Monday, July 5, 2010

July Meals Kelly

Tangy Ranch Chicken
2/3 cup Ranch dressing
1/3 cup mustard
3 tbsp. brown sugar
8 chicken strips
Mix dressing, mustard and sugar, reserve. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in nonstick skillet. Saute chicken until browned, about 10 min. Stir in reserved sauce. Cook, stirring, 3 min until chicken is glazed. Serve with a pasta salad.
http://www.frenchs.com/recipe/tangy-ranch-grilled-chicken-RE1743.html

Kalua Pork Haystacks
3 lb pork roast
1 c brown sugar
1 c Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp powdered ginger
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp garlic powder
2 Tb dried minced onions

Cook all ingredients in a crock pot on low all day (abt 8 hours). One hour before serving, remove roast and shred it. Dump out all cooking juices and place shredded pork back into crockpot and add...
1 c brown sugar
1 c red enchilada sauce

Serving day:Thaw and heat through. You may want to add more liquid. Serve over favorite rice and dress like you would Hawaiian haystacks OR
You can also make it a little mexican by making this cilantro rice to go with it.
Cilantro Lime Rice
3 c water
3 c Minute rice
4 cubes chicken bouillon
4 tsp garlic, minced
1 Tb canola oil
2 Tb fresh lime juice
1/2 bunch of cilantro
1/2 onion
1 can green chilies

Blend cilantro, onion, and chilies in food processor. Bring water to boil and add all ingredients, simmer covered for 30 minutes or until rice is cooked. You can substitute regular rice, just adjust the water to rice ratio accordingly.

1 comment:

Julie said...

LOVED the tangy ranch chicken. It was delicious!!