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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
MINVILLE’S MESS O’ GREENS
MINVILLE’S MESS O’ GREENS
3 tbs apple cider vinegar
6 slices bacon
1 cup onion chopped
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 bag of greens (any kind already cleaned in produce section)
½ cup brown sugar
2 chicken bouillon cubes
2 qts water
Sauté bacon and onions in vegetable oil until flavors meld, but do not crisp.
Boil 2 qts water with chicken bouillon; add greens and bacon, onion and oil
to pot. Add brown sugar and vinegar. Turn heat down to medium cover and
simmer til tender (approx. 45 minutes). Salt and pepper to taste.
3 tbs apple cider vinegar
6 slices bacon
1 cup onion chopped
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 bag of greens (any kind already cleaned in produce section)
½ cup brown sugar
2 chicken bouillon cubes
2 qts water
Sauté bacon and onions in vegetable oil until flavors meld, but do not crisp.
Boil 2 qts water with chicken bouillon; add greens and bacon, onion and oil
to pot. Add brown sugar and vinegar. Turn heat down to medium cover and
simmer til tender (approx. 45 minutes). Salt and pepper to taste.
Aunt Mare’s Luscious Bar-B-Q Lentils
Aunt Mare’s Luscious Bar-B-Q Lentils
Ingredients
1 tsp. EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
4 slices Bacon
½ cup Chopped Onion
½ cup Brown Sugar
6 tsp. Assorted BBQ sauce
4 small cans Assorted Baked Beans or Pork and Beans
• Use any type of beans with brown sugar or onions.
• Marilyn always uses four different cans of beans.
Preheat oven at 400 degrees.
Heat EVOO in a skillet and add chopped bacon pieces and onion.
Sautee on medium high heat until flavors meld but do not crisp.
Drain liquid from beans and place in a baking dish.
Combine brown sugar, BBQ sauces, bacon and onions with the beans.
Cook uncovered in oven until bubbly.
Ingredients
1 tsp. EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
4 slices Bacon
½ cup Chopped Onion
½ cup Brown Sugar
6 tsp. Assorted BBQ sauce
4 small cans Assorted Baked Beans or Pork and Beans
• Use any type of beans with brown sugar or onions.
• Marilyn always uses four different cans of beans.
Preheat oven at 400 degrees.
Heat EVOO in a skillet and add chopped bacon pieces and onion.
Sautee on medium high heat until flavors meld but do not crisp.
Drain liquid from beans and place in a baking dish.
Combine brown sugar, BBQ sauces, bacon and onions with the beans.
Cook uncovered in oven until bubbly.
Uncle JC’s Hot Wings
Uncle JC’s Hot Wings
Ingredients
1 bottle Derkee Hot Sauce
1 stick butter (melted)
5 lb chicken wings
1 tsp. Lowers seasoning salt
Ground cayenne pepper to taste
1 pinch Black pepper
1 pinch Mexican chili powder
Fry chicken wings at 350 degrees in vegetable oil until done. (About 7 minutes per pound)
Make sauce: mix melted butter with hot sauce and other ingredients.
Pour sauce over wings while they are still hot.
Serve with blue cheese or ranch dressing.
Ingredients
1 bottle Derkee Hot Sauce
1 stick butter (melted)
5 lb chicken wings
1 tsp. Lowers seasoning salt
Ground cayenne pepper to taste
1 pinch Black pepper
1 pinch Mexican chili powder
Fry chicken wings at 350 degrees in vegetable oil until done. (About 7 minutes per pound)
Make sauce: mix melted butter with hot sauce and other ingredients.
Pour sauce over wings while they are still hot.
Serve with blue cheese or ranch dressing.
