Week 25

*Teriyaki Bowls
*Wingers Sticky Finger Salads
*Frito Stack-ups
*Broccoli Cheddar Soup in Bread Bowls

Teriyaki Bowls

• 3-4 chicken breasts (can substitute steak)
• 1 cup cut up broccoli
• 1/2 cup carrots sliced in pennies
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 2 cups rice cooked

Sauce for chicken

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 tsp fresh ginger
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Place 3-4 chicken breasts in a crockpot. Combine sauce ingredients and pour over chicken. Cook for 3 hours on high. Shred chicken and leave in sauce.

Steam broccoli, carrots and onion in a pan.

Cook 2 cups rice.

Make another batch of sauce in a pan on the stovetop and add 1 TBPS corn starch. Cook just until boiling.

Put 1/2 cup rice in bowl, add veggies, chicken and drizzle sauce over top. Add rice noodles or sesame seeds.

Wingers Sticky Finger Salads

• 3-4 chicken breasts cut into thick strips
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3 eggs + 2 TBSP water
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs

If they are available to you (Costco), you can buy uncooked panko covered chicken pieces that work very well and save you lots of time. 

Sauce

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/3 cup Franks hot sauce (Buffalo wings flavor)
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 TBSP water

Preheat oven to 425 and grease a baking sheet with cooking spray. 

Add chicken strips and flour to a large ziplock bag. Seal and toss to coat chicken in flour.

Place panko crumbs in a bowl. In another bowl whisk together eggs and water. Dip flour coated chicken strips into egg mixture, then toss in panko crumbs to coat.

Place coated chicken pieces on greased baking sheet. Bake 15-20 minutes until chicken is browned and cooked through.

While chicken is cooking, prepare the sauce in a medium sauce pan and stir over med-high heat until melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Dip cooked chicken pieces in sauce.

Salad

Romaine lettuce cup up
Shredded cheddar and monterrey jack cheese
Dried cranberries
Cherry tomatoes
Homemade Ranch Dressing from Hidden valley ranch packet
Sticky Fingers

Frito Stack-ups

• Fritos
• Favorite canned chili
• Shredded cheddar cheese
• Romaine lettuce cut up
• Olives
• Homemade Ranch Dressing from Hidden Valley ranch packet

Heat chili in a pan. Put fritos in a bowl and then top with remaining ingredients.


Broccoli Cheddar Soup

• 1 Tbsp butter, melted
• 1/2 med onion chopped
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 cups half and half
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups fresh broccoli cut up
• 1 cup carrots, julienned
• salt and pepper to taste]
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 2 cups grated sharp cheddar

Saute onion in butter. set aside. Cook melted butter and flour using a whisk over medium heat for 3-5 min. Stir constantly and slowly add the half an half. Add the chicken stock whisking all the time. Simmer for 15 min. Add the broccoli, carrots and onions. Cook over low heat until the veggies are tender for 15 min. Add salt and pepper. The soup should be thickened by now. Pour by batches into blender and puree until desired texture. Return to pot over low heat and add the grated cheese; stir until well blended. Stir in the nutmeg and serve. 

Bread Bowls

• 2 TBSP yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 TBSP sugar
• 2 cups hot water
• 2 TBSP sugar
• 1 TBSP kosher salt
• 5 TBSP oil or melted butter
• 6 cups flour

Put warm water in a bowl and dissolve 1 Tbsp sugar in it by stirring. Pour yeast on top of water and mix around just enough to wet yeast. Let sit until yeast is dissolved and expanding. 

In a mixer with the bread hook, combine hot water, 2 Tbsp sugar, salt, oil and 3 cups flour. Mix well, but do NOT knead. Then turn off the mixer and let sit for 10 minutes, then turn it on again and mix for 10-15 seconds. Repeat that 5 times. Turn dough out onto floured surface. Divide dough into 8 pieces or fewer if you'd like bigger bowls. Take the dough and make into a ball by pulling the dough to the underside to make it smooth on top. Place ball onto a greased baking sheet. Let rise for 30 min. Brush tops with melted butter for a crispy crust or beaten egg white for a shiny crust. Bake at 350 for 20 min or until tops are golden brown. Let them cool for 10 min. Cut out a small cone shape out of the middle and pour soup into bowl. 

*This is a great recipe for french bread loaves. Divide dough into 2 pieces and roll out into rectangles and then roll up like a jelly roll.  Everything else do the same.