Saturday, July 31, 2010

Butter-Honey Fried Chicken

1 frying chicken, cut up
1 cup flour
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 tsp paprika
3/4 cup butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup lemon juice

Dip chicken pieces in mixture of flour, salt, pepper, paprika. Melt 1/2 cup butter in shallow baking pan in 375 degree oven. Remove pan from oven. Arrange chicken in a single layer in pan, turning to coat with butter. Bake skin side down 30 min. Turn chicken. Pour honey-butter sauce (melt 1/4 cup butter in saucepan, add honey, lemon juice) over chicken. Bake 30 min. more until fork is tender. Spoon sauce over chicken last 15 min. of baking.

Potato Salad Dressing

1 c. vinegar
1c. sugar
dash of salt
2 Tbsp. corn starch
1 Tbsp. dry mustard
2 Tbsp. cold water
3 eggs
1 Tbsp butter

In a small saucepan, bring vinegar, sugar, and salt to boil. Meanwhile, in another bowl, whisk together the cornstarch, mustard, adn water. When cornstarch is dissolved, add the eggs and beat well. Whisk a small amount of the boiling vinegar mixture into the eggs (to temper) then pour it all back into the saucepan. Continue cooking and stirring until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat and whisk in th ebutter. Pour into a bowl and press plastic wrap on the surface. refrigerate until cool. Mix half and half with mayonnaise for potato salad.

For my salad, I boil red potatoes until tender, let them cool, then dice them. Add crumbled cooked bacon, diced hard-boiled eggs, and chopped parsley. Add salad dressing then stir and chill.

From Amy H. 6-21-09

ChocolateTofu Pudding

1 Cup semisweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons water
1 (16 ounce) package firm tofu, drained
1/4 cup soy milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Melt the chocolate with water in a heavy saucepan or double broiler.

In an electric blender or food processor, combine tofu with the melted choclate, milk, and vanilla extract. Process until the mixture is smooth. Chill for approximately one hour, and serve.

Orange Sweet Potatoes

6 medium sweet potatoes
1 cup orange juice
1 1/2 t. orange rind (grated)
1 T. cornstarch
3T. melted butter
1/3 cup Brown sugar
1/3 cup Granulated sugar

Cook potatoes in jackets until tender. Combine remaining ingredients. Cook. Stir until thickened. Arrange potatoes, cut, in baking dish; pour sauce over them, Cover and bake for 20 min, uncover and bake 15 min. longer