Basic Marinara

This is a basic marinara sauce, and is a great starting point for creating your own recipe or just experimenting with new flavors. You can use this sauce in a variety of dishes from basic pasta to a chicken or veal Parmesan.

Ingredients:

• 1 (26 oz.) can peeled whole tomatoes
• 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup flat chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon dried basil (1/2 cup fresh chopped)
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup chopped onion

Directions:

Heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until golden being careful not to burn. Add onions, basil, parsley and pepper flakes. Stir and cook for 1 minute. Add tomatoes with liquid. Break up tomatoes with fork. Cook over medium heat for 1 hour stirring occasionally. The sauce can keep up to a week in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

For variations you can add 1/2 to 1 pound of fine ground meat such as Italian sausage, chuck, sirloin, chorizo, chopped pancetta or even chopped pepperoni.

Popularity: 8% [?]

Sweet and Sour Stir Fry

This recipe was submitted by Hungry 4 More Facebook fan and high school friend, Peggy Wilson Larson.

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

• Stir Fry
  • 1 1/2 chicken breasts, diced or sliced thin
  • 1 onion, julianned
  • 1 red bell pepper, julianned
  • 1 small bunch of carrots, diced
  • 2 broccoli hearts, broken into small pieces
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Sauce
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Directions:

Sweet and Sour Stir Fry

Mix all sauce ingredients in a separate sauce pan and simmer.

In a large saute pan or wok, heat oil over medium-high to high heat. Saute chicken for 3-5 minutes and add in carrots after 2-3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and saute until all veggies are tender or as crisp as desired (3-5 minutes more).

Serve over rice adding sauce to final plating.

Popularity: 9% [?]