VIETNAMESE FAVORITE CURRY CHICKEN
VIETNAMESE FAVORITE CURRY CHICKEN
(Suitable to be served in cool seasons)
By: Michael Tran
Ingredients for 6 to 8 person serving:
1 (4 lb) fryer chicken 8 full soup spoons of liquid
3 lb sweet potatoes lard (or 6 spoons in condensed
1 lb carrots form)
2 medium-sized bulbs of yellow onion 4 qt water
5 soup spoons condensed milk 3 coffee spoons of salt
2-3 oz of curry powder (can be obtained 3 soup spoons of self-rising flour
in packs of 1.8 oz at Oriental Market) or
any type of curry fragrance)
How to cook: Clean the fryer in water and cut it as it is – without removing the bone, nor skin – into cubic inch sized pieces (livers, gizzards are removed from chicken, but not necessarily cut; only the chicken’s neck can be cut into 4 pieces). Use a big bowl or a plastic pie-saver to keep the cut pieces – only livers are kept separately. Spray the 3 ounces of curry powder on the cut chicken pieces, and mix them all over, using the hand or a stick for chicken meat to absorb curry. Also spray curry on the chicken livers and put the curry-absorbed livers together with meat in the bowl. Skin sweet potatoes, carrots and onion bulbs; then cut them into 1 ½ inch sized pieces. Pour 4 spoons of lard liquid (2 spoons of condensed lard) into the saucepan over medium flame, allowing the lard to heat up and melt before putting sweet potatoes, carrots and onion readily cut as mentioned above into the pan. Use a large spoon to stir up potatoes and carrots for them to absorb heat and lard evenly on the pan, until they get half-fried (do not fry them too much because the pieces of potatoes will break easily!) Put off the flames Use another big sauce pan over fairly high flames. Pour the remaining spoons of lard into the pan, allowing the lard to heat up and melt. Empty the bowl of chicken pieces into the hot saucepan, and stir up chicken for all pieces to fry evenly. When all pieces of chicken appear to be roughly fried, pour 5 full soup spoons of salt into the mixture; stirring it up again; then put off the flames. Mix 3 soup spoons of self-rising flour into 4 quarts of water. Be sure the flour is mixed completely. Pour 4 quarts of water mixed above into the mixture of half-fried chicken and potatoes, carrots, and onion. Using the big spoon to stir up the whole content a couple of times. Allow the curry chicken to be cooked for 20 minutes over high flames; then turn the flames to medium-low for ten more minutes before they are ready for serving.
NOTE: Curry chicken cooked this way is to be served in a dish. Each chicken cube is to be soaked lightly in a sauce separately prepared, which consists of salt mixed with ground black pepper and real lime juice (vinegar can be used instead, but making the sauce less tasty) just enough juice squeezed over to wet the salt before eating. Serve curry chicken along with hot French bread or hot steamed rice. Drinks that go along are beer, scotch or whiskey.
(Suitable to be served in cool seasons)
By: Michael Tran
Ingredients for 6 to 8 person serving:
1 (4 lb) fryer chicken 8 full soup spoons of liquid
3 lb sweet potatoes lard (or 6 spoons in condensed
1 lb carrots form)
2 medium-sized bulbs of yellow onion 4 qt water
5 soup spoons condensed milk 3 coffee spoons of salt
2-3 oz of curry powder (can be obtained 3 soup spoons of self-rising flour
in packs of 1.8 oz at Oriental Market) or
any type of curry fragrance)
How to cook: Clean the fryer in water and cut it as it is – without removing the bone, nor skin – into cubic inch sized pieces (livers, gizzards are removed from chicken, but not necessarily cut; only the chicken’s neck can be cut into 4 pieces). Use a big bowl or a plastic pie-saver to keep the cut pieces – only livers are kept separately. Spray the 3 ounces of curry powder on the cut chicken pieces, and mix them all over, using the hand or a stick for chicken meat to absorb curry. Also spray curry on the chicken livers and put the curry-absorbed livers together with meat in the bowl. Skin sweet potatoes, carrots and onion bulbs; then cut them into 1 ½ inch sized pieces. Pour 4 spoons of lard liquid (2 spoons of condensed lard) into the saucepan over medium flame, allowing the lard to heat up and melt before putting sweet potatoes, carrots and onion readily cut as mentioned above into the pan. Use a large spoon to stir up potatoes and carrots for them to absorb heat and lard evenly on the pan, until they get half-fried (do not fry them too much because the pieces of potatoes will break easily!) Put off the flames Use another big sauce pan over fairly high flames. Pour the remaining spoons of lard into the pan, allowing the lard to heat up and melt. Empty the bowl of chicken pieces into the hot saucepan, and stir up chicken for all pieces to fry evenly. When all pieces of chicken appear to be roughly fried, pour 5 full soup spoons of salt into the mixture; stirring it up again; then put off the flames. Mix 3 soup spoons of self-rising flour into 4 quarts of water. Be sure the flour is mixed completely. Pour 4 quarts of water mixed above into the mixture of half-fried chicken and potatoes, carrots, and onion. Using the big spoon to stir up the whole content a couple of times. Allow the curry chicken to be cooked for 20 minutes over high flames; then turn the flames to medium-low for ten more minutes before they are ready for serving.
