Added: 11/06/2005 |
Chicken Strips: Delicious TemptationDairy Queen is a fast food restaurant franchise, which was founded in Joliet, Illinois in 1940. The restaurant chain expanded quickly, so that it consisted of 2,600 restaurants as of 1955. At present Dairy Queen is an enterprise, which includes 5,900 restaurants. Foods from Dairy Queen are eaten in 22 countries of the world. Some locations do not have seating. These usually serve ice cream items. Locations, which serve hot meals almost always have seating. Originally there were not many items on the restaurant's menu. During 1949-1961s the company's products expanded to include milkshakes, banana splits, strawberry shortcakes, ice cream cones, sandwiches, hamburgers, soft drinks, coffee and Blizzard, which can be considered one of the most popular. Chicken strips were also added to the menu. They gained popularity in almost no time.
Today Dairy Queen offers Chicken Strips Country Basket, which includes four or six pieces of delicious chicken strips, Texas toast, French fries, and gravy. In some of Texas Dairy Queen restaurants you can get an 8-piece Country Basket. The serving size of one basket is 415 g, total amount of calories - 1000, 450 of them are from fat. Total fat is 50 g, cholesterol - 55 mg, sodium - 2510 mg, total carbohydrate - 102g, fiber - 5g, sugars - 3 g, protein - 35 g, vitamin A - 4%, calcium - 6%. All the nutrition information concerning chicken strips as well as other Dairy Queen's products is available on the company's web site.
Chicken strips are now served in the majority of other fast food restaurants. The recipes differ, so that you can choose whichever you prefer. One portion of chicken strips in A&W restaurant includes 3 pieces; total amount of calories - 500, total fat - 29 g, cholesterol - 55 mg, carbohydrate - 32 g, protein - 28 g, vitamin A - 0 %, calcium - 6%. Pearl's Cajun Kitchen offers 3 recipes of chicken: blackened chicken, dusted with blackened seasoning and cooked on a flat top 6-8 minutes, fried chicken, dipped in buttermilk, then rolled in "Pearl's Spicy Flour" and cooked 3, 5 minutes, and bourbon chicken, baked on a sheet pan for 20 minutes.
If you don't belong to fast food restaurants' fans, you can cook chicken strips at home. While cooking them at home you will have possibility to control the amount of fat. The majority of the fat is in how the chicken is cooked. It is advisable to substitute olive oil or canola for the butter. The healthiest choice is flaxseed oil, which is high in omega fatty acids. Of course, the taste will be not so rich, but you can improve it by adding spices. When using oil instead of the butter the time of cooking should be reduced to keep chicken strips from drying. Instead of strips it is also possible to use chicken breasts or any other chicken pieces. With a self-cleaning oven the cooking will be a real pleasure. Some fast food restaurants keep their recipes in secret, but the majority of them display information on their web-sites. While visiting them you can choose the recipe of your favorite meals among the variety of such and cook it at home.
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