Saturday, March 8, 2008

Smothered Chicken


Breast Chicken Strips
Chipotle seasoning

Sprinkle chipotle seasoning on checken strips. Put a couple talblespoons olive oil in frying pan. Add seasoned chicken strips and cook until done.

Sauce
1/2 cup white cooking wine
1 tlbsp, minced shallot
1/4 cup heavy cream
12 tlbsp. unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
salt and pepper to taste

Bring wine and shallot to a simmer in heavy bottom sauceopan. Reduce the mixture by half. Add the heavy cream and reduce the mixture by half again. Then reduce the heat under the pan to low. Whisk in pieces of the butter a few at atime until all of the butter has been incorporated and the sauce is thick. Make sure you whisk during the entire time the butter is being incorporated. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Bacon Pieces
Tomatoes-chopped

Add sauce to top of chicken and then add bacon pieces and tomatoes! Mmmm Tasty!!
This can be put on top of angle hair pasta as the picture or just alone as a chicken dish with other sides.

Smack your Mamma Mac n Cheese


4 Tlbsp. flour
6 Tlbsp. flour
3 cups heavy cream
1 tlbsp. tomato paste
1/2 lb. Cheddar Cheese
1/2 lb. 2 year aged Cheddar Cheese
1 pkg. smoked Goud Cheese
salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp. chipotle seasoning
2 cups toasted panko bread crumbs
6 oz. shredded parmesan cheese
1 pkg. martelli macheroni-cooked

In large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly to break up any lumps. Add the tomato paste and cook until the sauce begins to simmer and thicken, about 5 minutes. Add the cheeses stirring until they are melted and blended with the sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the chipotle seasoning.

Add the cooked macaroni to the sauce and stir until well combined. Pour unto prepared baking dish. Top with toasted panko bread crumbs. Bake for 20 minutes. Add the parmesan cheese and bake for 5 more minutes. I get the martelli macheroni at Whole Foods. It is Mmmm tasty!

Homemade Waffles


1 3/4 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tlbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
3 egg yolks beaten
3 egg whites whipped
1/3 cup crisco oil
1 1/2 cup milk

Mix everything together but the egg whites. Add them at the end by hand. Put into waffle maker and Mmmmm tasty!!