Diva Dinner-Sweet and Sour chicken

I LOVE sweet and sour chicken. So delicious! But there's no place where I live that delivers take out (well there hadn't been in the last few years, I'm pretty sure there still isn't).

I was craving some so I made some from scratch tonight and decided to share. The recipe is pretty simple since I've got the whole "semi-homemade" thing going on. 

So here we go:

Ingredients:

3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Salt, pepper and garlic salt

Milk (you can also use egg; most other recipes call for it, I was out of eggs so I improvised. It was still super yummy)

Corn starch

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Pour oil into skillet and turn on to medium. Most recipes call for canola oil. I only had olive oil. Again, they turned out fine. 

Cut up the chicken into cubes. Sprinkle the chicken with the seasonings then dip them in the milk. Dip the chicken in the corn starch making sure they're all covered. Put the chicken in the skillet and cook until both sides are brown then transfer to a 9x13 baking dish. 

Now here comes the semi-homemadeness! Cover the chicken in sweet and sour sauce.

Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes turning them over after 15 minutes. 

While they're baking for those last 15 minutes you can make the rest of the food that goes along with it. 

First the rice. I use brown rice. 

As the box says, it takes ten minutes to cook. I also used some steam in a bag vegetables. I used the Asian medley.

This takes five to six minutes to cook. By the time the rice and vegetables are done the chicken is ready to come out of the oven and the food is ready for eating!

Once again the hubby loved it!

I've got some more recipes coming at you guys soon. Some impulse items I bought from the store not too long ago. Some sauces that I think are going to be yummy!!!  

Can't wait to post about it!!

Well it's Sunday which means time for Once Upon a Time. See you all next time!

Té's Pinterest-Taco "Wontons"

Hey all!

Getting a little knitting done before my primetime shows come on! I like start watching them later so I can fast forward through commercial ;-)

I'm trying my hand at a headband. Here's what I've done so far: 

We'll see how it turns out considering I only really know one stitch lol! There's always YouTube and Pinterest. 

Speaking of Pinterest I tried a new recipe today! Wonton tacos. Well, technically they were egg roll tacos. Lol. I bought egg roll wrappers instead of wonton wrappers. Alex says it was an awesome mistake, so it's all good! I also used ground chicken instead of ground beef. They came out very good!

I paired it with a southwest salad! 

I'll come back and update this blog with the recipe! Right now I'm off to watch Bones. 

Update:

Okay! I'm finally back to share the recipe! LoL... The original recipe can be found here.

Like I mentioned before, the original recipe called for wonton wrappers and in my not paying attention while shopping, I picked up egg rolls, but I got no complaints. So here is my spin on this recipe:

Ingredients:

1lb of ground chicken (I've noticed that ground chicken is cheaper so it works out! I used it in meatballs not too long ago)

1 packet of taco seasoning

Shredded cheese (I kind of just eyeball it. My family LOVES cheese so the more the better in this house!)

Egg roll wrappers

Cup of water (to seal the wrappers)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook the ground chicken as you would according to the taco seasoning directions. After the meat has been cooked, add the cheese and stir until melted.

Add about a teaspoon and a half of meat to the egg roll. Add a little bit of water to the edges of the wrapper and seal them tightly shut (I like to use a small paint brush I keep just for food purposes; mainly for decorating my cakes).

Place them on a greased baking sheet and then lightly (and I mean really lightly) spray them with a little cooking oil.

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

This makes about 8 large  taco triangles.

There you have it! It's a very simple recipe, but very delicious! I hope you all enjoy it!