Orange Chicken

Recipes- from Mondern Honey and Cooking With Mima

The chicken- 

• 6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts cut into bite-size pieces
• ▢4 Eggs whisked
• ▢1/2 cup Cornstarch
• ▢1/2 cup Flour
• ▢Salt
• ▢Oil for frying
• (optional- can add seasonings to the flour mixture)

• 1 tsp. black pepper or less to taste, fresh ground
• 1 tsp. onion powder
• 1/2 tsp. ginger powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. paprika to add color to the chicken
• Vegetable oil for frying
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Orange sauce- I bought Soy Vay- Orange Ginger sauce

Next time I'll use this Orange sauce recipe-

• 1 cup Orange Juice
• ▢1/2 cup Sugar
• ▢2 Tablespoons Rice Vinegar or White Vinegar
• ▢2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce use tamari for a gluten-free dish
• ▢1/4 teaspoon Ginger
• ▢1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder or 2 garlic cloves, finely diced
• ▢1/2 teaspoon Red Chili Flakes
• ▢Orange Zest from 1 orange
• ▢1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
• sliced onions
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• Dice the chicken into ½ inch cube pieces and place in a bowl. Add in the flour, corn starch, salt, black pepper, onion powder, paprika, and ginger powder to coat the chicken. Amy's addition (I probably doubled all the flour ingredients and seasoning and let all the seasonings sit on the chicekn for about 20 min. Then I put all the chicken on a cookie sheet at 500 degrees for about 20 min.)
• Or you can cook the chicken on the stove top........In a deep frying pan, bring the oil to medium-high heat. Fry the chicken until golden brown. Takes about 2-3 minutes. Do no over cook or else it will become chewy.
• Meanwhile, whisk all the sauce ingredients and a bowl. Transfer to a hot non stick skillet or frying pan and cook on low-heat, simmering until the sauce thickens up.
• Transfer the fried chicken to the sauce and mix to coat well. Let the sauce and chicken simmer together for 1-2 minutes and then remove from heat.
• Serve with homemade Lo Mein Noodles or white rice. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and chopped green onions. (optional)

Delicious Fish Tacos

 Spend With Pennies

Serves 4

• 1 ½ pounds fillets of tilapia or cod/haddock
• ▢1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1 tablespoon chilli powder
• ▢½ teaspoon cumin
• ▢½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢1 teaspoon paprika
• ▢½ teaspoon salt
• ▢½ teaspoon pepper
• ▢1 teaspoon oregano
• ▢½ teaspoon onion powder

TACOS-

8 6-inch corn or flour tortillas

       1 sliced avocado

• ▢1 lime wedged
• ▢toppings to taste

• fish taco sauce-

  2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• ▢3 tablespoons sour cream
• ▢½ lime juiced (lemon juice container)
• ▢½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢½ teaspoon cumin
• ▢½ teaspoon sriracha or to taste
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Directions-

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine all fish taco sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• Combine rub ingredients and rub into fish fillets. Place fish on a parchment lined pan and drizzle with olive oil.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until flaky and cooked.
• Heat tortillas according to package directions.
• Break fish into large chunks and divide between tortillas. Top as desired and serve.
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How to Make Cabbage Onion Slaw: 1 cup green cabbage, shredded 1 white onion, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped ⅓ cup sour cream 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 jalapeño pepper seeded & chopped.

Nutritional information includes 2 fish tacos in corn tortillas and no toppings.

8/7/22 I made these and seasoned with a special seasoning called Pecan smoked salt, turned out just simply amazing!

Mexican Corn- Elote

Corn

Butter

Mayonnaise

Seasoned salt

garlic powder

Cotija cheese

paprika

cayenne

tahin

fresh lime

 

Husk corn but leave the green husk on, use for a handle

Grill for 15min, turning often

Put butter on the corn

Mix the mayonnaise spread, slather the mayo mix on the cooked corn

Then layer a generous amount of cojita cheese on top of the mayo spread

Sprinke paprika, cayenne, and tahin

Top it off with fresh lime

Classic Deviled Eggs

 Lily made these delicious deviled eggs for a neighborhood party at the Zwygarts

NY Times Cooking

• 6 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1 to 2 dashes Tabasco sauce, to taste
•  Salt, to taste
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• garlic powder to taste
• 1 tablespoon snipped fresh chives
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
•  Paprika, for garnish
•  Whole fresh chives, for garnish

1. Rinse eggs with warm water, and place in a small saucepan. Cover with cold water, place the pan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Turn off heat, cover and let sit for 10-12 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water and peel. Cool in the refrigerator, loosely covered, for 15 minutes.
2. Halve eggs lengthwise, and carefully scoop out yolks. Place yolks in a bowl, and mash with a fork. Add mustard, Tabasco, salt, pepper and snipped chives. Stir in mayonnaise.
3. Fill each egg white with about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the egg-yolk mixture and dust the top with paprika. Arrange in a spoke design on a platter; garnish with whole chives.

Potato Wedges

Tasty

 for 6 servings

• 6 large russet potatoes
• 2/3 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 cup parmesan cheese

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
2. Thoroughly wash potatoes, cut in half, and slice into wedges.
3. Toss wedges in olive oil and seasonings.
4. Place on a baking sheet, spray oil, put potato skin side down.
5. Bake 40-50 minutes.
6. Enjoy!

