Sweet Tangy Chicken With Rice And California Vegetables Recipes

SWEET AND TANGY CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
• Combine the mustard, soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and honey in a baking dish; season with garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and black pepper to your liking.
• Add the chicken and toss to coat; turn skin side up and place in oven; bake 40 minutes, flipping chicken halfway through.
• Increase oven temperature to 500 degrees; turn chicken skin side up again and place back in oven. (You could also just use your broiler for this).
• Serve with oregano-scented rice (white rice cooked with oregano) and roasted green beans (toss the vegetables in olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder, and place in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes). Drizzle plate with pan juices.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• While rice is cooking, heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add onions and carrots; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add celery and bell pepper; cook and stir 3 minutes.
• Stir in chicken, pineapple and sweet and sour sauce. Bring to a boil. Boil gently 5 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink, stirring occasionally. Serve over rice.

SWEET & TANGY CHICKEN WITH RICE AND CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Place chicken in a rectangular oven-safe pan with sides.
• If it’s a tight fit, they can be squished together Chop onion finely.
• Combine in a small bowl in this order; chopped onion, brown sugar, ketchup, salsa, and spice.
• Stir together and pour over chicken.
• Bake in hot oven, uncovered.
• Set timer for 30 minutes.
• Combine rice and water in an oven-safe pot.
• Cover and cook in hot oven beside chicken.
• When the timer rings for the chicken, both are ready.
• Rinse vegetables in a colander under cold water.
• Place in a medium size microwave-safe pot or casserole dish with lid.
• Microwave at high for 5 minutes, then let stand.
• Add spices to vegetables.
• Microwave at high for 2 additional minutes, just before serving.
• Add butter only if necessary.

SWEET CHILI CHICKEN WITH RICE

Steps:

• Prep Time does not include marinade time.
• Combine ginger, garlic, lemon grass, sauce, juice and the 3 tablespoons coriander in a bowl, add chicken toss to coat, cover and refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
• Drain chicken and reserve marinade.
• Cook chicken in a heated oiled fry pan until browned on both sides and cooked through, slice thickly and serve over rice.
• Boil, steam or microwave rice until tender, drain, stir in extra coriander.
• Meanwhile, blend 2 tablespoons of the water with the cornflour, place remaining water, stock and reserved marinade in a saucepan, bring to the boil, reduce heat, simmer, stir in cornflour, stir until mixture thickens.
• To Serve: Place thickly sliced chicken on rice, drizzle with the sauce and garnish with coriander leaves if desired.