Thursday, July 9, 2015

Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas
from http://www.poormet.com/chicken-enchiladas/
Ingredients
2 large Chicken Breasts
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Cumin Powder
1/2 Red Onion, chopped
2 cloves Garlic
2 Green Chilies
2 Chipotle Chilies
1 (14.5 ounce) can Stewed Tomatoes
1 (1 cup) can Enchilada Sauce
6-8 Tortillas
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 can Diced Tomatoes w/ green chilies
Sour Cream
Hot Sauce
Instructions
Season the chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cumin powder. Cook over medium high heat in a saute pan with vegetable oil until brown. Flip and cook until no longer pink. Remove from pan.
Add garlic and onions in the saute pan and cook until soft. Add the chilies and stewed tomatoes. Continue cooking for a few minutes.
Shred the chicken and then add to the sauce, mix thoroughly.
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Pour the enchilada sauce in a large bowl and then dip the tortillas in the sauce. Place some of the chicken mixture in the tortilla and wrap. Place the enchilada seam-side-down in a baking dish. Continue until you run out of something.
Spread diced tomatoes and shredded cheese over top of enchiladas and bake for about 20 minutes.

Serve topped with sour cream and hot sauce.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Crock-Pot Beef Roast

I've made a few Crock-Pot Beef Roast and this is by far the best recipe!
Rating:*****

http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-beef-roast-384905

Ingredients:

  1. Directions:
  2. Put potatoes, carrots and onion on bottom of crockpot.
  3. Place the roast on top, fat side up.
  4. Pour in water or beef broth.
  5. Sprinkle chives, parsley, pepper and Onion Soup mix over the meat.
  6. Pour Worcestershire sauce and mushroom soup over meat.
  7. Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours.
  8. **Note: If your roast is frozen, start it on low the night before with just the water or broth. Add the rest of the ingredients the next morning and cook until dinnertime! If done this way, you can easily remove the fat layer in the morning before adding the other ingredients.

Cafe Rio's Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing



  • Ingredients:
½-1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix (make it however Ranchy you want)
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup packed cilantro leaves
  • ¼ cup salsa verde
  • ½-1 jalapeno, deseeded (optional)
  • 1 plump clove garlic
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

Directions:
  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
  2. Place in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving to let it thicken.
  3. Drizzle over salads, tacos, or use as a dipping sauce for taquitos.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Fish Sauce

Ingredients:
Fish Sauce (3 crab picture)
1 lime
warm water
sugar





Mix and taste.

Lotus, Carrot, Potato Pork Soup

Lotus soup with carrot, potato, pork.


Ingredients:
Pork necks
Carrots, peeled and cut.
Potato, peeled and cut
Lotus, peeled and cut


Boil pork neck bones to ride of impurities and rinse.

Get new water, boil water, and add pork. Boil for 30 minutes. Next add vegetables, reduce heat.

Vietnamese Pork Chops

Recipe is from my Mom.
Can be made with chicken, beef, or pork chops and be eaten with rice, in a french sandwich, or vermicelli noodles.

Warm water
1 TBSP honey
garlic whole, minced
fish sauce
dark soy sauce
sugar, salt

Thin pork chops- Poke wholes with fork
If using chicken, do not poke holes.

Saute lemon grass (usualy frozen) with olive oil and add to the marinade. Once marinade is made, taste and then add the meat.

Grill or pan fry.

 This is com suon below:



Pizza Sauce (Copy-Cat Papa Murphy's)

Made some home-made pizzas tonight. My favorite pizza is Papa Murphy's and I wanted to re-create the sauce from them. And it was a hit! John said he loved the sauce!!!! Definitely a keeper!

(I made 3 cups for two 16 inch pizza and the rest of the sauce was used for dipping)

This recipe yield's 1 cup of pizza sauce.
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can Tomato puree
1/4 cup of water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/4 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp oregano
1/8 tsp basil
1/8 tsp thyme
1//8 tsp garlic powder

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce and simmer for 15-20 minutes.