This tasted awful!

mikekojima - March 12, 2007 10:43:57 AM PST

First off, the weird maple syrup peach taste doesnt go with chicken. Chicken is a dinner sort of food which should taste savory with salt, pepper and shotgun pellets with a browned crisp skin, not like something you eat for breakfast. While cooking the kitchen smelled weird, like a boy scout pancake breakfast gone bad.

The chicken ended up tasting very bland and the skin pale and slimy instead of browned and crispy. You never bake chicken covered for this reason! Slimy chicken skin, bleah. Overall the chicken was yucky. I could not eat it and fed it to the cat. Shake and bake chicken tastes much better.

The stuffing did not have a savory stuffing like taste, it was like eating mushed up waffles. Stove top stuffing tastes way better and is easier to make.

At 25 grams of fat, this isnt the most healthy thing either. This is approching fast food fat levels.

The judges who gave this the million dollar prize were either bribed, getting a kickback from the winnings or were smoking crack.

For a better quick meal try this one I made up, season some chicken parts with salt, pepper, galic powder, paprika and poltry seasoning. Then dip the parts in some beaten egg and roll in bread crumbs. Bake @ 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes. Serve with the spinach spared from the prior recipe. Make some stovetop stuffing and chow down with a beer. This is sorta bad non cooking guy sort of cooking but its way better than this! Grrrr!

To use a Pillsbury product for this meal, save the waffles, the maple syrup and the peach preserves and eat them with a beer for breakfast the next day yum.

I guess this recipe has one redeeming quality, it is better than hospital food.... sorta.

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Just OK

mimi - March 11, 2007 04:29:57 PM PST

How it made it to the top winner, I have no idea!!! My family ask me not to fix it again, ever.....Sorry, but something just wasn\'t right about it, kind of to blah but again perhaps I did something wrong even though I followed all the proper steps.....

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It was sickening

Halonet - March 11, 2007 05:05:23 PM PST

What were the judges thinking??? One of the judging criteria is consumer appeal.

The recipes are supposed to be edible and have consumer appeal. This is the most nauseating thing I\'ve ever eaten. The chicken was so sweet my teeth hurt and the stuffing was wet and nasty.

Maybe this year\'s winner will have a more sensible recipe with wider consumer appeal. I want something to make that\'s not too time consuming that my children will enjoy. I don\'t have the luxury of putting food in front of them that they spit out. My kids love pizza.

Who cares if this woman was thinking outside the box, it doesn\'t sell Pillsbury, nor feed my children. I think it was thoughtless of the judges to aware this woman $1 million dollars. I am sure there must have been other recipes that were much better.

I want my money back for the products I used in this recipe. Anyone can create garbage and call it creative. If that\'s all they want how abou this: peppermint chocolates with escargot filling rolled in pork rinds.

Shame on the judges and Pillsbury.

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This was the best there was?

dazzlebydesign - March 8, 2007 08:32:16 AM PST

For a million dollar winner I expected far more than this. The use of the waffles was clever but didn\'t add anything special. Too much poultry seasoning and sage for our tastes and even basting the chicken with the too sweet sauce unseasoned sauce didn\'t do a thing to perk up the flavor and most of it cooked away by the time the chicken was finished anyway. I really can\'t believe this one won a million.

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Blah.

rdv129 - February 22, 2007 03:35:49 PM PST

My family and I were not impressed with this recipe. It was bland and came out quite watery. I will not make this again.

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Original Just Ok - My Modified Version Is Much Better

emorylaw2001 - March 29, 2007 12:07:54 PM PST

I made this once after it won. It was okay. Then I made a truly breakfast variation of it, combining elements from the winning recipe and my regular stuffing recipe. So it became waffles, sausage, onion, egg, poutry seasoning, chopped pecans, and her great sauce (and I use more of it). I made sure the waffles were well toasted to avoid mushiness, and didn\'t stir it up too much so the waffles wouldn\'t break down. My version is one of my husband\'s favorite dishes ever, and it\'s our new holiday breakfast tradition. Wish I had thought of the concept first!

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This is the best chicken recipe I've ever had...

beastwise - April 12, 2007 08:20:02 AM PST

I found you have to stick with the recipe exactly. The waffles must be crisp, very brown. The measurements have to be exact. No free-wheeling, or the recipe falls apart. I think that\'s what happened - some other cooks writing reviews probably substituted and added a little here and there. A winning recipe is just that - a perfect recipe.

Don\'t freewheel, and all your guests and family will love it. Children I\'ve had taste it loved it, especially the finicky ones who love sweets and don\'t want a lot of salt or other flavors.

I\'m a gourmet chef, and I would not have put the measurements at the exact level this recipe maker did. However, there are chemical reactions between maple-flavor (note, not maple syrup, which I would have chosen) and the herbs, in the exact amounts given.

So don\'t listen to the bad reviews. I know what I\'m talking about. This recipe deserved to win.

