LNC Double Down

If you follow the Late Night Chefs, you may have noticed that chicken hasn't been used in any of our previous recipes. Since this project is a take on a KFC menu item, it makes sense that we would be popping our chicken cherry, right? Sorry, not this time. The KFC Double Down is a fantastic example of what makes good food, and I applaud their effort at sending out a big "F you" to so-called 'health experts' and 'nutritionists'. But we will not be outdone.

The LNC Double Down is not made with lean chicken breast meat. We used two 20 ounce round steaks, 6 strips of bacon, two layers of monterey jack, and smothered it with our homemade Mac Sauce (see previous entry). The final product weighed in at almost 3 pounds. If you want to make your own, here's how:



1. Set up 3 stations: plain flour, eggs and seasoned flour. We seasoned our flour with a variety of spices, including salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, cayenne, etc.







2. Dredge each steak in the first flour station, soak in egg, and then move into seasoned flour. Let the steak rest for about 10-15 min.








3. Heat up a pan with enough oil to cover the entire bottom. Fry steak on each side for about 5 minutes for crispy coating and medium rare doneness.





4. Lay slices of monterey jack cheese to cover the bottom steak. Now is the time to fill with as much bacon as you want.





5. Add another layer of cheese and top with Mac Sauce. Put the second steak on top and place in oven to melt cheese and cook meat to desired doneness.




Sorry chicken, you're going to have to wait for another post until we purchase your raw body parts, cook them into some kind of gut-busting piece of awesome and devour you. And when we do, you can bet we're going to put KFC to shame again.



I need some sort of sign off. Marcus OUT? Nah. Lame.

- Angie, Laura & Marcus