Thursday, July 7, 2011

Teriyaki Marinade

This is an amazing marinade for chicken, and super easy.

1/2 cup Soy Sauce
1/2 cup Oil (I used EVOO)
6 oz Sprite
1/2 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
1/2 Tablespoon Horseradish (optional)

Mix all ingredients together and poor over chicken in ziplock bag. Refrigerate for 2 to 24 hours. Then grill chicken.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Chinese Chicken Salad

2 chicken breats, cooked and shredded
After chicken is cooked and shredded marinate in:
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/8 cup soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt

Salad:
1 head of lettuce chopped or broken up
1/2 cup to 1 cup green onions, finely sliced
2 Tablespoons slivered almonds (I used more)
2 Tablesppons toasted sesame seeds
1 8-ounce can mandarin oranges
2 ounces won-ton shells, fried and broken up (I used more)
2 ounces rice sticks, fried and broken up (I didn't have these but I'm sure they'd be amazing)

Dressing (or you can use any oriental style dressing)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup sesame oil (I did not have this but I will get it for next time)
3 Tablespoons rice vinegar (I used 4)
1 teaspoon accent (optional)

Strawberry-Blue Cheese Spinach Salad

1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
12 ounces of fresh baby spinach
1 (16-ounce) container of fresh strawberries, quartered
1 (4 ounce) package of crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup sliced sugared or toasted almonds

Dressing:
2 large shallots, minced
1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Okay, here is my opinion on this salad: it is delish but the next time I ate it I added shredded chicken and crumbled bacon. It was so much tastier and more filling. Also, I used Briana's Poppy Sead dressing instead I liked it better.