Crumbed chicken might be an classic staple dinner, but the recipe often leads to a messy kitchen as a side dish you can’t escape.
Until now.
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The word ‘hack’ might get thrown around the internet a lot, but Aussie mum Aimee Connor has offered one up worthy of the title.
The content creator known to the internet as Aims shared her mess-free, stress-free way of making crumbed chicken on TikTok.
“I had some chicken pieces that I needed to use up. I almost never buy them pre-cut. I wanted to crumb them because that’s how my family likes to eat them best,” Ms Connor told news.com.au.
Ironically, she didn’t even realise the stroke of genius she was creating until after she did it.
“I thought, ‘How do I make this easier for myself?’ I hit record, chucked them in a plastic container, did a few shakes, and away I went, not knowing the outcome myself”.
Typically, many Aussies prepare the dish with three separate bowls for the flour, egg and breadcrumbs, dipping the chicken in each one individually.
It leads to messy hands and a significantly cramped dishwasher.
By throwing the ingredients one at a time inside a container and shaking between each addition, you wind up with the same chicken result, ready for the stove or airfryer.
It’s an idea she could have gatekept from her 1.4 million followers, but she chose to wing it and share instead.
“No body likes chicken hands. I’m sure I’m not the first who has done this, but I’m glad to be the provider of this hack to the people who needed it most! Happy to be of service,” she said.
And the service has been met with a standing ovation in her comment section.
“Well, I feel like a moron using three separate bowls and washing my hands every five seconds,” a user laughed.
“So you telling me I have used three bowls for nothing?” another questioned.
A third declared: “Stop the f**king bus. Is this for real? I DESPISE crumbing chicken. If this works, I’m going to be so happy AND mad at the same time!”
“THIS WAS AN OPTION?” another reacted.
The excited response to her innovative thinking has left Ms Connor completely thrilled.
“So many people loved it! I had no idea myself if it would work, so I think people liked the fact that we experienced it together.”