Buffalo (Spicy) Chicken Dip

Since it's fall and football time, I thought I'd share this recipe I got from a good friend of mine. I can't take credit for it, but it's so good I have to share it.

Here is what you will need to do:

Boil 3-4 chicken breasts, then either cube or shred them

Place said chicken in a crock pot and combine the following:

Frank's Original Hot Sauce 23oz
2 packages cream cheese
1 cup ranch dressing or bleu cheese dressing

Stir every so often and allow to cook for about an hour to an hour and a half.

Grate sharp cheddar cheese over top and stir in just before serving.

Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.

Cheesy Chicken Soup

2-3 Carrots, diced
2-3 Stalks Celery, diced
1 Onion, Diced
2 cups cooked Chicken, cubed
10 chicken bullion cubes
1 15 oz bottle of cheese whiz
3 cubes butter
1 1/2 c flour

Boil Veggies, drain and retain water. Add enough water to make 3 qts, add bullion cubes. When they are dissolved, add cheese whiz and blend. Melt butter and stir in flour in separate pan. Slowly add butter and flour mixture, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Add chicken and veggies.

Asian Grilled Chicken Salad

I know, this is going to sound like the dumbest thing....it's not really a recipe, but it was the perfect light summer dinner!

What you will need:

3-4 Large Chicken Breast or 6-7 Frozen Chicken Tenders
1 Cup Soy Sauce
1 Cup Coke or Sprite, but I like Coke better.
1 teaspoon of Lime Juice, but this is optional.

Let Chicken marinate in the soy sauce and coke at least over night. The longer the better. Before putting the chicken breast on the grill, cut into strips so they cook a little faster. Once they are finished cooking, cut into bite size pieces.

We bought an Asian Salad Mix that had crunchy noodles, sliced almonds and dried pineapple chunks. I also bought a bottle of the Asian Salad dressing from Kraft and a can of mandarian oranges.

Mix it all together and there you have an Asian Chicken Salad. I know it sounds so simple and it is, but this blog is about dinner ideas as much as sharing recipes and that one was perfect for the hot weather we had been having. Since Kyle isn't a chicken guy, he opted for steak...I don't know why?!

The good thing about this recipe for chicken is that it's good for warm chicken or cold chicken leftovers. We have also paired this type of chicken with rice and that works also. We have tried to "grill" this chicken on our George Foreman grill and it works, but it's not as tasty as if you grill it on an actual grill.

Chicken and Rice

This recipe is super easy and super good! It can make a little or a lot.

Ingredients:

Any chicken pieces with skin still on- I like to use legs and thighs

*1 or 2 cups uncooked rice

*1 or 2 cans cream chicken soup

*1 or 2 cans water

1 package onion soup mix

*For smaller amounts use 1 or each for more use 2 or each, just make sure to use even amounts, don't use 1 can water but 2 cups rice.

Mix soup, water, and soup mix in a deep baking pan. Add rice and then add chicken. Cover with Foil and bake as little or long as you want.

At 350 bake 1-2 hrs

At 325 bake 1 1/2 to 2 hrs

At 300 bake 2-3 hrs

At 250 bake 3-4 hrs

Sweet and Sour Chicken

A long time ago, I was reading my cousin Melissa's blog and she had posted a recipe for sweet and sour chicken. So I tried it and it's yummy. We made it for dinner last night.


So Here's the Recipe:
3-4 Chicken Breasts, I like to cut mine while they are still frozen into chunks and let them soak in 1 cup of soy sauce and 1 cup of coke for a couple of hours.
1 Green Pepper
1 Red Pepper
1 Red Onion
1 can of Pineapple Chunks
Chopped up Carrots....as many as your family likes
Snow Peas.....as many as your family likes

I like to cook my chicken seperately from the veggies, because veggies cook more quickly. I always drain the excess fluid off the chicken and then cook veggies in the same pan.

Sweet and Sour Sauce:

Pineapple Juice
1/2 cup Ketchup
1/2 cup White Vinegar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
3 TB Cornstarch
2 TB Soy Sauce

Drain Pineapple juice into pan, add ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce and cornstarch. Stir sauce with a wire whisk until it is smooth and clear when you pull the whisk up.

Once your sauce is clear and think and smooth, add sauce in small amounts to the veggies, pineapple chunks and chicken, until everything is evenly coated with sauce. You can serve over rice or oriental noodles.

Chicken Enchilada's

This recipe is borrowed from my roommate Ashley. I hope she doesn't mind that I'm sharing it but its very easy and a favorite at our house. One day I will make them and put the picture up. Until then, just trust me these are yummy!

3-4 Chicken Breasts, cooked. We like ours in the crock pot for a couple of hours with about a cup of water and some southwest fajita seasoning. Shred or cube cooked chicken.
12 Flour Tortilla's

In a Large Sauce Pan combine:

1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 can of Milk as directed by chicken soup directions
1 Regular 8 oz container of Sour Cream
1 can Green Chilies
1 cup+ Cheese, I love a mix of sharp and mild chedder and lots of it.
Cubed or Shredded Chicken

In a Cassorole Baking Dish:

Place a small amount of sauce on the bottom of the baking dish so the enchilada's don't stick to the bottom. In a tortilla, place about 2 Large Tablespoons of sauce evenly and roll up. Repeat until the dish is full. Poor sauce over the top of the rolled tortillas and top with lots of cheese. I can usually get two baking pans out of one pan of sauce.

Bake in oven at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Creamy Italian Chicken

This was easy:
4 Large Chicken Breast
1 Bottle of Italian Dressing
1 8 oz pkg Cream Cheese
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
Noodles or rice

Place chicken breasts in crock pot with italian dressing for 5 hours on low or 3 hours on high. Once cooked, remove chicken and shred. Before adding chicken back into the crock pot, add cream of chicken soup and package of cream cheese and mix until smooth. Add Chicken back into the mix and let it cook for about another hour. We put ours over bowtie or butterfly (as Libbi calls them) noodles, but you could put it over rice also. It's super yummy!