NOTE: Curry chicken cooked this way is to be served in a dish. Each chicken cube is to be soaked lightly in a sauce separately prepared, which consists of salt mixed with ground black pepper and real lime juice (vinegar can be used instead, but making the sauce less tasty) just enough juice squeezed over to wet the salt before eating. Serve curry chicken along with hot French bread or hot steamed rice. Drinks that go along are beer, scotch or whiskey.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Divalicious Broccoli Casserole
One of my favorite foods at William Blount High School was it's Broccoli Casserole. I've always wanted to try my hand at making my very own Broccoli Casserole, but I had no idea where to start. I searched on the Internet for what looked like a good basic recipe, and then I looked in an old cookbook Jonathan's mom had given me. After looking over about 6 recipes, I developed my own Divalicious recipe and gave it a try. It turned out great!
For dinner I served BBQ Sirloin Steaks, Broccoli Casserole, Twice Baked Potatoes, and Grilled Corn on the Cob. Garlic Bread was on the menu, but I put it under the broiler to finish toasting it off and forgot about it. The garlic butter on the bread must have been highly flammable because when I opened the oven the whole loaf was on fire. :) Anyway, I hope you like this Divalicious Broccoli Casserole.
Divalicious Broccoli Casserole
Ingredients
2 pounds Frozen Broccoli Florets (thawed)
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1 3/4 cup shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 small onion, minced
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pepper
Topping
1 sleeve crushed Saltine Crackers
about 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
**Next time I make this I am going to try 2 cups of bread crumbs instead of Saltine Crackers.
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Mix soup, mayonnaise, sour cream, cheese, onion, egg, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add broccoli and gently combine. Place broccoli mixture in a large rectangle casserole dish. Combine melted butter and crackers or bread crumbs in a small mixing bowl. Top casserole with buttered crackers. Bake until hot and bubbly for about 30 minutes.
For dinner I served BBQ Sirloin Steaks, Broccoli Casserole, Twice Baked Potatoes, and Grilled Corn on the Cob. Garlic Bread was on the menu, but I put it under the broiler to finish toasting it off and forgot about it. The garlic butter on the bread must have been highly flammable because when I opened the oven the whole loaf was on fire. :) Anyway, I hope you like this Divalicious Broccoli Casserole.
Divalicious Broccoli Casserole
Ingredients
2 pounds Frozen Broccoli Florets (thawed)
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1 3/4 cup shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 small onion, minced
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pepper
Topping
1 sleeve crushed Saltine Crackers
about 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
**Next time I make this I am going to try 2 cups of bread crumbs instead of Saltine Crackers.
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Mix soup, mayonnaise, sour cream, cheese, onion, egg, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add broccoli and gently combine. Place broccoli mixture in a large rectangle casserole dish. Combine melted butter and crackers or bread crumbs in a small mixing bowl. Top casserole with buttered crackers. Bake until hot and bubbly for about 30 minutes.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Domestic Diva's Low Country Boil
A few weeks ago, my older brother Garrick FINALLY graduated from college (only took him 10 years!). His graduation was held at Tusculum College's main campus in Greeneville. As many of you already know, Jonathan lives in Greeneville, Home of the 17th President Andrew Johnson. I was really excited to have my whole family in Greeneville. I saw Garrick's graduation as the perfect time to have the family over to Jonathan's house and throw a huge party for Garrick's graduation.
