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

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Homemade General Tso's Chicken


Alright, the amounts are going to be total guesses. I didn't measure anything and was using a few different recipes to figure out what to do so just taste the sauce and see what you think.

Chop up a chicken breast into pieces whatever size you like. I did chunks, my dad did big strips.

Mix together 3 eggs and about 1/2c corn starch. Dip the chicken in that batter and fry in some oil until golden and cooked inside.

For the sauce. Saute some minced garlic (maybe a teaspoon) in some oil. If you have real ginger or whole dried chilies saute that. I used powdered and paste. When the garlic is cooked add 1/4c water, maybe 1 tsp? chili paste (I added WAY too much the first time so if you don't like spicy start slow and add more from there. I added a couple tablespoons and had to double the rest of the ingredients and it was still pretty hot), 2 tablespoons rice vinegar, 4 tablespoons soy sauce, 4 tablespoons sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger. Stir and lightly simmer until it reduces a bit. Because I didn't want a ton of sugar it won't thicken all the way so I added a dash of corn starch to it. If you add more sugar it should gel when cooked.


I'm pretty sure thats everything I did. Like I said, I don't measure anything. I just grab a spoon and scoop stuff. So taste it and adjust to your tastes. You want a little tang (the vinegar), a little spice and a little sweet. Also, I should have doubled how much sauce I made. This was enough to coat the chicken, but I wanted more to cover my broccoli and rice. You could probably vary this recipe a lot. Add pineapple juice, more vinegar, and less spice for more of a sweet and sour, no spice and orange zest and orange juice for more of an orange chicken. I might have to try more stuff with it. The batter is awesome too. Very similar to a beer batter. 

Sunday, August 4, 2013

This weeks menu

This weeks menu

Balsamic Glazed Steak Rolls - Using green and red peppers, zucchini, green onions, and asparagus.



Served with roasted red potatoes and going to attempt Roasted Balsamic Sweet Potatoes


Pork Loin Chops. Planning on just making them with apple and sage although this Pork Tenderloin with Pan Sauce had an amazing flavor so I might end up doing this instead. Its being served with green beans.


Cilantro Chili Chicken Skewers served with a side salad with snow peas and a citrus ginger dressing I have




If I don't use the apple in the pork I may try this for a lunch. Chickpea, Apple and Cashew Salad with Tahini Dressing




and Steak Kabobs with pineapple, peppers, onion, and I'm not sure yet.




Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Baja Citrus Chicken Meal

Todays meal was delicious. I used a package of McCormicks Baja Citrus Marinade. I soaked chicken breasts and baked them.


I served it with a salad with orange bell pepper, red onion, and a cilantro lime dressing and corn on the cob. the meal was called amazing. 

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Crockpot Chowder

Pinterest has been a fun source of inspiration for meals here in my home.  Tonight's dinner was a huge success and I think it may have qualified to replace "Sunday stew."  This is not a bad thing.  We have been having "Sunday stew" for 16 years.  Everyone looks forward to it.  Well, I don't.  I have had enough.

So, thanks to pinterest and about.com, I have Crockpot Chicken and Corn Chowder.  I made up some cornbread muffins to have on the side and everyone was quite happy.


The chowder can be altered to gluten free by using a homemade cream of potato soup (or buying it if one of the GF companies makes it.)

If you want to make one, you can check this one out:  gluten free cream of potato soup.