Sour Cream Chicken Chimichangas

I just whipped up this recipe tonight and it sure was tasty! I didn't really measure anything out so it is all by taste or sight...

2 cups Shredded Chicken (I used half of a rotisserie chicken)
Cilantro
Cumin
Chili Powder
Garlic Powder
Half of a Lime, Juiced
2 Heaping Tbsp. Sour Cream

Tortillas
Cheese

Mix all ingredients together. Spread chicken mixture on tortilla and top with cheese; roll like a burrito. Repeat until chicken mixture is gone (approximately 4 chimichangas) Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Top each chimi with cheese and bake for another 5 minutes. Enjoy with a side of rice or salad.

YUM-O!

Barbeque Chicken

2 ½ lbs. of Chicken
½ tsp. Salt
¼ Cup Soy Sauce
6 oz. Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate
2 Tbs. Sugar
2 tsp. Ginger (fresh is better)
1 Tbs. Lemon Juice
1/8   tsp. Garlic powder

Arrange chicken in a baking dish. Mix all other ingredients together in a bowl. Pour mixture over the top of the chicken and cover. Let marinate overnight and then cook at 350° for 1 hour. This is great with a salad and some rice.

Mexican Haystacks(?)

 I think I invented a new recipe!  It's a spin on Hawaiian Haystacks.  So here's what ya need:

Ingredients:

• Steamed Rice - enough to feed your family
• 4-5 Chicken Breasts (I used 9 frozen chicken tenderloins)
• 10 oz can of Green Enchilada Sauce
• 14 oz can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
• 2 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
• 2 T Lime Juice (or more, depending on your preference)

Optional Toppings:

• Olives
• Tomatoes
• Frozen Corn
• Lettuce
• Cheese
• Sour Cream
• Salsa
• Avocado
• Cilantro
• Onions

Directions:
Place chicken breasts into your slow cooker.  Add the enchilada sauce, soup and bouillon cubes.  Cook for 4-6 hours.  Shred chicken and add lime juice and let cook for another 30 minutes.

Serve over rice with any of your favorite taco toppings.

It's delicious.  You're gonna love it.  I would also like to try it over Cilantro Lime Rice for added flavor.

Bacon-Wrapped Teriyaki Chicken Skewers

I pulled this recipe from a recipe blog...I can't remember what one now. But it looked so good! I made it for our Anniversary dinner and it didn't disappoint! SO GOOD!

Bacon-Wrapped Teriyaki Chicken Skewers

1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs

About 8 oz. lean bacon, NOT thick-sliced (thick bacon is too hard to work with in this recipe)

1 large can pineapple chunks (you won’t use all of them)

Kikkoman Teriyaki Baste and Glaze

Kebab skewers or toothpicks

Now…the easiest way to handle the bacon situation is to remove it from the package and while it’s still all stuck together, stretch it out a little (lengthwise).

Using kitchen shears, cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. You can gauge about how many pieces you’ll need by how many pieces of bacon you have; you probably won’t use all the bacon, but you’ll need about 8 oz. or 2/3 of a standard-sized package of bacon. So count the bacon pieces and keep that in mind when cutting up your chicken.

Drain the pineapple and set up a little work station with skewers, bacon, chicken, and a 9×13 baking dish (for big skewers) or a sturdy Ziploc bag (for toothpick skewers). Wrap a piece of bacon around a chicken piece, secure with toothpick/skewer, and top with a chunk of pineapple. Repeat twice if using large skewers. When all chicken pieces have been sufficiently staked, pour Teriyaki sauce over everything, reserving about 1/4 c., and marinate in refrigerator for at least 4 hours, no longer than about 8.

Preheat grill**; when about 350-400 degrees, place skewers on grill and baste with reserved Teriyaki sauce. Cook about 7 minutes and flip skewers. Baste again and cook another 7 minutes.

*If serving at a party, you can keep the appetizer-sized skewers warm in a crockpot set to low or an electric roaster set to 170 degrees.

**If cooking in oven, preheat oven to 400 and bake about 20 minutes, turning once, following the same basting instructions.

Chicken Wings

My girls use to love to put the sauce over rice. I have also made it with drumsticks and it taste just as good.

