Just to show how long ago I should have posted this, these meals are from July 4th. My friends, Oscar and Jasmine, my aunt and I had a bbq. It was super hot, so we spent most of the time in the AC running out to check the fire or put stuff on the grill.
I had several things I wanted to do. 1. Try this Italian chicken thing my friend's mom made at their BBQ last week. 2. FINALLY, make the tomato rice taste good. 3. Just get together with my buddies and eat. Which is always a fave passtime of mine. Below is what came of these goals.
The chicken I simply call Italian Chicken:
Via Barbra Sabater
The breasts marinating:
Ingredients:
1. 4 Chicken Breasts (or how ever much you need)
2.A bottle of Italian salad dressing
Directions:
Cut the chicken breasts in slices, taking your chicken breasts from 4 thick slices to 8 lean slices of chicken. If it is still too thick, beat it until it is a nice, tender and lean. Soak it in Italian salad dressing and marinate it over night or for at least four hours. Then put it on the grill, for 20 minutes or until cooked.
Me looking awful, cutting an onion:
Tomato Rice:
via Allrecipes.com
Required Ingredients
* 1 can of whole tomatoes (drained)
* ½ a small white onion (roughly chopped)
* 2 garlic cloves (halved)
* 1-¾ cups of chicken broth or water
* 1-½ tablespoons of olive oil
* 4 whole tomatoes (unpeeled)
* 1-½ cups of rice (medium-grain)
* 2 carrots (scraped and chopped into ¼ inch pieces)
* 2 serrano chilies or 2 jalapenos (slit lengthwise nearly end to end)
* ¼ cup of chopped fresh parsley
* ½ cup of a 10-oz. Box of frozen peas
* Salt
Instructions
* Combine the canned tomatoes with onion and garlic and blend in a blender. Blend the tomatoes smooth to equal 1 cup.
* Heat the broth/water until it is steaming and then lightly oil the tomatoes.
* Grill the tomatoes enough to char their skins. When the tomatoes have cooled, remove the peels and chop them.
* Take a 3-quart saucepan and heat olive oil in it over a medium flame. To this add raw rice and stir regularly during a cooking period of 5 minutes.
* Add the tomato mixture and carrots, and stir for a few minutes. Let it cook until it looks somewhat dry.
* After this, add the warm broth or water, chilies and parsley and stir the mixture thoroughly.
* Cover the pan with a lid and place on a range burner or a cooking grate of charcoal or gas grill (indirect, medium flame).
* Cover this for 15 minutes or until the liquid is almost absorbed. Then add peas and grilled tomatoes, and stir with a fork. Cover the pan and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
* When done, gently fluff the rice with a fork. Remove the chilies and use it to decorate the top of the rice and serve.
Pasta Salad Via Oscar Nunez
Ingredients:
12 oz of Pasta (a box)
A Can of tuna Fish
Diced Green peper
Diced Red pepper
Onions
Mayonnaise (depending on taste)
Black Pepper
Salt
Directions
*Cook the pasta in boiling water with a pinch of salt.
*While pasta cools, dice the peppers and onion and mix it all together
* Mix the tuna with the peppers/onion mix and pour in with pasta
*Add Mayonnaise to the pasta and mix
*Keep cool until ready to eat.
BBQ Chicken:
Ingredients
1. BBQ sauce
2. Chicken wings
3. Paprika
4. Garlic powder
5. Adobo all purpose seasoning
Directions:
*Season the chicken with paprika, garlic powder and adobo
*let stand overnight in the fridge (or for at least 4 hrs)
*Make sure the grill is hot
* Put the chicken legs on the grill and start cooking
* After 10 mins (or when half-way cooked), apply BBQ sauce with a cooking brush.
*Let stand for for 5 mins
*Apply more BBQ sauce
*Let stand until completely cooked.
Conclusion:
It was GREAT! I FINALLY, FINALLY! Got the tomato rice right. I had to pour some water in, once the tomato sauce was sucked up, because it still was a bit hard, but once the water was in there, it was pretty amazing. I enjoyed dinner so much and was so pleased. Oscar made the pasta salad, he made it very light and there were complaints that there should have been more mayo, but there was no evidence of that, as the food disappeared. The Italian chicken was a big hit, but I didn't like it! LOL, i'm not a fan of white meat and after biting into it I realized, "wait, you know, I think it was dark meat she made." So I should have grilled bonless thighs, instead of chicken breast, UGH! Whatever, next time. Everyone else loved it and while I enjoyed the taste, I fine all white meat a bit dry, everyone else stared at me like I was insane and asked "you call this dry?" as they chomped down on my chicken. All in all a meal, well made.
My Sister happy after her meal
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