Happy Halloween to all you Cheap Eaters. Here’s a quickie leftover post, before we head off to scare all the little ghoulies running amuck. This is some leftover fried fish I’d made the night before along with some standard Zatarain’s Jambalaya Rice. Yes, I know fried food is scary bad for your arteries… but it’s Halloween. Boo!

Anyhow, a great way to resuscitate breaded and fried things like chicken cutlets, shrimp, fish, and koroke (japanese croquettes) is to pop them in your toaster oven and set it to around 300-350 degrees. You have to keep an eye on it, but this kicks the pants off microwaving them. It brings back the crunch in the fried food pretty well.

The Zatarain’s… well, yeah it’s cheaper to make your own. I used standard kielbasa as the meat for mine. But for me, the rice makes at least 2 meals so the box can be worth it.

Oh, here is a slightly blurry closeup of the jambalaya. Because we like closeups…