Food stuff

[thekitten]

Anyone ever heard of, or tried, Spade L. Ranch meat rubs? My son-in-law brought some back from Az. with him and gave us a jar of the beef rub. Good stuff!! We've used it on beef, chicken and pork. I would highly recomend it to anyone. Not sure if you can get it on the East coast.

[thekitten]

A super simple chicken dish...we call it "chicken and shit". Fast and easy.

You will have to determine how much chicken you will need, depending on how many people you're feeding. The following will feed 2-3 and can be ready in about 1/2 an hour.

2 large boneless/skinless breasts or 3-4 large boneless/skinless thighs. Cut meat into bite sized chunks. Sautee the meat w/ butter (not too much or there is too much liquid in the pan) Season to taste while it's cooking. Aternatively, you could season and grill the meat before you cut it up. (takes a bit longer to prepare)

If sauteing...Most of these frozen food companys have those "steam and bag" vegtable medleys, out now, that you can nuke in about 5-8 min. When the chicken is all but done, (timing is important here so you don't over/under cook anything) use one of these items and nuke it for about 1-1 1/2 minutes LESS than what the idot guide tells you. Then dump it in the pan w/ the meat and stir it all together for the final minute or so of cooking.

If grilling...Nuke the veggies for as long as the idiot guide tells you. Cut the meat up while its cooking, stir it all together and serve.

[Eric]

Looks good Ed. Will give it a go.  (chickenshit) LOL.

[Spec5]

Guys get a wild hair?

Try this...ghetto fabulous exquisiteness!

Take a couple of boneless chicken breasts and cut them length wise into about 1 inch strips. Then carefully wrap raw bacon around chicken strips.
Good spacing around breast strip allows for better cooking(wrap like a candy cane).
Place on cookie sheet and bake for around 30min at 350 degrees.
Add a couple of small coatings of soy sauce during the cooking process.
Just before removal from oven, coat chicken to taste with monteray pepperjack cheese.
Remove from oven whence properly melted into large pile of guey loveliness...careful to wait for proper cooling prior to consumption, otherwise painful burning can occur 

I know I got a photo of that one around here somewhere...

[boca99]

mmmmmmmmmm that looks soo good spec, ur making me hungry lol.

[Eric]

Me thinks Boca should have a go @ this one. 

Will make sure Iam out for tea that night. LOL.

[butt]

A local resturant we visit regularly has a variation on that we like. They call them "banditios".

Its the chicken breast deal, but its a smaller dimention of chicken meat, pounded semi flat. Then they take a de-seeded jalapino cut in half length wise. They take the chicken and start rolling it around the jalapino like you would roll a "fine cigar" Then wrap that with a small piece of bacon. They probably use a tooth pick to hold it together while cooking. Then its cooked on a open grill w/ plenty of smoking wood included for additional flavor. A good "texas" style bbq sauce is on the side for dipping.   Its quite good. 

No cheese in or on these though.

[thekitten]

Guaranteed, I will try them spec. Butt's variation sounds good, too, but, I love cheese.

Thanks

[thekitten]

Made specs version of the chicken/bacon/cheese dish for the Mrs. last night. I used boneless/skinless thighs instead of breasts and seasond it w/ the aforementioned rub. Turned out great! The Mrs. loved it. Thanks Spec! Great call.