I LOVE to throw and plan parties so I was very excited to host an event for 20+ people. I needed a party menu that I could make relatively fast and a menu that would be fun. I decided to do a Low Country Boil because its easy to feed a ton of people and its a ton of fun. If you are ever entertaining a lot of people, I would definitely recommend making my Low Country Boil!
By the way, I make the Low Country Boil in a Turkey Fryer outside. Because my turkey fryer does not have a straining basket, I use a small fishing/sand crab net to "fish out" the boil. I dump the food out on a table covered with newspaper and everyone stands around the table and eats.
Domestic Diva's Low Country Boil
Ingredients
2 onions, halved
1 garlic head, halved
2-4 packs Zataran's Crab Boil Seasoning Bags
2 bottles Zataran's Liquid Crab boil
3 lemons, halved
1/2 cup Salt
1-2 Beers
3 pounds Red Potatoes, leave small potatoes whole and cut larger one's into two in. pieces
10 ears of fresh corn, shucked and cut in two's
2 pounds Andouille Sausage Links, cut in half
5 pounds Live Crawfish
2 pounds Snow Crab Legs
2 pounds Raw Shrimp in Shell
Directions
In a large Turkey Fryer filled about 3/4 full of water, add onions, garlic, crab boil packs, crab boil liquid, salt, beer, and lemons. When water comes to a boil, add Red Potatoes. 5 minutes later, add Corn, Crawfish, and Sausage. 5 minutes later add Crab Legs. Cook for 10 minutes and add Shrimp. Immediately turn off heat and let sit for 15-20 minutes. Strain or "fish out" contents of pot onto a table covered with newspaper. I usually put the boil into a huge platter and place the platter on the table covered with newspaper. Serve with melted butter, tarter sauce, and cocktail sauce.
**You can omit any of the main meats in the Low Country Boil. Sometimes I just make Crab and Shrimp. I will only use crawfish if they are in season.
I LOVE to throw and plan parties so I was very excited to host an event for 20+ people. I needed a party menu that I could make relatively fast and a menu that would be fun. I decided to do a Low Country Boil because its easy to feed a ton of people and its a ton of fun. If you are ever entertaining a lot of people, I would definitely recommend making my Low Country Boil!
By the way, I make the Low Country Boil in a Turkey Fryer outside. Because my turkey fryer does not have a straining basket, I use a small fishing/sand crab net to "fish out" the boil. I dump the food out on a table covered with newspaper and everyone stands around the table and eats.
Domestic Diva's Low Country Boil
Ingredients
2 onions, halved
1 garlic head, halved
2-4 packs Zataran's Crab Boil Seasoning Bags
2 bottles Zataran's Liquid Crab boil
3 lemons, halved
1/2 cup Salt
1-2 Beers
3 pounds Red Potatoes, leave small potatoes whole and cut larger one's into two in. pieces
10 ears of fresh corn, shucked and cut in two's
2 pounds Andouille Sausage Links, cut in half
5 pounds Live Crawfish
2 pounds Snow Crab Legs
2 pounds Raw Shrimp in Shell
Directions
In a large Turkey Fryer filled about 3/4 full of water, add onions, garlic, crab boil packs, crab boil liquid, salt, beer, and lemons. When water comes to a boil, add Red Potatoes. 5 minutes later, add Corn, Crawfish, and Sausage. 5 minutes later add Crab Legs. Cook for 10 minutes and add Shrimp. Immediately turn off heat and let sit for 15-20 minutes. Strain or "fish out" contents of pot onto a table covered with newspaper. I usually put the boil into a huge platter and place the platter on the table covered with newspaper. Serve with melted butter, tarter sauce, and cocktail sauce.
**You can omit any of the main meats in the Low Country Boil. Sometimes I just make Crab and Shrimp. I will only use crawfish if they are in season.
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