Bourbon-carmel glaze Pork Ribs

Ingredients:
  • 4 lbs pork ribs
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup beer
  • 1/4 cup bourbon
  • 3 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste or ketchup
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
  • 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Sriracha sauce
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mrs Dash Extra Spicy
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder.
Directions:
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 deg
  2. Using medium-high heat, spread granulated sugar in bottom of heavy bottomed pot. Allow sugar to completely dissolve, gently stirring occasionally.
  3. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring only a few times until liquid is amber (7-10 minutes)
  4. Turn off heat and stir in brown sugar and beer.
  5. Stir in bourbon, ketchup, vinegar, ginger, soy sauce, sriracha, mustard, garlic, salt and pepper and Mrs Dash Extra Spicy.
  6. Stir until all ingredients.
  7. Place ribs in pot and bring to a boil.
  8. Coat ribs with sauce.
  9. Place coated ribs in oven and cover for 1-1/2 to 2 hrs. (Meat reaches 165 deg)
  10. Baste ribs occasionally.
  11. Uncover and cook an additional 30 minues. (Do not let the sauce burn.)

Pepper Shrimp

A quick and easy Shrimp dish that only takes 10 minutes to prepare. Start cooking the Rice 20-30 minutes before you start the Shrimp preparation. It will need to cool off to the touch.
  • 2 lbs Jumbo peeled shrimp
  • 2 Tablespoons ground black pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • 2 Cups cold water
  • 1 Tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning
  • 1/2 Tablespoon Mrs Dash Extra Spicy Seasoning
  • 1 Teaspoon Garlic powder
  • Juice from one lemon
  1. Place the shrimp, Mrs Dash Extra Spicy, one-half of the Old Bay Seasoning, Garlic Powder, one-half of the black pepper, and lemon juice in a saucepan.
  2. Let is sit for one minute.
  3. Add butter and water, stir and bring to a boil.
  4. Remove saucepan from heat and turn shrimp over and let sit in the hot liquid for an additional 3-4 minutes. Shrimp should be pink.
  5. Drain shrimp and transfer to a bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
  6. Serve on a newspaper. Nope - not a dish, not on paper plates - a newspaper in the middle of the table.
Allow rice to cool until warm, and not hot to the touch. Serve with rice in a bowl in the middle of the table - not on the newspaper. Eat with your fingers! Drink beer from a cans, since you won't have to wipe your fingers.

Crock Pot Brown Pork Verde

Ingredients 

  • 1 small can of green chilies  
  • 1 small can Diced Jalapenos 
  • 1 large can Salsa Verde (green salsa)  
  • 4-6 garlic cloves sliced
  • 2 medium size onions quartered and sliced
  • 2-3 lbs Pork Tenderloin cut into 1" slices  
  • Fresh ground salt and pepper to taste (substitute Mrs. Dash Original Recipe)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground Garlic Powder
  • 2 Tablespoons Dark Chile Powder

 

Directions


  1. Slice Tenderloin into 1" thick slices
  2. Rub the slices with the salt, pepper and garlic powder.
  3. Brown in Olive Oil in skillet on both sides. 
  4. Add onions in with meat and cook 5 minute, stirring regularly.
  5. Add Garlic slices and cook another 2 minutes.
  6. Turn meat slices over occasionally while browning with garlic and onions.
  7. Pour in Salsa Verde and stir.
  8. Add Dark Chile Powder. (This will turn the sauce brownish.)
  9. Simmer of 10 minutes.
  10. Pour everything in the slow-cooker and pour the can of green chilies and jalapeƱos on top.
  11. Cook for 1 hour on High and reduce to Low for 4-6 hours. 
  12. Stir occasionally.
  13. Serve over Rice.
  14. Fresh cooked green beans are excellent side dish with this.
 