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Making it again tonight.

andersey - March 30, 2007 01:09:57 PM PST

I loved this recipe. It is so easy and tasted soooo good. You have to make sure you toast the waffles until they are hard because when you add the liquid they will soften perfect. I love the sweet taste of the chicken. It had the sweetness you would find in a honey glazed ham. I used the boneless and skinless chicken and it worked great. I have made this time and time again and always get rave reviews.

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Not that great

Deverie - March 17, 2007 05:42:46 AM PST

I\'m sorry but I just do not understand how this won the grand prize. I made the recipe exactly as is and was unimpressed. Even my husband who will normally eat anything couldn\'t choke this down.

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It shows cooking can be fun.

shaleslady - November 5, 2007 06:58:54 PM PST

I like the sweetness of the recipe. These are ingredients that can be easily modified to your family\'s tastes. I am a pepper lover so I did add some crushed red pepper to the glaze, as well. I made it with pork chops as well and it was good. I grilled them in olive oil with fresh green pepper.
I watch the show on Food Network and was thrilled that she won.

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We can't wait to try this again!

parma_gal - June 3, 2007 07:36:15 PM PST

WOW! What a great recipe! It was fast and easy, and it tasted great! My husband and I loved it. The only complaint: We wished we had made more! We will be making this again in the near future. I can certainly see why this recipe was the winner!

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Very imaginative dish!

jacobjory - January 27, 2007 09:37:29 PM PST

I give you 5 stars for this unique dish that no one else would have though of preparing! We need more imaginative cooks out there to see outside the blocks. Thank you!

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Dust in the Wind

squashergrrrl - April 14, 2007 03:31:59 PM PST

Next time go to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and just throw the $1 mil bucks off into the Pacific Ocean. Who on earth were the judges that gave this receipe a million dollar paycheck? The waffle thing and frozen spinach!! Why so the preserved ingredients? We should be awarding prizes to food made with good fresh ingredients - too many carbs, sugars and FAT..and the sweetness smothered the taste of the chicken.

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This is a winner?

ksvarbalow - March 30, 2007 07:48:23 AM PST

Hard to believe this won a national contest. It\'s one of the most mundane recipes I\'ve ever tried.

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A million dollars?

choaderboy2 - March 20, 2007 04:49:53 PM PST

A TV dinner is better than this. Heck a peanut butter sandwich made by my 6 year old is better.

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This was Awful

Ruby M - May 26, 2007 09:56:04 PM PST

I have thrown better than this away experimenting in my own kitchen - A million dollars?------Unreal -------------

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sick dish and wrong judges!!!

Ellen - April 13, 2007 01:27:43 PM PST

Do the judge have basic food safety knowledges? This dish makes people sick. When I think a mother feed her child this dish, I am so sad!
Poor kid!

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Made it better!

avproservice%40ameritech.net - March 20, 2007 04:45:49 AM PST

I would add a little more salt to the chicken than the recipe calls for and a pinch of red pepper flakes to the sauce to spice it up a bit. The stuffing was really good and clever but I think it also needs some salt and pepper (could add when cooking the onions) to bring out all the flavors better. My family doesn\'t like chicken on the bone but I think it would be awesome with boneless thighs as well.

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Delisious

cecilfrance1600 - August 5, 2007 05:04:34 PM PST

I was so glad this dish one! And Ana one ! Yay!

Emily

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MAY NOT BE THE BEST, BUT GOOD NONETHELESS

teddycapz - July 28, 2007 04:13:37 AM PST

I believe the hullabaloo over this recipe inarguably boils down to one thing - either you like it or you don\'t. Fortunately for the recipe owner, the judges apparently belong to the former. And so do some others including yours truly.

Got to try it out to the letter the first time - it did come out rather bland with the stuffing a bit mushy, but overall not as bad as some pointed it out to be. It came out much better the second time around when I tweaked the recipe a bit as follows:

1. Season chicken breasts by rubbing all over with 1 teaspoon each of granulated garlic and salt, 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper.
2. Increase Worcestershire sauce to 2 teaspoons. Combine with maple-flavored syrup and peach preserves.
3. Bake chicken as per original recipe but remove foil cover after the first 20 minutes.
3. Cut waffle sticks into pieces first before toasting until crisp.
4. Prepare stuffing mixture as per original recipe. Add 1/4 cup chopped crisp-fried bacon, 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon granulated garlic, 1/4 teaspoon each of dried chili flakes and ground black pepper.
5. Replace pecans with 3 tablespoons slivered or sliced almonds.
6. Add an additional 10 minutes to stuffing baking time.

The result was a dramatic departure from the original as enthusiatically attested to by family and friends who partook of both versions. Now my version has become another addition to our treasure trove of potluck recipes and a promising substitute for Thanksgiving roast turkey.

