July 2010 Weddings
benmel31
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Tasty Tuesday
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annies-eats.net. I get so many delicious recipes from her. Some are a little too ambitious for me. But this baked potato soup is a winner. I know it is summer, but it was stormy most of the weekend and soup just sounded good.
http://annies-eats.net/2009/12/10/baked-potato-soup/
My only major change to the recipe is to use 2 cups of chicken stock and 4 cups of milk instead of 6 cups. The first time I made this, I didn't have enough milk. It came out so good that I have never tried to actually follow the recipe and only use milk. I also don't bother with the green onions or sour cream. DH loves this with bacon, I just put shredded cheddar on top of mine.
I made chicken burritos last night that were awesome. I didn't really use a recipe though, but will do my best to explain!
I put about 1lb of chicken, a small can of tomato sauce, 1/2 cup of salsa, 1/4 cream cheese, 1 small onion, 4 cloves garlic, chili powder, paprika, salt, pepper, cumin, and cayenne pepper in a crock pot on high for 3 hrs. Once that was cooked I shredded the chicken with a fork, heated up whole grain flour tortillas, put a scoop of the chicken mixture, some refried beans and a little shredded cheddar cheese. Rolled them up and baked for about 20 mins. They were super easy and very tasty!
Today I made Ohio bi-color sweet corn risotto. It was DE-licous! I didn't use a recipe either. I will try to explain. There's a picture on my facebook too!
Saute about half a cup of onion in a few tablespoons of olive oil. When almost done, add some red pepper flakes to taste and minced garlic (about 2 cloves). Saute a few more minutes, then add 1 cup of uncooked rice (you need to use arborio for this to work) and toast for a few minutes until you smell it and it's almost translucent.
At this point, de-glaze the pan with about half a cup of white wine. As this reduces, cut the corn kernels off the cob and add them to the pan. I used about 4 cobs. also, use the back of the knife to scrape the "milk" out of the cob and add that too. Salt and pepper to taste.
After the white wine is absorbed, start adding your chicken stock. You will eventually add about 5 cups of stock (plus another half cup of wine you should mix into the stock). HOWEVER you cannot add it all at once. Instead, add it ladle by ladle, waiting until the previous ladle is absorbed before adding more. You must keep stirring it the whole time. It takes about 25 minutes to absorb it all.
After all stock is absorbed, taste to make sure rice is done (not crunchy, but still has a little bite). If it's done, add about half a stick of butter and a few tablespoons of half and half and stir vigorously (almost whip) until melted and combined. Add about 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese.
Ladle into bowls and top with a roasted tomato and some torn basil. More cheese if you want. mmmmmm....tastes like it's from a restaurant.
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