Tag: Easy

Chinese Green Onion Pancakes

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This is an incredibly simple recipe and easy to make but is enjoyable and satisfying to eat. I first tasted this in a visit to China and wanted to try to reproduce it. Here is the recipe that I have come up with for 3 pancakes, enjoy.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of All Purpose Flour or Bread Flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup of boiling water
  • 4 green onions sliced into rings
  • 3 tablespoons of oil or butter for frying

Directions

Put Flour and Salt into a bowl and mix dry ingredients. Add boiling water and stir and mix together with fork till dough comes together. Separate into 3 balls and let rest for 30 mins. Roll out balls into disks and sprinkle 1/3 of the green onions on each. Roll up into a cigar shape with onions inside, then coil up cigar into a disk. Then roll out into a pancake and fry each pancake in 1 tablespoon of oil over medium high heat till browned and cooked.

Chili Mac w/Instant Pot Option

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For a fast healthy fresh meal this is an excellent option, especially using the Instant pot

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef (85% lean)
  • 1 28oz can crushed tomato in tomato sauce
  • 1 medium size onion chopped
  • 4 tablespoons of chili powder
  • 6 cloves of garlic minced
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons of gound cumin
  • 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper (adjust to desired heat level)
  • 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 1 16oz container of dried elbow macaroni

Directions

For Instant Pot: Set Instant pot to saute and brown hamburger add in onion and garlic during browning of hamburger. When brown add in all other ingredients (uncooked dried pasta included) to instant pot along with 5 cups of water and stir together. Set instant pot to high pressure cook for 7 minutes. Immediately release pressure when timer goes off, stir and serve.

For Stove Top: Start a pot of water boiling to cook elbow macaroni. In separate sauce pan, brown hamburger along with onion and garlic in a sauce pan. When brown add all ingredients and simmer. Add macaroni to pan of boiling water and cook till done then drain and set aside. After sauce has simmered for about 30 mins, add to drained pasta, mix sauce in till combined, then serve

Delicious Mexican Pasta

Mexican Chicken Pasta

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This is a delicious, quick and easy meal to make for a weekday meal when you are busy and don’t have a lot of time to spend cooking.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil1lb chicken breast, finely diced
  • 1 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1/2 large red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 can (10.5 oz.) cream of mushroom soup
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 lb. any type of pasta
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup cilantro, for garnish

Directions

  • Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium high. Add the chicken and sauté until browned all over, 5 minutes
  • Toss in the chili powder, cumin, garlic salt and red pepper. Sauté another minute. Add the red bell pepper, cream of mushroom soup and milk and stir to combine.
  • Transfer to an oven-safe baking dish and sprinkle with the cheese. Cover and slide into a 350°F oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 20 more minutes, until the cheese is browned and bubbly

Spanish Rice in a Rice Cooker

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This is a quick and easy but delicious recipe. It goes well as a side dish to many different dishes. My Crave-able Refried Beans recipe is a good match. You can make a Bean Burrito and add this to the Burrito or have it as a side.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of long grain white rice
  • 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
  • 1 tsp of Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp of Cumin
  • 2 tbsp of Oil (I used canola)
  • 1 tsp of chicken (or vegetable for vegan) bouillon
  • 3 3/4 cups of water

Directions

Add all ingredients to rice cooker, stir, and set for white rice and cook. When done fluff with a fork and serve.

Filipino Chicken Lugaw (Instant Pot compatible Recipe)

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Ingredients

  • 10 cups of water
  • 1 cup medium-grain white rice
  • 1 ½ tablespoons concentrated chicken base or 4 bouillon cubes
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 eight-ounce boneless, skinless chicken breast, very thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 1/2 large onion diced
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • Toppings:
    • 1 scallion, finely chopped for garnish
    • 2 to 3 round slices lemon, each cut in half to squeeze on top when serving
    • Minced Garlic fried to golden brown for topping
    • Hardboiled Eggs sliced for topping

Directions

If using Instant pot, add ingredients to instant pot. Cook on porridge setting. if not using instant pot cook in covered stock pot on stove for 1 hour. Serve with lemon squeezed over and crispy fried garlic sprinkled on top. Add additional toppings as desired.

Fried Rice Easy ~10 min in Microwave

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice
  • 2 cups of water
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon oyster sauce
  • 3 strips uncooked bacon, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped finely (Can use chopped garlic in jar)
  • 1 cup cooked peas (If frozen heat in microwave for about 2 mins)
  • 3 eggs
  • salt, to taste
  • fresh scallion, to garnish

Directions

Combine first 7 ingredients in a microwavable bowl at least 1 quart sized. Microwave for about 8 minutes. Add eggs and some salt to bowl and beat. Microwave eggs for about 2 minutes or until cooked. Chop eggs and add to rice. Stir in peas and 3 green onions chopped.