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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Sara's Taco Soup
Ingredients:
1 package ground beef
half an onion chopped
1 can red beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can corn
1 can tomoatoes
1 can green chilis
1 package taco seasoning
Brown the ground beef with the chopped onions and drain the grease. In a crockpot or large pot mix in ground beef with ALL other ingredients. I always stir the taco seasoning in last so it can mix well with all the juices from the cans. IMPORTANT: don't drain the juices from the cans, they're what makes it soupy! :) Since the canned food is already precooked you only have to heat the soup all the way through before serving.
Toppings:
tortilla chips
cheese
lime wedges (sqeezed in)
cilantro
avacados cubed
sour cream
1 package ground beef
half an onion chopped
1 can red beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can corn
1 can tomoatoes
1 can green chilis
1 package taco seasoning
Brown the ground beef with the chopped onions and drain the grease. In a crockpot or large pot mix in ground beef with ALL other ingredients. I always stir the taco seasoning in last so it can mix well with all the juices from the cans. IMPORTANT: don't drain the juices from the cans, they're what makes it soupy! :) Since the canned food is already precooked you only have to heat the soup all the way through before serving.
Toppings:
tortilla chips
cheese
lime wedges (sqeezed in)
cilantro
avacados cubed
sour cream
Friday, March 5, 2010
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Sweet and Sour sauce:
1 cup sugar
1/2 c. chicken broth or water
1/2 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. ketchup
1 T. soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic salt
salt and pepper to taste
Chicken:
3 chicken breasts
2 eggs
corn starch with garlic salt mixed in
oil
Thickening:
2 Tbsp. corn starch and water (mix until it is a thin paste)
Mix together the sauce ingredients on medium heat until the ingredients are dissolved. Set the sauce aside. In a large frying pan, heat up the oil (about a half inch deep). While the oil is heating, cut the chicken breasts into bite sized pieces. Coat the chicken pieces with egg and then the corn starch mixture (you could do this in bowls, or throw it into a bag-- whatever works for you). Put the chicken pieces in the oil and cook until they turn a golden color. When all the meat is cooked, remove it from the oil, and remove the oil from the frying pan. Put the chicken back in the frying pan, along with the sauce. Let the sauce and chicken simmer together while you prepare the thickening. Add the thickening to the sauce and chicken mixture. Let it simmer until the sauce thickens.
Serve over rice. Enjoy!
Serves 4
Sweet and Sour sauce:
1 cup sugar
1/2 c. chicken broth or water
1/2 c. vinegar
1 Tbsp. ketchup
1 T. soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic salt
salt and pepper to taste
Chicken:
3 chicken breasts
2 eggs
corn starch with garlic salt mixed in
oil
Thickening:
2 Tbsp. corn starch and water (mix until it is a thin paste)
Mix together the sauce ingredients on medium heat until the ingredients are dissolved. Set the sauce aside. In a large frying pan, heat up the oil (about a half inch deep). While the oil is heating, cut the chicken breasts into bite sized pieces. Coat the chicken pieces with egg and then the corn starch mixture (you could do this in bowls, or throw it into a bag-- whatever works for you). Put the chicken pieces in the oil and cook until they turn a golden color. When all the meat is cooked, remove it from the oil, and remove the oil from the frying pan. Put the chicken back in the frying pan, along with the sauce. Let the sauce and chicken simmer together while you prepare the thickening. Add the thickening to the sauce and chicken mixture. Let it simmer until the sauce thickens.
Serve over rice. Enjoy!
Serves 4
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Chinese Food!
Chinese Noodles-
Lomein Chinese Stir Fry Noodles- cook until tender, then rinse in cold water.
Sauce: equal parts of Oyster Sauce, Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce. Mix well
Saute fresh minced fresh ginger and garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil with 3 or 4 chopped green onions.
Add noodles, sauce and whatever vegis you want. I like cabbage, celery, carrots, ect. Stir fry til warmed throughout.
