Pico de gallo traces back to ancient Aztec cuisine and specifically from the Yucatan Peninsula, Sonora, Guanajuato, and Oaxaca regions of Mexico. It also goes by the name salsa bandera, which means flag salsa, because it depicts the green, white, and red colors of the Mexican national flag. This chunky salsa dish has a kick that brightens and freshens up any meal or snack table.
We tried this recipe and it was the best tasting Orange Chicken. Better than most restaurants. You won’t go wrong with the recipe.
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The variety of orange chicken most commonly found at North American Chinese restaurants consists of chopped, battered and fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet orange-flavored chili sauce, which thickens or caramelizes to a glaze. While the dish is very popular in the United States, it is most often found as a variation of General Tso’s chicken in North America rather than the dish found in mainland China.
In a sauce pan, add the BBQ sauce, marmalade, and soy sauce. Turn the heat on low and let it simmer for 20 minutes, stirring a few times.
Meanwhile, cut up your chicken breasts into cubes. In one bowl beat 1 eggs, while in the other bowl place the flour. This can be done in a ziploc bag also.
Dip pieces of chicken in the egg and then cover in flour. Set on an extra plate.
Add a thin layer of oil to a frying pan and turn your stove on medium/high heat. Once it sizzles, add the chicken to the pan. Let it cook for 3-5 minutes each side until it's brown and cooked on the inside.
Set the oily pieces on a paper towel and let drain.
Add the chicken to the sauce and toss!
Eat it on top of white rice and enjoy. I think veggies would be good with it such as green peppers or broccoli, voila, dinner!
George Washington Carver (1864–1943), an American agricultural extension educator, from Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute, was the most well known promoter of the peanut as a replacement for the cotton crop, which had been heavily damaged by the boll weevil. He compiled 105 peanut recipes from various cookbooks, agricultural bulletins and other sources. In his 1925 research bulletin called How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, he included three recipes for peanut cookies calling for crushed or chopped peanuts. It was not until the early 1930s that peanut butter was listed as an ingredient in the cookies.
Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat together butter and both sugars (a paddle attachment is best for this). Beat until creamy (2-3 minutes). Add in 1 egg at a time, and continue to beat at a lower speed. Once eggs are incorporated, add in vanilla and peanut butter. Pause to scrape down the sides of a bowl with a rubber spatula when needed. Beat until well combined and creamy, set aside.
In a smaller bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Fold dry ingredients into wet until a thick dough forms. Be sure to scrape down the bottom and the sides of the bowl to ensure dry ingredients are completely mixed in the dough. Fold in peanut butter chips and peanuts. Cover dough and refrigerate for at least 3 hours (or overnight).
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees when ready to bake.
Using a 1.5 – 2 inch ice cream scoop, or large spoon, spoon cookie dough onto a baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Using a fork, gently press down on the cookies in two directions to create a criss-cross fork pattern across the cookies. Cookies should flatten slightly, but maintain a thick shape.
Bake for 16-18 minutes (depends on oven and thickness of cookies). Cookies will still look slightly raw in the middle when pulled out of the oven, and will be soft to the touch and also slightly firm. Cool on the pan for at least 5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack or cool surface.
Cookies can be stored in an air tight container for a few days, or stored in the freezer and defrosted when ready to consume. Dough can stay in the fridge for up to 3 days, but should be moved to the freezer after 3 days.
Crescent-shaped breads have been made since the Renaissance, and crescent-shaped cakes possibly since antiquity. Kipferls have long been a staple of Austrian cuisine, and are often found in Frenchbakeries and pâtisseries. The modern croissant was developed in the early 20th century when French bakers replaced the brioche dough of the kipferl with a yeast-leavened laminated dough. In the late 1970s, the development of factory-made, frozen, preformed but unbaked dough made them into a fast food that could be freshly baked. The croissant bakery, notably the La Croissanterie chain, was a French response to American-style fast food, and as of 2008, 30–40% of the croissants sold in French bakeries and patisseries were baked from frozen dough.
A casserole is a kind of large, deep pan or bowl used for cooking a variety of dishes in the oven; it is also a category of foods cooked in such a vessel. To distinguish the two uses, the pan can be called a “casserole dish” or “casserole pan,” whereas the food is simply “a casserole.” The same pan is often used both for cooking and for serving.
The concept of the funnel cake dates back to the early medieval Persian and Arab world as zalabiyeh, where similar yeast-risen dishes were first prepared, and later spread to Europe. Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants brought the yeast dish, known as drechderkuche, to America, and around 1879, they developed the baking powder version along with its new name, funnel cake.
In a medium size bowl mix your milk, egg, vanilla, and butter together.
Then add in your salt, baking soda, and sugar.
Slowly fold in flour until batter becomes smooth.
Pour your batter mixture into a gallon size Ziploc bag and set aside for a few minutes.
Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan until your oil is about a half inch deep.
Turn burner on high heat for about two minutes and then turn down to medium heat.
Check your oil by dropping a small drop of batter into oi. If it begins to show bubbles around the edges then it is ready. If not than turn it up a bit again until it is good and hot.
Take scissors and cut a small hole into the bottom corner of the baggie. Slowly drizzle batter into 1 to 2 circles and cook until golden brown on the bottom half.
Gently flip them over with a slotted metal spatula and cook again until the bottom half is golden brown.
Place on paper towels to soak up most of the grease and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
