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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/mayfavoritelatin2 on 2024-11-17 19:14:36+00:00.

So, this happened yesterday. My boyfriend always raves about this chicken dish his mom used to make when he was a kid. I thought it would be cute to surprise him by cooking it myself. I called his mom, got the recipe, and she even gave me some tips, saying, “It’s super easy!” Spoiler alert: it was not easy.

First, I realized halfway through that I didn’t have the right breadcrumbs. I thought, “No big deal, I’ll crush some crackers.” Bad idea—the texture was all wrong. Then I got distracted prepping the sauce and left the chicken on high heat. When I flipped it, it was black on one side and still raw inside. Cue panic.

I tried to salvage it by cutting it into smaller pieces and cooking them again, but they just turned into dry little rocks. Meanwhile, the sauce I made thickened into something resembling glue. The kitchen smelled burnt, and I was on the verge of tears.

When my boyfriend came home, he immediately asked, “What happened in here?” I confessed everything, and he couldn’t stop laughing. He ended up calling his mom to tell her, and we ordered pizza while joking about my “attempted murder chicken.”

TL;DR: Tried to recreate my boyfriend’s favorite childhood dish, burned the chicken, ruined the sauce, and ended up with pizza instead.