Crock Pot Salsa Verde Chicken


Ingredients

  • One Crock Pot (slow cooker) or this wouldn't be a crock pot chicken!  
  • 1 small can of green chilies
  • 1 small can Diced Jalapenos
  • 1 large can Salsa Verde (green salsa)
  • 3-4 garlic cloves whole
  • 3 chicken breasts
  • Fresh ground salt and pepper to taste (substitute Mrs. Dash Original Recipe)
  • Ground cumin (start small and taste and add while cooking).

Directions

  1. Slice chicken breasts in half length-wise, so the breasts are thinner.
  2. Rub the chicken breasts with the fresh ground salt and pepper and cumin.
  3. Place the chicken breasts inside the slow-cooker and pour the can of green chilies and jalapeƱos over the chicken breasts.
  4. Pour Salsa Verde to completely cover the chicken breasts.
  5. Toss in the garlic cloves basketball-style from 3 feet away.
  6. Cook for about 6 hours on Low.
  7. The last 15 minutes, shred the chicken breasts with two forks, or three forks if you are really good!
  8. Put chicken back into the crock pot for the 15 minutes on High.
  9. Serve with typical garnish... tortillas, avocado, diced red onions and cilantro, and of course Mexican beer.

Marinated Cheese

Ingredients
  • 1 (8 oz) block of Cheddar Cheese
  • 1 (8 oz) package Cream Cheese
Marinade
  • 1/2 Cup Olive Oil
  • 1/2 Cup White Wine Vinegar
  • 3 Tablespoons Parsley, chopped
  • 1 stalk Green Onions, minced
  • 4-6 cloves Garlic, minced
  • 1 (2 oz) jar diced Pimientos drained
  • 3/4 teaspoons dried Basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
  • 1 jalapeno pepper diced (optional)

Directions
  1. Combine all Marinade ingredients in a jar, cover tightly, and shake vigorously.
  2. Make sure cheese is well chilled (put in freezer for 15 minutes). Cut block of cheddar in half lengthwise, then cut into 1/4" thick slices.
  3. Cut Cream Cheese using the same procedure above.
  4. Arrange cheese slices alternately (Cheddar, Cream, Cheddar, Cream ...) in a shallow baking dish, standing them in their edge.
  5. Pour marinade over cheese slices. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
Serve with crackers, or just pop them in your mouth when nobody is looking. This was served at a party and I embarrassingly ate about half the plate. It was sooooo good!!

Jerky Marinade


Ingredients
  • 1 lbs Beef cut into thin 1/4" strips
  • 1/4 Cup Lite Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 Cup A1 sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Liquid Smoke
  • 1 teaspoon Mrs Dash Extra Spicy seasoning
Directions
  • Mix all ingredients well in a bowl.
  • Place meat strips and marinade in seal-able plastic ziplock bag.
  • Mix around to coat meat.
  • Refrigerate for up to 24 hours
  • Mix meat and marinade through plastic bag and rotate bag every few hours to keep meat coated.
Dehydrate in dehydrator until the meat is mostly dried, but still slightly moist. This is up to you how much you want to dry the meat.

Chicken Dip

Ingredients

  • 4 oz Cream Cheese
  • 1/4 cup Ranch Dressing
  • 1/4 cup Wing Sauce
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheddar jack cheese
  • 1 cup shredded chicken breast
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mrs Dash Extra Spicy Seasoning or 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • Flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
  • Tortilla chips
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. In medium bowl, combine all ingredients except 1/4 cup cheddar-jack cheese and the parsley and mix thoroughly.
  3. Spoon into small baking dish and top with remaining cheddar-jack cheese.
  4. Back 20 minutes, or until cheese is bubble.
  5. Garnish with parsley.

