Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Chicken Breasts with Lime Sauce Quick Recipe | Healthy Chicken Recipe Chicken Breasts with Lime Sauce Tips

Chicken Breasts with Lime Sauce

Ingredients: 
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - pounded to 1/4 inch thickness
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 lime, juiced
6 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon minced fresh chives
1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed

Procedures: 
  • Coat chicken breasts with egg, and dip in bread crumbs. Place on a wire rack, and allow to dry for about 10 minutes.
  • Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place chicken into the skillet, and fry for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Remove to a platter, and keep warm.
  • Drain grease from the skillet, and squeeze in lime juice. Cook over low heat until it boils. Add butter, and stir until melted. Season with chives and dill. Spoon sauce over chicken, and serve.








Monday, 17 September 2012

Sage Pork Chops Quick Recipe Guide | Healthy Pork Recipe Sage Pork Chops Quick Recipe

Sage Pork Chops

Ingredients
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon dried sage
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
6 center cut bone-in pork chops
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup water
2 cubes beef bouillon

Procedures: 
Combine the salt, sage and black pepper in a small bowl and rub on both sides of the chops. Melt the butter or margarine in a large skillet over medium high heat and saute the chops for 5 minutes per side, or until well browned.

Separate small saucepan over high heat, combine the water and the bouillon and stir until bouillon dissolves. Add this to the chops, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer chops for 45 minutes.





Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Grilled Squid Recipe Sea Food | Healthy Seafood Recipe Grilled Squid Quick Recipes

Grilled Squid

Ingredients:
500 g cleaned squid
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup coriander leaves
7 tablespoons fish sauce, dip
1 pinch pepper
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 teaspoon five-spice powder
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 tablespoon finely chopped lemongrass
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon sugar

Procedures:
  • Rub the squid with salt and rinse.
  • Slit and flatten the squid sac and make diagonal cuts on the inside surface.
  • Cut into bite-sized pieces.
  • Set aside in a bowl.
  • In another bowl, mix all the ingreduents, EXCEPT THE FIRST FOUR INGREDIENTS, making the marinade. Mix for thirty seconds.
  • Put the squid inside the bowl with the marinade and leave for 1 hour.
  • When one hour is finished, grill the squid over a charcoal grill until just tender (about three minutes each side).
  • Arrange on a serving platter and garnish with half-a-cup of coriander leaves.





Steamed Blue Crabs | Healthy Steamed Blue Crabs Quick Recipes

Steamed Blue Crabs
Ingredients: 
36 live blue crabs
1/2 cup seafood seasoning
1/2 cup salt
3 cups beer
3 cups distilled white vinegar
1/4 cup seafood seasoning

Procedures: 
  • Right before cooking, carefully place each crab upside down and stick a knife through the shell, just behind mouth.
  • Combine 1/2 cup seafood seasoning, salt, beer, and vinegar in a large stockpot over high heat. Bring to a strong simmer.
  • Fit a screen over the beer mixture and layer the crabs on the screen. Be sure that the crabs are above the simmering liquid. Cover.
  • Steam crabs until they turn bright orange and all of the blue/green color is gone, 20 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup seafood seasoning before serving.





Monday, 10 September 2012

Healthy Pork with Clams Recipe | Healthy Pork Sea Foods Pork and Clams Quick Recipes

Pork with Clams

Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds pork roast, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 cup dry white wine
2 teaspoons paprika
1 bay leaf
2 whole cloves
salt and pepper to taste
2 cloves garlic, chopped
4 tablespoons margarine, divided
2 onions, sliced
4 tomatoes, chopped
5 cloves garlic, crushed
2 pounds clams in shell, scrubbed
4 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
1 lemon, quartered

Procedures:
Put pork in a dish, and add the wine, paprika, bay leaf, cloves, pepper, salt and 2 cloves of garlic. Cover and refrigerate overnight, turning occasionally.

In a large saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons margarine. Saute onions, tomatoes and 5 cloves of garlic. Cook gently until onions are soft; add salt and pepper to taste.

Wash the clams, discarding any that are open. Add them to the onion/tomato mixture. Cover, Cook over high heat until all clams have opened.

Meanwhile, drain the pork; set marinade aside. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons margarine in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook pork until brown on all sides. Stir in marinade, and cook until there is very little liquid left. Keep turning pork or it will stick and burn!

Serve the pork/clams in their shells, and the onion mixture with boiled potatoes. Sprinkle everything with coriander and parsley, and garnish with lemon quarters.

Healthy Spicy Lime Grilled Shrimp | Healthy Sea Foods Spicy Lime Grilled Shrimp Quick Recipes

Spicy Lime Grilled Shrimp

Ingredients
3 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
1 lime, juiced
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp (30-40 per pound)

Procedures: 
Mix together the Cajun seasoning, lime juice, and vegetable oil in a resealable plastic bag. Add the shrimp, coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Preheat an out of doors grill for medium heat, and gently oil the grate. take away the shrimp from the marinade, and shake off excess. Discard the remaining marinade.

Cook the shrimp on the preheated grill until they are bright pink on the outside and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 2 minutes per side.

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Maple Chicken with Grapes | Healthy Maple Chicken with Grapes Recipe

Maple Chicken with Grapes Recipe
Recipe by Cecille Esperanza

Ingredients: serve 4 to 6
8 boneless chicken thighs, cut in half
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 tablespoon liquid seasoning
2 tablespoons water
1 cup seedless red grapes

Procedures:
1. Season chicken with salt
In a skillet, heat oil and sauté onion. Add chicken and brown on both sides. Reduce heat, cover skillet, and cook about 10 to 15 minutes or until chicken pieces are tender and juices run clear when pierced with a fork.

2. In a bowl, combine maple syrup, liquid seasoning, and water. Pour into skillet and add grapes simmer until sauce thickens slightly, about one minutes

3. Transfer chicken to a platter and spoon sauce over chicken before serving.