I like to serve with Chipotle/Adobo dipping sauce

Breakfast burritos

Makes 8 burritos

Once Upon A Chef

FOR THE AVOCADO-TOMATO SALSA-

• 1 large avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
• 1/2 cup diced seeded tomatoes, from 1 to 2 tomatoes
• 1 small shallot, minced (about 2 tablespoons)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced

• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, from 1 lime
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro

Egg Burrito- 

1 onion chopped and sauteed
8 eggs
30oz hashbrowns
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 lb spicy sausage (such as chorizo, Italian, or anything you like), removed from casings

• 1-2c (6 oz) shredded Monterey Jack cheese

• 4 (10-in) burrito-size flour tortillas

• Vegetable oil

 Cook hashbrowns in oven 400, spray pan with oil, put frozen browns on top, drizzle oil and salt and pepper on top.  cook 40-50 min

Cook sausage on stove top.
In bowl combine- eggs, paprika, salt. 
On stove top, Cook  the egg mixture. In the middle of the flour tortilla layer sausage, hashbrowns, cooked egg mixture and salsa , top with cheese. Roll up 3 sides of the tortilla.

1. Lightly coat the pan with oil and set over medium heat. When the pan is hot, add the burritos, seam side down. Cook, covered, until the bottom of the burritos are golden brown, about 3 minutes. Flip the burritos over and continue cooking, covered, until golden, a few minutes more. Serve warm.

8/10/21

made 15 burritos- 15 eggs

Can freeze tortillas without the salsa. Fill the tortillas and roll up and wrap  individually with saran wrap. To reheat put in oven 350 for 15-20 min

Dayna Chicken Thigh Recipes

For any of these recipes- 3 different ways to cook- Grill 20 min, or Bake 35 min in oven at 350 or 15 min on stove top (turning once)

Vietnamese Chicken
From Dayna, serve 4-6

4 cloves of garlic
1 inch cube ginger, minced
1 small shallot
1 t ground turmeric
1 red cherry bomb pepper or any other pepper (seeded and finely diced)
1/2 t salt and pepper
2 T fish sauce
2 T olive oil
2 lbs chicken thighs (can take off the meat from the bones if desired)
1 lime cut into wedges

Mix the chicken with all the seasonings. Let sit 30 min to overnight

Bake 35 min in oven at 350 or 15 min on stove top (turning once)

Shari Paprika Chicken
2 T butter/coconut oil
5 minced garlic
Paprika
Salt and pepper

Mix all the ingredients and smear over the chicken.
Bake or cook on stove top

Asian Chicken
8 chicken thighs or drumsticks
5 minced garlic
1/4c honey
3 T balsamic vinegar (Dayna said she left it out)
3 T soy sauce
2 t sambai oelek ( ground fresh chile paste) or a little hot sauce
1 T fish sauce


Optional 30 minutes before marinade chicken in garlic, honey, fish sauce, and soy sauce.
Can cook on grill, if so, soak and coat chicken and grill with cooking spray, cook 20min.
While chicken cooks, combine the ingredients in a small sauce pan, stirring with whisk, Bring to boil 7-10 minutes, till it reduces 1/3.
Transfer cooked chicken to bowl and pour sauce over chicken

3/9/20, made it, marinaded it (didnt add balsamic)

Dayna one Skillet Curry

Chicken marinade-
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs (i cubed mine)
1/2 t cumin
1 t paprika
1 t turmeric
1t garlic powder or 3 garlic cloves
1t ginger (she said 1 T)
3/4t salt and and dash pepper
1/4-1t cayenne (I omitted)
3/4c nonfat plain greek yogurt (I didnt have yogurt so I used mayo and tahini)
1 small lemon


Rice
1 T oil
1 can coconut milk
1/2t red pepper
1/2t turmeric
1/2t cumin
1/8t coriander
1/2t salt
pepper
1c uncooked rice
3/4c green peas
carrots, peppers, potatoes, zucchini

In a bowl add the chicken and marinade seasonings let sit for 1-5 hours.
In large skillet add oil, wait till hot, add chicken cook till browned 4-5minutes, then flip and cook 2 min. Remove from pan and put on a plate.

In same skillet add coconut milk and all rice ingredients , bring to simmer, then pour in rice. Add browned chicken on top of rice. Reduce heat to low and cover skillet, cook for 20-25 minutes.

10/10/19 I really loved it, the mayo and tahini worked well for the yogurt.  next time do 2 c of rice and increase rice seasonings and coconut milk

Crispy Garlic Baked Potato Wedges

Cafe Delites

• 6 large russet (or brushed) potatoes, rinsed
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic (or 3 teaspoons garlic powder)
• 3 teaspoons salt (adjust to your tastes)
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2/3 cup finely grated or shredded parmesan cheese , divided
• 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200°C | 390°F. Line 2 large baking sheets / trays with parchment (baking) paper; set aside.
2. Cut each potato in half lengthways, then cut each half in half lengthways again, and then cut each half in half lengthways again until you have 8 wedges. (Make sure they are about the same thickness and size).
3. In a small jug, combine the oil, garlic, salt and paprika. Place wedges onto the baking sheets. Pour the oil mixture over the potatoes and toss together to coat evenly. Arrange potato wedges in a single layer on a large baking tray, skin-sides-down. Sprinkle with half of the parmesan cheese and extra salt if needed. Bake for 35 minutes, turning wedges half way through baking time, until golden, crisp and cooked through when tested with a fork.
4. Sprinkle with parsley and remaining parmesan cheese to serve.

Serve with Chipotle Ranch or Aioli

I served with Roasted Chicken