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Take-Out, Fake-Out: Sweet & Sour Chicken

Take-Out, Fake-Out: Sweet & Sour Chicken
It’s easy to make the popular take out sweet & sour chicken at home We made it to Friday! Finally. I swear this week couldn’t have been any longer. So lately, I’ve been really lazy about cooking. On a completely random note that has nothing to do with takeout or vacation: have you heard of country hottie, Jake Owen? Now back to this dish. Okay well, now you can make this popular takeout dish at home. Take-Out, Fake-Out: Sweet & Sour Chicken Author: Julie Wampler Recipe type: Main Entree Cuisine: Chinese Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 4 For the chicken coating:3-4 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts, cubed into 1-inch piecesSalt and pepper1 cup cornstarch3 eggs, beaten¼ cup canola oilFor the sauce:¾ cup sugar4 tbsp. ketchup½ cup white vinegar1 tbsp. soy sauce1 tsp. garlic salt Preheat oven to 325 degrees and spray cooking spray on a large baking sheet and set aside.Season your chicken cubes with salt and pepper then dip the chicken cube, in batches, in cornstarch.

Apple Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes Apple Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes By Stefani Pollack Be sure to leave your kitchen while these apple pecan cinnamon roll cupcakes are baking. Yield: 24 cupcakes Cinnamon Roll Ingredients 2 cups 2% milk 1 tablespoon (.5 oz) active dry yeast 1/3 cup sugar 2 teaspoons salt 6 ½ cups all-purpose flour, divided 2 eggs ¼ cup unsalted butter, room temperature Filling Ingredients ½ cup unsalted butter, melted 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3 tablespoons cinnamon 1 cup loosely chopped pecans 2 cups finely chopped tart apples Directions In a small saucepan or a microwave oven, warm milk to about 110 F. Brush with about half of the melted butter. To make the filling, in a medium-sized bowl, mix sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, pecans, and apples. Roll dough over itself from back to front along the long side of the rectangle to form a log. Line cupcake tins with cupcake liners and place each piece of the log in a cupcake liner. Cover the cupcake tins and set in a warm place to rise for another 40 minutes.

Simple Buffalo Chicken Soup Recipe Welcome to the easiest soup ever. Ever ever. Just 30 minutes and you can have a big, steaming bowl of chicken soup with a cute and cheesy toasted baguette and tons of other stuff piled on top. You are going to like this. This is what it looks like when you ladle soup into a bowl from behind a camera. This is what it looks like when you miss. These things down here… they equal the best flavor combo ever. Here is my really tan hand. See? When I first started this blog thing, my brother mentioned that he had an incredible buffalo chicken soup that I needed to recreate. Then I’d make something out of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Luckily for me and my mouth, I was in the mood for buffalo chicken soup. Not luckily for my lips, which are the most chapped (chappiest? This soup is straight up broth. So let’s get all of the bits and pieces out of the way: Do I think you can make this in the crockpot? Do I think you should add heavy cream? Do I think you should make it for the Super Bowl? 1 tablespoon flour

60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode I had so much fun developing this recipe. Talk about kinda dangerous though. This baby is baked in 60 seconds, no lie!! The cookie dough recipe is prepared right in your ramekin, so we are also talking about minimal dishes. Win win, right? You know those fabulous pizzookie’s you order at certain restaurants? In any case, Enjoy my friends!! Start by creaming your butter and sugars right in your ramekin. Just like so, light and fluffy. You’ll add a couple tablespoons of beaten egg next. A splash of vanilla please. Give another good stir of the spoon until combined. Once combined, add your dry ingredients right to the ramekin. Flour, salt and baking soda all set! Give a few stirs then…. Time for some fabulous chips! Oh yah! Top with a lovely scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle with my homemade magic shell! Mmmmm. To share or not to share? 60 Second Chocolate Chip Cookie A la Mode Ingredients Directions Place butter and sugars into a 2-cup ramekin, beat with spoon until well combined.

Pepperoni Pizza Puffs Recipe | gimme some oven Pepperoni Pizza Puffs Ok – I’ve found a new favorite ingredient at the store. They’ve probably existed for years, and I somehow missed them. Mini-pepperonis!!!! Have you seen these?! To put them to use, I decided to try out a recipe I’ve had bookmarked for awhile. So give them a try — either with diced regular pepperonis, or with my fun new favorites — and enjoy!! Ingredients 3/4 cup flour 3/4 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. dried oregano 3/4 cup milk (I used 2%) 1 egg, lightly beaten 4 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 1 cup) 4 oz. pepperoni, diced (about 1 cup) 1/2 cup pizza sauce (homemade or store-bought) 2 Tbsp. fresh basil, finely diced Method Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Stir the batter and divide among the mini-muffin cups. Warm the pizza sauce, then stir in 1 tablespoon basil. Ali’s Tip: These would of course be fun with tons of other ingredients! “Hawaiian” – canadian bacon and diced pineapplesausagegreen or red peppersolivesonionetc….

Easy as hell pizza balls by ~1wolfmadien on deviantART Scottish Farmhouse Eggs Decided to mix things up and do a recipe. This is one I’ve made forever and I’m not 100% positive where I picked it up. It is always a crowd pleaser for brunch or breakfast. Special thank you to Dawnland Mama for the farm fresh duck eggs (even though she is a vegan herself). DIY | Colorful Cupcake Icing Can you believe that every color swatch in the palette below can easily be made from a standard box of red, blue, green and yellow food coloring! Stefanie over at Anna and Blue Paperie shares this lovely icing find from The Food Network. The numbers below each color are the amount of food coloring drops you need to add to plain white icing. Such great color combinations! The numbers below each color are the amount of food coloring drops needed. Never decorated cupcakes before?

Oven-Fried Onion Rings « Recipe Onion rings, anyone? And what about some oven-fried ones? Oh, you need to know some more about them to be able to decide. Alrighty, I’ll be glad to tell you. These onion rings are crunchy, flavorful and very delicious. So, what do you think now? Are you with me? If so, here’s the stairway to heaven…no, no… I meant – here’s the step-by-step recipe… This is what we need. 1. 2. 3. Whisk until a smooth batter is formed. 4. 5. Just like this. 6. 7. 8. Let the excess batter dribble off a little. 9. 10. Since you will probably have more rings than you can fit in one baking sheet you might need to work in batches. 11. 12. I’ve used a lovely yogurt herb one. Crunchy around, soft and sweet in the middle. Enjoy, dear friends. Love, Petra (This recipe was adapted from notwithoutsalt.com.)

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