Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Chicken Lettuce Wraps
I used this recipe and made a few changes. I did not add the mushrooms, I added a medium jicama diced, a medium onion diced, and 4-5 stalks of celery diced.
I think that the iceberg lettuce gives it a crunch that is needed, the butter lettuce was very soft.
I served this with a curry cous cous and chopped cucumber and shredded fresh carrots.

Curry Couscous
1 cup couscous
2 cups of boiling water
2 T curry powder
1 t salt.
Mix it all together and let it sit for 10 minutes covered.

Speedy Paella

1 package fully cooked chorizo (3 1/2 oz) cut into 1/4 in chunks
1 pound chicken cut into chunks
1 medium red pepper diced
1 garlic clove crushed
1/8 t dried thyme
1 package spanish style yellow rice mix
1 package of frozen peas.

Cook chorizo over med heat until fat is released, about 3 minutes. Remove chorizo, leave drippings. Add chicken and cook until no longer pink, remove. Add pepper, garlic and thyme and cook for one minute. Add rice mix, 2 cups of water, and chorizo. When mix is boiling, reduce heat and cook covered for 10 minutes.
Stir in frozen peas and cook for 5 more minutes. Stir in chicken and serve when warmed through.

Orange Rosemary Chicken

1 T butter
2 garlic cloves crushed
4 medium chicken breasts
1/2 t dried rosemary
pepper
salt
2 oranges
1/4 cup peach preserves

Add everything to crockpot and cook for 4-6 hours.

Chicken with smashed potatoes, Pot pie style

1 1/2 pounds red potatoes diced
1 T oil
4 medium chicken breasts
salt and pepper
5 oz carrots cut into matchsticks
1 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup cream
1/2 t dried thyme
1 cup frozen peas thawed
1 T butter

Place cut potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water. Boil for 10-12 minutes until potatoes are tender.
While potatoes are cooking heat oil in pan, add chicken and season with salt and pepper. Cook about 6 minutes on first side and finish 6-8 minutes on second side. Remove chicken to a plate and keep warm. In the same skillet add carrots, broth, cream, and thyme. Cook until carrots are tender, about 5 minutes. Take off heat and add peas.
Coarsely mash potatoes with butter, salt and pepper.
Spoon potatoes onto plate, top with chicken and then sauce with veggies.

Chicken Sate' Lettuce wraps

4 med chicken breasts
1 t curry powder
3/4 t salt
2 limes
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 T soy sauce
1 t sugar (agave or honey)
1 bunch fresh cilantro
1 small cucumber sliced
12 lettuce leaves
chopped nuts (peanuts or cashews)

Rub chicken with curry and salt and pepper, grill until done 10-12 minutes.
Zest and juice one lime, mix with peanut butter, soy sauce, sugar, chopped cilantro, and up to 2 T water until smooth.
Slice chicken and serve in lettuce with cucumbers and peanut sauce. I like to add red bell pepper, carrots, nuts and more cilantro.

My recipes

It has been a crazy week here! I have been to the dentist twice in less than a week, along with all the other appointments I have had, and a friend popping in tonight was the night I cooked the dinner I had planned for last night.

Teriyaki Chicken
15 oz teriyaki sauce
6 T sesame oil
3-4 pressed garlic cloves
1 lemon juiced (I had a 2 limes)
2 T honey
1/4 cup sesame seeds
2-3 inches grated fresh ginger
2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs

Mix all together and marinate meat for 12 hours. I like to add this to a bag of chicken and then freeze it, when it thaws it will marinate.

Japanese Ginger salad dressing ~adapted from You On a Diet book
1/2 cup olive oil mayonaise ( the recipe uses olive oil, but I like it creamier.)
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
1 small sweet onion quartered
1 large carrot chopped
juice from one orange about 4 T
2 T grated fresh ginger
1 T soy sauce (add 1 t at a time to taste.)
3-4 T agave nectar, to taste
black pepper to taste

Through everything in the blender and process until smooth.

