Sunday, March 21, 2010

Bourban Chicken and Asparagus in Wine

So as you can see I have started including pictures of recipes.I really like when other sites do this, but I feel like the pictures do not due the items justice. Any ideas for taking pictures of food? Do you like when sites include pictures? Thanks in advance for your opinions.


Bourbon Chicken from What's for Dinner

Ingredients

2 lbs boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into bite size pieces
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon ginger
3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup soy sauce

Directions

Heat oil in a large skillet. Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned. Remove Chicken from skillet and set aside. Add remaining ingredients, heating over medium heat until well mixed and sugar has dissolved. Add chicken back to the skillet and bring to a hard boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

Serve over rice or noodles

Review: This tasted good, it was simple and Delicious.

Asparagus with Wine from here

Asparagus in Wine ingredients list:
2 lbs of asparagus.
Boiling water.
¼ cup of butter.
¼ cup of white wine.
½ teaspoon of salt.
¼ teaspoon of pepper.

Instructions for Asparagus in Wine:
Wash the asparagus and snap off the ends.

Lay the asparagus spears in a shallow pan and cover with salted boiling water.

Bring to a boil and simmer for 8 minutes.

Drain and turn into buttered ramequins.

Melt the butter and stir in the wine.

Pour over the asparagus.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 15 minutes.

REVIEW: out of all the ways I made asparagus this was my husbands favorite, it is simple and has good flavor!

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