Roadkill (Beef Teriyaki)

Cooks for 2 people
Ingredients

·     8 oz beef
·   Lawry’s Teriyaki Sauce with Pineapple Juice

·     ½ tbsp. olive oil

·    1 tbsp garlic powder

·     ½ tbsp. minced garlic

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Directions

1)    Start by marinating the beef by adding enough to cover the beef, and add garlic powder into the marinating sauce.

2)    Let the beef marinate for at least 4 hours.

3)    Heat up a frying pan with the minced garlic and olive oil.  Once the garlic is browned add the beef. 

4)    Cook beef until finished, add Lawry’s if needed.

5)    Nom Nom! and Enjoy

Results

Price
Beef:                   $3.60              
Minced Garlic:  $0.13            
Garlic Powder:  $0.11             
Lawry’s:             $0.26
Olive Oil:            $0.15
                             Total: $4.25

Leigh-Maries's Floured Chicken

Cooks for 2 people

Ingredients

·                      8 oz boneless chicken breast

·                      1 cup flour

·                      1 egg

·                      2 tbsp garlic powder

·                      Dash of milk

·                      1 tsp paprika

·                      1 ½ tsp italian seasoning

·                      Red cooking wine

·                      Mirin (sweet rice cooking wine)

·                      1/2 tablespoon minced garlic

Directions

1)    Begin by mixing the flour, garlic powder, paprika, and Italian seasoning into a small sized bowl.

2)    Use another bowl and mix the egg and add a dash of milk.

3)    Before flouring the chicken, pound chicken once on each side with a meat pounder.

4)    Dip chicken into egg mixture, then dip into the flour mixture.

5)    Before cooking the chicken, warm up a frying pan with the olive oil and minced garlic.

6)    Frying, this is the part where you can get creative. First put about 1 tbsp of olive oil with the minced garlic in the pan and let it heat up. Then place the chicken in the pan. We added red cooking wine, mirin and lemon juice, along with continually adding more olive oil when it dries up. If you want more of a sweet taste, add a good amount of mirin, and if you want more of a tangy taste add more lemon juice. Only about a half teaspoon of lemon juice was added to ours.  

7) Cook until golden brown. The nom nom away! 

Results

Price

Chicken:       $4.00              Olive Oil:          $0.15

Corn:            $0.86              Flour:                $0.12

Rice:             $0.35              Italian seas.:    $0.30

Eggs:            $0.14              Mirin:                $0.23

Wine:            $0.16              Garlic Powder: $0.70

Paprika         $0.09              Minced Garlic:  $0.03

Garlic Bread: $0.36

                             Total: $7.49

*Price is adjusted for portion used

Mexican Thanksgiving Dinner (Turkey Tacos)

No inventing of the wheel today, just a cheap and convenient meal!  Turkey tacos are a healthy alternative to beef tacos, and taste just as good!


Results

Price

Turkey:         $4.49

Taco Shells:  $0.28

Cheese:         $0.56

Hot Sauce:    $0.43

    Total:  $5.76

Lemon Garlic Chicken

Hope everyone is enjoying their last few hours of April fools.  I managed to get fooled by the folks at Google with their Gmail Motion Beta program and Woot's "Bag of Crap" promotion.  What were some pranks you pulled or received?  Hope you enjoy today's recipe, it's one of our favorite recipes.

Ingredients

·          10 oz boneless chicken breasts

·          1 cup Italian bread crumbs

·          1/4 cup parmesan cheese

·          2-3 tbsp garlic powder (depending on how much garlic flavor you want)

·          1 1/2 tbsp butter

·          2 tbsp lemon juice

·          1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

Directions

1) In a medium sized bowl mix in the bread crumbs, 2-3 tablespoons of garlic powder, and the parmesan cheese.  Also preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. 

2) Put butter, lemon juice, and a pinch of garlic powder in a cereal sized microwavable bowl.  Then throw the bowl into the microwave (not literally it'll break) for 30-40 seconds or until the butter is melted.

4) Now comes the finger licking good part; breading the chicken.  Soak each chicken breast into the butter mixture then thoroughly bread the chicken.  For extra flavoring, this step can be repeated if desired.

5) Before placing the chicken into a baking pan, coat the pan with cooking spray to prevent the breading from sticking to the pan. 

6) Cook each side for 8-10 minutes or until cooked.  For extra flavor and texture, melt mozzarella cheese onto the chicken for about a minute.

7) Enjoy!

Serves 2

Results

Price

Chicken:                 $4.25                Garlic Powder:   $0.46

Bread Crumbs:       $1.07                Butter:                $0.15

Mozz Cheese:         $0.56                Lemon Juice:      $0.09

Parmesan Cheese: $0.97                 Corn:                   $0.73

                             Total: $8.28

*Price is adjusted for portion used

Chicken Fried Rice

Cooks for 2-3 people

Ingredients

•              4 (2 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast halves
•              1 cup short grain brown or white rice
•              1 1/2 cups mixed veggies
•              2 large eggs
•              2 tablespoons soy sauce
•              2 tablespoons canola oil
•              1 teaspoon oyster sauce
•              1 tablespoon rice cooking wine
•              1 tablespoon Lawry's teriyaki w/ pineapple juice
•              1 tablespoon minced garlic

Directions

1)    Cook rice and store in the fridge overnight or for at least 4-5 hours before cooking.

2)    Cut chicken into 1/4 inch pieces; place in a resealable plastic bag. Add 1 tablespoon of Lawry's Teriyaki with Pineapple Juice. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3)    In a large skillet or wok, heat 1 tablespoon of canola oil with 1 tablespoon of minced garlic until brown; stir-fry chicken until no longer pink, about 3-5 minutes. Add veggies cooking until brown.

4)    While stir-frying the chicken and veggies add 1 tablespoon of canola oil to the rice in a large skillet or wok; shape the rice in the pan into a shape of a donut; crack one egg into the center of the hole and mix; repeat again for the 2nd egg.

5)    Once the eggs are cooked mix the chicken and veggies with the rice; Add of rice cooking wine, oyster sauce, and of soy sauce.  Mix in at medium heat until thoroughly mixed.

6)    Enjoy!

Results

Price

Chicken: $4.00               Canola Oil: $0.03

Veggies: $0.86               Lawry's:     $0.27

Rice:      $0.35               Oyster:      $0.07

Eggs:     $0.27               Soy:          $0.28

Wine:     $0.16

                             Total: $5.29

*Price is adjusted for portion used