French Spiced Venison
Rub the venison with salt, pepper, vinegar, cloves and allspice; then put in a baking-pan. Pour over a cup of melted butter; add 1 onion sliced, some thyme, parsley, the juice of a lemon, and a cup of hot water. Let bake, covered, in a hot oven. Baste often with the sauce when nearly done. Sprinkle with flour; add a glass of sherry and let brown. Serve with celery and currant jelly.
Spinach Balls
2 packages frozen chopped spinach — thawed and drained
1 medium onion — chopped
6 eggs — beaten
1 teaspoon accent. seasoning mix
3/4 cup melted butter
2 cups Pepperidge Farm Herb Stuffing mix
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon thyme
2 teaspoons garlic salt
Mix all ingredients and shape into small balls. Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 25 minutes.
Yield 60 balls or 100 if using a teaspoon for each ball.
Southwestern Chicken Filo Triangles
2 whole skinless boneless chicken breast — cooked, shredded
— and chopped
1/2 cup monterey jack cheese — grated
1 red bell pepper — seeded
— finely chopped
4 roma tomato — peeled, seeded and
— chopped
4 ounces chopped green chilies, canned
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro — finely minced
16 ounces phyllo dough — thawed
— in refrigerator
1 cup butter — or as needed, melted
——-relish—–
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 ear corn — kernels scraped off
6 roma tomatoes — finely chopped
1 large onion — finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro — minced
salt — to taste
black pepper — to taste
Cut dough crosswise into 5 equal sections. If you want to serve it as an entree, then cut the filo dough into 4 sections so that the triangles will be larger. Make 4 or 5 of them per serving.
In a medium bowl place the chicken, cheese, red bell peppers, Roma tomatoes, green chile peppers, and cilantro. Mix the ingredients together well.
Preheat the oven to 400:.
For each section of the filo dough (cover the other sections with a slightly damp cloth and keep them in the refrigerator), separate the pieces and lay them out flat on a large surface (work quickly). Brush all the pieces with the melted butter. Turn them over and brush the other side.
Place a teaspoon of the chicken mixture at one end of each piece of dough. Fold the bottom left corner over the filling so that the bottom edge lines up with the side edge. Continue to fold the dough up in this manner (as you would fold a flag,) so that a multi-folded triangle is formed. Keep the completed triangles under a damp cloth.
On an oiled baking sheet, place the filo triangles and bake them for 20 minutes, or until they are a golden brown.
Serve the triangles with the Corn Relish and Guacamole on the side.
RELISH: In a medium large saute pan place the olive oil and heat in on medium until it is hot. Add the remainder of the ingredients and saute them for 10 minutes, or until the corn is done. Makes approximately 4 cups.
Curried Pecans
1/4 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups pecan halves — or walnuts
Combine melted butter, curry powder and salt. Add nuts and toss well. Spread on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally and watching carefully so that they don’t burn. Serve hot from the oven, cold, or reheated.
Yield: 4 cups
Chex Party Mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine — melted
1 1/4 teaspoons seasoned salt
4 1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
8 cups mix cereal (chex rice corn, and wheat)
1 cup Cheerios.
1 cup pretzels
1 cup salted mixed nuts
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. In small bowl add seasoned salt and Worcestershire sauce to melted butter; mix well. Pour cereals, nuts and pretzels into large resealable plastic bag. Pour butter mixture over cereal mixture inside plastic bad. Seal top of bag securely. Shake bag until all pieces are evenly coated. Transfer mix to open roasting pan. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on absorbent paper to cool. Store in airtight container.
NOTES : FOR MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: Follow directions above except, do not preheat oven, and pour contents of bag into large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH 5 to 6 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes.
CHICKEN ROYALE
4 sm. boneless chicken breasts
1/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt, if desired
1/4 tsp. paprika
Pepper
–STUFFING–
4 c. soft breadcrumbs
2 tbsp. onion
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. thyme
Pepper
4 tbsp. melted butter
1/2 c. water
Mix all stuffing ingredients together. Stuff each breast secure with picks, skewers or thread. Put flour, salt, paprika and pepper in paper or plastic bag. Shake each piece of chicken to coat. Slather breasts with melted butter. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, turning once. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve with mushroom sauce.
CHICKEN BITS
Debone 2 whole chicken breasts. Cut in bite-size pieces. Dip in melted butter. Roll in seasoned bread crumbs (Italian seasoning with extra Parmesan cheese added). Put on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Yields 36 bite-size.
HOT-N-SPICY CHICKEN WINGS
5 lbs. bag chicken wings (drumettes)
12 fl. oz. Louisiana Pre Crystal Hot Sauce
1-2 sticks butter
Fry chicken wings until golden brown and drain on paper towel. Mix hot sauce and melted butter and pour into deep pan or crock pot. Add chicken wings to sauce and heat thoroughly.
