Smothered Chicken

Ingredients:

4 boneless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion
1 large green bell pepper
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 clove garlic
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Salt & pepper to taste
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Grill chicken until cook thoroughly.
Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Warm olive oil in pan, cook onion, bell peppers, and mushrooms until soft. Add in garlic and Italian seasoning and mix together and set aside.

Slice up chicken breasts and place in bottom of 8x8 baking dish. Spread dijon mustard across the chicken. Top with cooked vegetables and then add on mozzarella cheese.

Bake for 10 minutes until cheese is bubbly and melted.

Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches

SANDWICH INGREDIENTS

1 small onion, thinly sliced
1/2 of a green pepper, thinly sliced
4-6 ounces button mushrooms, sliced
salt, pepper for seasoning
1 and 1/4 pounds top sirloin steak
1-2 tablespoons canola oil or vegetable oil
4 soft hoagie rolls
8 White american cheese slices or 8 pepper-jack cheese slices
Mayo or chipotle mayo

CHIPOTLE MAYO INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup mayo
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
1/2 tablespoon sauce from the adobo pepper can
1 tablespoon lime juice
Dash of salt
Dash of pepper

DIRECTIONS

1 hour before cooking, place steak in the freezer. When you’re ready to start cooking, pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees.

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook veggies until tender. While the veggies are cooking, remove the steak from the freezer and use a very sharp knife to slice the meat as thinly as possible against the grain.

When the veggies are done cooking, heat 1 tablespoon canola oil over medium high heat. Place 4 hoagie rolls in the oven for 5-7 minutes or until nice and warm, but not crunchy. Add half the meat to the pan and season with a bit of salt and pepper. Cook for a few minutes until it is cooked through. Set aside. Heat a bit more oil if needed and cook the other half of the meat, seasoning with salt and pepper.

Return the first batch of meat to the pan, stir in veggies if yo wish, and top with cheese. Use 8 pepper jack cheese slices for a spicy version, or 8 white American cheese slices for a classic version. Place the cheese over the meat and when it starts to melt, stir the cheese into the meat and veggie mixture.

Divide the meat among the 4 hoagie rolls. If using chipotle mayo, combine all ingredients in a blender (mayo, chipotle pepper, chipotle sauce, lime juice, salt and pepper) and slather desired amount on each roll. Otherwise spread a thin layer of regular mayo on the roll. Cut in half and serve immediately.

Served 6

Pizza-dillas

Ingredients:

6 (10 inch) flour tortillas
2 cups shredded mozzarella
30 (approx.) pepperoni slices
1 med. bell pepper
½ med. red onion
1 (2.25 oz.) can sliced black olives
1 small can mushrooms
½ batch thick & rich pizza sauce

Instructions:

Prep the ingredients by thinly slicing the vegetables and draining the olives and mushrooms.For each pizzadilla: Measure ⅓ cup of shredded cheese. Sprinkle half of the cheese over one half of the tortilla, add toppings and then sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. Fold the empty side of the tortilla over the toppings.Place the pizzadilla in a prewarmed skillet (medium heat) and cook until brown and crispy on the bottom. Carefully flip the pizzadilla over and cook until brown and crispy on the second side. Once both sides are crisp and the cheese is melted inside, slice into thirds with a pizza cutter. Dip in the pizza sauce prior to eating.

Chicken Marsala

Ingredients:

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded to 1/4-inch thick
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons butter, divided
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 (16-ounce) package mushrooms, sliced
1 shallot, minced
3/4 cup Marsala wine
1/4 cup dry sherry
1/2 bag egg noodles, cooked according to package directions
1 (9-ounce) package frozen peas, cooked according to directions
chopped parsley for garnish, optional

Directions:

In a shallow dish or pie pan, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour mixture.

In a large skillet heat 2 tablespoons butter and oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook 3-4 minutes per side, until cooked through. Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.

Add remaining tablespoon butter to pan and place mushrooms in pan. Turn heat up slightly and saute until mushrooms are nice and browned and have lost most of their water content. Add minced shallot and saute for 30 seconds.

Using a slotted spoon, remove mushrooms from pan and place with chicken.

Add Marsala and Sherry to pan and cook over medium heat until reduced to about 1/2 cup. Add chicken and mushrooms back to pan.

Mix noodles and peas together and top with chicken and Marsala sauce.

Garnish with parsley.

Balsamic Chicken & Vegetables

Ingredients:

4-6 boneless chicken breasts, frozen
1 whole head of garlic
3 sliced zucchini
2 sliced red onions
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 sliced tomato
1 handful of small grape tomatoes
1 batch asparagus
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
4 teaspoons worchestershire sauce
salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Salt and pepper your chicken pieces.
2. Put the chicken into the crockpot.
3. Wash and cut all your vegetables and put into a large mixing bowl. Peel the head of garlic, but keep the cloves intact.
4. Toss the vegetables with the balsamic vinegar and worchestershire sauce.
5. Pour the vegetables on top of the chicken.
6. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Serve over rice.