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Cooking/2011/09/cajun-chicken-pasta/ Note: Since this recipe is featured on the Food Network episode this morning, I’m bringing it to the front for easy reference.

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This really is one of my favorite recipes here on The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and I regularly hear from people who’ve made it with great success. Crowd-pleaser! This is an exceedingly yummy, decadent pasta dish with chicken, vegetables, and lots and lots of scrumptious carbs. It’s a cinch to throw together, and if you don’t have prepared Cajun spice in your cabinet, you can just throw a few spices together to make your own combination. Different Cajun spice mixtures use different combinations of ingredients, but if you stick to basics like cayenne pepper (important!)

Just remember: part of the deliciousness of this pasta dish is the spicy kick. Here’s how you make it. Oh. Start by slicing the veggies: Lop the top and bottom off of the red pepper… Then slice the pepper down the middle. Rip out the innards… Then make slices—not too thick, not too thin. Be generous! How To Make Perfect Brownies.

I’ve tried lots of brownie recipes: Boxes, scratch, frosted, plain, nuts, chips, fudge … Each of them has something to like, but depending on my mood I might want a change of pace.

How To Make Perfect Brownies

Not any more. My wife found this recipe, and it’s perfect. I’m done looking. This is the brownie recipe that I’ll use from now on. Ingredients 1½ cups sugar ¾ cup flour ¾ cup cocoa powder (see note below) 3 eggs ¾ cup butter, melted ½ teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter) ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (see note below) Directions A NOTE ON CHOCOLATE: You’ll notice the list of ingredients is very short. The assembly is about as easy as you can get.

Do this by hand, until the dry ingredients are just incorporated into the wet, and stop. Stir in the chocolate chips. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment. Pour the batter and spread it out. Bake at 325° for 20-30 minutes. Very carefully lift the parchment out of the baking dish. Peel the edges and let cool for a few minutes before slicing. Like this recipe? Chicken Parmesan Wraps. My use of egg roll and wonton wrappers is getting out of hand.

Chicken Parmesan Wraps

In the past few months, I’ve used them to make petite lasagnas, buffalo chicken rolls, tuna rangoon, and now chicken parmesan wraps. We could call it me expressing my creativity, but I’ll be fair and admit it’s more closely resembling of obscenity. The good news is that if you buy egg roll wrappers, you’ll have four of my favorite recipes to try out. For these delicious fold overs, I combined sweet marinara sauce, shredded chicken, baby spinach, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese. The idea was born from an intense chicken parmesan sub craving, and the sobering realization that such a meal would involve me having to change out of my pajamas, wash the semi-permanent chocolate mustache off of my kisser, and then interact with other human beings.

I did what any self-respecting individual would do and used my most earnest voice to bribe Daniel. I took to the kitchen with a wicked scowl and a vengeance. Chicken Parmesan Wraps. My Favorite Meatballs. And trust me, I’ve had many a meatball. The thing about these ones, though? …Sorry, I just need to grab that megaphone of mine. I’ll be juuuust a minute…Ahem. Ahem. Check. They are as tender as tender knows to be. He’s been making these for me and just about everyone we know and love for decades.

(PJ, that is bound to happen at least twice per year for the rest of your sweet life. The flavor is without question the best I’ve ever had. I’ve been to eleven cities in Italy, traveled and tasted extensively through the mommiest and poppiest of Italian eateries here in the United States, and none (nope, none) hold a blessed candle to PJ’s. There’s just something about letting the beef gently bubble away in such a sweet and garlicky sauce on the stove for half a day… Something happens to the meatballs when they soak in the sweetness of tomatoes and caramelized onions.

Something happens to the sauce when it absorbs the richness of the beef. The Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies. Now, I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I swear by.

The Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies

Neapolitan Rose Cake. Top 10 Kitchen Tricks That Speed Up Cooking. So you’ve started beefing up your cooking skills, but the process is still a little tedious.

Top 10 Kitchen Tricks That Speed Up Cooking

Here are 10 surprising kitchen techniques that will save you a bunch of time — not to mention wow your friends. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video. 10. Deseed A Pomegranate In Seconds Using A Wooden Spoon.