Showing posts with label Sauces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sauces. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Cafe Rio Chicken Burros

We got this from the Hill Family and we love it.

Three parts to prepare:

Cafe Rio Chicken
Ingredients:
5 lbs chicken breasts
1 (16 ounce) bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
1.5 Tbsp chili powder
4 tsp cumin
6 cloves garlic—minced

Directions:
Cook all together in a crock pot for 4 hours on high.
Shred the chicken and cook for an additional hour.


Café Rio Rice
Ingredients:
3 cups Uncle Ben's Converted Rice
5 cups water
½ bunch cilantro
1 can green chiles
½ onion
4 tsp chicken bouillon
4 tsp minced garlic
¾ tsp salt
1 Tbsp butter

Directions:
Blend cilantro, green chiles and onion together in food processor.
Bring water to a boil and add all ingredients.
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.


Cafe Rio Dressing
Ingredients:
1 buttermilk ranch dressing packet - (note you need buttermilk and mayo to make the dressing)
2 tomatillos
½ bunch of cilantro
1 clove garlic
Juice of 1 lime
A few drops of green tobasco sauce

Directions:
Make the buttermilk ranch dressing as per recipe on the packet.
Use a food processor to blend the tomatillos, cilantro, garlic, lime and tobasco sauce.
Add to the dressing and refrigerate.


Serving:
On tortilla, add a layer of rice, add chicken on the rice, drizzle with the dressing

Friday, July 4, 2014

BBQ Sauce

1 c Ketchup
4 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 Tbsp Vinegar
2 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Minced Onion

Optional:
Couple squirts of mustard
Some crushed red pepper

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Spaghetti Sauce

1 lb. hamburger
3 <8 oz> cans tomato sauce
2 <8 oz> cans of water
1 <6 oz> can tomato paste
28 oz can diced peeled tomatoes
2 Tbsp dried minced onions or 1/2 c chopped onion
2 Tbsp dried parsley flakes
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp minced garlic or 3 garlic cloves
2 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning

In a small bowl, mix together all dry ingredients (parsley, cornstarch, salt, sugar, Italian seasoning, and dried onion flakes if you use them.
In a large pot that will be used for the sauce, brown hamburger. Add spices to hamburger to taste. Drain fat from hamburger.
Add seasonings and remaining ingredients to hamburger and bring to a boil. Simmer on low for at least 30 minutes. Sauce can be simmered for up to 2 hrs if covered. Stir occasionally to keep from sticking to the bottom and burning.