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Mexican Enchilada Sauce

Nicole
This is an excellent enchilada sauce!! The chocolate does not
make it sweet it adds more of a smokiness to the recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons chili powder
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce

Directions

  1. Combine all dry ingredients in a small bowl.
  2. Stirring constantly, slowly add enough of the water to make a thin paste.
  3. Pour into pan and add rest of water.
  4. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
  5. Stir in tomato sauce.
  6. Use in your favorite enchilada recipe.
  7. The amounts on the ingredients are very flexible. 
  8. For instance, if I am feeding my kids who do not like”spicy”, I will halve the chili powder and double the tomato sauce.

Recipes

Betty White’s Chicken Wings

Nicole
This chicken is just WONDERFUL!! I don’t like chicken wings because you don’t get enough meat on them. I feel that eating them is a waste of my time. With that being said, I use boneless chicken tenders or boneless chicken breast pieces. This recipe reminds me of Korean BBQ! 

The flavor is excellent!! Be very careful not to overcook the chicken it’s easy to do with this recipe. It has a listed cooking time, but it will vary based on the type of chicken you use, and if it has bones or not also based on your oven. 


Ingredients:
  • 3 lbs. chicken wings or whatever you like
  • 1/2 cup margarine or butter
  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Directions:
1.      Arrange wings in shallow baking pan.
2.      Heat butter, soy sauce, sugar, water mustard and garlic powder if using, until butter and sugar melt.
3.      Cool; pour over wings and marinate at least 2 hours, turning once or twice.

4.      Drain off half the marinade and bake in same pan at 375F for 60 to 90 minutes, turning occasionally.

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Spanish Rice with a Texas Swing

Nicole


My family and I really love this Spanish rice recipe. It is actually adapted from a recipe book that my Mom has and has had forever. It’s old red and white gingham looking Better Homes and Garden recipe book. 

This recipe is fantastic and super easy to put together and delicious. It’s not exactly the same as Better Homes and Garden recipe but it’s even better!

Ingredients:
·         8 Slices of bacon (uncooked)
·         1 cup chopped onion
·         1/4 bell pepper
·         16. oz can of diced tomatoes
·          1 1/2 cups of water
·         3/4 cup of uncooked long grain rice
·         1/2 cup of chili sauce or 2-1/2 teaspoons of chili powder
·         1 tsp. salt
·         1 teaspoon brown sugar
·         1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
·         dash of pepper
Directions:
1.      In a 10 inch skillet, cook 8 slices of bacon unlit crispy remove bacon and pour off half the fat
2.      In remaining fat cook 1 cup of chopped onion, and 1/4 cup of bell pepper cook until tender, but not brown
3.      Add a one pound can of diced tomatoes, 1 1/2 cups of water, 3/4 cup of uncooked long grain rice, 1/2 cup of chili sauce,  1 tsp. salt, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, and a dash of pepper
4.      Cover and simmer 40 minutes
5.      Crumble bacon on top


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Juicy Gourmet Hamburgers

Nicole

This is a yummy recipe that once again has been made famous by Kittencal. These are very juicy burgers, and the flavor is amazing!! 

A tip from Kittencal … to keep your burgers juicy add a 1/2 tbs of margarine to the middle of the burger. Roll the meat in a ball, stick a whole in the of the meat, add the margarine to the middle and cover back up and flatten. WOW what difference it makes!!

Ingredients:
  • 2 lbs. ground beef 90/10
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 1/2 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 cup dry plain breadcrumbs
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper


Directions:
  1. In a bowl crumble the ground beef with clean hands.
  2. Add in the dry soup mix, egg, garlic, breadcrumbs, Worcestershire sauce and black pepper.
  3. Using clean hands mix until combined, add in more breadcrumbs or cracker crumbs if needed to just hold the mixture together (do not overwork the meat or it will be tough).
  4. Divide the ground beef into 8 equal patties. 1/4 lb each approx.
  5. Place the patties onto a large plate or a small cookie sheet; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours or up to 24 hours to blend flavors.
  6. Grill or pan fry the burgers as desired until cooked through.
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