So I am a pretty decent for a home cook but I really only branch out to a new recipe or dish every once and awhile. Just looking for something that is not too involved to make for the myself and the wife tonight? Not too picky on what we eat... Anyone have any good recipe they are willing to share?
Something easy and good is a chicken dish with steamed vegetables and bearnaise sauce. Knorr makes a mix that just uses milk and butter. Grill/or bake the chicken. An easy marinade is olive oil and Montreal chicken seasoning. Or do lemon pepper. For the vegs do asparagus or squash zucchini. Serve over rice. Simple and good.
I use this one for grilled chicken weekly. It's simple, delicious, and uses common ingredients http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Marinade-for-Chicken
Try and make a red wine reduction sauce if you haven't before. I love to cook but didn't branch out much until I started watching Chopped and this was one of my favorite new things I made. They are super easy and you can throw in whatever you want. I made an amazing one once with cheap red wine, RC cola, chicken stock and some fresh herbs I had laying around. They will go good with steak (if you like sauce on steak, I personally do not), chicken, pork, and vegetables. The flavor is really strong so you don't need much. They can really make a meal. I am sure you can make a better one and I am sure we will have some cooking snobs chiming in here. Here is a link to a sample recipe but its more fun to just make it up as you go. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe-Tools/...=213139&origin=detail&servings=4&metric=false Some more I like: Grilled chicken kabobs with an easy cucumber yogurt sauce (kind of like tzatziki) over jasmine or yellow saffron rice with fried pita bread and hummus as a side for a nice Greekish meal Bourbon burgers: drink bourbon, get buzzed, make patties, pour splash of bourbon on each patty and grill. Hawaiian stir fry: fresh pineapple, grilled teriyaki chicken, rice, classic stir fry veggies all in a nice big stir fry.
i'm a big fan of imitation recipes. I've made this one many times. It turns out great and is pretty easy http://www.food.com/recipe/rigatoni-d-maggianos-181230
Truss and season a 3-4 lb chicken and roast it in a 475º oven for 25 minutes. Lower the temp to 400º and continue roasting for 40-45 minutes, or until the thickest part of the thigh reaches 160º. Let rest for 10 min before carving. As the chicken is roasting you can prepare whatever starch and veg you want to go with it. Super easy, non labor-intensive, and if it's just you and your wife there's a good chance you'll have leftovers for chicken salad the next day.
Easiest recipe ever. On a wire rack in baking dish to elevate away from fat: Boneless chicken breast (pounded flat) Seasoned to taste Cover with sliced bacon cook at 400 until bacon is cooked (approx 30-40 mins) Guaranteed to be moist and delicious.
Thanks CCorn... I use the beef stroganoff packet by the other companys (McCormicks?) sometimes. Never had the Bearnaise but will be trying it. Going to take some baby yellow potatoes, red pepper, sweet yellow onion and green beans and coat them in salt, pepper, fresh garlic and then bake the whole thing in tinfoil for awhile to go along with the chicken.
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/green-tacos Dont let the kale throw you, it's pretty good. I use sour cream instead of the mex crem, since it's cheaper. For the first time, feel free to grill a chicken breast and just use the kale/sweet potato as a topping, in case you're afraid you wont like it. It really doesnt have a strong kale taste.
Salmon + Miracle Whip + Panko into in an oven. Bake till panko is golden brown or whenever you like the salmon.
We tried cooking Gordon Ramsay's miso salmon from his Ultimate Cookery course. Flavor was really good, even if I ****ed up cooking the salmon. Here's the relevant section from his recipe book: We also made the chopped salad from the book, too, which was really good: If you can find episodes of the show, I recommend it. The salmon is from episode 2, and the salad is from episode 20. I'm sure you can halve the proportions if it's just y'all. I was able to get every ingredient above except the kaffir lime leaves at Central Market. The salmon was really fresh, too.