Crunchy Biscuit Chicken Casserole

A new post from me??? Yeah, I know it's been awhile...but my 7-year-old asked me tonight if I had added her favorite recipe to the recipe blog, so I had to add it! :) Here it is, I don't know how healthy it is, but my kids love to help me make this and then they love eating it! I found it years ago, and it's been a family favorite ever since!

2 (5 oz.) cans chunk chicken or 2 C. cubed cooked chicken
1 (10 3/4) can condensed Cream of Chicken soup
1 (8.25 oz.) can green beans, drained
1 (2.5 oz.) jar sliced mushrooms, undrained
4 oz. (1 C.) shredded cheddar cheese
½ C. mayonnaise or salad dressing
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 can Pilsbury Grands! Refrigerated Buttermilk Biscuits
1-2 tbsp. margarine or butter, melted
¼-1/2 C. crushed cheddar cheese flavored or seasoned croutons

1. Heat oven to 375. In med. saucepan, combine chicken, soup, green beans, mushrooms, cheese, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Pour hot chicken mixture into ungreased 13x9 baking dish.

2. Separate dough into 8 biscuits; arrange over hot chicken mixture. Brush each mixture with margarine; sprinkle with crushed croutons.

3. Bake at 375 for 23-27 minutes or until deep golden brown.
*6 servings

Smothered Chicken

I just tried this recipe for the first time tonight and it is SO good! It is a recipe from Outback Steakhouse.

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts {I use frozen chicken strips and put them across my big griddle}
Garlic powder and seasoned salt to taste {I sprinkle on Montreal Chicken Spice}
1 T. Vegetable oil
Button mushrooms, cut in halves
1 C. shredded cheddar cheese blend
1/4 c. chopped green onions
1/2 c. real bacon bits {I use real bacon crumbles in a bag to make it easier}
1/2 c. tomatoes
1 bottle BBQ sauce

Flatten chicken to 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle with seasonings. In skillet brown chicken in oil for 4 minutes. Cook in separate pan bacon until done and bacon is crisp. Add mushrooms to bacon mixture for the last 5 minutes to soften mushrooms. Top cooked chicken with 1 T. BBQ sauce, mushrooms, bacon, green onions and cheese. Cover and cook until chicken is done and cheese is melted, about 10 minutes. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes and honey mustard.

Honey Mustard Sauce
1 c. Mayo
1 c. Dijon mustard
1/4-1/2 cup honey
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 cup lime juice
1 tsp. ginger powder
Mix. Add extra honey or lime for desired taste

Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
5 lb. russet potatoes (or red potatoes)
1/2-1 whole 16 oz. tub sour cream {depending on how much moisture you need in your potatoes}
1 cube butter {I personally don't use this}
8 oz. whipping cream or milk
fresh or dried parsley
1 clove garlic
salt and pepper
peel potatoes and cut into large chunks. Boil water and add potatoe chuncks. Boil until potatoes are fork tender. Drain majority of water from potatoes. Mash potatoes with either an eletric mixer or potato masher. Add whipping cream or milk, butter, sour cream, garlic, salt, pepper and parmesan cheese.

{You put the potatoes on the bottom, then the chicken, then a dab of the honey mustard and it is SO yummy!}
{This could be a high calorie dish, so I use fat free ingredients whenever I can, do not add butter or cream, and no oil-just spray-then it turns it into a healthier dish!}

yes, i'm back...here's a fantastic link ;)

Hey there! I'm finally posting again, and here is a great link:

http://fashionablyfoodie.blogspot.com/2008/08/cafe-rio-ish-sweet-pork-or-shredded.html



My friend, Jen, led me to this recipe blog and this awesome recipe. I've missed Cafe Rio sooo much since moving out of Utah! I made the sweet pork salads for my family and it was a huge hit! It tastes just like the real thing. There is a ton of prep work involved but it is so worth it! I'm excited to try the chicken recipe too now!

More recently she also posted a recipe for fritos pie and it was fabulous as well, just click home and you'll see that recipe.

Enjoy! More recipes to come soon! I promise! ;)

Bourbon Chicken (NO Bourbon used!)

I'm not sure why its called bourbon chicken but this recipe is alcohol free! I will usually add some kind of stir fry veggies to this. I also cut the red pepper flakes to 1/4 teaspoon for the wimps in my house (as you can tell, I'm not one of them!) This is a fast and easy dish. I usually double the sauce and then thicken it with cornstarch. But its yummy either way.

Ingredients

2 lbs chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1-2 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/4 teaspoon ginger
3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup soy sauce

Directions
1 Heat oil in a large skillet.
2 Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned.***I just boil my chicken and then cut it up with kitchen shears. Its much easier that way!***
3 Remove chicken.
4 Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium Heat until well mixed and dissolved.
5 Add chicken and bring to a hard boil.
6 Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
7 Serve over hot rice and ENJOY.

El Pollo Loco Flame Broiled Chicken

OK, I'll admit it, I've never been to El Pollo Loco so I'm not sure if this is the same thing or not. However, this chicken is delish! I serve it in corn tortilla's with cheese and avocado sauce (listed at the end of recipe) My hubby and kids eat it up and ask for more! Plus, it's something you can feel good about feeding your family.