½ tsp salt
¼ Cup Soy Sauce
6oz can frozen orange juice concentrate
2 Tbls sugar
2 tsp ginger
1 Tbls lemon juice
1/8 tsp garlic powder
2 ½ lb wings (I sometimes use breasts and cut them up)

Mix the first 7 ingredients together and pour over chicken that has been placed in a 9x13 cake pan.
Bake @ 350 for 1 hour.

Low-Fat Delicious Salad

I don't have a picture - my salad was nearly completely consumed when I decided to share this "recipe" with you all. I know we're all trying to lose weight right now so I thought I'd throw this out there.

I estimate it to be around 200 calories - but that depends on how much cheese you put on it *winky*

• 2-3 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts* (about 120 calories per serving)
• 1 can Mexican-flavored diced tomatoes (about 30 calories per serving)
• Hearts of romaine (15 calories per serving)
  
• 1 can of sliced olives (25 calories per serving)
• Cheese - your favorite kind, and however much you feel you need. (calories vary)
  

*I buy the individually frozen chicken breasts at Winco and plop them into the ol'crockpot while they're still frozen. They cook up beautifully.

Place the chicken breasts and the tomatoes into a crockpot and cook on low for about 4 hours (at least that's how long it took in my crockpot). Using two forks, shred the chicken and then let it cook for about another 1/2 hour to soak back in all the juices.

Place a handful or two of your chopped romaine lettuce onto a plate, give it a big, heaping spoonful of the shredded chicken, about a spoonful (or more) of olives, and top with some cheese.

This salad was SO GOOD. And with all the juice from the tomatoes/chicken, you don't even need any fatty dressing.

You could cook up some shredded chicken and keep it in your refrigerator and have this salad for lunch every day of the week. I think that's what I'll do.

Cashew Chicken

**CASHEW CHICKEN**

1 Tbsp. oil
1/4 c. or more cashews
1 chicken breast half, cut in chunks
1/2 c. chicken broth
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/4 lb. Chinese snow peas
1/4 lb. fresh mushrooms
1/2 c. celery, sliced or chopped
1/2 c. carrots, sliced or chopped
2 green onions, sliced

1. In large nonstick pan, heat oil and stir-fry cashews on medium heat until lightly toasted. Remove cashews from pan with slotted spoon.
2. In same pan, stir-fry chicken until tender and no longer pink in center. Remove chicken from pan with slotted spoon. Remove pan from heat.
3. In a small bowl, combine chicken broth, soy sauce, cornstarch and sugar. Set aside. Return pan to heat.
4. Place snow peas, mushrooms, celery and carrots in pan and stir-fry 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in soy sauce mixture.
5. Add green onions and cook until well blended and thickened and add chicken.
6. Add cashews just before serving.

Makes 4 cups (serves about 1 person)

I made this for dinner tonight and it was DELICIOUS! I had to quadruple the recipe to feed everyone, but it worked out nicely. (If you are feeding 2 people double it, 3 people triple it, and so forth.) We left out the mushrooms. But other than that we followed the recipe spot on and it was SUPER easy! I was intimidated by the name of the meal "Cashew Chicken" sounds pretty fancy shmancy...but it was so easy and SO good! We put ours over noodles but everyone agreed it would have been better with rice. Anyway, this is a MUST TRY recipe!

Honey Lime Chicken Enchilads

Cheryl told me about these on Saturday at the Chile Verde class. I found the recipe on Good Thing Utah's website. I tried it out and they were so delicious I thought I would share.

1/3 C. Honey
1/4 C. Lime Juice

2 tsp to 1 Tbsp Chili Powder
2 large cloves of Garlic, finely minced or 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
2 large Chicken Breasts, cooked and shredded
12 Corn Tortillas or Flour Tortillas
2 C. of Mexican Cheese Blend, shredded
1 14-oz can of Green Enchilada Sauce
1/2 - 3/4 C. of Heavy Cream
Nonstick Cooking Spray
1 Tbsp of chopped Cilantro, to garnish

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the cooked and shredded chicken in a medium sized bowl. Set aside. In a small bowl, place the honey, lime juice, chili powder and minced garlic or garlic powder. Whisk together thoroughly to combine. Pour this mixture over the chicken and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to marinate while you prepare the tortillas, 30 minutes or up to 1 hour, in the refrigerator.

