Yummy Kitchen

I love to make Quesadillas.  You can put anything going into them and you have a quick and easy meal.  The tortillas now come in so many varieties.  Spinach, sun-dried tomato, corn, whole wheat,  pesto you just have to find one you like and the magic starts to happen.  Kids love them to.  Heat them in a skillet and in a few minutes you have a meal.

For this recipe you’ll need 1 onion, sliced. 1 yellow, orange and green peppers., sliced.

Two seasoned chicken breasts.  Just sprinkle on some seasoned salt and your choice of the kind of pepper you would like.  I covered the chicken with foil and baked in the oven at 350 F for 45 minutes.  You could also add a little water into the pan.

Into a fry pan add about 4-5 tablespoons of olive oil.  I love olive oil.  It sits right next to my stove ready to use.  Fry the onions until they are translucent.

Aren’t these colors gorgeous.  Who wouldn’t want to eat something like this?

Add the peppers to the pan with your onions and saute them until they are soft but still have a slight crispness to them.  About 4-5 minutes.

Into another pan, I like to use my cast iron skillet, place a tortilla, some cheese

Your chicken which has been shredded and hot sauce if you like

Your peppers

Some more cheese and…

Another tortilla.

See how nicely golden it turned.  When the other side is toasted and the cheese has melted, remove from the pan.  Continue the process with the other tortillas and fillings.

Place on a cutting board and cut into wedges.  I like to use a pizza cutter.

Serve with salsa, sour cream, jalapeno slices along with a nice salad.  There you have it, supper in a flash.

INGREDIENTS

2 Whole Chicken Breasts

Sprinkling Of Seasoned Salt

Sprinkling Of Herb And Lemon Pepper

Oil For Frying

1Whole Large Onion

3 Whole Large Peppers (colours of your choice)

12 Whole Small Flour Tortillas

3 cups Grated Cheese, Of Your Choice

Salsa, For Serving, Opt.

Sour Cream, For Serving, Opt.

Jalapeno Slices, For Serving, Opt.

Hot Sauce, Opt.

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Cook your chicken breasts in the oven for approximately 1 hour, or you can most certainly fry them  in the pan until fully cooked.  Remove from your source of heat and cool.  Cut into cubes, slices or just tear apart.  Set aside.

In a cast iron skillet add some olive oil and your onions, then your peppers.  Cook them for about 5 minutes.  Remove from the pan and set aside.

In the same pan over medium heat, add some olive oil and lay a tortilla in the pan.  Build the tortilla by adding a good amount of the shredded cheese, chicken and the peppers.  Top with more grated cheese and a second tortilla.

When the tortilla is golden on both sides and the cheese has nicely melted, remove from the pan and repeat with the remaining tortillas and fillings.  Cut into wedges and serve with salad and salsa, sour cream and  jalapeno slices.

I love wings.  The best I’ve ever had are my son’s.  He is a fantastic cook and his wings are outrageous!  He deep fries his that’s why they are so good.  Well these are baked so they are a little healthier, if there is such a thing for wings.  Now you can marinaded these or bake them and then put the marinade on them.  Either way they are good.

In a bowl mix together ketchup, brown sugar, honey, grated ginger, salt and hot sauce which is optional.

Whisk together and add wings.  Marinade in fridge for at least 2 hours.  Longer is better.

Place on a foil lined pan and bake.

In another bowl mix brown sugar, yellow mustard, dijion mustard, honey and grated garlic.  Add your second batch of wings and marinade as you did for the honey ginger sauce. After marinading, which is optional, place on the other side of the pan.  Bake at 350 for approximately 1 hour.

They are good.  Even great the next day cold or heated.

RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

24 Wings

HONEY GINGER SAUCE

1 cup Brown Sugar

1/4 – 1/2 cup Honey

1 – 1 1/2 cups Ketchup

3 -4 Tablespoons Grated Ginger

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Whisk all the ingredients together and place half of your wings into the sauce and mix to coat the wings, then into the fridge to marinade for 2 – 6 hours. Place the wings on a foil lined baking sheet and bake for approximately 1 hour. OR place the wings on the baking sheet and bake without the sauce. Then place the sauce in a pot and heat (bring to a boil) just before the wings are done.  When the wings are finished baking, either place them into the sauce or serve as a dipping sauce.

INGREDIENTS

Honey Mustard Sauce

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup Yellow Mustard

1/2 cup Dijion

1/4 -1/2 cup Honey

3 Cloves Grated Garlic

PREPARTATION INSTRUCTIONS

Whisk all the ingredients together and add your wings to marinade.  Place in fridge for 2 – 6 hours.  Then place wings on foil lined baking sheet and bake approximately 1 hour.  OR place the wings on the baking sheet and bake without the sauce.  Then place marinade in a pot ready to heat (bring to a boil) and pour on your wings when they are baked.  This also can be used as a dipping sauce.

Wings can also be coated with melted butter before adding any sauce, if they are baked dry.  Who doesn’t like butter on things? It gives a nice creamy rich texture to food.  The one other thing I do is heat boil) the sauce leftover from marinading and use it to coat veggies or rice.

This recipe is a nice alternative to deep frying your wings.  It is easy to make and there is less cleanup.  Leftovers are great hot or cold!