Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Boneless Air Fryer Chicken Thighs

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Chipotle Chicken Tacos (copycat) from pinterest

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Monday, July 12, 2021

Panda Express Honey Walnut Shrimp

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Sunday, July 11, 2021

Balsamic Chicken Bowls - Clean Monday Meals

 BALSAMIC CHICKEN BOWLS 

Ingredients 

6 T balsamic vinegar

 1/2 C Zesty Italian Dressing 

1-1/4 lbs chicken tenders or breasts, trimmed

 2 heads broccoli,

 chopped 1 C baby carrots,

 sliced in half 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes

 1 t Italian seasoning 

3 T olive oil

 1/2 t garlic powder

 fresh parsley

 salt and pepper

 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a large tray with nonstick spray or line with parchment paper if your tray isn't already nonstick - the balsamic and Italian mixture will stick to it. Set aside. Whisk together the balsamic vinegar and zesty Italian dressing. Cut the breasts into small 1/4 or 1/2 inch pieces. Place 1/3 cup of the balsamic and Italian mixture in a large bag and add the chicken tenders. Coat and place in the fridge to marinate for at least 30 minutes. Place broccoli and carrots on the prepared tray with the cherry tomatoes, Italian seasoning, olive oil, garlic powder, and add some seasoned salt and pepper to taste. Roast the veggies for 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and flip around. Divide the veggies to each side of the tray and place the chicken tenders in the center. Brush 1/3 cup of the balsamic and Italian mixture over the chicken. Return to the oven and cook for another 7-15 minutes depending on the thickness of your chicken. Serve the chicken and veggies with the remaining balsamic and Italian mixture. 04 Tip: Like your tomatoes less roasted? Toss in after 5-10 minutes of the broccoli and carrots being cooked. Otherwise they will be ultra tender.

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Garlic Chicken - Clean Monday Meals

Ingredients

 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts

 2 large eggs, beaten 

1 C gluten free Panko 

 salt and pepper

1/3 C honey 

4 cloves garlic, minced

 2 T gluten free soy sauce

 1 T Sriracha, optional

 1 T cornstarch 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9×13 baking dish or coat with nonstick spray. Cut chicken into 1-inch chunks. Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Working in batches, dip chicken into eggs, then dredge in Panko, pressing to coat. Add chicken to prepared baking dish. Place into oven and bake until golden brown and crisp, about 15-20 minutes. In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, combine honey, garlic, soy sauce and Sriracha, if using. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and 1/3 C water. Stir mixture into the saucepan until thickened, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in chicken and gently toss to combine. Serve over rice.

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Patton Chicken Noodle Soup

Ingredients
Egg Noodles:
1 cup all-purpose flour
Some shakes of salt and pepper
1 egg

Soup:
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
3/4 cup chopped celery
1 cup sliced carrots
1 garlic clove, minced
9 cups chicken broth
2 cups uncooked egg noodles (store bought or homemade recipe)
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 dash of poultry seasoning
2 cups cooked and shredded chicken breasts

Instructions
For the broth:
Using a Costco whole cooked chicken, strip it of the meat and then add everything left over (bones/skin/bits of meat) into 22 cups of water and bring to boil. Reduce heat to light boil / simmer for about 30 min while you make the noodles. Once the noodles are done, strain out the bits so you are left with just broth. Depending on how much soup you want this may or may not be enough broth. If you need more use 'Better Than Bouillon Chicken' brand chicken broth. 

For the noodles
On the counter, dump the cup of flour then make a pool in the middle. Add salt and pepper. Crack and add the egg into the center of the flour. Using a fork mix the yolk and the white of the egg in the middle of the flour, without pulling in a lot of flour. Continue to mix the egg gradually adding more and more flour from the surrounding pile. About half way through all the flour, start using your fingers to roll it around grabbing more and more flour. Continue until most of the flour is gone. 

Add some more flour onto the counter and roll out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut the thing into strips of about 3 inches wide. Add a little more flour on the top, then stack the strips on top of each other. Then cut that into three pieces and stack on top of each other again making a layered stack of approx. 3" x 4" noodles. Cut them on the end into about 3/8" widths. Break apart onto a plate and repeat for more noodles. This recipe amount is for 1 round of noodles.

For the soup
In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter then add onion, celery, and carrots in butter and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Pour in chicken broth and stir in noodles, basil, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken and cook 3 more minutes until chicken is heated through. 

For family of 4 I tripled this and we had 5 bowls of leftovers. The Costco chicken also gave about 6 cups worth of meat which is why I tripled it. There was a lot of the 'soup' left over with no chicken or noodles. Could either reduce soup or add more noodles.