Food Friday - Sauteed Apple-Onion Chicken

It is still too hot to turn on the oven, turn on the stove instead. (And if you have one of those outdoor grills with a burner, use that and keep the heat outside!)

Ingredients:

• 2 T flour
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/4 t black pepper
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 2 t olive oil
• 3 C sliced onion (not chopped, you want long slices of onion)
• 2 1/2 C peeled and sliced apples (Granny Smith work well)
• 1 t Rosemary (dried)
• 1 C Apple Cider

Directions

1. Place flour, salt, and pepper in a gallon Ziploc and shake (after you've closed it of course!).
2. Add chicken, seal, shake until it is coated.
3. heat 1 t oil in a large nonstick skillet (medium heat).
4. Add chicken and saute until browned on each side.
5. Remove the chicken from the pan and keep it warm.
6. Heat another t of oil in the skillet.
7. Add onion and saute 5 minutes.
8. Add apple and rosemary and saute another 5 minutes.
9. Add the chicken back in and then put the cider in and bring to a boil.
10. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until the chicken is done.
    

Food Friday: Grilled Asian Chicken and Pineapple

Don't heat up your house tonight! Cook out on the grill instead.

Ingredients:

• 3 T honey
• 3 T soy sauce
• 3 T pineapple juice
• 2 t fresh lime juice (lemon juice can be substituted)
• 2 t peeled and grated fresh ginger
• 2 t vegetable oil
  
• 1 1/2 t curry powder
• 1/4 t salt
• 3 minced garlic cloves (or 2 t of the bottled kind)
• 1 lb skinned, boneless chicken breast (cubed)
• 1 C red bell pepper (cut into chunks about 1 inch squared)
• 1 1/2 C fresh pineapple (canned can be substituted) cut into cubes
• 4 C cooked rice

Directions:

1. Heat up your grill.
2. In a large Ziploc, combine the honey, soy sauce, juices, ginger, oil, curry, salt, and garlic.
3. Knead to mix the ingredients well.
4. Add chicken and bell pepper pieces.
5. Knead bag again to make sure the chicken and bell pepper are well coated (don't forget to seal your bag!).
6. Thread the chicken, bell pepper, and pineapple pieces alternately onto skewers (bamboo or metal will work fine).
7. Discard the marinade.
8. Place the skewers on the grill rack and cook 10 minutes (or until chicken is done). Turn occasionally.
9. Serve with hot rice.