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Garlic Butter Chicken Bites

 

Garlic Butter Chicken

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 5 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lbs chicken cut to 1-2 inch pieces
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1.5 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 pinch salt optional
  • 1 pinch black pepper optional
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp butter unsalted
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp parsley finely chopped

Equipment

  • 1 Skillet
  • 1 bowl, medium sized or use a 1-gallon ziploc bag
  • 1 wooden spoon or spatula

Method
 

  1. Preheat skillet over medium-high heat
  2. Mix flour, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and chicken into bowl.
    Toss until chicken is completely coated and there's no flour left.
    Do this right before you're ready to move the chicken to the pan. Don't do this too far in advance or the chicken bits will start sticking to each other again.
  3. Add olive oil and 1 tbsp butter to pan, ensure bottom has an even coat
  4. Add chicken to pan. Spread to an even layer with a little bit of space between pieces.
    You want to brown the chicken, not steam it.
  5. Cook until bottom starts to turn golden brown, 3-4 minutes, then flip and cook another 2 minutes
  6. Add remaining butter, garlic, and parsley. Cook 1 minute longer.
  7. Serve while still hot

Notes

This pairs excellently with buttered egg noodles or rice for that pleasant "hardened arteries" feeling.

Originally found at https://www.cookingclassy.com/garlic-butter-chicken-bites/

Garlic-Parmesan Broccoli

 

Garlic Parmesan Broccoli

Quick prep, and cooks in 12 minutes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 heads broccoli
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/4 cup parmesan cheese grated
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice

Equipment

  • 1 baking sheet
  • 1 bowl large, for mixing broccoli w/ oil and garlic
  • 1 oven

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 425F
  2. Cut the broccoli into bite-sized florets
  3. Toss broccoli with olive oil, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste
  4. Spray baking sheet or pan with non-stick spray or oil
  5. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, until tender and very slightly crisped around the edges
  6. Sprinkle with parmesan

Notes

Pairs very well with Garlic Baked Whitefish.  You can cook both in the same oven at the same time, just cook the broccoli at 400F a little longer (3-4 minutes)

Inspired by damndelicious.net

Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken

 

Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken

Very fast chicken in a delicious cream sauce
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts boneless, skinless, thin sliced
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
  • 1 cup baby spinach
  • 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes julienned, packed in oil, drained

Equipment

  • 1 Skillet
  • 1 whisk optional, a wooden spoon is ok too

Method
 

  1. Add oil to pan over medium heat
  2. Cook chicken, 3-4 minutes per side, until cooked through. Sides should be a little browned.
    Remove from pan, set aside on a plate
  3. Add cream, chicken broth, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and parmesan cheese to skillet.
    Whisk or stir over medium-high heat until it starts to thicken (4-5 minutes)
  4. Add spinach and sun dried tomatoes, cook until spinach starts to wilt (1-2 minutes)
  5. Add chicken back to pan, until warmed back up.
    Spoon sauce over chicken before serving.

Notes

You can use full-sized chicken breasts, but your cook times will be much longer.
This pairs well with egg noodles and glazed carrots.
Originally taken from https://therecipecritic.com/creamy-tuscan-garlic-chicken/

Garlic Baked Whitefish

This is a super-easy recipe.  My first time trying I went from pre-heating the oven to dinner on the table in under 30 minutes.

The source recipe calls for tilapia, but it should work with nearly any white fish.  Really there’s no reason it couldn’t work well with darker fish like salmon or tuna, though being thicker you may need to cook longer and flip the fish halfway through, as well as increase the other ingredient amounts.

This pairs well with rice and roasted vegetables.

Garlic-Baked Whitefish

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 pounds White fish (Tilapia or similar)
  • 6 tbsp Butter melted
  • 3 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  • Juice from 1/2 lemon

Equipment

  • Cast Iron skillet

Method
 

  1. Pre-heat oven to 400° F, with cast-iron pan inside
  2. Mix up the melted butter, lemon juice, garlic, and red pepper flakes
  3. Toss fish into the pre-heated pan and sprinkle on some pepper. You don’t need to grease the pan first, dry is fine, the fish won’t stick.
  4. Pour the butter mixture evenly over the fish
  5. Bake for 12 minutes

Adapted from https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a19665918/oven-baked-tilapia-recipe/

Korean Beef Rice Bowls

 

Korean BBQ Beef Rice Bowls

Savory beef with a tiny bit of bite
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 bunch scallions sliced (for garnish)
Sauce
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce reduced sodium is better
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper

Equipment

  • 1 Skillet
  • 1 mixing bowl

Method
 

  1. Brown the hamburger and garlic in a pan. Break it up into crumbles as it browns.
  2. While the hamburger is cooking, whisk the sauce ingredients (brown sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, red pepper, black pepper)
  3. When the hamburger is browned, drain off the fat and mix in the garlic. Simmer for a minute.
  4. Pour in the sauce. Simmer for another couple of minutes. Mix in the scallions and serve.

Notes

Serve over rice with a side of broccoli to round out a complete meal

This recipe was an instant hit.  I have to make a double batch if I want leftovers for the next day.

