Barbecue Sauce

Here is a great Barbecue Sauce recipe.  Some want to drink it!  It is good on ribs, pulled pork or just anything that you wound put Barbecue Sauce on.

Recipe

1½ cups Ketchup
1 cup Brown Sugar
½ cup Cider Vinegar
¼ cup Worcestershire Sauce
1 tea Chili Powder

Instructions

Whisk together all ingredients.  Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to medium-low and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Ribs

My rib recipe evolves over time but I think this recipe is the best recipe I have tried.  I swiped it from Jared then changed it a bit.  I am sure he doesn't mind.

First I made a dry rub.  Then I took off that thin membrane on the backside of the ribs so the dry rub would be able to penetrate the meat while sitting over night.  I rubbed the dry rub all over the ribs. Then wrapped them up in plastic wrap and let it sit in the fridge over night. 



In the morning I put some aromatics in the bottom of a heavy cast iron pan.  Things like onion, apple, celery, fresh herbs, pineapple, garlic, or anything that sounds like it would add some flavor to the ribs, then added some apple juice to the bottom of the pan.  I cut the ribs to fit in the pan.  Cook in the oven for about 5 hours at 350 degrees or until the meat falls of the bone.  Check once in awhile to make sure the liquid doesn't cook off.  Serve with barbecue sauce.

If you want to cook them in a dutch oven with briquettes, put 4 more briquettes than the size the dutch oven on top and 4 less than the size of the dutch oven on the bottom.  For example if the dutch oven is a 12 inch dutch oven put 12 briquettes on top and 8 briquettes on the bottom.  Let it cook for at least 3 hours.  Cook until the meat falls off the bone. 

Dry Rub

1 T Cumin

1 T Paprika

1 T Garlic Powder

1 T Onion Powder

1 T Chili Powder

1 T Brown Sugar

2 T Kosher Salt

1 tea Cayenne Pepper

1 tea Black Pepper

1 tea White Pepper

Pilaf Rice

Recipe

2½ cups Rice
1 cube Butter
2 cups Fine Egg Noodles
46 oz. Chicken Broth
3 cubes Chicken Bouillon

Directions

Brown noodles in butter in a heavy pan.  Add everything else in pan and cover.  Cook 20 minutes or until rice is tender.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Grandma Nellie's Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe served with Rice Pilaf is always a big hit at my home.  It is such a easy recipe with wonderful results.  Be sure to put the extra sauce on the table because it is yummy over the rice.

Here I cut four large chicken breasts into twelve pieces but chicken tenders are probably the best size to wrap with ham.  Season the breasts with your go to basic seasonings.  I used salt, pepper and onion salt.

Roll up the seasoned chicken pieces with thinly sliced ham.

Place in a baking dish.

Cover with the sauce ingredients.  Be sure to spread the sauce over all the meat so you don't get crispy ham and it keeps the meat moist through the cooking process.

Recipe

8 Chicken tenders
8 Ham thin slices
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
1 cup Sour Cream
1 cup Cheese, grated

Directions

Roll up chicken and wrap with ham.  Place in baking dish.  In mixing bowl mix soups, sour cream, and cheese.  Cover chicken with sop mixture, making sure it is all covered.  Bake one hour and 15 minutes at 350° covered.  Bake another 45 minutes uncovered.

Peach Spinach Salad

While trying to use up the peaches from our peach tree, I tried and "Iron Chef" Sunday.  The secret ingredient was of course peaches.  If was while searching for a green salad that used peaches as an ingredient that I found this wonderful recipe.

Salad Ingredients
Baby Spinach
Fresh Peach
Fresh Blueberries
Cucumber
Green Onion
Asagio Cheese
Dried Cranberries
Candies Pecans

Dressing Ingredients
¼ C White Balsamic Vinegar
¼ C Olive Oil
1 Tbs Pure Maple Syrup
⅛ tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Salt
½ tsp Fresh Ground Pepper

Chicken Tequila Fettuccine

I found this recipe on the internet. It has become a family favorite. This is a recipe that mise en place (a French phrase for "everything in place") is a fantastic idea. Once you start cooking you are busy so get all the ingredients ready to go before you start. 

For the mise en place put 1/3 cup cilantor, garlic, jalepeno in a small bowl.  Next combine broth, tequilla, and lime juice in a small bowl.  Cut up chicken, place in a plastic bag with soy sauce.  Cut the onion and peppers and put them in a bowl.  Measure out the cream.  Now you are ready to follow the instructions with very little stress.

1 lb Spinach fettuccine
½ cup Cilantro chopped (divided)
2 Tbs Garlic minced
2 Tbs Jalapeno minced
3 Tbs Unsalted butter (divided)
½ cup Chicken broth
2 Tbs Gold tequila          
2 Tbs Freshly squeezed lime juice
3 Tbs Soy sauce
1¼ lb Chicken breast diced ¾"      
¼ med Red onion sliced thin 
½ med Red pepper sliced thin
½ med Yellow pepper sliced thin
½ med Green pepper sliced thin
1½ cup Heavy cream

Pour soy sauce over diced chicken; set aside until ready to use. Cook the pasta in salted water until al dente. While the pasta is cooking, cook ⅓ cup cilantro, garlic and jalapeno in 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes. Add stock, tequila and lime juice. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until reduced to a paste like consistency; set aside. Over medium heat use remaining better to cook onion and peppers, stirring occasionally. When the vegetables become limp, add chicken and soy sauce; toss and add reserved tequila/lime paste and cream. Bring the sauce to a boil; boil gently until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thick. Toss with well-drained spinach fettuccine and reserved cilantro.

Preston's Chocolate Chip Cookies

The best chocolate chip cookie recipe hands down is Preston's.  They are soft and yummy. Unfortunately I can't make them taste as good as when Preston makes them

Here are the ingredients and below is the recipe, except for one chocolatey ingredient.  The chocolate chips are missing.  Please don't forget to add them to your cookies.

1 C Butter
1 C Brown Sugar
1 C White Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
2 Eggs
3½ C Flour
½ tsp Salt
1 tsp Soda
12 oz Chocolate Chips
1 C Chopped Nuts (optional)

Cream butter and sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and add.  Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes.