Best Hors d'oeuvres Ever!

Okay, I don't know where this recipe came from and I'm not laying claim to it. I was in North Carolina recently visiting friends and this was served. I then served it to friends at home after making some minor modifications. It worked both times remarkably well. I'll give you both recipes and let you decide which is best. It's basically a Prosciutto Chicken Wrap.

Recipe #1 -
Prosciutto slices
Smoked Chicken breast sliced thin
Swiss Cheese slices to match chicken slices

Place one piece of smoked chicken breast on a slice of prosciutto. Place a slice of swiss cheese on top of the chicken. Roll the proscuitto around the chicken and cheese and continue rolling until the proscuitto is wrapped around the chicken and cheese several times. Heat in the microwave until the cheese is melted. Serve warm, but not so hot that the cheese burns people's mouths.

Recipe #2 -
Prosciutto slices
Grilled Chicken breast sliced thin
Swiss Cheese slices to match chicken slices

Grill chicken breast to completeness making certain to char it perfectly. Cool the chicken to insure the breast stays juicy. 20 minutes before serving, preheat oven to 400. While oven is preheating, slice cooled chicken diagonally across the chicken breast so slices match the width of prosciutto slices. Place one piece of chicken on prosciutto and place one piece of cheese on top of chicken. Roll prosciutto around chicken and cheese. Place wrap on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with oil with seam side down. Bake in oven until cheese is melted and prosciutto ends are crispy, about 10 minutes. Serve warm and don't plan on leftovers.

The flavor combination is amazing and can be enhanced with herbs or mushrooms. Play with the basic recipe until you have it the way you like it. I prefer the oven method versus the microwave method since the ham is nicer when it's crispy.

Enjoy!!

Fast Food Chicken - The Best!!

Okay, I don't ordinarily eat at too many fast food places. (Shut up, Tim.) But my favorites are usually chicken places. One of the best from my home town in Arizona was Church's Fried Chicken. Tasty stuff! My favorite now, if I've got a choice, is Popeye's because of the kick from the jalapenos. However, this weekend, my partner and I took a trip to North Carolina to visit friends. And I got introduced to Bojangles World Famous Chicken and Biscuits. OMG!!

This place was so good! They do chicken the way it's supposed to be done. The pieces that I had were so tasty and juicy that I couldn't tell if they had ever been frozen. And the pieces were HUGE! (are you listening KFC?) The breading was crunchy and had a kick from a tiny bit of tabasco sauce, I think. Not overwhelming, but enough to let you know it's there.

They also do breakfast biscuits in about a dozen or two different ways. They have the most amazing breakfast sausage. I love a good savory sausage and this was the best. There's even a pork chop biscuit. They have loads of sides, and all the other stuff. In our travels, I saw stand alone restuarants, restaurants as part of a convenience store, and express stores with no seating. It seems it's very popular further south of here. Overall, a very satisfying experience. Twice.