Soy sauce chicken ***** Here is another one from Grandma Johnson*****

This is another one of my favorites. It is also really easy to make!!


Mix:

3-5 chicken breasts
1 Cup of soy sauce
4 cloves of garlic
3/4 cup of sugar
3/4 cup of water


Cut the chicken breast into smaller pieces, maybe 1/3's. Put the chicken into a casserole dish, and pour the soy sauce  mixture over it. Bake it at 375 for about 45 minutes. Turn the oven down to 350 and bake it for another 45 minutes.

Cook a pot of rice and enjoy!!



 

Sweet and sour sauce

This is really easy!!

2 T spoons of corn starch
1 1/4 cup of pineapple juice
2T spoons of white vinegar
1/3 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup of ketchup
1 T spoon soy sauce


Combine the cornstarch and about 1/2 cup of pineapple juice. Stir it till all the starch is dissolved. Cook it over medium heat until it is slightly thickened and and darker red.

Eat it with egg rolls, wan tons, pork or chicken. It is really yummy!! Give it a try!

Drop biscuit pot pie

This was a dish my mom liked to make when we were kids.

Start out making the stew.

Cut up a large onion, 4-5 potatoes and 2-3 carrots. I like to put it in a pan with a just enough oil to keep the potatoes from sticking. fry it for a little while. then add enough water to fully cook the potatoes. Then add a pint jar of your home canned chicken. Season it with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder and chicken bullion. Taste it, if it need something else just add it.

Next make the biscuits.

2 cups flour
1 T baking powder
2 T sugar
1/2 t cream of tartar
1/2 t salt
1/2 c shortening, butter
1 cup of milk

In a bowl stir in all the dry stuff. Then cut in the butter or shortening till it is mixed evenly through the flour. Make a hole in the center and stir in the  milk until the dough starts to stick together. It should be a little gooey.

If you make the stew in a stainless steel pan or cast iron skillet that can go in the over. Spoon the biscuit dough out over the stew.  Bake in the oven at 400 till the biscuits are done.

Its easy to make and good to eat!!

20 or less minute chicken noodle soup

Who doesn't like chicken noodle soup on a cold day?

Start with hot water from the tap. It will boil faster. Boil a pot of water. Add egg noodles, I like the twisty kind. Cook until they start to soften. Add a can of your home canned chicken. Next add salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder and a chicken bullion cube. Let it cook for a minute or two and taste the broth. If it tastes the way you like it its done. If it needs more flavor toss in another bullion. It only takes a few minutes to make a meal people would think you spent hours making.

1 pack of egg noodles
1 can of home canned chicken   (or store bought)

Give it a try, its easy!!

20 minute chicken stew

I make this sometimes when I need food fast. The longest part of making this meal is waiting for the water to boil. Peal 3-4 potatoes. Dice them up real small and throw them in the boiling water. It will only take a few minutes for them to cook. When the potatoes are soft, add a jar of your chicken you canned your self. :) Next add a can of green beans, a can of carrots (if you want). I like to add a can if diced tomatoes. Then season it to taste. I like onion and garlic powder!! If it needs it you can add a chicken bullion.  Its that easy, and it tastes like you slaved in the kitchen for hours!


1 jar of home canned chicken  (or yucky store bought) :)
3-4 potatoes
1 can of green beans
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can of carrots


Give it a try some time when you need food fast and your not sure what to make.

Chicken salad from your own canned chicken

I made some chicken salad for lunch out of some chicken I canned my self. I gave the how too on a different post on how to can your own chicken. Its really easy to be a home caner!! The good news is I canned it in May of 2009 and it tasted just as good today as it did then.

My wife makes the best chicken salad, but mine isn't bad. It isn't very hard to make chicken salad. First I opened a can of chicken, saving the broth for something else. Then I added about 4 scoops of mayo and about 1/2 a can of pineapple. I added salt, pepper, onion powder and celery seeds. My wife puts grapes, almonds and other good stuff. I used what I had and it tasted pretty darn good!! Especially on home made bread!!

Please look at the can your own chicken post. If you have a jar of chicken, you can make a meal fast.

Homemade gravy

Homemade gravy is something we ate a lot when I was a kid. We ate hamburger gravy once a week for dinner, and we loved it. We ate it with biscuits, mashed potatoes, cornbread, baked potatoes, rice and toast. My favorite breakfast food is biscuits and hamburger, sausage or bacon gravy and hash browns.Best of all gravy is cheap and easy to make.

Every time I see people buying canned or powdered gravy mix I ask my self, WHY?

All you have to do to make really good gravy, is cook what ever kind of meat you like. Drain most  of the grease. Mix about 1/2 cup of flour in the meat and let it brown a little. Then add milk and stir in all the flour. Let it boil until it thickens to the thickness you want and remove it from the heat. Add salt and pepper to taste. If it still needs a little help you can add some beef bullion.



If you are cooking a Sunday roast or a turkey and have broth you want to thicken to make gravy. I like to thicken it with corn starch. Put a rounded table spoon or two depending how much gravy you want to make in a small dish of water and whisk it in real good. If it isn't mixed good enough it will be lumpy. whisk the mixture into the gravy and stir it until it thickens.

Before you buy another can of gravy or a package of gravy mix. Give the old fashioned way a try. You'll be glad you did!!