Steaks on the grill are an easy enjoyable meal in the warmer months. At my house, i like a good Teriyaki steak. I usually make my own sauce/glaze which is far more tasty than the homemade Teriyaki sauce.
Depending on how many steaks you're making, adjust the basic ingredients to taste. Take about a 1/2 cup of soy sauce, heat in a small saucepan. Add to this three cloves of minced garlic. Then add a tablespoon and a half of minced garlic. mix that up over low heat. Next, add about a 1/4 cup of honey. Measurements do not have to be exact on this... some of us prefer more soy, or more garlic. once the honey has all been heated up blend in the other ingredients until it all combines well. you can then let this cool down.
This sauce is not really a marinade as there is no acid in it. So take your steaks out and cover with just a little soy sauce. Heat the grill to medium high while the steaks soak in a little soy.
What kind of steaks? Round steaks are really lean, but cook poorly over the grill. Chuck steaks will cook fine over the grill, but they are a little tough and very fatty. Sirloin steaks are a good choice on the grill, but my preference when i can is for a good ribeye steak, about 3/4 inch thick if possible. Porterhouse or Strip steaks are also good, but often can be pricey.
Once the grill is well heated, put your steaks on the grill, covering the top & sides with the Teriyaki sauce you made. I like a medium rare steak, so I'm going to cook it 6 minutes before flipping it. if you like your steak cooked more, you'll want to cook it a little longer. They even make a little themometer you can put in your steak that will help you determine how cooked it is without taking it off the grill.
When you turn the steaks, coat them again with the sauce. Another 6 minutes and the steak is done. you'll want to put a little foil over the steak and let it sit a minute or two to let the juices spread throughout the meat. Then slice and enjoy!
May 31, 2012
May 24, 2012
Sesame Crunch Chicken
Take about a pound of boneless for skinless chicken and flatten it a little. Soak the chicken in about a cup of milk with a 1/4 teaspoon of chili powder. Combine in a shallow bowl 1/4 cup of cornmeal, 1/4 cup flour, 3 tablespoons of sesame seeds with a tablespoon of dried parsley and a dash of salt and paper.
In a large frying pan, add a couple of tablespoons of olive il and heat. Dredge your chicken in the sesame coating. Pat the coating on with your you hands to ensure the chicken is fully coated. place the chicken in the oil on medium heat (you may have to do this in batches depending on the size of the pan) for about 6 minutes on each side until browned on both sides and cooked throughout. Once all the chicken is done, remove to a plate with some foil over the chicken.
Drain off about 1/2 of the remaining oil. Add about a cup of white wine (I use Vermouth) to the pan. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up the browned bits and turn up the heat to get the wine bubbling pretty good. Add a pinch of two of the coating mix and let it cook down a little to thicken a tad.
Serve the sesame crunch chicken and serve the sauce in a gravy bowl or creamer cup. I like this with rice and i bet some stir fried veggies would go well too. drizzle just a bit of the pan sauce over the chicken and dig in.
In a large frying pan, add a couple of tablespoons of olive il and heat. Dredge your chicken in the sesame coating. Pat the coating on with your you hands to ensure the chicken is fully coated. place the chicken in the oil on medium heat (you may have to do this in batches depending on the size of the pan) for about 6 minutes on each side until browned on both sides and cooked throughout. Once all the chicken is done, remove to a plate with some foil over the chicken.
Drain off about 1/2 of the remaining oil. Add about a cup of white wine (I use Vermouth) to the pan. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up the browned bits and turn up the heat to get the wine bubbling pretty good. Add a pinch of two of the coating mix and let it cook down a little to thicken a tad.
Serve the sesame crunch chicken and serve the sauce in a gravy bowl or creamer cup. I like this with rice and i bet some stir fried veggies would go well too. drizzle just a bit of the pan sauce over the chicken and dig in.
May 17, 2012
Sesame Seed Cookies
Ingredients for Sesame Seed Cookies
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
3 eggs
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
a lot of sesame seeds
Cream Crisco with sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well. in a separate bowl, combine flour with baking powder. Add flour mixture a little at a time to the egg mixture. Add vanilla. Shape into 1 inch balls. roll into sesame seeds, using about a tablespoon of seeds per cookie. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10 minutes at 375 degrees or until light golden brown. makes about 70 cookies.
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
3 eggs
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
a lot of sesame seeds
Cream Crisco with sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well. in a separate bowl, combine flour with baking powder. Add flour mixture a little at a time to the egg mixture. Add vanilla. Shape into 1 inch balls. roll into sesame seeds, using about a tablespoon of seeds per cookie. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10 minutes at 375 degrees or until light golden brown. makes about 70 cookies.
May 10, 2012
Polynesian Chicken
Ingredients for Polynesian Chicken
1 cut up chicken
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1 can of pineapple slices in juice
Mix lemon juice, mustard, honey, and brown sugar together. Marinate chicken in mixture for at least 3 hours. one hour before baking, add 1/2 the the pineapple juice to the mixture. continue to marinate. put chicken in baking pan, arranging a pineapple slice on each piece. Bake at 350 degrees, basting frequently with marinade and remaining pineapple juice until cooked through. Serve with rice & broccoli.
1 cut up chicken
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1 can of pineapple slices in juice
Mix lemon juice, mustard, honey, and brown sugar together. Marinate chicken in mixture for at least 3 hours. one hour before baking, add 1/2 the the pineapple juice to the mixture. continue to marinate. put chicken in baking pan, arranging a pineapple slice on each piece. Bake at 350 degrees, basting frequently with marinade and remaining pineapple juice until cooked through. Serve with rice & broccoli.
May 3, 2012
Whiskey Cake
Ingredients for Whiskey Cake
Cake:
1 package of yellow cake mix (not the pudding kind)
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 cup milk
1 and 1/2 ounce whiskey
1 cup walnuts
Topping:
4 ounces of butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup whiskey
Mix all cake ingredients together. Bake in a greased and floured bundt cake pan for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees. Then start the topping by melting the butter over low heat and adding sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add whiskey to the topping mix and take off heat. poke holes in warm cake in pan and pour 1/2 toppinginto holes. remove cake from pan in 10-15 minutes. Add remaining topping over cake.
Cake:
1 package of yellow cake mix (not the pudding kind)
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 cup milk
1 and 1/2 ounce whiskey
1 cup walnuts
Topping:
4 ounces of butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup whiskey
Mix all cake ingredients together. Bake in a greased and floured bundt cake pan for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees. Then start the topping by melting the butter over low heat and adding sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add whiskey to the topping mix and take off heat. poke holes in warm cake in pan and pour 1/2 toppinginto holes. remove cake from pan in 10-15 minutes. Add remaining topping over cake.
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