Blenda's Pollo Asada

This is my first time to link so I hope that it works....this is a family favorite!!  This recipe is actually mine alone!! I created this from the lack of $$ and wanting to go to our favorite Mexican restaurant where we love the Pollo Asada. Everyone that I fix this for raves about it!! I have even been told that it is BETTER than the restaurants :)

I also am a Rachael Ray type cook...I measure in the palmof my hand....probably using more seasonings than I have listed for you.



Blenda's Pollo Asada ~ Chicken


4-6 Chicken Breasts
3 cups Minute Rice
3 cups chicken stock
1 can Rotel
1 bunch fresh Cilantro
2 ctn White Cheese Dip*

Seasonings:

1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic pwdr
1 tsp cavander's
1 tsp cumin pwdr
1 tsp cumin seed

Season chicken breasts generously with all seasonings, grill, bake, or sear until chicken is done and tender. Prepare rice with chicken stock, adding all of the same seasonings to the water as it boils. When water starts to boil, add rice, remove from heat and add Rotel. Add lid to pan, let rest until all moisture and liquid has absorbed. Serve chicken as whole breasts or slice into strips, serve over the rice, top with cheese dip and chopped cilantro.

** You can make your own white cheese dip with white american cheese and chopped jalapeno peppers.  I have used the mexican melting cheese and also used leftover white cheese dip from our favorite mexican restaurant.

Our Family's Thanksgiving Traditions

Here are a couple of our family's Thanksgiving traditions...along with all of the other traditional foods, these are some favorites.  You can view all of my recipes at http://www.blendalovestocook.blogspot.com/

Green Bean Bundles

These are SO yummy! Everyone always wants the recipe!! :)

Ingredients:

2 or 3 cans of whole green beans **

Bacon slices (cut in 1/2 - 1/3rd)

6T of butter

1/2 cup of brown sugar

1 tsp of garlic powder

1 t salt & pepper

Wrap a handful of green beans around a half a slice of bacon. Secured with a toothpick if the bacon is to short ...That makes one bundle - keep going for as many bundles as you would like to have.

Melt the butter and stir in one cup of brown sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you would like it). Add a teaspoon of garlic salt and slat and pepper to taste

Bake 350 until the bacon is done

** About 4 cups, (also the whole green beans look fancier, but the cut ones work fine too!)

Stuffing Balls

Turkey giblets

8 tablespoon butter

4 ea celery tops
20 sl bread
16 oz pepperidge farm stuffing
2 cup chicken stock
2 each onions, chopped
2 cup chicken stock

Boil giblets, butter, and celery tops until done. Toast breads, then break toast into small pieces. Add Pepperidge Farm stuffing to toast.

Cook chopped onions in stock. When tender, add to bread mix. If dressing is too dry, add chicken stock for additional moisture.

Preheat oven to 350. Form into serving-size balls and place in buttered baking dish. Spoon additional broth over balls. Bake 1 hour or until brown.

This dressing is moist and is very easy to serve. If I have too much for Thanksgiving I freeze uncooked balls and use them at Christmas which helps speed up dinner that busy day.

Soppilla Cheesecake

Several of you guys have ask me for the recipe from the comment that I made last weekend when I was baking these and they were smelling SO GOOD! So here is the recipe...let me know if you enjoy them...but I am going to bet you do and will make them often esp to take to potlucks b/c they are so easy to make.

Sopapilla Cheese Cake
2 cans Pillsbury Cresant Rolls
2 lg pkgs of cream cheese
1 stick butter
1 t. vanilla
1 t. cinnamon
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup sugar

Spread one can of the cresant rolls into a 9 x 13 pan pushing to edges and pressing seams together.

Mix cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, 1 t. vanilla until well blended. Spread on top of the uncooked cresant rolls.

Spread second can of cresant rolls on top of cream cheese mixture, pushing to edges, and pressing seams together.

Melt one stick of butter and pour over the cresant rolls. Mix together 1/2 cup sugar and 1 t. cinnamon and sprinkle over butter.

Bake @ 350 until cresant rolls are not doughy. Let cool and cut into squares

Enjoy