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Recipe: Cracker Jack Breaded Chicken w/ Orange Sauce

Don’t ask me why Cracker Jack (as in the caramel popcorn) because that was the challenge issued to me and for someone that likes challenges… why not? So I had the darnedest time trying to figure out what would work and a shot out of the blue I thought “breaded chicken”! So the simplest would be to ground the Cracker Jack into a powder for the breading. Not bad… but now what? Well for the adhesive I had a basic idea what I wanted… but to get a basic idea of portions I had to look up the interwebs… and the following is what I found.

So what did I end up using? Well…
– Jolly Time: Thai Peanut and Popcorn Crusted Chicken
– Tasty Trials: Peanut and Crack Jack Crusted Chicken with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce
– No Recipes Blog: Orange Chicken

How did I marry the above three recipes together?
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Recipe: Chicken Fried Rice

One of my favorites recipes to make at home is a good old fashioned chicken fried rice. Unfortunately I am a very bad Asian in the sense that I do not like egg in my fried rice… I was raised on a much simpler recipe that I have adjusted from time to time… but for all you people that has to have a recipe here is one that I found that works and you could start with from AllRecipes.com

Ingredients
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cups cooked white rice, cold
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup cooked, chopped chicken meat

Directions
1: In a small bowl, beat egg with water. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium low heat.
2: Add egg and leave flat for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from skillet and cut into shreds.
3: Heat oil in same skillet; add onion and saute until soft. Then add rice, soy sauce, pepper and chicken. Stir fry together for about 5 minutes, then stir in egg. Serve hot.

Fairly simple, no? Now, as always I changed it up…
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Recipe: Cabbage and Chicken Salad

Being from a Vietnamese background, it is of no wonder that I would love to keep the recipes that I loved. So when my mother emailed me the recipe to a cabbage / chicken salad… to say that I was thrilled was an understatement.

In Vietnamese this is known as Gỏi Gà aka Vietnamese Chicken and Cabbage Salad. Looking at my mother’s recipe I knew it was a more simplistic version of a salad I knew well in restaurants. So searching online I found a more appropriate recipe that you guys could latch onto:

INGREDIENTS
1/2 kg cooked shredded chicken (or use the chicken meat from making the congee)
1/4 cabbage, finely sliced
1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced matchsticks
1/2 onion (red or brown)
1 cup herbs (Vietnamese mint, mint and coriander)
3 tablespoons roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
3 tablespoons fried shallots
1/2 lemon juice
4 tablespoon of white vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons sugar
1 cup fish sauce dipping sauce

METHOD
Step 1. In a small bowl, combine, lemon juice, vinegar, salt and sugar. Stir until sugar and salt dissolves.

Step 2. In a large bowl, add cabbage, carrot, onion, herbs, chicken and vinegar mixture. Gently toss to well combined.

Step 3. Turn salad to a serving platter and sprinkle roasted peanuts, fried shallots and serve with fish sauce dipping sauce.

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