Lemon Caper Scallops

Ingredients


  • 10 large scallops
  • 5 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 Lemon, for garnish and juice.
  • 2 Tablespoons capers
  • 2 Tablespoons Parsley chopped
  • 2 cups sliced mushrooms
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 3-4 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mrs Dash Garlic and Herb
  • 1 teaspoon red chili powder
Directions
  1. Season scallops with Mrs Dash Garlic and Herb
  2. In large skillet, melt 1 Tablespoon butter over medium high heat.
  3. Add seasoned scallops, cook until golden (about 3 minutes). turn often.
  4. Transfer to plate.
  5. Melt remaining butter.
  6. Add capers, squeeze lemon juice to taste, garlic, mushrooms and parsley and anything else on the counter. Season with Garlic and Herb and Chili powders.
  7. Cook on medium heat for 1 minute and add white wine and scallops.
  8. Bring to a boil and simmer to reduce wine to one-half.
  9. Squeeze lemon juice over scallops when served to taste.
Updates January 2020

General Tso Chicken

Ingredients
  • 1 egg white
  • 5 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 3-1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into 3/4 inch pieces
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 Tablespoon honey
  • 1-1/2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 bunch green scallions sliced thin
  • 4-6 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 jalapeno chopped (optional) Or better yet... One Habanero chopped.
  • 1 head steamed broccoli
  • 2 cups cooked rice
Directions
  1. Cook Chicken first and while it is cooking make the coating and sauce.
  2. Heat wok over medium high heat and add 1-1/2 Tablespoon oil to coat. 
  3. Carefully add chicken (it might splatter hot oil), into a single layer. 
  4. Cook turning once until meat is no longer pink (about 5 minutes).
  5. Add scallions, jalapenos and garlic and stir fry for about a minute.
  6. Combine sesame oil, remaining 1-1/2 Tablespoons soy sauce, 1 Tablespoon corn starch and 1/2 Tablespoon ginger. Stir in the honey and vinegar.
  7. When chicken is cooked, add sauce to wok. Cook about 2 minutes, stirring to coat chicken.
  8. Whisk the egg white, 4 Tablespoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce and 1/2 teaspoon ginger to make the coating.
  9. Stir coating into the chicken until coated and sauce thickens (about 2 minutes).
  10. Server with rice and steamed broccoli.

Jalapeno Poppers Dip

This dip actually tastes like jalapeno poppers.

Ingredients

  • 2 - 8 oz packages of cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup shredded Mexican Blend cheese (Monterrey Jack / Cheddar)
  • 1/2 Parmesan cheese
  • 1 or 2 - 4 oz can chopped Green Chiles - do not drain
  • 1 or 2 - 4 oz can diced Jalapenos - do not drain
  • 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
  • 1/4 - 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 stick melted butter
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 deg F
  2. Combine the first 6 ingredients in a mixer or food processor and blend until smooth.
  3. Spread dip into a greased casserole dish or pie pan.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine Panko, Parmesan cheese and melted butter.
  5. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over the dip.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes until heated through and gently bubbling on the edges. Don't over cook.

Artichoke Dip

Ingredients
  • 1 can non-marinated Artichoke Hearts, drained and diced
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
  • Lemon juice
  • Garlic powder to taste
  • 1/2 package cream cheese
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F
  2. Mix all ingredients together and spread evenly in a baking dish
  3. Bake for 20-30 minutes
Serve with cut up toast squares or crackers.


Ed's Hot Wings

Ingredients
  • 4 lbs bag of chicken wings (about 25 wings)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 2-3 eggs beaten - add about 1 Tablespoon water
  • 1/4 cup Chile Powder
  • 2 Tablespoons Garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons Mrs Dash Extra Spicy seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon jalapeno powder (optional)
     Wing Sauce
  • 1 bottle of Texas Pete's or Franks Hot Wing Sauce
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • oil for frying
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 deg F.
  2. (Optional) Remove chicken skin.
  3. Thoroughly mix all powdered ingredients in a bowl.
  4. Spray cookie sheet with non-stick oil.
  5. Roll chicken wing in egg mixture and roll until coated in the flour mixture.
  6. Place on cookie sheet.
  7. Repeat until all wings are coated and on cookie sheet. Beat more eggs, if needed.
  8. Allow coated wings to sit for 15-20 minutes before putting into oven.
  9. In the meantime... Start heating the cooking oil on low.
  10. Mix the butter and Wing Sauce in a pan and simmer until butter is melted.
  11. Cook wings in oven 15 minutes, turn wings over and cook another 15 minutes.
  12. Use a meat thermometer and measure thickest part of a couple of chicken wings and make sure temperature is at least 160 deg F.
  13. About 5 minutes before taking the wings out of oven, put the cooking oil on high.
  14. Remove wings from oven and when oil is hot, place wings in a single layer in the oil. Keep oil hot. Rotate the wings after about 1 minutes. Repeat that until wings are crispy. (May need to do multiple steps of frying in oil depending on your pot size.)
  15. Place wings on paper towel to remove excess oil and put on to a large bowl or platter.
  16. Finish frying the remainder of the wings, remove excess oil, put on platter.
  17. Pour the Wing sauce over the wings and serve while hot.
Server with beer and lots of friends.