I made a salad with butter and romaine lettuce, grated carrots, sliced english cucumbers, sliced tomatoes, fresh bean sprouts, sliced nori sheets, snow peas, and pumpkin seeds.

Creamy White Chili

This Chili was fantastic! I thought that adding the sour cream was really weird when I read the recipe, but I had all the ingredients on hand, so I gave it a try. It turned out so great, I made two batches and DH ate one all by himself. I made this two ways too. The first one I used sour cream and milk, the second with plain yogurt and milk. We could not tell the difference between the two. I also added a hand ful of chopped fresh cilantro at the end, it finished it off very well. I served this with cornbread.


Marie Callendars cornbread.
1 yellow cake mix prepared according to directions minus and oil
1 cube of butter melted
1 cup of cornmeal.

Mix and bake 35-40 in a 9x13 cake pan.

Creamy White Chili
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 medium onion, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon oil (I used olive oil)
2 cans (15 1/2 ounces each) Great Northern Beans, rinsed and drained
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) chicken broth
2 cans (4 ounces each) chopped green chilies
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup whipping cream
In a large saucepan, saute chicken, onion and garlic powder in oil until chicken is no longer pink. Add beans, broth, chilies and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream and cream. Garnish with fresh cilantro, if desired. Serve immediately.

http://realmomkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/09/creamy-white-chili.html


My changes:
I used fat free plain yogurt in place of sour cream and milk in place of the whipping cream.

Crockpot Dinner Party

I decided to have some friends over for a dinner last night. It was great to spend some time with them! I cooked all the main parts of our Mexican meal in the crock pot. I love my new one!

Salsa Chicken

2 pounds chicken
1 cup salsa

My chicken was frozen so it took about 3 hours on high to cook.

Beef Brisket Enchilada Style
4 lbs beef brisket
2 cups red enchilada sauce

Salt and pepper the beef, cover with sauce. Cook on low for 8-10 hours until the meat shreds easily.

Pork Barbacoa (Sweet BBQ Pork)
3 lbs pork roast
1 cup red enchilada sauce
1 cup brown sugar
1 small can dice green chilies

Salt and pepper pork roast, cook on high for 4-6 hours until tender. Shred meat removing and excess fat. Add the sauce, sugar, and chilies and cook for 1 more hour.

Crockpot pudding cake~from scratch
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 2/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/4 t baking soda
2/3 cup cocoa
1 t salt
1 t vanilla
1 t baking powder
2 eggs

Mix everything together in a mixing bowl and beat for 2-3 minutes until fully combined. Pour into greased crockpot.

Mix
1/4 cocoa powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
Sprinkle over the top of the cake
Pour 1 1/2 cups hot water over the cake.

Cover and cook for 2 hours on high.

Sticky Coconut chicken (Shrimp and Salmon)

Sticky Coconut Chicken from Leigh Anne

6-8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs

1 cup canned coconut milk

1 Tbsp. minced fresh ginger

1 tsp. fresh ground pepper

1 tsp. red pepper flakes

Marinade chicken in coconut milk, ginger, pepper and red pepper flakes at least one hour (I let mine marinade four about four to five hours). Grill on barbecue.

Glaze:

3/4 cup rice vinegar

1/2 cup sugar

3 Tbsp. soy sauce

1 tsp. red pepper flakes

While the chicken is grilling, bring above ingredients to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until mixture is reduced and thickened, about 8-10 minutes. Be patient because it takes a little while. But once it starts getting really thick, immediately take it off the heat! Glaze both sides of chicken the last few minutes of grilling and serve chicken over rice.

I made this using salmon and shrimp. I did not marinate the salmon, just used the glaze on it. This was very good! A even ate it cold! I served this with brown rice and garlic green beans

Salsa Chicken

Salsa Chicken
Salsa Chicken2 lbs chicken ( I used breasts.)
1 cup salsa/ 1 1/2 cups if you are using breasts
1 can black beans drained
1 cup frozen corn
I put my chicken in frozen with all the ingredients.
It took about 6 hours to cook through on low. This would be a great base for burritos!

I found this recipe on http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/