Ingredients
1/2 roasting chicken, cut into pieces.

*** I use boneless, skinless chicken breasts most of the time. Just watch the cooking time on the grill, they cook a lot faster.***

MARINADE
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 cups orange juice
1 large garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon yellow food coloring

Directions
1 Combine the marinade ingredients in a large bowl.
2 Add the chicken to the marinade, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour. ***I marinate it longer if I remember too! The longer you marinate, the better***
3 Preheat grill to med/high heat. Cook the chicken on the grill, leaving the cover of the grill open. When the chicken has cooked for about 25 min, marinade the chicken once again for about 5 minutes. Place the chicken back on the grill and continue to cook for another 20-25 min or until done.

***This can also be frozen! Just mix up some marinade, add the chicken and Voila! Dinner is done for a crazy night!***



Avocado Sauce

Ingredients
1 ripe avocado, peeled & pitted
1 fresh jalapeno, cut into quarters (I use green chilies to accommodate the timid in my house)
1 cup water
1 tablespoon white vinegar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced
2 tablespoons diced onion

Directions
1 Combine all ingredients in a blender & puree.
2 Optional: For chunkier salsa, after pureeing, place in bowl.
3 Mix in one diced avocado into pureed mixture.

Chicken and Bow Ties

Tonight, I tried a recipe from an old church cookbook and my family LOVED it! My six-year-old daughter said "This is the best dinner ever...it's even better that hot dogs!" which is a HUGE compliment coming from her! My four-year-old daughter (who is difficult to please) said, "I LOVE this dinner! We should save some for lunch..." (She is requesting leftovers?!?)

After receiving these rave reviews, I decided to share:

4 ounces bow tie pasta
2 cans Italian style diced tomatoes
1/2 pound boneless chicken, cut into strips
1 onion, chopped
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon rosemary
1/2 cup Romano or Parmesan cheese (I used Parmesan, but I think Romano would be better)

Cook pasta, drain, set aside. Drain tomatoes, reserving liquid. In a large skillet, add reserved liquid and boil 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, chicken, onion, mushrooms, garlic and rosemary. Cook 6 minutes or until chicken is done, stirring occasionally. Toss with pasta and cheese.

Kielbasa Skillet Supper

I bought Polska Kielbasa on sale this week! Here are 2 of my favorite Polska Kielbasa recipes. They are both very quick and easy! This one is my favorite! :D

6 slices bacon
carrots (at least 3), sliced
1 lb. Polska Kielbasa
4 potatoes, sliced
1 chopped onion, sliced

Cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet. Saute sliced potatoes, carrots and onion in bacon drippings (I pour most of it out) until tender. Salt and pepper to taste. Add slices Kielbasa to skillet and heat until warm. Top with crumbled bacon and serve.
Serves 4

Pineapple and Sausage with Rice

Just 3 ingredients, can it get any easier?

cooked rice
1 pineapple chunks, undrained
1 lb. Polska Kielbasa

Cut sausage into slices, put in skillet with half syrup from pineapple. Cook 15 min. until browned, add remaining syrup and pineapple chunks. Serve over rice.

Dilled Salmon in Parchment

Mmmm...I love shallots! The combination of shallots and dill with the salmon tastes delicious!

2 skinless salmon fillets (3 ounces each)
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
1 tablespoon chopped shallots

1. Preheat oven to 400. Cut 2 pieces of parchment paper into 12-inch squares; fold squares in half diagonally and cut into half-heart shapes. Open parchment; place fish fillet on one side of each heart.

2. Combine butter and lemon juice in small cup; drizzle over fish. Sprinkle with dill, shallots, and salt and pepper to taste.

3. Fold parchment hearts in half. Beginning at top of heart, fold edges together. At tip of heart, fold parchment over to seal.

4. Bake fish about 10 minutes or until parchment pouch puffs up. To serve, cut an "X" through top layer of parchment and fold back points to display contents.

Makes 2 servings

Empanadas

(There is supposed to be a (~) over the n, I don't know how to do that on my keyboard.)

This recipe was in the Friend awhile ago, when they featured recipes from Chile...I tried it out and it's been a favorite in our family ever since! I like the diversity of the ingredients and that, when combined, they taste so delicious!

1 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 lb. lean ground beef
1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
2 tbsp. chopped garlic
1/4 c. raisins, chopped
1/4 c. green olives, chopped
1 1/2 tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 tbsp. flour
1 3/4 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)
salt and pepper, to taste
1 c. grated cheese
1/3 c. cilantro, chopped
2 pkgs. (8 biscuits each) refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough
1 egg
1 tbsp. water

1. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the beef, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook until the beef is browned and the vegetables begin to soften. Add raisins, olives, vinegar, flour, allspice and cumin. For spicier empanadas, add cayenne pepper. Cook until the mixture thickens. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in cheese and cilantro.

