With this cooler weather around us I like to dig out some of my go to casserole dishes to warm us up at dinner time.
Fried Rice
1 TBSP Butter
2 eggs, whisked
2 TBSP Butter
1 cup Mixed Vegetables , frozen or canned
2 cloves, Garlic minced
1 small White Onion, diced
Salt and Pepper to taste
3 to 4 cups cooked rice, chilled
2 green onions
4 TBSP Soy Sauce
2 tsp Oyster Sauce (optional)
1/2 tsp Sesame Oil
Heat 1 TBSP butter in a large skillet until melted. Add in eggs and cook until scrambled. Remove egg.
Add additional butter to pan and heat until melted. Add in diced onions, mixed vegetables, garlic, salt and pepper saute until soft. Once heated through add in rice, soy sauce, green onions, Oyster Sauce. Continue to heat rice through for an additional 3 to 5 minutes. Add eggs to combine and Sesame Oil. Remove from heat and serve warm.
Teriyaki Chicken Casserole
3 cups Fried Rice (recipe above)
1 chicken breast
1 package stir fry vegetables
Teriyaki Sauce (or buy a bottle of premade Teriyaki Sauce)
3/4 cup Soy Sauce
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
1 TBSP Honey
1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
1 tsp Sesame Oil
1 clove Garlic, minced
2 TBSP Corn Starch
2 TBSP Cold Water
Instructions:
1. Make fried rice from recipe above or buy premade.
2. Heat oven to 350 Degrees
To make Teriyaki Sauce
3. In a medium sauce pan combine, stir together soy sauce, water, brown sugar, honey, ground ginger, sesame oil and garlic.
4. In a small bowl stir together corn starch and cold water, add a 1 tsp of teriyaki sauce to corn starch mixture and then slowly pour everything into the boiling mixture whisking until it thickens. Then set aside.
5. Place the chicken in a baking dish and pour 1 cup of the teriyaki sauce over the chicken. Bake for 30 minutes, remove from oven and shred chicken.
6. Steam the veggies and then add the veggies, rice and chicken together in a 9x12 greased baking dish. Drizzle remaining teriyaki sauce over top.
7. Bake for another 15 minutes, remove from oven and serve immediately.
What kind of foods do you like to cook in the fall?
AnnMarie
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