Sunday, June 12, 2016

Pizza Nachos

Ingredients
  • FOR THE GARLIC CREAM SAUCE:
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Unsalted Butter
  • ½ Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 3 cloves Garlic, Minced (or Use A Microplane If You Have It)
  • ½ cups Heavy Cream
  • ¼ cups 2% Milk
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 pinch Cracked Black Pepper
  • 1 pinch Red Pepper Flakes
  • ¼ cups Parmesan Cheese, Grated
  • FOR THE NACHOS:
  • Your Favorite Crispy Tortilla Chips
  • ½ cups Garlic Cream Sauce (Recipe Included)
  • ¼ cups Onion, Diced
  • ½ cups Pepperoni, Cut Into Bite Size Pieces
  • ½ cups Black Olives Sliced
  • ½ whole Green Bell Pepper, Seeds Removed, Diced
  • 1 cup Colby-Jack Cheese, Shredded

Bacon, Pineapple, Chicken Kabobs

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 2 pounds)
  • 1 large pineapple, cut into 1½ inch chunks
  • 2 large red bell peppers, cut into 1½ inch pieces
  • 1 large onion, cut into 1½ inch pieces
  • 12 strips of thick cut bacon

  • FOR THE HAWAIIAN SAUCE:
  • 1½ cups pineapple juice
  • 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 6 long skewers

  • InsTRUCTIONS
  1. To make the Hawaiian sauce: Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan and stir until the cornstarch is dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 2 minutes. Set-aside until ready to use.
  2. Thread the skewers. Weave the bacon around each piece of chicken and pineapple, stick the bell pepper and onion together and weave the bacon around both of those. You'll need two strips of bacon per skewer if using 4 pieces of chicken and 3 pieces each of pineapple, bell pepper and onion. Brush some olive or vegetable oil evenly over each kabob.
  3. Preheat the grill to medium high. Grill the kabobs for 10-15, turning a couple of times, until done.
  4. Slather with hot Hawaiian sauce and serve immediately.

Smokehouse Chicken Dutch Oven

Ingredients
  • Bone in skin on chicken, however much will fit in a single layer of a baking dish or Dutch oven
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon smoked black pepper (can use regular)
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar (dark or light)
  • 1 tablespoon hot sauce (the red kind in the glass bottle)
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1+1/2 cups cider vinegar
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients except for chicken in enamel Dutch oven, or other baking dish. Stir well until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Place chicken in pot, skin side down. Cover and place in 300 degree oven for 45 minutes. Remove pot from oven and flip chicken. Cover again and return to oven for another 45 minutes.
  3. Remove lid and place oven on broil. Broil for 20 minutes, or until skin is nicely browned and somewhat crispy on top, watching carefully so that it does not burn (this may take significantly less time in your
  4. Spoon additional pan juices over to serve.