Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Quick Dinner Fix!

Being married with no kids, and in school-- Sometimes I have to cook for one or a quick dinner for two. This you can do for both!

Chicken Soft Taco's



What You Need:
(Feeds Two)
2 Tortilla Shells
1 Cooked Chicken Breast ( I like to grill up my chicken when I buy a back and freeze separately) If it isn't cooked, cook them (grilled- my favorite) Keeping them stored is an easy way to make a lot of dishes!
3/4 Cup Water
1/4 cup of taco seasoning
Your Favorite Cheese
Sour Cream
(Optional)
Mushrooms
Black Olives
Salsa
Mexican White Cheese Sauce

What to do?
*Add 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup taco seasoning to pot over stove
*Allow to simmer
*While Waiting, Chop your chicken breast into bite size pieces.
*Once the pot starts to simmer, add chicken and turn down to med heat.
*Allow to lightly simmer for 30 minutes.
*Heat up tortilla in microwave or in a pan on the stove.
*Add Sour Cream on bottom layer, take a spoon with holes and sift out chicken
*Add on top, add cheese and anything else you may like
*Roll like a burrito, you can add the optional mexican cheese sauce on top here.
*Microwave for about 20 seconds, or grill on a pan on the stove.


To go with it?

Thin & Crispy Homemade Potato Chips!




What You Need?
*1 Med Potato Per Person
*Deep Fryer or A pot with vegetable oil in it, heated.
*Sea Salt (or reg salt, cheddar salt, Lawry's seasoning salt.. whatever you want)
(Optional)-- Good Grips Slicer (My favorite new tool in the kitchen!)

What to do?
*Heat up deep fryer, or pot with oil.
*Wash your potato's.
*The Good Grips Slicer should be set to 1 (thinnest setting) and sliced away!
*If you have another slicer, this will work It is hard to get them thin by hand with a knife, but you can do this as well. A food processor sometimes has a slicing setting-- it can be used as well.
*Place a good sized handfull into the oil, constantly stirring and turning until done (usually about 2 minutes)
* Remove from oil, place a paper towel in a colander and place chips in that.
*Salt and shake. Enjoy!


~From Brooks Kitchen










1 comment:

  1. I expect your chicken taco for dinner one night this semester. Scratch that, several nights.

    I also expect to see pictures of what I ate last night, since it is very rare that I get the satisfaction of seeing one of your delicious dinner menus on this blog and realizing that it went into my belly.

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