Honey Sesame Chicken October 2013

Honey Sesame Chicken

ingredients

• 2 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or thighs)
• salt and pepper
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce
• 1/2 cup diced onion (optional)
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 4 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 6 Tablespoons water
• sesame seeds
• 3 scallions, chopped (optional)

Instructions

1. Lightly season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper, and place into your crock pot.
2. In a medium bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes. Pour mixture over chicken. Cook on low for 4 hours.
3. Remove chicken from crock pot, but reserve sauce in the pot. Dissolve 4 teaspoons of cornstarch in 6 tablespoons of water and pour into crock pot. Stir to combine with sauce. Replace the lid and cook sauce on high for ten more minutes or until it thickens slightly.
4. Shred chicken into bite size pieces. Serve chicken over cooked rice and spoon some sauce on top. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped scallions.

Lasagna

1 lb lean ground beef OR

        ½ lean ground beef and ½ of Italian sausage

1 cup chopped onion

1 can Italian diced tomatoes

1 teaspoon minced garlic

2 8oz cans of tomato sauce (or more if you like your sauce saucy J)

1 Tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 Tablespoons basil

1 cup Ricotta cheese

1 cup cottage cheese

¼ cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese

1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes

½ teaspoon oregano

4 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese

½ cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese

8-12 Lasagna noodles uncooked

Brown beef (and sausage) with onion.

Add tomatoes, garlic, tomato sauce, 1 Tablespoon parsley, sugar, salt, and basil.

Heat to boiling. Reduce heat simmer for 1 hour.

Mix Ricotta, cottage cheese, ¼ cup Parmesan, 1 tsp parsley, and 1 tsp oregano. 

Reserve ½ cup to 1 cup of meat sauce for the top. I

n ungreased foil baking pan, make 2 to 3 layers each of sauce, uncooked noodles , mozzarella cheese mixture. 

Spread reserved sauce over top. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover with extra heavy foil. Label and freeze. Aprx. 12 serving.

Serve with Bread Sticks and salad.   

 JEANS BREAD STICKS                  

1 ½ cups warm water            ½ tsp salt
2 Tbl sugar                            1 cube butter
1 Tbl yeast                            Garlic salt
3 to 4 cups bread flour          Grated Parmesan cheese

Dissolve yeast in water and sugar.  Add flour and salt.  Mix and knead 5 to 6 minutes.  Let rest 10 minutes.  Break off into golf ball size balls and roll into bread sticks.  Put in deep cookie sheet.  Melt butter and spoon over each bread stick.  Lift each bread stick to get butter under .  Sprinkle with garlic salt and Parmesan cheese (liberally).  Let rise 15 to 20 minutes.  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Won Ton Tacos - October

I will be doing Won Ton Tacos for October. The recipe is pretty easy:


Cook ground hamburger. Add Taco Seasoning. Cook s instructed. Let cool. Place in zip-loc freezer bag and freeze.

Defrost frozen meat. Reheat. Spray muffin tin with Pam. Place won ton in each muffin tin. Add warmed hamburger meat, top with shredded cheese if you would like. Cook in Oven at 350 until won ton is golden and cheese is melted. Serve with taco toppings. Enjoy!