Chicken - Sausage Gumbo

1/2 pound smoked sausage, cut into 1/2 inch thick slices
1 to 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup coarsely chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
2 large garlic cloves, pressed
1 medium-size green bell pepper, chopped
2 cups chicken broth
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 to 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
4 cups chopped cooked chicken

Directions:
Cook sausage over high heat in pan 5 minutes, stirring often.  Remove sausage with a slotted spoon.  Drain on paper towels.

Add enough oil to drippings in pan to equal 3 tablespoons, and whisk in flour; cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, 5 minutes.  Add onion and next 3 ingredients; cook 5 minutes, stirring often.  Stir in broth and next 2 ingredients.  Bring to boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.  Add sausage and chicken; simmer, covered, 5 minutes.  Serve over rice.

Submitted by: Alison Preas

Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
4 ounces linguine, cooked al dente
2 teaspoons cajun seasoning
2 tablespoons butter
1 thinly sliced green onions
1-2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tomatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
Place chicken and cajun seasoning in a bowl and toss to coat.  In a large skillet over medium heat, saute chicken in butter until chicken is tender.  Reduce heat add green onions, heavy cream, tomatoes, basil, salt, garlic powder, black pepper and heat through.  Pour over hot linguine and toss with Parmesan cheese.

Submitted by: Alison Preas

Pork Chops with Apples

Ingredients

1-2 T. Olive Oil

4-6 Pork Chops (about 1” thick)

½ Med. Onion, thinly Sliced

1 C. Canned Apple Slices, 1-2 Apples - peeled cored and sliced, or Chunky Apple Sauce

1 C. Apple Juice

 

Directions

1.     In a large skillet heat oil of med to med-high heat.  Add pork chops and cook until browned on one side, about 2-4 minutes.

2.     Turn pork chops over and season with salt and pepper.  Add sliced onions. Cook for another 2-4 minutes or until golden.

3.     Add apple slices or apple sauce and cover tightly with a lid.

4.     Reduce heat to medium heat and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until pork chops are completely done.

5.     Serve with “Orange” (Carrot) Mashed Potatoes and thickened gravy juices from pan, or regular gravy.

Submitted by: Ruth Elam

BBQ Chicken Legs

Ingredients

Chicken Legs

Your favorite BBQ Sauce

 

Directions

1.     Line a baking dish with aluminum foil.  Place chicken legs in the pan.

2.     Pour BBQ sauce over the chicken legs.  Lightly cover with aluminum foil.

3.     Bake at 450˚F for about 35-40 minutes.  Turn oven to broil and cook for a further 5 minutes or until well ‘browned’.

Submitted by: Ruth Elam

Sloppy Joes

 Ground beef, ketchup, mustard, and brown sugar

Submitted by: Marci Cannon

Parmesan chicken

Chicken breast breaded in a mixture of bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, basil, salt and pepper. 

Bake.

Submitted by: Marci Cannon

Chicken enchiladas

Filling- chicken, salso, 1/2 brick cream cheese, cumin for seasoning.  Wrap in tortillas and top with cream of chicken soup mixed with milk and sour cream.  Top with cheese.

Submitted by: Marci  Cannon

Crockpot barbecue chicken

Place 4 chicken breasts in crockpot with 1/2 bottle of favorite barbecue sauce and 1 can crushed pineapple.  Cook on low for 4-6 hours.  Serve over rice.
Submitted by: Marci Cannon

Grilled chicken cordon bleu

Grill chicken.  After chicken is grilled put 1 TBSP. barbecue sauce on top of chicken, top with a slice of ham then a slice of cheese.  Put in oven for a few minutes until cheese melts.
Submitted by: Marci Cannon

Chicken Enchilada

 2 cups boiled chunk chicken (canned works as well

1 can cream of chicken

1 cup sour cream

3/4 cup milk (Approx) addmore if need to be thinner.

1 can diced tomatoes wiht chilles.

Cheese,

olives

onions

Anything else you like to add such as black beans, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes etc.

Tortillas

Blend the soup, sourcream milk and diced tomatoes.

Place some of the sauce on the bottom of a 9X13 dish.  THen in a tortilla place the chicken, cheese, more sauce, onions and any other fun things you can think of. Roll it and repeat until the pan is full.

reserve some sauce for the top.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until hot through.

Submitted by: Brenda Raccuia

Garlic Beef Stroganoff.

2 tsp beef bouillon

1 cup boiling water

1 can cream of mush soup. (cr of chkn ok too)

2 jars sliced mushrooms, drained

1 large onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic minced

1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce

1 1/2 to 2 lb boneless rokast cut to thin strips (I have found that 1/2 to 1 1/2 inch is ok.)

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 pkg cream cheese

rice or noodles

IN a slow cooker dissolve bouillon in water.  Add soup mushrooms, onion garlic and Worchestershire sauce.  In a skillet brown the beef in oil (Just braised on each side to help hold juices in) Transfer that to the slow cooker and cook on low for 7-8 hours.  15 minutes before serving stir in the cream cheese until smooth.  Pour over noodles or rice. 

I have also left this for as much as 10 hours and it is fantastic.  A great do in the morning eat at night dish.

