Thread: What's for dinner ?

Originally Posted by digiblur

Beer and several sacks of crawfish.... just add people.

It's like that at family reunions...except replace the crawfish with briskets...

Originally Posted by hendrix04

This may be regional, but if it is in small town alabama, surely it is in other places. I recently found this Thai kit at walmart (sorry forget the name but it is some type of coconut something.) that comes with chicken and sauce, all you have to do is make some rice (might want to throw in some small potatoes to give it a little something extra as well). It is very tasty, the main sauce in it is a sweet chili sauce.

I stumbled across this also and thought it was great.

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Last week I made Italian Sausage and Peppers, along with this soup from the food network:


Recipes : Quick and Spicy Tomato Soup : Food Network

it was easy and turned out really good...I've been eating the leftovers ever since.

For a store bought salsa, I am hooked on Herdez... when I make pasta, I use it instead of sauce.... Hot of course

One of my favorites

King Ranch Chicken

1.5 lbs chicken
1 medium bag taco doritoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can of rotel tomatoes
grated cheese

Cut chicken in cubes cook and season to taste. Combine soups and rotel, mix well. Line the bottom of a large casserole dish with doritoes, crush if you like. Place chicken on doritoes. Pour soups over chicken. Top with cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 to 45 minutes. The cheese will bubble in the center when done. Let cool for a few minutes to thicken. I use frozen skinless chicken breasts and thaw in microwave enough to cut into squares then cook in skillet.

You can use ground beef instead of chicken. With the beef I like to add chopped bell pepper and onion.

Side dish: Get a can of green snap beans and a package of bacon. Take 4 or five beans per half slice of bacon. Wrap the bacon around the beans securing with a toothpick. Lightly season with salt and pepper. Put on aluminum foil and bake in oven until done.


Beer can chicken: get a whole chicken a cut the skin off. Season with Season salt, salt, pepper, lemon pepper, ect (basically anything you can find, and also coat with some spray butter. Take a can of whatever beer you enjoy, pop the top and take a sip. Insert nearly full can into bottom of the chicken. They make racks that the can sits on to prevent tipping. Grill for about 1 hour or an hour and a half while spraying more butter during the grilling process.

A good topping for a ribeye steak: Right before you get ready to take it off of the grill, coat the top of it with blue-cheese, bacon, and a mixture of shredded cheese. Let melt as you finish grilling. Sounds odd, but just something I hit on one night. Shakes up the ordinary steak night.

Originally Posted by dfergie

For a store bought salsa, I am hooked on Herdez... when I make pasta, I use it instead of sauce.... Hot of course

+1

Herdez knocks the socks off of that NYC salsa and is 10 times better than Pace. I am also a fan of La Victoria.

Originally Posted by Bobby

+1

Herdez knocks the socks off of that NYC salsa and is 10 times better than Pace. I am also a fan of La Victoria.

La Victoria is just OK. Pace is watered down catsup with a few mild peppers thrown in. Many of the others are watered down, SUGARED catsup. A real salsa needs a good dose of Garlic, Cilantro, real chilis, and specialized flavors.

Frustrated because they don't sell it in the stores here, even in the hispanic market. Good ol Tex-Mex just isn't around. Best I have found so far is the Private Selections Salsa Grande - Cilantro or Corn salsa.

I kinda liked the Safeway brand garlic salsa, but no Safeways here. Same with the Whole Food's 365 brand Salsa. And where are all those wonderful local brands, like Sting and Linger?

Miike, bring a case of something good with you. Puleeze!

Originally Posted by msmith198025

Beer can chicken: get a whole chicken a cut the skin off. Season with Season salt, salt, pepper, lemon pepper, ect (basically anything you can find, and also coat with some spray butter. Take a can of whatever beer you enjoy, pop the top and take a sip. Insert nearly full can into bottom of the chicken. They make racks that the can sits on to prevent tipping. Grill for about 1 hour or an hour and a half while spraying more butter during the grilling process.

You know, I've done this and it was quite honestly one of the best grilled chickens I've ever had. If using a gas grill with three burners, I recommend cooking over indirect heat. (two side burners only and the chicken in the middle.)