Cinnamon Baked Apples


Ingredients


  • 1 teaspoon butter or spray on cooking spray
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 3 teaspoons raw sugar or just add another 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar.
  • 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 6-8 large apples peeled, cored and sliced
  • 3 Tablespoons water
Directions
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Grease a large baking dish with butter or spray on cooking spray.
  • Mix sugars, nutmeg, cinnamon in a small bowl.
  • Layer the baking dish with 1/3rd of slices apples and sprinkle mixture on top.
  • Layer the next 1/3rd and sprinkle.
  • Yep, guess what? Use the remaining apples for the final layer and sprinkle the remaining mixture on top.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  • SLOWLY add the water over the top of the apples and continue baking 15 additional minutes, or until apples are tender.

Slow Cooker Apple Butter


Ingredients
  • 12 lbs of apples,peeled, cored and finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
Directions
  • Place apples in a large slow cooker and cover. Set on High and cook 4-8 hours depending on your slow cooker. Our slow cooker cranks and we only had to cook the apples on High for 4 hours before they were soft.
  • Stir in remaining ingredients and cook on LOW for an additional 2-4 hours, until apples mush easily with a potato masher. Taste and adjust seasoning while cooking.
  • Mush until the texture is smooth. Bare feet mushing is not recommended since it is hot!
Canning instructions

Follow normal canning instruction found in cookbooks or online. Basically, pasteurize the glass canning containers and lids. Spoon in mixture until about 1/2" from top of jar. Close jars loosely so air can escape and place in to a boiling bath or canner for 10 minutes (above 6000' - 20 minutes). Remove HOT jars carefully and tighten lids. Allow to cool. The lid seal should be sucked in and concave indication that there is a good seal. 

Hot Bajan Chicken

This recipe can be very spicy due to the Habaneros.

Ingredients:
  • 4-5 Chicken Breasts, cut into 1" strips or cubes.
  • 4 Habaneros, finely chopped - yes, I said four!! Or, about 6-8 jalapenos.
  • 2-4 jalapenos, finely chopped
  • 6 scallions, finely chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 Basil leaves, finely chopped
  • 1/2 Lemon or Lime squeezed until it screams
  • 1 egg
  • 3-4 Tablespoons Lite Soy Sauce
  • 1+ Tablespoon Frank's Hot Sauce (or similar Hot Sauce)
  • 1 cup Flour to coat chicken
  • 1/2 cup Corn Meal to coat chicken
  • 1 cup Bread crumbs to coat chicken (Or, finely crushed plain corn flakes.)
  • About 2 cups vegetable oil to deep fry chicken
  • Serve with yellow rice and corn, or corn on the cob.

