Chicken Pesto Linguini

Very similar to the previous pesto dish I made before. This time I pureed items to make the pesto sauce. I still need pine nuts, would've made the dish better! Serves 2-3.

1 package of Boutoni whole wheat linguini
1 chicken breast
2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
oil
salt
pepper

Pesto sauce
2 cups of fresh basil leaves
3 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
Puree in a blender or food processor
If you prefer a less garlicky sauce, use less garlic



Boil water and add salt
Add in the linguini, boil for ~3 minutes
Drain and set aside

Cut up chicken into small pieces, add salt & pepper.
Preheat the pan, add oil after it's warmed up. Add garlic when oil is warmed up. Cook until brown and remove. Add in the chicken.
Flip chicken over when one side is brown.
Before the chicken is done, add in the pasta, garlic, and pesto sauce. If you have pine nuts, add them in too :)

Coconut-Braised Beef

Coconut-Braised Beef with rice and carrots.

The recipe can be found here. I'd suggest using lime juice rather then vinegar, else the whole house will stink.

1lb of lean stew meat
3 cloves garlic minced
1 inch of ginger minced
2TB lime juice or rice vinegar
2TB grapeseed oil
1 can of coconut milk and water to make 2 cups
Salt
Rosemary to garnish

A dutch oven was used and I simmered for about 2hours. After 2hrs remove lid and start reducing the sauce to a syrupy state.

Japanese rice made in rice cooker. Carrots boiled for a few minutes in water.

Steak and potatoes

Tonight's meal was steak with red wine sauce. The sides were roasted red potatoes and steamed Chinese broccoli. The steak and sauce were prepared a similiar way as my previous post here. Just shallots were used along with red wine, chicken broth, and butter.



The red potatoes were cut up into smaller pieces and mixed in a bowl with olive oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary. 2 whole cloves were added to the pan. Bake @ 425F for 20mins then rotate the potatoes. Bake for a little while longer or until you think they're brown enough.



The results:

Lemonade

After visiting the Frigola family today, we brought home some lemons from their lemon tree. Noah wanted some lemonade. I followed the recipe here.
1 cup lemon juice
1 cup water for the sugar mix
1 cup sugar
4 cups water

Melt the sugar in water in a saucepan. Add everything together in the pitcher and stir.
Let it chill in the fridge or add lots of ice cubes if you can't wait :)

Popcorn Panko Chicken Dinner

The panko chicken I made last night, I heated up at a temp in the toaster oven. I steamed some baby bok choy for 5mins in the rice cooker. I made some garlic fried rice and some miso sauce for the chicken.

Garlic Fried Rice
Leftover rice from fridge
2 cloves garlic, diced
Veg Oil
1 Egg

Pre heat pan, add oil. Once ready add the garlic, keep mixing,tossing to not burn. When almost browned, remove into a small bowl. Add the rice and cook until it;s no longer hard and stuck together. Add the garlic back in and mix with rice. Create an opening in the center, add butter or oil for the egg. Scramble the egg then mix with the rice. Serve and enjoy.



Miso Sauce
1T miso paste
1T butter
1/2 lemon

Add miso and butter to sauce pan to melt/blend together. If you need more sauce, add in equal amounts for miso & butter. Squeeze the lemon juice in and stir. Heat until it's a nice looking paste. Pour over the panko chicken.



The bok choy could be fried with the rice if desired rather then steaming.

Popcorn Panko Chicken

What to do with a 1/2lb of chicken breast? The other half went into the pad see ew. I gathered three bowls. Flour in one, 1 egg mixed up in the second, and panko mix in the third.
4 easy steps, the chicken goes in the flour then the egg then the panko and finally to the pan.

Starting to fry one side


Flipped over


Placed on paper towels to soak up oil

Pad See Ew Part II

Pad See Ew with chicken tonight. I ran out of garlic so I used some ginger.

1/2lb chicken breast
3T soy sauce
8 slices of ginger
1/2lb rice noodles
1/2lb chinese brocoli
2T veg oil
1 egg
pinch of sugar
salt
pepper

Season the chicken with salt & pepper. Cut up the chicken breast to small pieces and pat dry.
Cut up the ginger into smaller pieces.

Preheat the pan then warm up the oil. Add the chicken pieces
After one side is brown, flip over. Add in the ginger.
Add in the noodles, soy sauce, and pinch of sugar. Mix all together.
Make a space in the center, scramble an egg. Before the egg is totally cooked, mix everything together.
Add in the chinese broccoli.
Keep mixing so the noddles don't burn or stick to the pan. Cook until the broccoli stems are soft enough per your own taste.