Orange Peel Chicken
Sauce:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
4 green onions, sliced
1 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 chicken breast fillets
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
peel from 1/4 orange, julienned (into 1/8-inch thick strips)
Prepare sauce by heating 1 tablespoon of oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and sliced green onions. Add tomato sauce and water quickly before the garlic burns. Add sugar, chili garlic sauce and soy sauce and bring to a boil. Simmer 5 to 6 minutes or until sauce thickens, then turn off the heat.
Prepare the chicken by heating 1/2 cup oil in a wok over medium heat. Slice chicken breast fillets into bite-size pieces. Combine beaten egg with milk in a medium bowl. Pour the flour into another medium bowl.
Coat chicken pieces by dropping them into the flour a few at a time, then into the egg/milk mixture and back into the flour. Arrange coated chicken on a plate until all chicken is coated.
When oil in the wok is hot, add about half of the chicken to the oil and cook for a couple minutes or until brown on one side, then flip the chicken over. When chicken is golden brown, remove the pieces to a rack or paper towels to drain. Repeat with the remaining chicken. When all of the chicken is cooked rinse the oil out of the wok with water and place it back on the stove to heat up.
When wok is hot again add julienned orange peel and chicken. Heat for 20 to 30 seconds or so, stirring gently. Add sauce to the pan and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir dish a couple times but do it gently so you don't knock the coating off the chicken. Cook until the sauce thickens then serve up the dish with white or brown rice on the side.
Beef Kabobs
1 1/2 lb. sirloin, cubed (sometimes I use stew beef. . .already cubed)
12 whole sm. potatoes, cooked (optional)
4 Roma tomatoes
1 onion, in 1" wedges
12 whole mushrooms (optional)
1 sm. eggplant or med. zucchini, cubed (peel the eggplant)
1 green pepper, in lg. cubes
(So all the veggies are optional and quantities are relative. . .use whatever you like and have on hand)
Marinate the meet overnight in:
1 cup red wine
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup pineapple juice
1 tsp. thyme
1 tsp. rosemary
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp. pepper
Skewer beef and veggies. Broil 3" from heat for 15 minutes or grill, turning frequently and basting with remaining marinade. Don't forget to boil the marinade after you take the meat out!
I usually serve this with herbed rice. It makes a pretty, fresh meal.
Labels: Main dish
Corn Chowder
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1 can chicken broth
2 large red potatoes, cubed
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
3 cups frozen corn
4 green onions, chopped
3 cups milk, divided
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
In a large saucepan, saute onion and green pepper in butter until tender. Add broth and potatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are almost tender. Stir in jalapeno, mustard, salt, paprika, and red pepper flakes. Add corn, green onions, and 2-1/2 cups milk. Bring to a boil. Combine flour and remaining milk until smooth; gradually add to soup. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Yield: 8 servings (2 quarts).
Recipe Requests
Rach, will you post your corn chowder recipe?
Naomi, will you post the pesto pizza recipe?
Anyone have a good recipe for vegetable lasagna? The one I tried turned out awful.
Thanks!
Recipe Rut
I've been struggling with cooking lately--you know, the "I always make the same thing" feeling we get every so often? Weekends are especially hard, because I like to cook breakfast and then don't want to actually cook for lunch (or sometimes dinner), and I run out of quick and easy ideas. . .psuedo-meals, if you will.
At any rate, this
post at
bearing blog gave me some new--or at least not recently thought of--ideas.