Directions:
  • Cut chicken breasts into 1" strips or cubes, depending on your preference.
  • Boil chicken for 20 minutes, while you are making the marinade.
  • If you are making yellow rice, start it cooking now.
  • While that's cooking, pour yourself a glass of Mt Gay Bajan Rum and coke, but don't get carried away!! Things move pretty fast once the oil is hot and the chicken is boiled.
  • Start heating the Vegetable oil in a large pot, or Fryer on medium heat. I use a stock pot with high sides to avoid splattering. This is just to get it warm so you don't have to wait too long to get it really hot later on. There should be at least 1" of oil in bottom of pot. Enough to cover the chicken at least halfway.
  • Very Finely dice all ingredients (habanero, jalapenos, garlic, scallions, basil), mix with hot sauce, Soy Sauce, screaming lemon juice, and the egg. Whisk until completely combined. You want very small pieces to stick to the chicken.
  • (Optional - place all of the vegetables into a food processor and chop them finely, or even into a slightly liquefied mixture.)
  • Put flour, corn meal, breadcrumbs into a large plastic bag and mix well.
  • Chicken should be done by now, but if not, have another rum and coke. Remove and drain chicken and allow to cool.
  • Combine chicken and marinate mixture in a bowl and mix well to coat chicken. NOTE: You can leave the chicken in the marinate for up to 24 hours and then heat the oil to deep fry it at a later time. Refrigerate and cover until ready for use. It's best to heat the marinade and chicken mixture up before coating.
  • Pour off extra Soy Sauce mixture and pour the well coated contents into the Flour mixture in a large gallon baggie.
  • Shake and kneed until all pieces are covered in flour mixture. Allow to sit in flour mixture for at least 2 minutes. NOTE: Best to keep it coated for 5-10 minutes before deep frying, but depends on your time limits.
  • Oil needs to be HOT! Place as many coated pieces of chicken into the hot oil as you can get to cook them all evenly, without splashing the hot oil over your feet and arms or setting the kitchen on fire. Cook chicken in the hot oil and turn to make sure the coating is cooked and crunchy.
  • Dry chicken on paper towels.
  • Serve right away.
Serve with Yellow Rice and corn, or corn on the cob, more Bajan rum and enjoy the evening.
Note: Bajan means it is from Barbados where the BEST Rum is made!!

Mexican Red Posole

Ingredients:
  • 1 large can white hominy, drained
  • 1 can pinto beans, drained
  • 1-1/2 pork tenderloin cut into 1 to 1-1/2 inch cubes
  • 8 cloves garlic sliced
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 2 Tbsp of dry Mexican oregano (Mexican oregano, but not the kind you smoke)
  • 1 large can Mexican Red Enchilada Sauce
 Directions:
  1. Use a large pot and sear the meat cubes in olive oil until brown.
  2. In a frying pan, saute the onions until translucent (whatever the heck that means - cook them until they are cooked!) and add the garlic during the last 2 minutes. Add to pork.
  3. Add rest of ingredients into pot, bring to a boil.
  4. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for at least 1 hour.
 Serve with warm tortillas and shots of tequila.

Chicken Casserole

Ingredients
  • 1/2 can whole corn
  • 4 chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1-1/2 cup cooked Rice, cooled
  • 1-1/2 cup steamed celery, chopped
  • 1 cup steamed onions chopped
  • 2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup, warmed up
  • 2/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 Tablespoons butter of margarine
  • 1 cup cooked stuffing, slightly dry
  • seasoning
Directions
  1. Mix all ingredients except butter and stuffing.
  2. Put into Casserole
  3. Mix stuffing and butter and put on top of mixture
  4. Bake in uncovered at 350 F for 45 minutes.

Chicken Yankova


Ingredents
  • 1 lb Mushrooms sliced
  • 1/2 teaspoon Tarragon
  • 1/2 Lemon (juice)
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
  • 3 cooked chicken breasts sliced
  • 1 load french bred
  • 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
Directions
  • Saute all of the ingredients above and once cooks, remove all of the leftover liquid.
  • Canoe out the bottom of the French Bread, but do not throw away the part cut out of the bread. Try to keep cut out part whole.
  • Stuff sliced chicken breasts into bread.
  • Place 4 tarragon leaves on each breast.
  • Pour mushroom mixture over top.
  • Sprinkle withe Mozzarella.
  • Place cut out bread back on top of it.
  • Wrap the bread in foil and heat in oven at 350 F for 10 minutes
Cut bread into serving sized pieces.