Heat a large griddle till a drop of water skitters across (about 350 degrees F). Spray the surface with non-stick cooking spray or a oil it with a little bit of canola oil in between each round of tortillas. Heat tortillas about 20 seconds on each side till warm and flexible and some golden brown spots have appeared. Remove the tortillas from the griddle and keep them between a couple of paper towels until ready to use.

Spray the sides and bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish lightly with cooking spray. In a medium bowl combine the enchilada sauce and the heavy cream. Spread about 1/2 cup of the mixture in the bottom of the oiled baking dish. Add a large spoonful (about 2 tablespoons) of the chicken mixture to the center of each tortilla in a line. Cover the chicken with a large tablespoon (or big pinch) of cheese, then roll the tortilla up from one side to make a rolled enchilada - it will be more of an over lap on the seam side that rolled tightly. Place the enchilada seam side down in the baking dish starting at one end with the long edge parallel to the longest side of the pan so that you end up with two columns of six enchiladas each.

Repeat with the remaining chicken, cheese and tortillas. You will use about 1 1/2 cups of the cheese for the filling and set the remainder aside for topping the enchiladas in the pan. Add the remaining marinade mixture to the enchilada sauce and cream mixture, if desired. Pour this mixture over the top of all the enchiladas. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Bake the enchiladas for 30 to 35 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbly and starting to brown on top. Serve with sour cream, black beans, and rice or a green salad for a great meal.

Chicken Broccoli Casserole

I can't believe we don't already have this recipe on here. It is such a staple for every Sprague household.

Bag Chopped Broccoli
4 Chicken Breasts (boiled and cut-up)
1 C. Mayonnaise
1/2 C. Milk
2 Cans Cream of Celery or Cream of Chicken Soup
1 C. Shredded Cheese
1/2 tsp. Curry Powder
1 tsp. Lemon Juice
3 Slices of Bread (optional)

Layer the broccoli in the bottom of a cake pan. Add the cut-up chicken on top. In a bowl mix mayo, milk, soup, cheese, curry powder, and lemon juice until well combined. Put the soup mixture on the very top and break up the pieces of bread on top (optional). I skip the bread and put more cheese on the top. My family likes to put the Chinese chow mien noodles on top of it. I just like it plain.

Huli Chicken

The pictures do not do it justice ;o)

This is the best marinade I have come across yet!

Ingredients:Boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 C Water
1 C Soy Sauce
1 C packed brown sugar
¼ C Dried Sesame Seeds
Small fresh Ginger root
Fresh Garlic
Green Onions

Directions:
Mix water ,soy sauce and brown sugar in mixing bowl ( I use large zip lock bags)
Peel and chop garlic and ginger ( use equal amounts )
Dice green onions and remaining ingredients to liquid mixture. Add sesame seeds
Rinse chicken and add to Marinade. Refrigerate 1-2 days (the longer the better)

**I usually double the recipe. If your soy sauce is on the salty side you can add ½-1 C extra water. Also you can add pineapple juice to sweeten it up a bit in place of the extra water.***

Cooking:When you are ready to cook I recommend the BBQ but you can bake it as well. Remove Chicken from Marinade, set sauce a side. If you are BBQ you can glaze the chicken after you turn it the first time. If you choose to bake it pour glaze over chicken in baking dish cover and bake @ 350 until cooked ( 25-30 min)

Optional glaze:
I slowly boil the marinade for a couple of minutes then thicken and use as a glaze after the chicken is cooked. Make sure it comes to a full boil to ensure that it has cooked off the chicken juices.(Yes it is safe if you boil it long enough)

Great with any side dish of your choice. Enjoy!!

Chicken Enchilada Casserole

(Picture posted by carizolli - this recipe was DELICIOUS! The leftovers didn't last long either!)

I have this recipe for Chicken Enchiladas and thought I would try it out in the casserole form like Mom use to make. It turned out really good. I took a picture but there is not a card in my camera and I don't have a cord to plug it in to my computer so I will have to figure out how to get it posted. Sorry all!!

