Monday, August 22, 2011

Thai Peanut Chicken Stir Fry

I made this for dinner and the family loved it. What you see in the picture is only half of what this made. We fed 2 adults and 2 children ages 2 and 4. I can assume this would easily feed 4-5 adults or a family of 6. At Costco they have a vegetable blend just for stir fry. It is a large bag next to their other vegetables. I hope you enjoy!

Ingredients

2 cups uncooked white rice
4 cups water

3 T soy sauce
2 T creamy peanut butter
2 tsp red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper
1/4 cup water
3 T olive oil
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts -cut into thin strips
3 T chopped garlic
1 tsp ginger powder
3/4 chopped green onions
3 cups of chopped or frozen vegetables
1/3 cup of unsalted dry roasted peanuts

Directions

1- Combine rice and water into a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. In a small bowl stir together soy sauce, peanut butter, vinegar, red peppers and water. Set aside.

2-Heat oil in skillet or wok over high heat. Add chicken, garlic and ginger. Stirring constantly until chicken is golden on the outside, about 5 minutes.

3- Reduce heat to medium, and add green onions, vegetables, peanuts and peanut butter mixture. Cook stirring frequently, for 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender and chicken is fully cooked through. Serve over rice and Enjoy!

Saturday, August 6, 2011

North Carolina Pulled Pork BBQ

Ok for those that don't know my husband severed an LDS Raleigh, North Carolina Mission. This is his favorite thing that he remembers from there and he happened to find it at a Golden Corral Buffet. It was exactly what he remembered and so I had to try and find a recipe that could get me close with the ingredients I had on hand. I found a recipe here and had to tweak it a little but it came out close enough that he said he felt like he was eating Southern BBQ again. So I hope you enjoy! I will borrow a picture until I can make it again

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Mix first 5 ingredients and rub onto pork.
  2. Place Pork into Crock Pot
  3. Mix final ingredients together and pour into Crock Pot with Pork. Some people apparently will save a portion of this sauce to pour on later. But I just put it all in with pork.
  4. **4 hours on high, or better yet all night on low till dinner.
  5. Before serving shred meet. If you left it in all night just try to pull it out without it shredding on its own. Plate it with some potatoes or any of your favorite BBQ sides. Works wonderfully as a sandwich on some hard rolls.
  6. Enjoy!