2. Preheat oven to 375 F. Roll one biscuit into a 4-inch circle. In a small bowl, beat the egg with one tablespoon of water. Brush half the biscuit dough with egg. Scoop 1 rounded tablespoon of meat filling onto the dough. Fold the dough over and press the edges with a fork to seal the dough closed. Repeat with remaining biscuits and place empanadas on a large baking sheet. Brush them with egg and bake them for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes 16 empanadas.

Poncit

1 Bag Poncit Noodles
3 pork chops(chopped) or 1 lb. raw shrimp
4 pieces celery (chopped)
1/2 head cabbage (coarsely shredded)
1 small onion (chopped)
1 green pepper (chopped)
soy sauce (about 2 tbs.)

Brown pork, in small about of oil, in a skillet or wok.
Add onions, cook until tender, but not brown.
If you are using shrimp, add now and cook until pink.
Add green pepper and celery, mix well.
Add cabbage and 1/2 cup warm water.
Sprinkle with soy sauce and pepper.
Add noodles. Cover and simmer for 20 mins, folding in noodles.
***IF you can't find Poncit Noodles at your grocery store
use Ramen Noodles instead about 4 packages***

My kids love this! I can't make it enough!

BBQ Pork Sandwiches

1 pork roast
1 Bottle BBQ sauce

Place pork roast in crock pot. Pour 1/2 bottle BBQ sauce over the top. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 6-8 hours. Shred pork. Place pork back into the crock pot and add the rest of the BBQ sauce. Serve on hamburger buns.

Hawiian Haystacks

green pepper, diced
tomatoes,diced
radishes, diced
celery, diced
pineapple, tidbits or chunks
frozen corn
frozen peas
almonds
cashews
cheese, grated
chow mien noodles
coconut
carrots, shredded
olives, sliced
Mandarin oranges
cucumber, diced
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (you can use a whole chicken too)
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 cup chicken broth
4 cups cooked rice

Boil chicken, shred when cooked and return to pan. Add cream of chicken soup and chicken broth to chicken, mix together. Heat over medium heat. When warm, serve over rice. Layer other ingredients on top. Yum!

Easy BBQ Chicken

6 pieces of chicken
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
1/2 cup honey

Place chicken in a baking dish. Combine soy sauce, bbq sauce and honey. Pour over chicken. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Green Chili Enchilada's

1 lb. ground beef
1 jar green chili salsa
1 can green chili enchilada sauce
2 cups grated cheese (or as much as you would like)
flour tortillas

Brown ground beef and 1/2 jar of salsa.
Drain off fat and liquid. Put about
1/4 cup beef and however much cheese
you like on the tortilla. Fold burrito
style and put in a greased 9x13 pan.
Repeat until pan is full. Pour enchilada
sauce over the top. Sprinkle some grated
cheese over the top, cover with foil and bake
at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Beef Stroganoff

2 lbs. ground beef
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 8 oz. container sour cream
salt and pepper to taste
egg noodles

Brown ground beef,salt and pepper meat,
then drain off grease. Boil egg noodles
while meat is cooking. Mix in soup and
sour cream with the meat, cook until warm.
Serve ground beef mixture over noodles. Enjoy!!

Baked Steak

Round steak, tenderized, cut into serving sized pieces
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 T. butter
2 beef boullion cubes
onion, optional, cut into rings.

Combine flour, salt, and pepper. Coat steak
with flour mixture. Melt butter in a pan.
Brown steak pieces. Place steak back into pan after
browning pieces. (I use a cast iron pan) Add enough
water to fill about 1/2 of the pan. Add 2
beef boullion cubes and put onions on top of
the steak. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 2-3
hours. Keep checking to make sure that the water
doesn't run out. Add more water if needed. Serve
with mashed potatoes because this yummy meal makes it own gravy.

Sloppy Joe's or Stuffed Green Peppers~Two Meals in One!

2 Lbs. hamburger
1/4 C boiled rice
1 lg. onion, chopped fine
1/2 green pepper, chopped fine
1 pint tomato juice
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1-2 tbs. chili powder (I usually add more rather then less but it is to your taste)
salt and pepper to taste
Brown the hamburger in a large soup pot, drain. In a seperate pan, saute green pepper and onion in oil until onion is clear. Add the rest the ingredients. Boil together until thick, about 1 hour.
***If you like stuffed green peppers you can use this meat recipe for them. Just cut the peppers in half, removing all seeds, and boil for 5 minutes. Pour some tomato juice in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Place green pepper in pan, fill with meat mixture, and cover with foil. Bake for 30-45 minutes. YUMMY!

Chicken Lettuce Wraps

The Ingredients:

--4 chicken breast halves or 10-12 chicken breast tenders

--5 chopped cloves of garlic

--1/2 chopped onion

--1/4 cup soy sauce

--1/4 cup chicken broth

--1/2 t ginger

--2 T balsamic vinegar

The Directions:

--chop up chicken into teeny tiny chunks.

--chop up the onions and garlic, dump into Crockpot on top of the meat

--in a mixing bowl, mix the liquid and spices

--pour sauce on top of meatcover and cook for 4-6 hours on high, 6-8 on low. Stir this a few times to break up the chicken

--serve over lettuce leaves