2 cans Cream of Chicken or Cream of Celery Soup
1 C. Sour Cream
4 Tbsp. Butter
1 C. chopped Onion
2 tsp Chili Powder
4 C. diced cooked Chicken
2 cans chopped Green Chillies (4oz. cans)
Flour Tortillas cut in 4ths
1 can Enchilada Sauce
Shredded Montery Jack or Cheddar cheese

• Preheat oven to 375.
• In a small bowl, stir together the soup and sour cream until smoot, set aside.
• In fry pan, melt butter and add Chili powder. Saute onion and chilies until onion is tender, stirring often. Stir in chicken, chilies and 4 Tbsp of the soup mixture, remove from heat.
• Layer some of the flour tortillas in the bottom of a cake size glass dish. Add a enough of the chicken mixture to cover the tortillas, some of the soup mixture, drizzle enchilada sauce and then sprinkle cheese. Continue layers until the chicken mixture is gone. On the top stop with the enchilada sauce and cover with foil. Cook 15mins and then take foil off and sprinkle more cheese on top. Cook 5-8 more minutes or until cheese melts.

No Peek Chicken

A good meal with little fuss

Ingredients:
4T Butter
1C Milk
2C Rice
8 Chicken Breasts
2 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Package Onion Soup Mix


Directions:
Melt butter in 9X13 cake pan. Add milk and spread
rice evenly over the bottom of the Pan.
Place chicken on top of rice. Mix the cans of
soup together and pour over the Chicken.
Sprinkle onion soup mix on top.
Cover with aluminum foil and cook at 350o for
two hours or until chicken is done and rice is tender.
Enjoy!!

Saucy Chicken and Asparagus

In the spring the ditch banks around Emery County Utah sprout asparagus and this recipe is great for those of us who love asparagus.


Ingredients:
1-1/2 pounds of fresh asparagus spears, halved
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 Tablespoons cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1 Cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
If desired, partially cook the asparagus; drain.Place the asparagus in a greased 9-inch square baking dish. In a skillet over medium heat, brown the chicken in oil on both sides. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange chicken over asparagus. In a bowl, mix soup, mayonnaise, lemon juice and curry powder; pour over chicken. Cover and bake at 375 for 40 minutes or until the chicken is tender and juices run clear. Sprinkle with cheese. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.Number Of Servings:4 servingsPreparation Time:1 hour start to finish

Parmesan Chicken

[Picture added by carizolli (9/14/08) - I made this for dinner tonight. I breaded the chicken with crushed Ritz crackers w/Italian seasonings. It was absolutely delicious! I also didn't have any parmesan cheese - DON'T LAUGH - parmasean chicken w/out parmasean - I know! But it was great even with just mozzarella.]

OK. First let me say that this is just the name I called this because I used Parmesan Cheese.

In a 9x13 cake pan Pour some of the Italian sauce (see the recipe below) in the pan just to cover the bottom.
In a large frying pan brown(don't cook) the boneless skinless Chicken breast in butter. As many as you need. (A slight variation is to dip the chicken in butter and then in Italian flavored bread crumbs before browning.) Put the browned chicken breast in the cake pan place a piece of mozzarella cheese on each breast.
Pour the remaining sauce in the frying pan and stir to pick up the drippings from the pan.
Pour over the chicken in the cake pan and sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top (be generous).
cover and bake at 350 for about an hour and a half. Serve with pasta of your Choice.

Balsamic Chicken & Alfredo

2 Chicken Breasts, sliced thin
1 Tbsp Oil
1/2 Cup Balsamic Vinegar
2 Tbsp Honey
8 Oz Pasta
1 Cup Alfredo Sauce (try Rachel's recipe:))
Seasons to taste

Bring Balsamic and Honey to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Heat oil in skillet, add chicken and seasonings and cook through. Bring a pot of water to boil, add pasta, cook until al dente. Pour Alfredo over hot pasta. Serve with chicken and drizzle Balsamic glaze.

Its super yummy!

White Chicken Chili

Ingredients:3 cans navy beans (Don't Drain)4 cloves garlic, minced
½ c. butter
¼ c. flour
¾ c. chicken broth
2 c. half & half
1 tsp. tabasco
1½ tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
8 oz. can chopped green chilies
2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts, chopped
1½ c. Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
½ c. sour cream

Directions:
Saute garlic in 2 tsp. butter, brown chicken. Add remaining butter & whiskin flour.
Add broth and half & half, stirring constantly. Simmer for 5minutes. Stir in spices and then add everything except for the sour cream.Simmer for 20 minutes. Just before serving add sour cream.

I got this recipe from an old coworker. It is really yummy with tortilla chips!