Pan-Roasted Chicken/Didn't Read Whole Recipe

[Girl49]

Made a CI pan-roasted chicken with shallots, wine, and thyme last night...my first time pan-roasting a cut-up bird. As I've done a number of times lately, got excited about recipe and failed to read it all the way through. While pan sauce was good, it didn't taste as rich as I hoped. I realized while cleaning up dishes that I forgot to stir in the 3 TBS of butter needed after taking sauce off the fire! Still pretty tasty, better for the waistline o I love to read in general...I just to read the recipe!!

 

[pacanis]

I seem to remember forgetting an ingredient in something a few months ago. Now I read and re-read several times to make sure I've not fogotten anything. And if I recall, it was also butter at the end.

 

[FrankZ]

When I am making something new, particularly with a lot of steps and ingredients, I like to remeasure everything. I also group things that go in at the same time. It helps in not forgetting something, unless of course I grouped it and set it on top of the fridge.

 

[pacanis]

Exactly, Frank!
Or you mise en place too early and set some of the ingredients back in the fridge.

 

[Girl49]

Back in Fridge

That's exactly what happened...Recipe said to cut 3 TBS butter in three pieces and keep cold. Out of sight, out of mind.

 

[apinchofflavor]

I made a zucchini bread last year and what did I almost forget to put in? The zucchini. If it wasn't so dry without it I would have definitely forgotten it.

 

[Kayelle]

When you stop and think about it, forgetting an ingredient is usually no big deal really, UNLESS it's baked goods!! THEN it's a really big deal.

 

[Kathleen]

I once had a friend who was a programmer tell me, "It is not a bug. There are never bugs in my program. It's an undocumented feature."

As a cook, I don't make mistakes. No, no. I simply have my own take on the recipe. In this case, I'd obviously be trying to lighten it for health reasons. (It's my story and I'm sticking by it.)