Friday Night Dinner

Shelby's coming by to play some guitar hero, have dinner, and hang out. I still have some of those little lobster tails that were so cheap at Safeway a while back. I think I'm gonna pick up a couple chicken breasts tomorrow, and do a bit of a brave take on a dish I haven't had for AGES, and never made - let alone adapted.

Oh yes, it's gonna be my stylie "Chicken/Lobster Kiev with Mushroom Sauteed Gnocchi".

I've got tons of REALLY fantastic herb butter (well, margarine actually as I don't like butter) in my freezer courtesy of the AeroGarden. The thing is still prolific as hell after I've really cut it back many many times. I'm quite impressed.

I've got a packet of gnocchi already. Tomorrow I'm just going to get a couple chicken breasts (which I loathe to use as they're utterly tasteless) and I'm going to also pick up some portabello caps.

I'll par off the lobster in chicken stock just to cook them lightly, then chop them up and let them cool. I'll stick the chunks with a couple knobs of herb butter, season the mix and roll that in chicken breast portions which I'll bash until thin between some parchment. I'll roll those "rolls" in seasoned flour, then the egg wash, and in panko (which I also have).

Then I think searing them in a pan and roasting them in the oven quickly will be enough cooking. In another pan, I'll quickly saute mushrooms and fold in the boiled gnocchi and maybe add some truffle oil and fresh herbs.

The Kievs should be somewhat cylindrical when done, so I hope I can slice them into rounds like a boudin, and serve that on the gnocchi.

Should be amazing. I've never tried it before but I can see it in my mind, and I think it'll work. Plus I have 80% of the ingredients on hand so I'm not lashing out on something weird. I just need some mushrooms and a couple chicken breasts.

I'll report back!