Mozarella Sticks

I love mozarella sticks. As a snack, on pasta, as an appetizer... It's just so yummy and comforting! Recently I saw Giada do this on tv and I tried to do it myself. It's not so hard after all!

Ingredients:
Mozarella cut into sticks
Panko (bread crumbs)
Egg
Parmesan
Salt and pepper

Directions:
1. Whisk egg in a bowl.
2. Mix panko and some parmesan, salt, and pepper in another bowl.
3. Dip sticks into whisked egg and then into the panko. Repeat until the cheese is fully covered.
4. Put cheese sticks into a tupperware and put in the freezer for about 2-3hours or even up to a day.
5. Heat oil in a frying pan.
6. When oil is very hot, fry the cold mozarella sticks until they are crispy.

Voila! Best served with a salsa dip or marinara sauce. :D

Chicken Parmesan

I try to make dinner for my family once every few weeks. Today I made this for dinner along with mozarella sticks, the recipe of which in my next post. :)

Ingredients:
Pasta
Chicken Breasts
Parsley
Carrots diced into tiny, tiny pieces
Garlic, Onions
Canned whole peeled tomatoes
Tomato Sauce
Tobasco/Hot sauce
Salt, pepper, sugar, cayenne pepper
Mozarella Cheese
Panko (bread crumbs)
Parmesan Cheese
Whisked egg

Directions:
For the chicken
1. Rub chicken with salt and pepper.
2. Dip in egg and then the bread crumbs which are mixed with a bit of salt, pepper, and parmesan.
3. Repeat process until all the breasts are covered well.
4. Fry in high heat until golden brown, and then put aside.

For the sauce
1. Saute garlic, onion, and carrots until they all soften. (a handful of each except garlic > onion and carrots)
2. Then add the can of tomatoes and some tomato sauce. (1:1)
3. Put in the chopped parsley (less than handful, more than a few pinches)
4. Add salt, sugar, peppers to taste
5. Put in tobasco sauce!
6. Simmer until sauce thickens
7. Blend together in a blender until sauce is no longer too chunky

Chicken parmesan
1. In a pyrex, put in the pasta and mix it with the sauce.
2. Place cooked chicken breasts on top.
3. Grate lots of mozarella and parmesan on top of the whole thing
4. Bake in 350 F for 15 minutes or until cheese melts.
*In my case, I ran out mozarella so I didn't get to put too much into it. The more the better though, so don't hesitate in covering even the whole thing with the yummy cheese.

Chix and Cheese in Bacon

Ingredients:
Chicken Fillet cut into thin slices, slightly flattened with salt and pepper
Cheese
Saute'd Garlic and onion
Roasted red pepper (from a can is fine)
Bacon

Put one ingredient on top of another in this order:
Bacon, chicken fillet, cheese, garlic and onion, and red pepper --> ROLL (bacon will be like your wrapper) and put on a bbq stick. GRILL. :D

For remaining peppers, feel free to grill them... They become nice and sweet :D

Buffalo Chicken Wings

Ingredients
Chicken wings with wing from mini drumstick thing separated (Healthier option would be breast fillets cut into strips)

*Marinade in:
HOT SAUCE. The more the spicier
Salt and pepper (don't be afraid to put it in there)
Cayenne pepper powder
Pepper flakes

Buffalo wings sauce
Butter > sweet chili sauce
Salt and pepper, cayenne pepper
Spicy sili cut into small pieces/crushed and/or pepper flakes
Diced garlic

Directions

1. Bread chicken wings (optional) and then fry on medium to high heat oil until cooked and crispy in one pan. Take out wings and set aside.
   
2. In the same pan, leave only little of the used oil and then melt butter in it.
3. Saute garlic until it begins to brown
   
4. Add the sweet chili sauce, peppers, and a little salt
5. Add the crushed/cut spicy sili and/or pepper flakes
6. Stir on low heat til it begins to simmer.
7. Mix sauce and chicken together and voila!

You can use a ranch dressing dip or blue cheese dip with this. :)