Thursday, March 6, 2014

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Chicken Coating:

3-4 boneless chicken breasts
salt and pepper
1 cup cornstarch
2 eggs beaten
1/4 cup oil (Olive or veg)

The sweet and sour sauce:

3/4 cup sugar
4 TBS ketchup
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
1 TBS soy sauce
1 tsp garlic salt

preheat oven to 325

cup up chicken and dip in eggs and then into the cornstarch mixture,

heat up oil in pan and cook your chicken till browned but not cooked through

Place chicken in 13X9 greased pan and pour sweet and sour sauce over the top. bake for one hour. Stir chicken half way through while in oven.

***Jessica Notes:
I like the sauce so I make extra. Just kind of eyeball it or sometimes I will double it. I feel like this amount does not really make enough for the rice as well. 
I also sometimes do all the steps except the cooking part in the oven and I will put the 13X9 pan in the fridge and then an hour before dinner throw it in. Makes the meal seem easier. I don't ever cover with foil.

Enjoy!!! love you

Monday, March 3, 2014

Buttermilk Syrup

We first had this syrup 9 years ago when we were visiting some friends. It's so yummy, but I rarely buy buttermilk, so I rarely make this. The most fun part of making it is adding the baking soda, because the syrup fizzes up like a volcano science experiment. It's best served immediately.

Buttermilk Syrup

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp baking soda
Melt 1 cube butter (no substitutes) in a large saucepan. You can cook the butter longer for a stronger caramel taste, but just be careful not to burn it. Stir in 1 cup sugar. Add 1/2 cup buttermilk. Cook until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat and add 1/2 tsp baking soda. (Look out! It will bubble and foam.)

Serve immediately over waffles!