inch thick strips or thicker. Season with salt and pepper

4 eggs

Milk

Canola oil

Salt and pepper

Fill an electric skillet with canola oil about two inches deep. Heat to 400 degrees.

In a gallon zip lock bag empty two sleeves of crackers. Finely crush crackers with a rolling pin, make sure the air is out of the bag. Empty crumbs into a shallow baking dish. Repeat with other two sleeves. 

In another bowl scramble the four eggs with a little milk. 

For the set up, if your right handed, electric skillet to tte right, to the left the dish with crumbs, the eggs in the dish by the crumbs. Have a plate lined with paper towel. 

Dip chicken strips in egg then press then into cracker crumbs. Put into the skillet, fry til golden brown on one side, flip, fry til golden brown. I usually fry 8-9 pieces at a time. Place fried chicken on paper towel. Repeat with rest of chicken. 

Chocolate granola with salted caramel

So I was thinking, chocolate, I love chocolate, I also love caramel, mmmm... So I was thinking that the two of those ingredients and some dry roasted peanuts would be great together.

Granola ingredients:

4 c. Gluten free rolled oats

1 c. Dry roasted peanuts

4 tbsp cocoa

1/2 c. Water

3/4 c. Brown sugar

1/4 c + 1 tbsp pure maple syrup

2 tbsp olive oil

1/2 c. Ghirardelli 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips 

Sea salt

Caramel sauce

1/4 c. Butter

1/4 c. Heavy cream

1/2 c. Brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl mix oats and peanuts. In a small sauce pan, mix cocoa, water, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Heat til it boils, watch it closely, as soon as it boils, add chocolate and olive oil. Pour over oats, mix well. Spread on a cookie sheet lined with a silopat mat or parchment paper. Bake for 30 minutes flipping granola over at the 15 minute mark. Remove from cookie sheet, place in a glass baking dish to cool.

For the caramel sauce, heat ingredients in a small saucepan, whisk. Bring to a boil whisking constantly til temperature is 200 degrees. Remove from heat. Let it cool. Then pour over chocolate granola, stir the granola carefully, coating it well. Sprinkle sea salt on top. Let it cool completely.