Tonight I use my saute pan for the first time.

[hippywife]

Chicken piccata with steamed broccoli! :9

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_piccata/

I'm allowing my chicken breasts to lose a little of the chill from the fridge and my bread dough to rise at the moment.


It's taken me some time to convince Bill that this is not an everyday pan. He's been wanting me to fry burgers or make sloppy joes in it. LOL

[Phentex]

1. YAY!

Let us know how you like it.

[hippywife]

2. OMG! Dinner was soooooo delicious!

Made more so by having the right pan for the job. It made it so much easier than it would have otherwise been with just my regular skillet.

I ended up getting too excited and threw part of the butter into the sauce before I had reduced it. LOL. That was okay, I let it get a little golden and added the rest. I removed the chicken from the oven and put it back in the pan and tossed in the capellini I had cooked and drained to absorb some of the sauce. It all tasted so wonderful! Bill loved it, too. And there are tons of leftovers for the next couple of nights.

I love my new pan!

[pengillian101]

3. Aren't you a happy gal!

I missed what saute pan you mean. How can a saute pan make such a difference? I am glad you like it though!

[hippywife]

5. I posted some time ago

that I had won a $100 gift certificate to cooking.com.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=236&topic_id=79020&mesg_id=79020

It took me weeks to make up my mind what to order because I've wanted a saute pan for years but they were a little out of my reach. I pretty much decided on a pressure cooker set and when I went to order it, I looked at the saute pans again (for the millionth time, LOL) and this was on sale half off:

http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=564741



It was meant to be! Exactly what I was looking for in every way except country of manufacture, but I was never going to be able to afford a different one for that one reason when it met all my other criteria, as advised by Stinky a couple of years ago.

Yes, that's how long I've waited! Hence the

:rofl:


Good to hear from you, gilli. :hug:

[Dover]

4. Hurray! So satisfyingto have the right 'tool' for the job. What a nice gift from the universe! n/t

[hippywife]

6. That's exactly what it was...

a gift from the universe. Good way to put it, Dover! :hug:

And it was totally the perfect pan for this job! :hi: