Asian Buttermilk Marinade Nighty-Night Nuggets

I found a recipe for buttermilk chicken fingers which gave me this idea for dinner tonight. I bought catfish nuggets on sale yesterday for $2/lb (they're huge). I'm soaking those in a couple cups of buttermilk (about a dollar's worth) and a few teaspoons of the Garlic Earth Asian Garlic Seasoning. The nuggets will nap all day in the refrigerator (see the bits of garlic, onion and such floating in there?). You could certainly use any of the 3 Garlic Earth flavors, but my son's favorite is the Asian.

Tonight I'll coat them in panko, a little more Asian Garlic Seasoning and Parmesan cheese. Then I'll bake them with olive oil spray and we'll see! How bad could it be?!


Tuesday Night Update: These were the best catfish nuggets ever. I dipped the nuggets in a mixture of cornmeal, flaxmeal and a little Asian Garlic Seasoning, then dipped it back into the buttermilk mixture, then rolled them in panko breadcrumbs. I then set them on a seasoned cookie sheet, sprinkled them with Parmesan cheese, more seasoning (olive oil spray), then baked them for 25 min. at 375 degrees. Crunchy, yet tender in the middle. Best ever!

Theo liked it!

I did not realize dogs liked sour cream until today. My pups enjoyed licking the sour cream container lid after my second try at a new recipe. I call it "Leftover Southwest Chicken & Lime Pasta Bake". I invented it sort of on accident while visiting my family in southern Missouri. We just used whatever was in the 'frige, including some leftover bone-in (bone-in is the best) chicken breasts that were baked the night before in a little olive oil, some Garlic Earth Southwest Garlic Seasoning, yellow onions and carrots.

I basically heated up a large container of sour cream, added some lime juice, a little more seasoning and tossed that with leftover chicken, veggies and some cooked pasta. It tastes just fine like that, but then bake that with some cheese on top and... yummy!

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Can't wait to hear from you all! Now it's back to a snow day with my son. I'm also going to try recreating the dish I made with leftovers last week. I think I'll call it "Leftover Southwest Chicken & Lime Pasta Bake".