Submitted by: Brenda Raccuia

Pizza Dough

Soften 1 Tbsp yeast in 1/4 c warm water.  In large bowl combine 1/2 Tbsp of sugar, 2 Tbsp oil, and 1/2 tsp salt.  Add 1/2 c warm water and yeast mixture.  Add 1 1/2 c flour and beat well.  Add enough more flour to make a soft dough and pat into well greased pizza pan (we roll it out and put it on pizza stone or on a regular cookie sheet.)  Add toppings and bake at 425 for 18-20 minutes.  Makes one 12 inch pizza.

Submitted by: Lydia Whitworth

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Ingredients:

3 Boneless, Skinless checken breasts cut into chunks

2 eggs, beaten

1 Tbsp water

Garlic salt to taste

1 1/2 cup cornstarch

oil

Sauce: 1 cup sugar  2/3 cup vinegar, 2/3 cup water, 3 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 cup ketchup

Put garlic salt on chicken, mix beaten eggs and water.  Dip chicken in egg mixture, then roll in cornstarch.  Brown chicken in oil.  Put in 9X13 dish.  Pour sauce over chicken.  Bake 375 for 45 min- 1 hour.   Do not cover.

Submitted by: Lydia Whitworth

Little Cheddar Meat Loaf

1 egg

¾ cup milk

1 cup shredded cheese

½ cup oats

½ cup chopped onions

1 lb. ground beef

1 tsp. salt

Beat egg and milk together. Stir in cheese, oats, onion and salt. Mix in ground beef with hands.  Make into mini oval loaves (about 2 inches by 5) on a cooking sheet.  Top with sauce and bake at 350 degrees for around 50 minutes.

*Putting aluminum foil  on the baking sheet will save extra clean up time.

Sauce

2/3 cup catsup

½ cup brown sugar

1 ½ tsp. mustard

Submitted by: Christina Hilton

Salmon Patties

1 can salmon (14.75 –oz.)

1 sleeve Ritz crackers (or a little less I found works well)

1 egg

1/8 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp onion powder

1/8 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

2 Tbsp. canola oil or olive oil

1-    Drain and debone salmon and put into mixing bowl. Crush crackers into crumbs and add to bowl. Add remaining ingredients.

2-   Using fingers, mix ingredients together to form into patties.

3-   Warm oil in skillet over medium heat.

4-   Place patties in skillet and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Remove from skillet and place on a paper towel-lined plate to drain excess oil.

Submitted by: Christina Hilton

Mom’s Pork Chops

1 medium onion sliced

1 can cream of chicken soup

3 Tablespoons ketchup

1 Tablespoon  Worcestershire sauce

Brown pork chops with a little bit of shortening and salt and pepper on the stove.

Place in pan and put sliced onions over pork chops.  Mix soup, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce then pour on top.  Add a little water in the pan to thin out sauce.

Cook 350 degrees for about 30 minutes if the pork chops are ½ inch , if they are a full inch you will need to cook them longer.

Submitted by: Christina Hilton

Sweet & Sour Chicken

4 frozen chicken breasts

1 cup sugar

3 T. cornstarch

1/3 cup white vinegar

1/4 cup ketchup

½ tsp. salt

¼ cup pineapple juice

1 T. soy sauce

Combine sugar and cornstarch in pan; add white vinegar, ketchup, salt, pineapple juice and soy sauce. Heat sauce until thickens to boil. Place frozen chicken breasts in 9x13 dish. Pour sauce over chicken. Cover and bake at 375 for 40-50 minutes.

 

Submitted by: Christina Hilton

 

Yogurt Parmesan Chicken

 4-6 small chicken breasts

1 cup plain yogurt

3 T. Parmesan cheese

2 cups crushed Ritz crackers

1 tsp. garlic salt

4 T. melted butter

 

Coat chicken in yogurt then roll in Parmesan cheese, Ritz and garlic salt. Pour melted butter in bottom of pan and drizzle over chicken. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

 

 

     Ingredients:

          8 oz. French dressing or Russian Dressing

          1 can whole cranberry sauce (16 oz.) or you can put in about a cup of apricot jam

          1 1/2 lbs. chicken, cut in bite size pieces

 

     Direction:  Mix sauces together then mix with chicken.  Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.   Serve over rice. A variation of this recipe that I also like is mixing apricot jam with the dressing instead of cranberry sauce.

 

Submitted by: Christina Hilton

Pizza Dough

-or I use pita bread for the crust

 

1 ½ cup warm water

1 ½ tsp yeast

1-2TBS sugar

1 TBS olive oil

 Let yeast bubble up

Add:

3 Cups flour- more as needed

1 tsp salt

Knead, roll out, top and cook 425 till cheese melted lightly browned and crust browned

Submitted by: Christina Hilton

Speedy Chicken Stir Fry

8 oz angel hair pasta- uncooked

3 cups broccoli florets

1 lb. boneless skinless chicken cut into strips

 

½ cup Kraft Asian toasted sesame dressing

@ TBS soy sauce

¼ tsp ground ginger

¼ tsp garlic powder

¼ tsp crushed red pepper

1/3 cup chopped peanuts

 

Cook pasta as directed on package, adding broccoli to boiling water for last 3 min. of the pasta cooking time

In a skillet: cook chicken strips 6 to 8 min. Stir in dressing, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and red crushed red pepper, cook 1 min. Stirring occasionally.

Drain pasta mixture.  Mix the two together. 

Submitted by: Christina Hilton