can i bake with mayo as the sauce?!
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Yes, I do it with chicken all the time. Try this recipe:
Roasted Spicy Mayonnaise Chicken Breasts
From Paula's Best Dishes/Take It Easy
5 stars based on 1 Review Servings: 4 servingsPrep Time: 15 minCook Time: 25 minDifficulty: Easy
Ingredients
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 lemons, zest finely grated
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon celery seeds
1 teaspoon salt, plus additional for seasoning
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus additional for seasoning
Pinch cayenne pepper
4 (8-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Directions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.
In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, lemon zest, paprika, celery seeds, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Season the chicken with additional salt and pepper, to taste. Arrange the chicken on the prepared baking sheet. Slather the mayonnaise mixture over the chicken. Bake until the juices run clear when the chicken is pricked with a fork, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and serve hot.
Yes, and in various ways.
Think about what mayonnaise actually is...mostly just oil + eggs (primarily yolks).
It also has a bit of acid added like lemon juice or vinegar to cut the heavy oily taste/feel.
Most mayonnaises, and ones like Miracle Whip too, are often also seasoned with a bit of salt and sugar, and some have thickeners like xanthum gum or cornstarch.
(The proportions and thicknesses can differ a bit though.)
There may be other ingredients in some of them for flavoring too like a bit of mustard, or like preservatives, and the "light" versions will have more water, salt and sugar than the regular versions would.
At any rate, mayo and it's cousins are mostly fat (actual oil and egg yolks), and are also sticky.
So most anywhere you'd use oil as an ingredient, you could use mayo for it's oil properties (inside or on top of or around other ingredients).
Mayo is also sticky and thick, so using it as an oil-that-will-stick-to-things like breadcrumbs, etc., works well too.
(The little bit of lemon juice, salt and sugar in mayos/etc are seasoning bonuses right in the "oil.")
Check out some of these recipes for using mayo/etc in recipes:
http://www.google.com/search?q=recipes+m…
http://www.google.com/search?q=recipes+m…
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Yes , you can use mayo as a base for anything. Mayo is not sweet like Miracle Whip so you can season as you see fit. At one time I made a baked chicken recipe and all it was, was mayo and cornflakes and your seasonings. Go under Hellman's Mayonnaise website. They have some good recipes.
experience and Hellman's webpage
Mayo is gross to begin with so why would you bake it?
