Chicken And Noodles

This soup is a typical first course in Spanish households, regardless of the region. You are sure to be served a chicken soup with either noodles or rice if you visit a Spanish family for any length of time. Spanish love soups and seem to eat them whether it is winter or summer. This soup is perfect for those cold winter evenings when you need something to warm you from the inside out. Luckily, it is an easy soup to make.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Ingredients:

• 3 celery stalks, coarsely chopped
• 2 Carrots, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 yellow onions, chopped
• 3 Tbsp virgin olive oil
• 2 chicken backs
• 6 cups water
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/5 lb angel hair pasta
• salt to taste

Preparation:

Peel and coarsely chop vegetables. Heat large skillet over medium heat. Add 3 tbsp olive oil and sauté the vegetables for 2 minutes stirring constantly.

Add the chicken backs to the pan. Brown the chicken for 2-3 minutes. Add water and 2 bay leaves. Simmer for 1-1 1/2 hours. Salt to taste. Chicken will be soft and practically falling off the bones.

Bring soup to a fast boil. Break dry noodles in half and add noodles to soup. Cook until noodles are done. Serve while hot.

Want to Speed up the Cooking Time?

The Spanish commonly use pressure cookers to speed up the cooking time of soups, stews and bean casseroles. Used according to simple directions, they are safe and can save you lots of time.

Parmesean Baked Chicken

Parmesean Baked Chicken

• Butter
• Boneless Breasts of Chicken
• Parmesan cheese

Melt butter. Dip chicken breasts into butter and coat with parmesan. Bake in 350 oven

until brown - 30 minutes.

Roast Chicken

Rinse and pat dry 1 roasting chicken. Slip slices of garlic (3-4 cloves) under the chicken skin. Place 2 sprigs of rosemary under skin of chicken on each side of breast. Place the other 2 in the chicken cavity. Halve 1 large lemon and squeeze over chicken. Place the halves in the cavity. Season with salt and pepper and if you wish, you can rub a little olive oil on the skin. Roast in a roasting pan for 1 1/2 hours at 400 degrees. I

cover mine with foil for the first 45 minutes.

(serves 4)

Chicken Alfredo

Chicken Alfredo 

• 4-6 slices bacon chopped
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 c. sliced mushrooms
• 4-6 chicken boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 jar Five Brothers Alfredo Sauce
• 1 cup frozen peas

1. In large skillet fry bacon until crisp, remove and in drippings sauté onions and mushrooms until soft. 
2. Remove from pan and set aside with bacon. In same skillet brown chicken breasts on both sides. 
3. Add back the bacon, onions, mushrooms and the Alfredo sauce and peas. 
4. Let simmer 20-30 minutes until chicken is cooked through.

Asian Turkey Burgers

Asian Turkey Burgers

• 1 1/2 pounds lean ground turkey
• 4 garlic cloves, minced or pressed
• 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 3 Tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
• 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1. In large bowl combine turkey, garlic, ginger, green onion, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
2. Mix well. Form into 4 patties. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Add patties and cook until no longer pink on the inside, turning once, about 10 minutes. 
3. *Can also use turkey recipe crumbled and then add in some steamed fresh snow peas and/or bean sprouts and sauté together. Serve with additional soy sauce for a complete meal.

Turkey Stew with Wild Mushrooms

Tired of chicken and pork worse heartily! And you want something tasty and easy to prepare ... So I remembered the turkey. Its meat is very similar in taste to beef, but prepares much quicker. This time I took the loin instead of fillet (it somewhat dry, compared with the thigh). 

So, cooking - meat washed under running water to remove excess fat and cut into pieces 3-4 cm in size skillet pour vegetable oil, warm it and put the turkey and fry quickly to brown, and then put out under the lid closed 40-50 minutes . (You can check "to the tooth" for softness - the meat should melt in the mouth)

In a separate pan cook vegetables until turkey stew. All this is in the winter does not run away, so a set of traditional vegetables - carrots, onions, turnip, zucchini, tomatoes and herbs.

I cut carrots into sticks, fried and was put out, during which time the onion clear the turnip, cut into cubes and add the carrots, then add the sliced ??zucchini into cubes. The last thing to add tomatoes. I add a variety of cream, they are more fleshy and red. (Tomatoes scalded, remove skin and cut into cubes) In a separate pan, fry and simmer until smooth, which would become a tomato sauce, if the pieces are, they can stretch your shoulder blade, but this time I did not extinguish them to homogeneity . 

Combine all the vegetables in a pan, stir, and add the turkey, salt, pepper to taste, add the chopped herbs - onions, dill, parsley, basil, and you can "dotushivaem" more minute. 10. During the turkey carcass to watch out that no liquid has evaporated, and when combined vegetables with meat, they are saturated with flavor and meat stew is not as dry.

Served with fried potatoes I cooked with mushrooms in brine. Potatoes cut in half, then dolechki, fry and add the mushrooms. 

Both of these dishes can be quite independent, but then one day decided to unite them in one plate.

It is necessary for the stew: 1 kg turkey loin, 3 carrots, 2 onions, 1-2 zucchini, herbs

For the potatoes: 8.10 pc. potatoes, 300 grams of mushrooms, dried dill.

Very Lemony Chicken

• 1 1/2 lb chicken breast, skinned, fat removed
• 1/2 C fresh lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp white wine vinegar
• 1/2 C fresh lemon peel, sliced
• 3 tsp fresh oregano, chopped (or 1 tsp dried oregano, crushed)
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1/4 tsp salt
• to taste black pepper
• 1/2 tsp paprika

1. Place chicken in 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish.
2. Mix lemon juice, vinegar, lemon peel, oregano, and onions.Pour over chicken, cover, and marinate in refrigerator several hours, turning occasionally, or overnight.
3. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika.
4. Cover and bake at 300 ºF for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for added 30 minutes or until done.