Spicy Apple Chick'n'Grits Gorgonzola

[Joyce]

I just made the first dinner from C/L, where I threw the entire meal away (5/98). It was so spicy it was impossible for us to eat. Unfortunately, even the carrots I made to go with it (apple glazed carrots with bacon)were too spicy.

[This message has been edited by Joyce (edited 10-31-2000).]

[ML]

I have purchased all the ingrediants to make this dish- what made it so spicy? It looks so good and I was going to make it Friday- is there any way to modify it?!

[Joyce]

I am at work, but if I remember correctly, the chicken cutlets took 1/4 cp. of spicy mustard plus 1/4 tsp. of ground red pepper. This was WAY too much for us. I would cut back on both the mustard and the pepper. Let me know what you think of it.

[pmmahan]

I also made this. I really didn't think it was too spicy, so I think it is just to your taste!
I wasn't pleased with the way the apple glaze came out, though. It kind of hardened in the oven. I thought the gorgonzola grits were good, though. Interesting.

[shoyski]

This is very interesting to me. My husband likes this so much, he requests it from time to time. I will add, though, that he doesn't like spicy stuff at all so I just omit the red pepper.

[Peggy]

I made the Gorgonzola Grits tonight with another chicken dish and I must say I was disappointed with how they turned out. The end result was on the runny side so I had to serve them in little ramekin bowls. My husband dutifully ate his bowlful, but when I asked if I should put these in his lunch tomorrow (he ALWAYS willingly takes leftovers for lunch!), he commented, "Let's just say I will never eat those again." This is a first folks... This is the man who never refuses my leftovers. Needless to say the remainder of the grits were fed to the garbage disposal!!! Enough said.

Sadly Yours,

Peggy

[kendra]

Wow, I sorry you all didn't like this dish. This is one of those recipes I make quite often. It is so delicious. I don't find the chicken to be too spicy at all. I have found that you have to add about a 1/2 cup or so more of the grits to get a nice thick consistency. I love gorgonzola cheese. Well, I guess the differences in people's taste is what makes life interesting!

[heatherfeather]

Ughh! Gag! Gross! This was the worst recipe I have ever made from CL. In fact - it is one of the worst recipes I can recall ever making. Oh, it was just awful! There was another more recent thread praising this recipe and I just couldn't bear to bring that to to top because it had a thumbs up sign next to it! (Silly me - I saw the thumbs up and figured - ok, let's have this tonight.)

I measure everything and used all of specified ingredients - including real Gorgonzola cheese - except I had to leave out the cayenne pepper because I was serving to a child. Even cayenne pepper could not have saved this dish. It was also ugly - very unappetizing presentation. The chicken tasted so-so, but the grits were really a waste. I am a true grits lover and I coulldn't help thinking how I'd wasted a nice batch of grits. DH said we could fix holes in the roof with it. We tossed out dinner in the trash and had PB&J for supper instead. :(

[Peggy]

heatherfeather,

I empathize with your experience. As you can see two posts up I had a similar one. I still can't believe the CL chose that as their "Back to the Best" for the month.:confused:

Peggy

[mb]

i thought it sounded pretty gross, so we omitted the gorgonzola grits and just had the spicy-apple-chicken part. i didn't find it spicy, and it wasn't anything to write home about. oh well. i'm just glad i didn't make those grits! yuck!
marisa :)

[jnelson]

I have mixed feelings about the recipe. It's not a repeat recipe. The chicken was good, not as spicy as I had expected. The grits were a bit too gorgonzola for me. I made more grits to mellow the cheese flavor, so I enjoyed the leftovers the next day much more than the original.