Fried/Baked Chicken with Biscuits, Gravy, and Rainbow Chard

Tonight was Jake's night to cook. I really think he was missing his grandma tonight. He came out of the room and said he was going to try to make grandma's biscuits, and do it the way she did it. My mom never measured anything. He also asked how would grandma cook the chicken if she made biscuits and gravy? I told him, she would have made fried chicken and fried potatoes. He said okay but I think I will bake the chicken, and we are out of potatoes,  we didn't want to go to the store, so  he didn't make them.

For the biscuits, he used about 2 cups of flour, maybe 1/4 cup canola oil, and added lactose free milk until the dough came together. He then turned out on to a floured surface, kneaded it a few times, rolled it out, and cut out rounds with a cup, just like my mom would have done. Then he placed them on a greased cookie sheet, and baked them for 18 minutes, in a 350 degree oven. He was disappointed when they came out of the oven, because they didn't look like grandma's, but I told him that they were fine.

For the chicken, he took 4 chicken thighs (bone in skin on), dipped them in a mixture of 1 egg and a little bit of milk, then into a mixture of flour, bread crumbs, and Greek seasonings. He placed them on a cooling rack that was in a deep cookie sheet, put them in the oven for 20 minutes at 425 degrees.

Last was the gravy, he took about 2 tbs of butter, melted it in a deep skillet, added about 2 heaping tbs. flour, salt, and pepper, he let that cook for a bout a minute, just to cook the flour, lastly add about 2 cups of lactose free milk, and cook until thick. Salt and pepper to taste, we tend to add a lot of pepper.

The greens were in a microwave bag, so I followed the directions.

 I do believe my mom would be so very proud of how Jake cooked this dinner. He said he was going to keep trying the biscuits until he perfected them. I am sure he will. The funny thing is, he does a better job than I do at this.