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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Chicken Enchiladas

2 pounds of cooked and shredded chicken marniated in the Spicy Lime Marinade ( posted below )
1 15 ounce can stewed tomatoes
3 cups enchilada sauce
3 cups shredded cheese
1 small can of chilis
15 corn tortillas
2T. taco seasoning

Preheat oven 350

1. Place in a bowl the chicken, 1.5 cups of cheese, half to full can of chopped green chilis and taco seasoning
2. In a blender puree the can of stewed tomatoes, until its pureed smooth
3. Add to the bowl and mix ingredients well.
4. In a dry medium hot skillet place tortillas on for aout 15-20 seconds on each side, ( helps make them pliable ).
5. Once they are all done place 1.5 cups of enchilada sauce down in your glass pan and start filling and rolling up each enchilada. Its okay to be generous with filling, but they should roll up. Place seamside down in glass pan.
6. After they are all rolled and placed, top with remaining sauce and let some seep between each enchilada then top with cheese. Place in oven covered for 30 minutes and serve!

Spicy Lime Chicken Marinade

1/2 cup fresh squeezed limes
1/2 cup Olive Oil
1t. salt
1t. pepper
2T. spicy season blend for chicken or spicy Mrs. Dash
2 pounds chicken

1. Combine lime, salt, pepper and seasoning
2. Whisk in olive oil
3. Place in ziploc bag along with chicken and marinade at least an hour to 8 hours.
4. Grill and serve.

Hot Meatball Sandwiches

2 pounds ground beef
3 eggs
4 slices of toast made into tiny little crumbs ( food processor or cut with knife or break apart with hands into teeny tiny pieces)
3T. ketchup
1 lipton onion pack
1t. garlic powder
1t. pepper
1T. worchestershire sauce
1/2c. milk
2 jars of marinara
8 hoagie buns
16 pieces of provolone cheese
parmesean cheese grated
1/2 an onion diced
2 cloves garlic minced

Preheat oven 375

1. Mix beef, eggs, toast crumbs, ketchup, worchestershire sauce, pepper, garlic, 1 envelope of lipton onion mix and milk. Mix together and set in refridge for 30 minutes. Helps to let bread soak up the milk.
2. Make 1 inch meatballs to 1.5 inch meatballs.
3. Place in oven for 30 minutes
4. In the meantime sautee up the half an onion til soft and add the garlic in and sautee for another couples minutes on low.
5. Add the jar sauce to pan and simmer.
6. After meatballs are cooked and cooled add them to the sauce and simmer for 15 minutes to incorporate floavors.
7. Turn broiler on
8. Place hoagie buns in broiler for a minute, just to toast it, then place meatballs and some! sauce on hoagie bun, top with provolone cheese and place in broiler to melt cheese (30 seconds roughly)
9. Top with some parmesean cheese after done broiling and enjoy!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Tostadas

8 Tostada shells ( Crispy corn, flat taco shells)
1.5 cups refried beans
2 cups taco meat
shredded cheddar cheese
lettuce
tomato
diced onions
salsa
sour cream

1. Place the shell down and smear refried beans and sprinkle taco meat on.
2. Then place cheese and various toppings to ones liking.
3. Eat!

Eggrolls

1 T. sesame oil
1 roll of Jimmy Dean Sauage browned
4c. coleslaw mix
1 carrot peeled and shredded
2 green onions chopped fine
2T. soy sauce
1 pack egg roll wrappers
egg wash ( egg plus 1T. water)

Preheat fryer to 375

1. In a fry pan add the sesame oil and fry the coleslaw mix, carrots and green onions
2. After 5 minutes of frying gently on medium high/medium turn the heat off. Add the soy sauce and sausage to the mix.
3. Take one wrapper and egg wash the edges and place 2T. of filling in the middle, take the wrapper facing you in a diamond shape and bring up the point at 6 oclock direction and place over the filling and tuck under then fold each edge in and roll up tight!
4. Place on plate and finish the others.
5. Place in deep fryer and fry until golden brown.
6. Serve with sweet and sour sauce and you have a wonderful snack or side dish! Enjoy!

Most Awesome! Beef Stroganoff

1/2 cup sour cream
4 cups of beef gravy
1 onion julienned
2 cups sliced mushrooms
6T. butter
1/2 bag of egg noodles
2 New York steaks or tender meat sliced ever so thin!

1. In a fry pan add 3T. butter and sautee down the onions til golden and yummy looking, will take around 10 minutes.
2. Then fry the mushrooms in the rest of butter.
3. Remove the onions and mushrooms aside in a bowl and get the pan hot, in the meantime season sliced steak with salt pepper and grlic powder.
4. Place 3T. oil in pan and place sliced steak in it, fry til browned. Turn heat to medium low.
5. Add in the onions and mushrooms, then gravy and stir.
6. Add in the sour cream and cook on low for 15 minutes.
7. Boil the noodles and drain.
8. Place noodles down and pour the gravy mix over it and enjoy!

Chicken Taquito

3 cups shredded chicken
12 small tortilla shells
1 cup shredded cheese
1T. taco seasoning
1/2 a small can of green chilis
1/4 cup mild salsa

Preheat deep fryer at 400-375

1. In abowl mix chicken and taco seasoning.
2. Add in cheese and chilis and salsa then mix well.
3. Place a tortilla flat and add 2 to 3 Tablespoons of chicken mixture.
4. Roll up tight!
5. Take a toothpick and secure it to it wont open along the seam
6. Place in fryer and fry til golden brown.
7. Drain cool and enjoy.

Guacamole

3 Haas Avocados diced
1 roma tomato diced
1 lime juiced
1t. salt
1t. pepper
1 clove garlic minced
2T. cilantro chopped
1/4 red onion diced
1/2 jalepeno diced and seeded

1. In  a bowl combine the diced avocado, tomato, jalepeno, garlic, onion cilantro and lime juice.
2. Mix well and add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Serve with chips or atop your entree.