Filed Under (Recipes) by aubergine on 14-11-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cuphot sauce
- 1/2 teaspoongarlic salt
- 3-3 1/2 lbs chicken, cut up
- 1 cup Bisquick baking mix
- 1/2 teaspoononion salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- vegetable oil (for frying)
DIRECTIONS
- Combine the hot sauce and garlic salt; pour over the chicken in a large bowl.
- Combine the Bisquick, onion salt and pepper in another bowl.
- Remove the chicken from the sauce and drain.
- Dredge chicken in Bisquick mixture.
- Heat the oil over medium high heat until hot.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add chicken pieces.
- Fry the chicken for about 15 minutes on each side until the juices are clear and chicken is golden brown.
Filed Under (Recipes) by pepper on 05-10-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb sea scallops, quartered if large
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 small dried chipotle chile, with seeds,stemmed and chopped
- fine sea salt
- 1/2 lb capellini
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 400°.
- In a large shallow glass or ceramic baking dish, toss the scallops with the oil, wine, parsley, garlic and chipotle.
- Season with salt and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the oil is sizzling and the scallops are firm.
- Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the capellini until just al dente, about 3 minutes.
- Drain; transfer to a serving bowl.
- Add the scallops and their juices, toss well and serve immediately.
Filed Under (Recipes) by broad bean on 19-09-2008

INGREDIENTS
- 6 corn tortillas
- 4 cloves garlic, whole
- 1 mediumwhite onion or red onion, chopped
- 2 dried pasilla peppers or
- 1 ancho chili(can add more based on spice preference)
- 4-6 plum tomatoesor
- 2 medium round tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 sprig epazote
- salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
- 2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
To serve
- 6 ounces queso frescoor any crumbly any crumbly cheese
- 6 ounces cheddar cheeseor monterey jack cheese, shredded
- 1ripe avocado, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 large lime, sliced
- cilantro, finely chopped
DIRECTIONS
- Cut tortillas into 1/4 inch strips.
- Bake at 400 degrees until golden brown and crisp.
- Add oil to a saucepan and heat.
- When hot, add the dried chiles and quickly fry for 30 sec until they crisp up.
- Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Add garlic and onion to the oil.
- Reduce heat and cook them until golden.
- Add them along with chiles to a food processor.
- Add tomatoes to the food processor.
- Blend all into a smooth puree.
- Set a saucepan over medium heat.
- Add puree and keep stirring until the puree thickens to a dark red paste (takes almost 10 minutes).
- Now add the broth, cumin and epazote to the paste.
- Mix well.
- Bring to a boil and then cover partially and simmer over a low flame for 30 minutes.
- Season with salt.
- Divide cheeses and avocado among soup bowls.
- Add a ladle of soup and top with some tortilla chips and cilantro.
- Serve lime slices alongside.
Filed Under (Recipes) by cos lettuce on 18-09-2008
INGREDIENTS
- 8 ouncesrice noodles (rice sticks)
- 6 tablespoonsvegetable oil
- 1/2 cup canned chicken broth
- 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoonschili paste
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 lbpork loin , cut julienne
- 1 medium onion, cut julienne
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and cut julienne
- 8 stalks celery, cut
- 1/2 head napa cabbage, shredded
- 1 bunch green onions, chopped
- 1 bunch cilantro, minced
DIRECTIONS
- Cook noodles until tender but firm.
- Do not overcook.
- Drain and toss with 3 tablespoons oil; set aside.
- Mix stock, soy sauce, vinegar, chili paste and sugar in small bowl.
- Stir fry pork in wok.
- Add onion, set aside.
- Stir fry the rest of the vegetables but cabbage.
- Combine pork and onions, vegetables, cabbage, cilantro and the sauce.
- Mix well.
- Can be served hot or cold.
Filed Under (Recipes) by yummy on 07-09-2008





INGREDIENTS
The Sauce
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 4 teaspoons low sodium soy sauceor regular regular soy sauce, your choice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoonssesame oil
- 1/2-1 teaspoon cayenne pepper(depending on how much “heat” you can handle!)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
The Rest
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 whole double boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into cubes
- 1/4 cupoil
- 2-3 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 medium bell pepper, any color,sliced into strips (2 small peppers can be used, to give more color contrast)
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 carrot, thinly sliced on diagonal
- 1 cup snow peas
- 1 1/2 cups cashews
- sesame seeds, toasted
DIRECTIONS
- Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- In a large plastic resealable baggie, combine cornstarch, sugar and salt; Add chicken chunks, seal baggie and shake to coat chicken in cornstarch mixture.
- Heat wok or large frying pan on high and add oil; heat to hot, but not smoking.
- Add chicken pieces, garlic, ginger and onion, stirring until chicken is lightly cooked on the outside (about 1 minute).
- Add bell pepper, mushrooms, and carrots; stir 2-3 minutes until softened.
- Add snow peas and sauce, cooking until sauce comes to a boil.
- Add cashews and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Serve immediately, over rice if you’d like– YUM!