Monday, December 31, 2012

Sweet n Sour Chicken

From my Sister-in-Law Stephanie DeFilippis

Prep time: 30 min                 Bake time: 30 min

Chicken:
3 lbs chicken, cut into strips
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup corn starch
2 eggs
garlic salt
vegetable oil

Sauce:
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup water
 3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp chicken bullion in 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup ketchup
1 T soy sauce

Mix flour and corn starch. In a separate bowl, beat eggs.  Dip chicken strips in eggs, then coat in flour mixture.  Fry in oil in a pan on the stove until coating is browned.  Add garlic salt to taste.

Place chicken in casserole dish.  Combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan and cook until thickened.  Pour sauce over chicken.  Bake in oven at 350 for 30 minutes.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Apple Butternut Squash Soup

4 whole apples
5 lbs. butternut squash
1 stick sweet butter
1 med. onion, sliced
6 whole slices of white bread, cubed (weird I know)
8 c. chicken stock
1 tsp. tarragon
salt and white pepper to taste
2 1/2 c. heavy whipping cream

   Peel, core, and chunk the apples.  Peel and chop the squash.  Melt the butter in a deep skillet over a low flame.  Saute the onions, butternut squash, and apples in the butter until they're tender.  Add the bread cubes to the mixture.  Add the chicken stock, tarragon, salt, and white pepper (to taste).  Bring it to a boil, then cover and simmer it over a low flame until the squash and apples are fully cooked (about 5 minutes).  remove the pan from the heat and blend the soup in a food processor until it's almost creamy.  stir in the cream.  Season again with salt and pepper, to taste (if desired).

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Hawaiian Haystacks & Enchiladas

Jenn gave me this recipe and so I dedicate this to her :)

3-4 lbs of frozen boneless/skinless chicken tenderloins
1 can cream of chicken with herbs
1 can chicken gravy

Mix soups and pour over chicken in the crockpot... cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Shred before serving.

Serve over rice with cheese, olives, peppers, tomatoes, chives, chow mein noodles, and anything else you want.

With the leftovers:

Mix all the leftovers together and roll up in tortillas.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes in a foil covered pan.  Sprinkle with cheese and/or enchiladas sauce before cooking if you want.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Denise’s Basic Roll Dough/Cal-zone Bread

Ingredients
1 TBSP yeast
¼ C warm water
1 C milk, scalded (1 ½ min in microwave)
¼ C sugar
¼ C shortening
1 tsp salt
3 ½ C flour
1 egg
Directions:
  Soften yeast in warm water. Combine milk, sugar, shortening, and salt, cool to luke warm. Add 1 ½ cups flour, beat well. Beat in yeast and egg. Gradually add remaining flour to form soft dough, beating well.
   Place in bowl, cover and let rise until doubles. Turn out on lightly floured surface and shape as desired. (At this point you can stop and separate the dough into halves and freeze one or both to use at a later time. Or...) Cover and let shaped rolls rise until double in size.
  Bake on greased baking sheet in 375 degree oven for 12-15 minutes. If Making the Cal-Zones make sure to lightly dust with corn meal and it won't stick to the pizza stone.