Filo Chicken Packets
• 3/4 c. chopped green onion
• 3/4 c. mayonnaise
• 3 T. lemon juice
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 3/4 t. dry tarragon
• 2/3 c. melted butter
• 12 sheets filo dough
• 6 chicken breast halves, boned and skinned
• 2 T. grated Parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper to taste
Note: One package of filo dough usually contains 22 sheets, or 11 packets. A hearty eater will consume 1 1/2 packets during a meal.
Thaw frozen filo dough in its package for 8 hours in the refrigerator, then let it stand for 2 hours before you use it. Once the filo dough has been opened and unrolled, place a slightly damp towel over it to prevent drying out.
Mix together green onion, mayonnaise, lemon juice, 2 cloves of the garlic and tarragon and set aside. Combine remaining garlic with the butter.
Place one sheet of the filo dough on a board and brush it with about 2 t. garlic butter. Arrange a second sheet on top and brush it with another 2 t. garlic butter. Lightly sprinkle a chicken piece with salt and pepper, spread one side with the mayonnaise mixture. Turn over one corner of the filo and top with more mayonnaise mixture (about 3 T. in all).
Roll the corner of the filo over the chicken once. Fold side over top and roll again. Fold opposite corner over then roll up. Repeat for all chicken pieces. Place slightly apart in ungreased baking pan. Brush all packets with remaining garlic butter. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Bake at 375° for 20 – 25 minutes, or until golden. Serve hot.
Broiled Chicken Oregano
4 chicken breast
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil
salt & pepper to taste
1/3 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoon oregano — fresh or 1 t dried
Several hours before serving-or the day before, if time allows, rub the chicken pieces with the garlic and place them in a deep china or earthenware bowl. Combine marinade ingredients and the garlic clove and pour over chicken. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the chicken. Turn chicken pieces occasionally. When ready to cook, preheat the broiler to its highest setting. Arrange the chicken pieces on the broiler rack and baste with a little of the melted butter mixture. (Reserve part of the basting mixture to serve over the chicken when served.) Broil the chicken 3-4 inches from the heat for 5-8 minutes per side, basting often. Chicken is done when juices run clear when pierced with a sharp knife. Remove to serving platter, pour reserved basting mixture over the chicken breasts and serve immediately. This is also good done on a BBQ.
TOMATO SOUP 4
14 qts. tomatoes
7 med. onions
1 celery stalk
3 tbsp. parsley
Combine and cook until celery and onions are tender. Run through food mill. Add: 4 tbsp. salt
8 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. pepper
Cook for 15 minutes. Add: 14 tbsp. melted butter
14 tbsp. flour
Add to soup. Pour into prepared jars and process for 30 minutes
Easy Cherry Cobbler
1 cn 21-oz. cherry pie filling
1/2 ts Almond extract
1/2 pk 18-oz. cake mix (about 2 C)
Pecans; chopped, optional
1/4 c To 1/2 cup butter; melted
Mix cherry pie filling w/almond extract and pour into buttered 9″x9″ pan. Sprinkle cake mix and nuts over pie filling. Drizzle melted butter over all. Bake in a 350 degrees F oven for 55 mins. Serve warm w/ice cream.
Caramel Snack Mix
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup white corn syrup
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup almonds
1 (12 ounce) package crispy corn and rice cereal
Preheat oven to 275F. Spray a large roasting pan with non−stick cooking spray. In a medium−size microwave safe bowl, mix butter, white corn syrup and brown sugar. Place the mixture in the microwave and cook 2 minutes, or until butter melts. Place the cereal, pecans and almonds into the prepared roasting pan. Pour the melted butter mixture over the cereal and nuts and mix gently until the cereal and nuts are coated. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. As the snack mix is cooling, be sure to continue to stir so that the mix will not harden into one big lump.
Fried Crab Cakes
1 lb Crabmeat
1 Egg yolk
1 1/2 ts Salt
-Pepper to taste 1 t Dry mustard
2 ts Worcestershire sauce
1 tb Mayonnaise
1 tb Chopped parsley
1/2 ts Paprika
1 tb Melted butter
-Bread crumbs (1/2 to 1 -cup) 1/4 c Butter or oil
1 Lemon, cut into wedges for garnish
combine all ingredients except oil and lemon; mix gently. Shape into 6 cakes. Heat butter or oil. Fry cakes over medium high heat until browned on both sides.
All-American Snack
3cups thin pretzel sticks
4cups Wheat Chex®
4cups Cheerios®
13ounces can salted peanuts
1teaspoongarlic salt
1teaspooncelery salt
1/2 teaspoonseasoned salt
2tablespoonsgrated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup melted butter
In large mixing bowl or slow-cooking pot, mix together pretzels, cereals, and peanuts. Sprinkle with garlic salt, celery salt, seasoned salt, and cheese. Pour melted butter over all; toss until well mixed. Cover and cook in slow-cooking pot on low 3 to 4 hours. Uncover the last 30 to 40 minutes. Serve as appetizer or snack.