Margies Chicken Recipes

MARGIE'S CUBAN SOFRITO (SAUCE)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until onion is translucent. Add the bell pepper, and saute until tender. Season with salt, pepper, cumin, oregano and bay leaves. Continue cooking until the mixture looks like a yummy green paste with oil around it. Stir in the tomatoes, if using, and cook stirring until all of the liquid is released. Gradually stir in the tomato sauce simmer until the sauce looks really red. Taste, and adjust seasonings if desired. Remove bay leaves.
• Now the sauce is done. You can add it to meat, rice, beans fish or potatoes. Thin the sauce down if necessary with water, wine, beer, or whatever is handy.

MARGIE'S COWBOY COOKIES

Steps:

• With an electric mixer, whip up the margarine and sugar in a large mixing bowl until fluffy. Add the eggs, vanilla and salt and beat well.
• Blend the baking soda and baking powder into the flour, either directly in the measuring cup or in a large bowl, and then tap this mixture into the creamed ingredients, mixing slowly. Using a sturdy spoon, mix the rest by hand.
• Add oats and stir until the dough comes together. Stir in chocolate chips, coconut and nuts.
• Line a cookie sheet with baking parchment and scoop the dough with a 2-ounce ice cream scoop. Press the top of the cookie dough mound down slightly.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 7-12 minutes, until lightly golden in color with tiny cracks on top of the cookies.

MARGIE'S SOUR CREAM PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking dish with cooking spray.
• Mix the flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish. Press pork chops in the mixture to coat.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat, and brown the pork chops on both sides. In a saucepan over medium-low heat, whisk together the chicken broth, vinegar, sour cream, sugar, savory, and bay leaves. Arrange the pork chops in the prepared baking dish. Pour sauce over the pork chops.
• Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven.

MARGIE'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Barbecue chicken with sauce brushed on. When chicken is cooked, place ham slice, pineapple ring (cut ring in half if too big to fit on chicken) and provalone cheese onto chicken. Let cheese melt over pineapple and ham. Serve.

MARGIE'S CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Brown sausage in frying pan.
• Drain grease, set sausage on plate, and wipe pan with paper towel.
• Cook chicken 4-6 minutes each side in frying pan.
• Set chicken in oven proof casserole dish.
• Put sausage back in pan.
• Add soup, milk, and nutmeg.
• Warm and stir.
• Pour sausage mixture over chicken.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 30-40 minutes.
• Serve over rice or egg noodles.

MARGIE'S CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, brown beef and onions; drain. Add remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5-10 minutes or until thickened.

MARGIE'S SHORTBREAD OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Dissolve the baking soda in the water.
• Combine the oats, flour and brown sugar. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the baking soda mixture and form dough into a ball. Either roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutters or press dough into the bottom of one 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 12 to 15 minutes.

MARGIE'S PARMESAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon oregano, basil, salt and pepper. In a bowl, combine the egg and water. Dip chicken in egg mixture, then coat with crumb mixture. In a skillet, cook chicken in butter on both sides until juices run clear. Meanwhile, combine the spaghetti sauce, garlic salt and remaining oregano in a saucepan heat through. Spoon over chicken sprinkle with mozzarella and remaining Parmesan. Serve with pasta.© Copyright Reiman Publications, 1993-1997

MARGIE'S SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Mix together all but marshmallows.
• Bake at 350°, 30-45 min.
• Put marshmallows on top and return to oven until marshmallows are melted and browned.
• I usually make this the nite ahead, and add marshmallows the following day.
• They can be reheated and additional marshmallows added.

PARMESAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a shallow bowl, combine butter, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Place bread crumbs and cheese in another shallow bowl. Dip chicken in butter mixture, then in bread crumb mixture, patting to help coating adhere. , Place in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Drizzle with any remaining butter mixture. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, 25-30 minutes.