Chocolate Wontons
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
24 wonton wrappers, defrosted (keep wrappers covered with damp towel)
- defrost overnight in the fridge
24 pieces or nuggets of chocolate
canola oil for frying
powdered sugar for sprinkling
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and water to make an egg wash.
2. On a clean dry surface lay 1 wrapper down and place chocolate near the top end of the wrapper. Brush the egg wash on the edges and seal shut and try to push out all the air. Poking small holes in the wrapper with your nail will help when frying them. Repeat for all the wrappers.
3. In a pot pour 2 inches of oil and heat to 350 degrees F. If you don't have a thermometer, test the oil with a small piece of bread. The oil is ready when it slowly floats to the top and gets toasty brown. (If it sinks, it's too cold and if it stays at the top and cooks really fast it's too hot). Fry about 1 1/2 minutes each side and sprinkle with sugar while they are still hot.
Asian Lettuce Wraps
1 1/2 lbs. extra lean ground chicken or turkey
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 medium celery stalks finely chopped
1/2 cup hoisin sauce
3 TBS soy sauce
2 Cloves garlic, minced
2 TBS fresh ginger, grated
1 TBS brown sugar
1 TBS sesame oil
1/2 TBS Asian Chile paste
1 5 oz can bamboo shoots drained and chopped
2 6 oz cans sliced water chestnuts drained and chopped
Combine ingredients in crock pot. cover and cook on low 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. Thirty minutes before the end of cooking add:
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
4 green onions, finely sliced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro minced
To serve place around 2 TBS of chicken on lettuce leaf and drizzle with hoisin sauce.
14 crisp iceberg lettuce leaves (about 2 heads of lettuce)
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
PS this dish is lowfat! If you are using a 5, 6, or 7 quart crock pot you can double this recipe.
Lomein Chinese Stir Fry Noodles- cook until tender, then rinse in cold water.
Sauce: equal parts of Oyster Sauce, Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce. Mix well
Saute fresh minced fresh ginger and garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil with 3 or 4 chopped green onions.
Add noodles, sauce and whatever vegis you want. I like cabbage, celery, carrots, ect. Stir fry til warmed throughout.
Chocolate Wontons
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
24 wonton wrappers, defrosted (keep wrappers covered with damp towel)
- defrost overnight in the fridge
24 pieces or nuggets of chocolate
canola oil for frying
powdered sugar for sprinkling
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and water to make an egg wash.
2. On a clean dry surface lay 1 wrapper down and place chocolate near the top end of the wrapper. Brush the egg wash on the edges and seal shut and try to push out all the air. Poking small holes in the wrapper with your nail will help when frying them. Repeat for all the wrappers.
3. In a pot pour 2 inches of oil and heat to 350 degrees F. If you don't have a thermometer, test the oil with a small piece of bread. The oil is ready when it slowly floats to the top and gets toasty brown. (If it sinks, it's too cold and if it stays at the top and cooks really fast it's too hot). Fry about 1 1/2 minutes each side and sprinkle with sugar while they are still hot.
Asian Lettuce Wraps
1 1/2 lbs. extra lean ground chicken or turkey
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 medium celery stalks finely chopped
1/2 cup hoisin sauce
3 TBS soy sauce
2 Cloves garlic, minced
2 TBS fresh ginger, grated
1 TBS brown sugar
1 TBS sesame oil
1/2 TBS Asian Chile paste
1 5 oz can bamboo shoots drained and chopped
2 6 oz cans sliced water chestnuts drained and chopped
Combine ingredients in crock pot. cover and cook on low 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours. Thirty minutes before the end of cooking add:
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
4 green onions, finely sliced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro minced
To serve place around 2 TBS of chicken on lettuce leaf and drizzle with hoisin sauce.
14 crisp iceberg lettuce leaves (about 2 heads of lettuce)
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
PS this dish is lowfat! If you are using a 5, 6, or 7 quart crock pot you can double this recipe.
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