The other day I was going through my Snapchat stories, and I came across the most amazing ten second clips I’ve ever seen… Chrissy Teigen was posting the process she was going through to make teriyaki chicken burgers with toasted coconut buns. HOLY CRAP they looked INSANE! I took to Twitter to ask her for the recipe and while I didn’t get a response, she did “like” my tweet. So I guess you could say that Chrissy and I are friends now (jokes). Since I know that Chrissy published a cookbook titled “Cravings,” I decided to scour the internet to see if those teriyaki chicken burgers happened to be there. Long story short, they aren’t in the in the selection of recipes, but that book now sits on my bookshelf after a quick click through Amazon Prime. (Cravings, Chrissy Teigen) To say the least, I am SO impressed with this book of hers. It is filled to the brim with incredible recipes that I am so excited to try out. She made a book filled with flavor packed recipes made out of ingredients that you would most likely already have on your shelves and not need to go to crazy grocery stores for. That is what I liked most about her book- the recipes aren’t outrageous! I have put sticky notes all over the pages to save what I want to make. The first thing I made from her book… Zucchini Fries! (recipe at bottom) These were so easy to do. I busted them out really quick for a last minute barbeque that we had at our house. The only thing I needed to buy for these was panko… though I am surprised I didn’t have this already. Now that I do, I plan on cooking with it a lot more. If you’ve never cooked before, you could totally make these no problem! Chrissy has a few sauces in her book that she recommended eating them with. Like I said, it was a last minute barbeque, so I didn’t have time to make a sauce. We ended up dunking this fries in either ranch, tabasco-ketchup or barbeque sauce. All of those went great with the fries! I only have a few notes for the next time that I make these… and trust me. There WILL be a next time. I personally found that the flour mixture had way too much left over at the end. Next time I will only use ¾ cup of flour (versus 1.25 cups). I also realized halfway through that I didn’t have enough of the panko/parmesan mix! Next time I will add an extra half cup of panko and parmesan in order to have enough. That being said, Chrissy’s recipe called for two normal sized zucchinis or four small ones. I used three normal sized, but it made a great amount for how many people we had. I am so happy with how this recipe turned out. This makes me beyond excited to try the rest of the recipes in Cravings! XOXO, Marlee Zucchini Fries (courtesy of Cravings by Chrissy Teigen) 1.25 cups flour / .5 teaspoon cayenne pepper / Salt and pepper / 3 eggs / 1 cup panko bread crumbs / .75 cups parmesan / 3 tbsp olive oil / 4 small zucchinis or 2 regular sized Combine the flour, cayenne, salt and pepper in one bowl. Eggs whisked in a separate bowl. Panko, parmesan and olive oil in a third separate bowl, whisk together. Cut the zucchinis into french fry shapes. Roll the fries in the flour, dunk in the eggs, followed by a firm roll in the parmesan and panko mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 425. Serve hot with a sauce of choice. I couldn't even put these on a serving tray before everyone started to help themselves...
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