Category: dinner

Chicken Marinade

A (twice) tested marinade that will sure to please the crowds!

I’ve only made this twice but it is a big hit with my husband and my family. A couple of tips:

  • DO NOT KEEP IN MARINADE for more than 3 hours. I actually recommend something closer to 2 hours.. maybe 3. The amount of acid in this marinade will definitely “cook” the chicken (think of the ceviche process). I actually forgot about this chicken for more than 12 hours and it made the chicken tough, it was flavorful but wasn’t as tender when I made it the first time around.
  • best grilled. I haven’t baked this yet… but I could try it to test.

I made this a couple of months ago when I had time to cook and clean and that whole jazz. My cousin was the one who told me to actually write it down so I could share it. I always forget to write things down because I almost always improvise when I cook. The only time I can’t improvise is when I’m baking. I tried that and that has failed miserably (See previous bread attempts.

The recipe

  • ~5 lbs of chicken breast
  • 4 oranges
  • 2 limes
  • 2 lemons
  • 1/2 red onion
  • bunch of green onion (6-7 stalks)
  • 2 heads of garlic
  • salt and pep to taste
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1/2 oil

1 tsp of each

  • cumin
  • ground oregano
  • new mexico chili powder
  • ground chili de arbor

Then after about 2 hours, grill em up and enjoy!

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Pizza Night

Pizza is an absolute must in our home and we have it almost every week. In the summer, we made homemade pizza at least once a week and now that we’re dealing with school and work, we usually go to Little Caesar’s for their EMB (Extra Most Bestest / $6) Pizza, so when we finally have some down time, we make homemade pizza.

Here are the recipes I use for the crust and the pizza sauce. 

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I also made a rice flour crust for my brother who is allergic to wheat. I usually buy the pizza crust mix made by Bob’s Red Mill but since we were making pizza spontaneously, I just used rice flour and a little bit of xanthan gum and used this recipe as reference. Turned out okay and my brother satisfied a craving so I guess it all worked out!

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Beware: It does create a sticky crust and I was afraid it wasn’t going to come off the pan so I used foil and sprayed a bunch of Pam on it just to make sure.

We’re still trying to find the best recipe for the crust. I’m trying to find the closest thing to Pizza Hut’s pan crust.. but as we all know, the best tasting food usually has the unhealthiest of ingredients, so for now these recipes will suffice!

Next time: sourdough pizza dough!

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