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Try this it's easy to make and people love them
Yakitori Barbecue Chicken
Source: Top Barbecue Chef Stephen Raichlen
For speed and convenience, use boneless breasts, my first choice here. Serve with Grilled Rice Cakes, Spicy Japanese Bean Sprout Salad, or Sesame Spinach.
Special Equipment 16 short bamboo skewers, soaked for 1 hour in cold water to cover and drained, or more as needed.
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts or thighs
2 pounds slender young leeks (8 or 9 in all, see Notes)
1/2 cup of soy sauce
1/2 cup sake
1/2 cup mirin (sweet rice wine) or cream sherry
3 tablespoons sugar
3 slices fresh ginger (each 1/2 inch thick)
3 cloves garlic, smashed
3 scallions, both white and green parts, trimmed and coarsely chopped
Rinse the chicken breasts or thighs under cold running water, then drain and blot dry with paper towels. Cut crosswise into pieces 2 inches long and 1/2 inch wide and thick. Set aside while you prepare the leeks.
Cut off and discard the green parts of the leeks. Cut the white parts that remain in half lengthways as far as the roots. Rinse the leeks carefully under cold running water, then drain, cut of the roots, and cut each leek half crosswise into 2-inch pieces.
Thread the chicken pieces crosswise on the skewers, alternating with pieces of leek; you should be able to get 4 pieces of chicken on each skewer. Arrange the skewers on a platter and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until ready to grill, up to 6 hours.
Preheat the grill to high,
Prepare the yakitori sauce. Combine the soy sauce, saki. Mirin, sugar, ginger, garlic and scallions in a small heavy saucepan and bring to the boil over a medium heat, stirring until blended and the sugar is dissolved. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until the sauce is glossy and syrupy and reduced to 3/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain into a bowl (see Notes).
When ready to cook, oil the grill grate. Arrange the skewers on the hot grate and grill, turning with tongs, until the chicken is nicely browned and cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes per side (6 to 10 minutes in all). Brush the yakitori generously with the sauce at least once on each side while cooking, but not during the last 3 minutes.
Transfer the skewers to serving plates or a platter and serve immediately.
Serves 4 to 6
Velveeta and Sausage dip
1 Pound Velveeta
1 Pound Sausage, cooked and drained
1 can Rotel tomatoes
Put all this in a crock pot and cook til melted. Keep the crock pot on low; you can graze all day! Serve with tortilla chips.
Sausage and cream cheese dip
1 Pound sausage, cooked and drained
2 blocks of cream cheese
1 can rotel tomatoes
shredded cheddar cheese
Put the cream cheese in a baking dish, top with sausage and tomatoes. Cook at 350 for about 15 minutes, stir. Keep doing this for about an hour, stirring every fifteen minutes. Last fifteen minutes, top with shredded cheddar. YUM!
I know it's not very Christmasy but every time i make it and tke it to a party people love it and its super quick and easy.
just get some cream cheese and some salsa and in a dish spread the cream cheese in the bottom and pour the salsa over and you've got a yummy quick dip! I usually serve triscuits with mine but ritz or any other cracker or chip works too!
Sounds weird i was skeptical about it the first time i tried it too but people love it!Good luck!
Sausage Rolls
INGREDIENTS
* 1 (16 ounce) package pork sausagemeat
* 1 (17.25 ounce) package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
* 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
* 1 beaten egg
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Unfold the puff pastry sheets, and cut along the fold lines of each sheet to form 6 equal squares for a total of 12 squares. Brush each square with mustard. Divide sausage into 12 pieces, and roll into small logs. Place one log on each square. Roll dough around the sausage, and seal with a bit of beaten egg. Place rolls onto an ungreased baking sheet, and brush the tops with the rest of the egg.
3. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the rolls are puffed and golden. I usually watch after 10 minutes or so to make sure they don't burn. These freeze (unbaked) very well.
I took this to my mom's house last Christmas and my relatives went wild for it.
Cheese Logs
1 鈥?8 ounce package cream cheese 鈥?softened
1 jar cheddar cheese spread 鈥?softened
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
陆 teaspoon garlic salt
1 cup finely chopped pecans
Mix 1st 4 ingredients thoroughly, roll in chopped pecans. Wrap in waxed paper and chill until serving.
A more holiday version of the salsa and cream cheese is, a block of cream cheese with a cranberry jalapeno compote poured over it instead of salsa.
2 oranges diced
1 tsp orange zest
1 jalapeno seeded and diced
1 cup sugar
1 bag of cranberries
1/2 tablespoon chopped mint
Combine all ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes.
I also make sausage rolls all the time and people love them, but I use regualr bulk sage sausage and add grated clove of garlic, grated half of an onion, 1/2 cup bread cumbs, 1 egg, chopped parsley and wrap in puff pastry and bake.
Hey... happy holidays..
i have some recipes but not too sure if you'll like them so here are a few links...
hope you have a great party!
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50613
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Holidays-and-Events/Christmas/Appetizers/Main.aspx
http://www.easy-appetizer-recipes.com/
Just wanted to let you know that I made up a GREAT appetizer and its so easy and people die over it.
1 pkg. cream cheese
1 hunk bleu cheese
Handful of walnuts *toasted if you'd like
3 T honey
1 tsp. garlic salt or salt
Let cream cheese come to room temp then mix all other ingredients into it, crumbling the bleu cheese into it. Mix to incorporate all together.
Serve with crackers, crostini bread, grapes and other fruit!!
I have a really easy cheese ball recipe.
2 packages cream cheese softened
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
2 packages Hidden Valley Ranch dressing made double strength
(in other words, if it calls for 1 cup milk and 1 cup mayonnaise, use 1/2 cup of each)
Mix it all together with your hands and form into a ball. You can roll it in crushed pecans if you like.
It is REALLY good!
omg this is the best stuff..dont laugh it sounds off but taste really good
open a bar of cream cheese and pour pepper jelly over it- serve it with wheat thins..
i make this for everything and i usually have to bring 2 or 3 bars of cream cheese and jelly and at least 2 boxes of wheat thins - this stuff is really soooo good.
Box of your favoite crackers
cream cheese
sun dried tomatoes in oil
Place cream cheese on crackers and top with sundried
tomatoes. (make sure u use the ones in a jar with oil.)
This is delicious and very fast to make.
Cocktail rye pizza snacks
i loaf of the cocktail rye
pizza sauce,browned hamburger cheese
you can add other things also
amounts comparable to how much you want to make
How about some dip? Quick recipe:
1 can hormel chili no beans
1 small jar mexican cheez whiz
Heat together and serve with tortilla chips
white bread %26amp; butter %26amp; caviar
take nice thin slices of roast beef, soft cream cheese flavored with ranch dressing dry mix . spread cheese mix on meat and roll them up. always a big hit,
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