Recipe - Grant's Chicken Cacciatore

I like chicken. I look for recipes on Allrecipes.com, and usually I don't have all the ingredients needed to make something from the list...I don't know what spices to have on hand...so, I have to improvise. Usually, I grab the temperature that I have to cook something, and lo and behold, *poof*, I end up with a great dinner. Here's what I had tonight;

Grant's Chicken Cacciatore

4 chicken legs
1 tbsp olive oil
1 can of mushrooms
1 bottle of tomato sauce (I use PC tomato and basil sauce - cheap, and good)
salt and pepper
some garlic powder
some crushed chilis
some hot chilis

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Brown chicken pieces in olive oil.
3. Lay in casserole dish.
4. Saute mushrooms in pan (use the chicken fat and left over oil in the pan), until they
are browned on the edges.
5. Salt, pepper, garlic powder, and crush chili the chicken to your taste.
6. Pour mushrooms over chicken.
7. Pour tomato sauce over chicken and mushrooms.
8. Bake in the oven until finished (about an hour).
9. Serve and enjoy!

Tonight, I had spinach and boiled new taters with it...and of course, a bottle of Peller Estates Baco Noir 2004. Dinner was delicious, easy to make, and I still have most of the bottle left to have this evening while I blog!

Enjoy the recipe!

Recipe - Easy Chicken with Mushrooms

Like I had said in a previous post, I am no fancy chef, by any means. I like to dabble with food, and create easy meals for myself, when I have to work all week. This gives me a chance to make a few meals up for those days when its been hectic at work, and I just want to heat something up for leftovers. Usually, I cook a big meal on Sundays, with the leftovers carrying me through the week. Here is something I whipped up, that was easy and tastes good;

Easy Chicken with Mushrooms

6 chicken pieces (I used chicken breasts - bone in, skin on)
can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup of milk
can of mushroom pieces
some olive oil
salt and pepper
grated parmesan cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Brown chicken in pan with the olive oil.
2. Place browned chicken in baking dish.
3. Whisk together the soup and milk, and pour over the chicken.
4. Pour drained mushrooms over chicken.
5. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over everything (depends how much cheese you like...)
6. Salt and pepper to taste.
7. Bake in oven for about 45-60 mins.
8. Enjoy!

The sauce was a little runny, but it would be good with mashed potates to sop up.

Recipe - Want to Make Good Wings?

Here is a recipe I came across, because I was tired of the usual baked wings. Since I don't have a deep fryer, this is an excellent alternative!
(courtesy of allrecipes.com)





Japanese Chicken Wings

1 pkg of wings (about a pound or 2)
1 egg, beaten lightly
1 cup of flour for coating
1 cup of butter (I used margarine, and it worked fine!)

Sauce:
3 tablespoons of soy sauce (I used the light)
3 tablespoons of water
1 cup of white sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Dip wings in egg, and coat with flour
3. Heat butter in deep pan or skillet, medium high heat, and fry wings until brown
4. Make sauce
5. Place wings on a cookie sheet with a lip (to hold sauce)
6. Baste wings with sauce, and put in the oven
7. Baste every 15 mins with sauce until done (mine took about 45 mins)
8. Enjoy!

Not bad for an alternative to wings I usually make for the kids. Try it out for the big game! Easy to make and taste great.

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