Smothered Chicken...Giving Honor To Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou’s  smothered chicken is delicious and quite easy to cook. It  tastes yummy and creamy yet it’s sinless because the ingredients used are healthy stuffs.

Oprah calls this suffocated chicken!

Serves 8

Ingredients:

2 (3-pound) fryer chickens
Juice of 2 lemons
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup all-purpose flour
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 medium onions , sliced
1 pound button mushrooms , sliced
1 clove garlic , minced
2 cups chicken broth
Preparations:

Wash and pat dry the chicken. Cut each chicken into pieces and place the pieces in a bowl with lemon juice and water to cover. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Wash the lemon water off the chicken and season it with salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken pieces in 3/4 cup of the flour.

In a large skillet, heat the butter and 1/4 cup of the vegetable oil over high heat. Add the chicken pieces and fry until dark brown. Remove them from the skillet.

Add the remaining 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup vegetable oil to the skillet. Cook the flour until it’s brown.

Add the onions, mushrooms and garlic, stirring constantly.

Put the chicken back into the skillet. Add the chicken broth and water to cover. Turn the heat to medium and cook for 25 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

Cabbage Potatoes Smokes Turkey Casserole

crisp smokes turkey and set to a side out, then cook down of shredded cabbage and chopped onion in the smoky dripping the turkey has left behind. When you're good and ready, you mix in some parboiled potatoes, some cream for (more) richness, and some fresh parsley to help cut through that richness. Pack the mixture into a casserole dish, top with some mild grated cheese cook 40 minutes until browned and bubbling, 

Apple Crisp Stuffed Baked Apples

Apples Apples Apples everywhere... I found a great recipe on a site that have the best recipe for stuffed baked apples...

INGREDIENTS
8 apples (I used fuji apples)
4 tablespoons butter
⅓ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
crumble topping
½ cup flour
¼ cup oats
⅓ cup brown sugar
¼ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons butter, chilled and cut into cubes
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
First, prepare the crumble topping. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, oats, brown sugar, sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter with a pastry knife, or two forks, or with your hands until mixture is crumbly. Set aside.
Peel and chop 4 of the apples. Add chopped apples, butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon to a medium sauce pan and sauté over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until apples are tender. Remove from heat.
Chop the tops off of the remaining 4 apples and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh. Discard the flesh. You don't need to get every little bit out, just enough to make a "bowl" for the filling.
Fill scooped-out apples with apple filling from the sauce pan. Top with a generous amount of crumble topping.
Place stuffed apples on a baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes until crumble topping is crispy. Serve warm and top with ice cream and caramel sauce if desired.

http://lecremedelacrumb.com/2014/09/apple-crisp-stuffed-apples.html

How To Make Pan Gravy

Okra And Rice

Just so simple and easy...

½ cup rice

½ onion, chopped

1 tablespoon oil

¾ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon thyme

1 cup boiled fresh okra


Cook the onion in the oil till clear.
Boil the rice according to the recipe for boiled rice.
Then mix all the ingredients together, and heat in a double boiler./////////////
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Mexican “Lasagna” Enchiladas Casserole

I like to spread some soul around... like these Mexican Lasagna Enchiladas Casserole. I found this recipe and make a little changes.... I think you will like it.

*Sprinkle Corn Tortillas with chili powder and cumin powder after Frying them.

1 tablespoon oil

1/2 medium onion diced

1 pound lean ground beef

salt to taste

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 tablespoon cumin powder

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1/4 cup beef broth

1 poblano pepper

1 (3.8 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained

1/2 pound grated cheddar cheese

1/2 pound grated jack cheese

2 (10 ounce) cans prepared enchilada sauce or chili sauce or cream chicken soup (add one can of water to both cans of soup mixed well creamy).

10 (6-inch) corn tortillas

1/4 cup oil for frying tortillas

Heat the oven to 375

Heat the oil over medium heat in a large frying pan, when hot add the ground beef and the onions, cook, breaking apart the meat with the back of your spoon, until it is just cooked and the onions are soft. Add the salt, chili powder, cumin and oregano. Stir well then add the water or broth and let it simmer until the liquid has evaporated.

While the meat mixture cooks, roast the poblano over an open flame or under the broiler. Place in a cover bowl and allow to steam for 15 minutes. Once it has cooled, remove the skin and seeds and roughly dice. Do not rinse the pepper as this dilutes it’s flavor, a little char left is fine.

While the pepper is resting, and the meat is cooking, heat 1/4 cup oil in a small sauté pan.

After frying each tortilla until crisp, but not browned or hard.Sprinkle Corn Tortillas with chili powder and cumin powder. Remove to paper towels to drain, continue until all have been cooked

Cover the bottom of an 8 x 8 x 2 baking dish with a thin layer of the enchilada sauce or thin layer chicken cream soup; place two whole tortillas on one side, slightly overlapping, cut one of the tortillas in half and place them one the other side, so the whole bottom is covered. Spread 1/3 of the meat mixture over the top, sprinkle 1/3 of the cheese over, and top with the poblano slices.

Make another layer of tortillas, (put the whole ones on the opposite side and the halves over what was the whole ones on the first layer); top with 1/3 of the meat mixture, 1/3 of the cheese and sprinkle the olives over the top. Pour some of the enchilada sauce to cover well or chicken cream soup.

Make a third layer with all four of the remaining tortillas, overlapping as needed. Top with remaining meat mixture and then the rest of the enchilada sauce, finishing with remaining cheese. Place in the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and it is bubbly hot, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before cutting and serving.

http://www.lindysez.com/recipe/mexican-lasagna-enchiladas-casserole/