Chileno Empanadas

Chileno Empanadas

Ingredients for dough

  • 5 cups of white flour
  • 4 Tablespoons of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 cup of vegetable shortening softened (or lard if you are hard core).
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1 cup of warm water (use more or less to attain proper elasticity)
  • Ingredients for the filling
  • 4 onions finely chopped
  • 3-4 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon of red chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin powder
  • 1/2 lb of meat (cooked and diced in small cubes 1/4 inch)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Mrs Dash Table Blend (or pepper)
  • 1/2 teaspoon of Oregano
  • Preparation phase
  • 3 hard boiled eggs chopped into pieces
  • 1/2 cup of black raisins
  • 1 cup of black olives (chopped)
  • 1 raw egg - beaten severely

  • Preparing the dough:
    In a large bowl blend flour, baking powder and salt. Add shortening (should be warm and soft). Add milk, then knead dough until ingredients are well blended. Let the dough sit for 20 minutes covered in warm area.

    Preparing the filling:
    While dough is sitting in the above step, saute the onion in vegetable oil over medium heat until translucent. Add seasoning, oregano, cumin and chili powder, garlic and continue mixing over heat until meat is cooked and brown in color. Remove from heat and let filling mixture cool down.

    Roll out the dough:
    Cover your work surface with a little bit of flour and begin slowly kneading and stretching the dough with a dough roller (you can use an empty wine or Pisco bottle if you don’t have roller). Stretch the dough out in circular pattern until it's roughly about 1/4 inch thick and cut the dough into round pieces about 8 inches in diameter.

    Stuffing them:
    Add a single Tablespoon of filling in the middle of a cut piece of dough. Add a couple of pieces of chopped hard boiled egg, chopped olives and a couple of raisins onto the filling. Do not over stuff it.

    Wet one of your fingers (you can choose which finger) in a cup of warm water and lightly moisten the edge of the dough. Now close the empanada up by bringing one side over to cover the filling. Press firmly, but not too hard to seal the edges. Fold them into rectangles or half-moons.

    With a fork, lightly prick the empanadas two or three times, just enough to pierce the dough, which will prevent them from exploding in the oven. Using your finger (again with the fingers - use the same one of switch to another to be creative) take a little dab of the beaten egg and lightly cover the top side of the empanada.

    Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees. Place empanadas on a lightly greased baking sheet. Separate them by about an inch. Bake at 375 degree for approximately 35-45 minutes until they are a golden-brown color.


    Serve with Pisco Sours and lots of friends.



    Green Chile Chicken

    This was one of those dishes that I kept adding ingredients to and it came out fantastic.

    Ingredients
    • 1 ea 2 lbs bag of Chicken Tenders
    • 30 oz can of Green Chile salsa
    • 5-6 cloves garlic sliced and diced
    • 1 large Onion diced
    • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
    • 1 ea 4 oz can diced Green Chiles including juice from can
    • 1 ea 4 oz can sliced jalapenos including juice from can
    • 1 Tablespoon Chile powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon Mrs Dash Table Blend seasoning
    • 1/2 teaspoon Mrs Dash Garlic and Herb seasoning
    • 1 ea 14 oz can diced tomatoes drained
    • olive oil

    Directions
    1. Brown chicken in olive oil and season with of the Mrs Dash Table Blend and Garlic and Herb seasoning.
    2. Add Salsa, canned Chiles and Tomatoes into crock pot on High.
    3. When chicken is thoroughly cooked, add Chile powder and cumin and stir and cook one additional minute.
    4. Spoon cooked chicken into Crock Pot, leaving behind any drippings in the pan.
    5. Add onions to pan and cook over medium heat until translucent. Add olive oil as necessary. Add garlic and cook 2 minutes.
    6. Spoon onion mixture and all drippings into Crock Pot. Stir to mix.
    7. Simmer 1 hour on High and reduce to Low for another 2 hours or simmer on Low 4-6 hours. Mix occasionally.
    Mix in 1/2 teaspoon Sour Cream when serving (optional). Serve in bowls with tortillas on the side.