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Here Rover

jttaylor63 - April 9, 2007 07:30:29 AM PST

It had a horrible smell and didn\'t taste well. Sorry my dog wouldn\'t even eat it.

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WANT A REFUND ON MY MONEY

millerpaula75 - November 7, 2008 05:19:34 PM PST

My co-workers praise and devour everything that I cook for all our potluck spreads. They hardly eat this dish and ended up trashing the half eaten dish. It was embarrasing and had to confessed that I used the the Pillsbury Bake-Off winner recipe. The Million Dollar Winner need to send me a refund

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No way!

Lovetocook - May 16, 2008 05:01:09 PM PST

Obviously, the sales of the waffles had been hurting prior to the winning of this recipe. Someone either needed to gain attention in the frozen food section, or the judges weren\'t paying much attention. This recipe just doesn\'t work at all, much less being the million dollar winner. It\'s almost too obvious.

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Mike Kojima--What a FUNNY guy!! LOL

o_horsefeathers - June 17, 2007 07:01:12 PM PST

I have to agree with Mike Kojima, this was awful. When I read the recipe, I though..hmmm..maybe something really wonderful happens while baking...kinda like the \'Tunnel of Fudge Cake\'. Well..it didn\'t. What I enjoyed most was Mike Kojima\'s review. You were right on target about the weird maple syrup thing with chicken...and I am really amazed that this dish even made it to the finals, much less WIN! But, I must say, I nearly fell on the floor laughing when I read your comment about the judges decision to award this dish a winner..that they must have been bribed, got a kick back or SMOKING CRACK!!! How FUNNY...you are a hoot. Personally, I couldn\'t eat the stuff after cooking it and my dog, Chewy, wouldn\'t even sniff it. I felt terrible wasting so much money on something I had to throw out, but your funny, funny review made it better. Thanks...

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ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!

suem1205 - May 29, 2007 11:12:00 AM PST

Again, are you kidding me?? I don\'t care how carefully you follow these instructions - this recipe is just awful. It may be imaginative but come on judges. Did you just feel sorry for this single mom?? If this is the best of the best . . . I, too, in my day, with four hungry kids at home, have created better meals with hamburger, canned soup and some kind of pasta.

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One of the worst recipes ever

LAguy - May 27, 2007 08:36:02 AM PST

Made this recipe and it was horrific. It simply did not taste right. The judges must be idiots.

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Peggy Lee sang it best -- Is that all there is?

Billy S - November 8, 2007 10:12:29 PM PST

I feel sorry for the winner -- she was sincere in her belief that she had a winner, and she DOES have a million bucks in the bank to show. But even that doesn\'t make the recipe a winner. Any entry in any contest of any discription which comes out with a 90% unfavorable review is far from being a winner -- even if it won.

About 99.9% of the cause of this fiasco can be laid at the feet of the contest judges. What were they thinking -- or were they?

Pillsbury can recoup on this debacle this year by having the judges appear on the Food Channel in a prime-time roundtable discussion justifying their selection. That should offer enough laughs to make it eligible for an Emmy award for comedy.
Meanwhile they need to engage in a wide-open, all-out public relations blitz to regain some of the respect that was lost by this year\'s fiasco. To go from the highest respected cooking contest to the laughing stock will take a lot of overcoming.

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Better get new judges

mikalamarie - September 29, 2007 11:06:10 AM PST

If this recipe was judged the best, you better get new judges. Who\'s niece was the winner anyway? YUK!

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Tried hard to like this recipe...

formerdocwife - October 8, 2007 05:59:07 PM PST

...but it was as awful as the majority of reviewers stated. I was intrigued by the recipe and felt bad for its creator after reading all the negative reviews. So I really wanted to like this. I decided to follow the recipe EXACTLY since a few reviewers questioned whether or not other reviewer\'s opinions were based on not having followed the recipe\'s exact provisions. Honestly, I think a really good recipe has a little wiggle room, but I followed the directions to the letter anyway, to prove to a point to myself .

The recipe was easy to follow and not very complex. But the result was a bizarre, incongruently flavored dish whose overall effect was still bland and uninteresting. The stuffing was mushy, almost to the point of sliminess, with flavors that just did not mix. I tasted waffle, I tasted spinach, I tasted sage and onion, but I didn\'t taste a pleasant mix. It wasn\'t as bad as tasting a chocolate covered radish, but it was almost as incongruent. The chicken skin was indeed slimy, pale and completely inedible, the chicken itself strangely flavorless despite being drenched in the soupy sauce. The peach and the Worcestshire sauce was not a bad combination, but the maple just didn\'t cut it. Overall, it was a huge bust. Kids and hubby turned up their noses and refused to eat it.

I am totally bewildered as to how this recipe could have won the Pillsbury Bake Off. It truly was awful.

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What?!?

mesaomesa - October 8, 2007 10:20:36 AM PST

This is a million dollar recipe? You couldn\'t pay me to eat it again! What a waste of a perfectly good pack of waffles!

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