When food goes wrong

Remember class when grilling chicken with the skin on it is important to keep it on low, be attentive and TURN IT OFTEN.
If not the fat will catch on fire and your chicken will go down the shitter
Last week I tried out this recipe. I added boneless skinless chicken and the whole thing was awful. The "broth" was bland and boring and greasy. The potatoes were flavorless and the whole thing sucked!

Pork Fried Rice

INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons oil
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 pound cooked pork, chopped
1 1/2 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed
4 cups cold cooked rice
4 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup soy sauce, plus 1/2 tablespoon

DIRECTIONS
1. Mix egg with ½ tablespoon soy sauce and ½ tablespoon of sesame oil.
2. Add 1/2 tablespoon oil to wok and add egg mixture. Cook egg then remove from wok and chop into small pieces.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in wok. Add meat, peas and carrots, stir-fry for 2 minutes.
4. Add rice and green onions tossing to mix well. Stir-fry for 3 minutes.
5. Add remaining soy sauce and chopped egg to rice mixture and fold in. Stir-fry for 1 minute more.
6. Serve with additional soy sauce, if desired.

Chicken Chow Mein

INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 pound chicken breast, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into matchstick size pieces
4 green onions, chopped

1 cup bean sprouts

1 cup carrot matchsticks

1/2 pound boy choy, chopped
2 teaspoons fresh ginger root, minced or grated
4 cloves garlic, minced

12 ounces chow mein/soba noodles, cooked and drained
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat wok over high heat. When pan is very hot, add vegetable oil and chicken and cook until no longer pink.

2. Add the bell pepper, green onion, bean sprouts, carrots and bok choy. Stir fry for 1 minute then add the ginger and garlic, and cook 2 minutes.

3. Add the cooked noodles. Then add the soy sauce and sesame oil and toss the ingredients to coat noodles evenly with sauce.

Spicy Pork Burritos

INGREDIENTS
2-3 pounds pork, cut in chunks
5 garlic cloves, minced
½ onion, chopped
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon corn starch
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 ½ cups Verde salsa
½ cup salsa
pepper jack cheese, shredded
flour tortillas

DIRECTIONS
1. In a large skillet, add vegetable oil, onion, and garlic. Saute on medium high heat until onions are translucent. Add pork. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin and cook until the pork is no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain any excess fat.
2. Stir in both salsas and corn starch. Cook on low heat about 10 minutes.
3. On a cookie sheet, place meat mixture and cheese in the center of a flour tortilla. Reserve the extra sauce from the meat mixture. Fold in ends of the tortilla and then sides forming a burrito. Broil in oven for 2-3 minutes until the tortilla turns light brown. Top burritos with extra sauce and cheese and place back in oven for another minute to let the cheese melt.
4. Serve topped with sour cream or guacamole.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cups vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin
1/2 cups water
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup mini chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease muffin pan or use paper liners.
2. Mix sugar, oil, eggs. Add pumpkin and water. In separate bowl mix together the baking flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. Add wet mixture and stir in chocolate chips.
3. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

NOTE: This made a tray of full sized muffins and a tray of mini muffins.

Kicked Up Stuffed Red Bell Peppers

INGREDIENTS

6 red bell peppers

1 1/4 pounds ground turkey

2 cups left over Spanish rice

1 can diced tomatoes

1 small can El Pato Mexican tomato sauce

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon Mexican oregano

pepper jack cheese, shredded

water

DIRECTIONS

1. On medium high heat cook turkey in a large skillet. Add a splash of water and season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and oregano. Cook thoroughly until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain excess fat.

2. Stir in Spanish rice and diced tomatoes until thoroughly combined.

3. Cut off tops of bell peppers and clean out the inner membranes.

4. Arrange the peppers cut side up in a baking dish. Fill each pepper with rice meat mixture. Pour El Pato tomato sauce over the top of each bell pepper and sprinkle with pepper jack cheese.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes, until the peppers are tender.

Chicken and summer vegetable tostadas

The original recipe can be found here on Cooking Light. I made a few small changes such as adding ground coriander seed and tomatoes. I also made an alternate version with white beans for myself.

1.5 teaspoon ground coriander seed

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon cumin

5 chicken tenders or boneless skinless thighs

3 ears fresh white corn shucked and kernels cut off into bowl

1/2 zucchini fine diced

1 small onion fine diced

6 oz green salsa

1/4 cup cilantro chopped

1 cup monteray jack cheese shredded

2 small tomatoes diced

3 tbsp olive oil

4 flour tortillas

cooking spray (I used olive oil kind)

Combine coriander, salt, pepper and cumin in bowl. Season both sides of chicken with half of mix. Heat oil in skillet over medium low heat. Cook chicken on both sides until brown. Remove chicken and shred with two forks. Reduce heat to low and add chicken salsa to pan. Coat and cook for 2 minutes. Place tortillas on cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray. Place under broiler on low until tortillas brown and get crispy. Add corn, zucchini and onion to chicken toss to combine. Add remaining seasoning, toss to coat and turn off heat. Once tortillas have crisped remove from broiler and add 1/4 chicken mixture to each one. Top with 1/4 cheese and place back under broiler until cheese melts. Top with tomatoes and cilantro. Cut into quarters to serve.

As a vegetarian alternative I heated the white beans until they began to brown. I followed the same steps above and it turned out great. My husband hates beans, but if he didn't I think this recipe would kick ass with the chicken and beans combined!

Bean version.