This is awesome because once every year or so I crave that flavour so badly that I forget how horrid the meal makes me feel, and I stop at KFC. And then I feel horrid, and spend another year gagging at the thought of repeating the process.
But no more, friends! The most excellent discovery began when I found this recipe last week when I was having a childhood craving for Shake 'n Bake. I successfully shaked and baked my porkchop, although I didn't have the fancy "Nature's Seasons" spice, and the salt and pepper alone wasn't quite enough. Also, just to note, I did not grid my own almond flour, I went to the bulk store and bought a bag that someone else had already ground for me. I'm really not quite there yet...
Today, I decided to try the recipe again, this time "breading" (really, it's "almonding") my haddock. And when I tasted it, I could have sworn I was eating KFC....except with fish instead of chicken, obviously. But I expect it would work just as well on chicken or pork. Seriously, if you, like me, suffer from occasional inappropriate KFC cravings, you have to try this. Look, I was so excited I took a picture of my partially devoured meal.
...I really need a better camera, other paleo recipe blogs have much more professional looking visual aids.
Anyway, I ate it with my Lemon Cranberry Cabbage Salad (also pictured) that is my go-to paleo potluck dish, and which is in my side dish rotation along with "Salad Without the Lettuce" (or: a Big Bowl of Veggies).
Kentucky Fried insert meat (Paleo KFC)
Ingredients
Almond flour
1 whisked egg
Sea salt and pepper (I think I used 6-8 cranks of the grinder each)
A pinch of cumin
several shakes of chili powder
Haddock, or any sort of meat (I think)
(sorry about the imprecise measurements, I just sort of guess how much will taste good...)
1. Mix up the flour, salt/pepper, cumin, and chili powder in a soup bowl type dish that your meat can fit in.
2. Whisk the egg in a similar dish.
3. Dip your meat in the egg to coat on both sides, and then coat in the batter mixture.
4. Pan fry in some olive oil. I cooked the haddock (both sides) until it fell apart when I tried to flip it.
