Last night we had leftovers, and I had plans for Wednesday night for dinner in the city with my girlfriend and so I wanted to leave a quick dinner for my husband to heat up when he got home from work since I would be out. So I wanted to try a new recipe I had come across on one of my favorite bloggers blog (http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/). This way I could have his dinner all made and extra to bring to work for my lunch today! This is super quick and the flavors and textures really give this meal a unique bite!
Garlicky Rice Adapted blog recipe by For the Love of Cooking.net (one of my favorite blogs)
Original recipe by The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 cup of white rice (original recipe calls for Basmati, but I didn't have it in my pantry so I used long grain white and it worked great)
- 2 cups of chicken broth
- Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- Green onions, diced
Heat the olive oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat. Add the rice and cook for 1 minute; add the minced garlic then cook, stirring frequently for 1 minute, being careful not to burn the garlic. Add the chicken broth and season the water with a bit of sea salt and pepper, to taste; bring to a boil.
Cover, reduce heat, and cook over medium low for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and don't touch for 5 minutes. Add the green onions and mix until well combined. Serve immediately and Enjoy.
Sesame Soy Red Pepper flake chicken
*rice always goes great with chicken so I looked in my fridge for something I could use to keep the asian flair with the rice and scallions dish and came up with the following on a whim...
blog recipe and photos by The Basil Bee.blogspot.com
- 1 lb chicken tenderloins (about 7-8 tenderloins)
- salt and pepper
- garlic salt
- red pepper flakes
- low sodium soy sauce
- Trader Joe's Sesame Soy Ginger Vinaigrette
- wash and pat dry the chicken and cut into 1 inch cube sized pieces
- season with salt and pepper, pinch of red pepper flakes to your liking, and hint of garlic salt and put in bowl
- drizzle 3 tablespoons of the sesame soy ginger vinaigrette over the chicken and mix together
- drizzle 1 tablespoon of low sodium soy sauce over the chicken and mix
- then let chicken marinate in the fridge for 15-20 minutes
- heat medium sautee pan on medium-high heat. when a drop of water sizzles on the pan, drop the chicken and let cook for about 45 seconds and then stir. Continue to cook for about 3 minutes until chicken is done.
Serve the garlicky rice in a bowl with chicken on top and drizzle with the sauce left in pan and wallah! Quick dinner in 20 minutes!
If you're like me and watch the Cooking Channel and Food Network (along with some Bravo along the way), you would have seen the new Kraft Philly cooking creme commercials. My girlfriend Kellie from Wilmington, NC had emailed me a chicken enchilada recipe a couple days prior when I realized it called for those cooking cremes and after looking at the recipe, it seemed pretty easy. While at the grocery store on Friday night, I picked up a tub of the Santa Fe cooking creme for $1.99 to put on the docket for our Sunday night dinner. I followed the recipe for the most part but garlic and some diced red and green pepper to the onion and halfed the Santa Fe creme-the recipe below reflects my revisions but you can find the original recipe by clicking on the "Easy Chicken Enchilada's" title below. Check out Kraft's website as both Kellie and I have used a few of their recipes and are easy for midweek dinners!
