Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Peanut Sauce

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I looked at a few recipes online for a basic idea of the ingredients and made up my own.

I used
Approx. 1/2 cup peanut butter
Handful of peanuts
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup honey
1/4 tsp. Pampered Chef Indian Mild Curry Rub*
1/4 tsp. Pampered Chef Thai Red Curry Rub* 
1/4 tsp. dried cilantro
1/4-1/2 tsp. red pepper
3 tsp. sesame seeds

*Substitute pinches of whatever you have of sugar, salt, garlic, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, black pepper, ginger, turmeric, cardamom, brown mustard seed, clove, curry powder, paprika, onion powder, lemongrass powder, and a bit of lime juice. Simplified, use garlic, cinnamon, ginger, and curry powder.

Combine the ingredients in a pot and heat on the stove, medium temperature, until hot, stirring constantly. Serve on chicken and rice or whatever.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Asian-ish Stir-fry

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I used
4 frozen chicken tenders
8 oz. frozen green beans
3 eggs
4 servings brown rice
Reduced-sodium soy sauce (a few tbsp., maybe 1/4 cup)
A few tsp. Pampered Chef Asian seasoning mix
Water

1. Put the rice on to cook.

2. Cook the chicken with the soy sauce on a skillet on the stove. Sprinkle with 1 tsp or so seasoning. Add a little water as necessary to keep it from burning to the skillet. When it's mostly cooked, cut it into pieces, beat the eggs in a bowl, poor them in the skillet with the chicken, and scramble.

3. Cook the green beans in a pan with a little water and 1 tsp. seasoning.

4. Add the rice, green beans, and another tsp. seasoning to the skillet with the chicken and eggs. Stir well and serve.

Makes enough for 3 or 4 people (enough for us two to eat for dinner and my husband to take to work the next day).

Friday, June 15, 2012

Chicken & Veggies

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I used
2 large chicken breasts
1 package of a frozen spring vegetables with peppercorn seasoning mix
Soy sauce (I know, I put it in everything)
1 tsp. dried cilantro
1/2 tsp. celery salt
1 pat butter

Cook the chicken breasts most of the way with the butter and some soy sauce, pull them into pieces using tongs and a knife or whatever's convenient (be careful; I scratched my nonstick skillet), and cook them through. Add the veggies, cilantro, and celery salt, and cook them together until the veggies are hot. Serve on brown rice (or tortillas or whatever strikes your fancy). This recipe makes enough for four people.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Pineapple Chicken

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I found a can of pineapple in the fridge, so I made pineapple chicken. I looked at recipes online for inspiration and did my own thing based on the ingredients available and what I thought would taste good.

I used
1 large chicken breast
4 pineapple rings
Pineapple juice
Reduced-sodium soy sauce
Thyme
Salt
Pepper

I cooked the chicken breast in a little butter, and when it was partly done, I sprinkled thyme, salt, and pepper on top, and then added the pineapple rings and a couple of tablespoons each of soy sauce and pineapple juice. I added more of the latter two as it evaporated as the chicken cooked the rest of the way and made brown rice (the instructions are on the package, yo) and green peas (in a skillet with some butter) to go with it. This recipe makes enough for two people for one dinner.