Adapted from therecipecritic.com

Beef Kebabs

I am shocked, shocked I tell you! that my children actually enjoyed this recipe.  I’m not sure why, perhaps they have given up all hope of enjoying a decent meal from my kitchen and now sullenly submit to my demands that they eat the goddamn food that I paid for and worked hard to put in front of them and it’s not like you do any chores around…  Ahem.  I got a little off track here.

Whatever the reason, they ate this one on my first attempt.

These are basically middle-eastern meatballs.  You can cut in other things with the meat, serve them in a variety of ways, whatever floats your boat.  (I rather enjoyed wrapping them in some naan with rice.)  It’s a meatball.  It’s the spices that make it.

The oven instructions are below.  We haven’t grilled them yet, but they should do great, just use a little grill-sense.  It’s a reasonably easy and fast recipe, ~20 minutes to prep and ~20 minutes to cook.

The recipe plus rice and other sides makes enough for 6-8 people.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds of ground beef – don’t get a lean mix!  80-85% seems good
    • mix in other ground meats as your fancy takes you, but you need some fats – don’t go too lean
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley, or 1/4 cup dried
  • 1/2 small onion, diced fine
  • 1 red bell pepper, diced fine
  • Garlic, 3-4 minced cloves
  • Paprika, 1 tsp
  • Salt, 1 tsp
  • Cumin, 1/2 tsp
  • Pepper, 1/2 tsp

Directions

If you plan on skewering the meat, and you’re using bamboo or wood skewers, soak them in water for ~30 mins.

  1. Preheat oven too 350°
  2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl (don’t overmix)
  3. Form the mix into oblong patties, about kielbasa-thick
    • If you’re skewering, shove in the skewers now or form the patties around the skewers
  4. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or grill for ~20 minutes, flipping at least once
  5. For the last couple of minutes turn on the broiler to brown the meat

Usual disclaimer with ground meat dishes: make sure the internal temp is at least 160° before serving.

Serve with some traditional middle-eastern sides, like:

  • Naan bread
  • Tabbouleh
  • Cucumbers and cherry tomatoes
  • Rice

kebab with rice and naan

Last-Minute Chicken

This recipe is shamelessly copied from https://iwashyoudry.com/last-minute-chicken-recipe, which itself copied the recipe from “The Weekday Lunches & Breakfasts Cookbook.”

Ingredients

 

  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons onion powder
  • 2 teaspoons paprika OR smoked paprika
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1 ½ teaspoons black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • Enough olive oil to coat chicken
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)

Directions

  1. Combine the garlic, onion, paprika, oregano, pepper, salt, and olive oil into a freezer bag
  2. Toss in the chicken
    • Most pre-packaged chicken thighs get folded into themselves, so be sure to spread them out as you put them into the bag so they get evenly coated
  3. Seal up the bag and mix everything thoroughly
  4. Heat up a grill pan over medium-high heat, or a grill, while the chicken steeps in it’s spices
    • If using a grill pan, add some olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan – but be sure to use a splatter guard
  5. Cook the chicken until not pink throughout, about 5 minutes on the first side and three or four minutes on the other side

Egg Roll in a Bowl

 

eggroll in a bowl

Egg Roll in a Bowl

The classic egg roll stuffing, without the deep-frying
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 5
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tbsp Sesame oil
  • 1 pound Ground pork Ground chicken or turkey work well, too
  • 1 Onion, white, small Chopped or diced
  • 3 cloves Minced garlic
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Fresh minced or mashed
  • 14 oz Coleslaw mix, dry that's one bag of pre-made coleslaw cabbage
  • 3 tbsp Soy sauce Reduced sodium is fine
  • 1 tbsp Rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Sesame seeds optional

Equipment

  • High-sided skillet

Method
 

  1. Heat a tablespoon of sesame oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.  Add in the meat and onions.
  2. When the meat is nearly done and onion is soft and translucent, stir in garlic and ginger.  Cook for a few more minutes, stirring on occasion.
  3. Dump in soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and slaw.  Stir frequently until everything is well-mixed, the soy sauce and rice wine vinegar reduce,and the slaw softens up.
  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Notes

Egg roll in a bowl is a family favorite.  It tastes great while being reasonably healthy.
It’s a pretty low maintenance dish, so you can easily cook it alongside other things. Bagged slaw saves a ton of time.
This makes a pretty good meal by itself, or goes great as a side dish.
This recipe is adapted from http://theskinnyfork.com/blog/chicken-egg-roll-bowl

 

Super-Quick Teriyaki Chicken

Ingredients

Sauce

  • 1/3 c. soy sauce
  • 1/4 c. rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp. sesame oil
  • 1 1/2 tbsp. honey
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tsp. finely minced fresh ginger
  • 2 tsp. cornstarch

Everything Else

  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Sliced green onions, for garnish

Steps

  1. Mix the sauce
    1. In a medium bowl, combine:
      • soy sauce
      • vinegar
      • sesame oil
      • honey
      • garlic
      • ginger
      • cornstarch
    2. Whisk until smooth.
  2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat
  3. Add chicken to skillet and season with salt and pepper. Cook until golden and almost cooked through, about 10 minutes.
  4. Pour sauce over chicken and simmer until sauce has thickened slightly and chicken is cooked through.

Goes really well with rice and a veggie.

Originally from https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a54003/easy-teriyaki-chicken-recipe/