One Ingredient Ice Cream

 Place frozen slice bananas in a blender and blend until smooth.  May add extra flavors if you like. It will look like ice cream and taste delicious.

Chicken Soup for Dummies

1 whole chicken

Water
2  pieces ginger (2 quarters size)
½ stalk lemon grass (slices)

Wash chicken and place in big pot.  Pour enough water to cover the chicken.   Add gingers and lemon grass pieces and bring to a boil.   Reduce heat to low-medium and allow to simmer for 1 hour.   Add chicken bouillon or  pho seasonings to the soup. Turn off the heat and add chop up bok choys, green mustard lettuce, green onions.  Don't worry the residual heat will cook the greens. Serve with white rice or  noodles. Garnish with cilantro.


Note: baby bok choys, green mustard bunches

Pad Thai Sauce

Pad Thai Sauce:
1 1/2 cup palm sugar or brown sugar
1 cup white sugar

1 cup concentrated tamarind juice or make your own from tamarind pods
1 cup fish sauce

Place all ingredients in a sauce pan and simmer for 5 minutes.   After it cools down, pour in glass jar and refrigerate for later use.

How to make tamarind sauce: 5 tamarind pods 1 cup hot water let it dissolve, strain and discard pulp.

Crazy Chicken

Marinade:

   2 T vinegar

    4 garlic cloves minced

      2 t salt

   2 t dried oregano

      1/8 t cumin

Some black pepper for taste

1 t chili  sauce

                12 oz. pineapple juice 
                          ¼ cup fresh lime juice

   2 T cooking oil

  6 drops yellow food color

1 whole chicken cut into 2 wings, 2  legs, 2 thighs, 2 breasts-discard spine bone and save for chicken stock

Place chicken pieces in Ziploc bag pour marinade over chicken place in refrigerator for 2 hours.  Drain meat and grill them until juices run clear.

Note: T= tablespoon, t = teaspoon

 

Tiny Potatoes Salad

Potato salad

1 lb tiny new potatoes

8 scallions

2 hard boil egg or more

1 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp paprika

Salt and pepper to taste

To garnish

2 tbs chopped fresh chives

Pinch paprika

Cook potatoes 10 minutes

Mix all ingredients together and add cut cooked eggs.  Garnish with chives and paprika.

Easy potatoes salad

Potato salad

1 lb tiny new potatoes

8 scallions

1 hard boil egg

1 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp paprika

Salt and pepper to taste

To garnish

2 tbs chopped fresh chives

Pinch paprika

Cook potatoes 10 minutes

Chopped cooked egg and mix all ingredients together.

Pizza Rolls

For the dough
1 cup warm water
2 tsp yeast
2 1/2 cups flour, plus more for dusting work surface
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt

For the filling:
1 pound of ground beef
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder

salt and pepper to taste
1 cup of cheese

Place all dough ingredients in a large bowl and mix well to form a soft dough.   Cover with warm kitchen towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.   Roll out the dough  to 17 x 17  inches.   Spread pizza sauce, cheese and meat.   Roll like a cigar and pitch end to seal.    Cut into 8 pieces and place in baking pan cover with moist kitchen towel and let it rise for 30 minutes.  Preheat oven to 400 degree and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Note: You can add fresh basil and other herbs. Use whatever meat you like.  You can use store bought pizza dough