Chicken Fried Steak with Jalapeno Cheese and Dollar fries

First off I must say that I don't eat like this very often. These particularly unhealthy dishes are reserved for the most horrible of days, when only grease will make it all better. That happened to be the case last Friday. It was a heck of a day, so I decided that comfort was in order.

I pounded the chicken flat, floured,egged and breaded it with La Conchita taco chip crumbs. I then placed the chicken in my favourite pan the cast iron skillet! I added the cheese and watched it melt.

The next step was the dollar fries. These are a dish that when I think of I smile. They were the ultimate treat when I was a kid, however mom didn't totally deep fry them, she'd just fry them in a pan with a wee bit of oil. I decided that if I was going to make them lets make them worth the work. I scrounged around in my pantry for the oil, I ended up using, canola oil, sunflower oil, olive oil and something just labeled 'cooking oil'. I poured those bits into my electric wok and let it heat.

Once the oil was hot I dumped my thin, wispy potato slices into the hot oil and watched them brown. It seemed to take forever with the first batch, but with each batch the cooking times got shorter and shorter.

The end result was simply amazing. I drained them on paper towels and seasoned them with a bit of seasoning salt. They look over done in the photo, but they tasted amazing and made me long for saratoga chips at the Ex. Maybe this year we'll go just for the food...

The meal was tasty, but I ended up abandoning my chicken and just ate the chips. A sinfully delicious meal that had not a veggie in sight...completely unheard of for us. The perfect ending to a crummy day!!