Pork with Apple-Curry Sauce

My dad uses this sauce on occasion for pork.

Cubed pork (or use as a sauce to top slices of pork roast)
1 cup milk
2 tsp yellow curry powder
2 Tbsp butter or margarine
2 cups chopped apples (2 medium apples or 1 large apple)
1/3 cup finely-chopped onion
2 Tbsp flour

In a saucepan, cook and stir curry powder in butter for 1 minute. Stir in apples and onion. Cook, covered until apples and onion are tender. Stir in flour. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes more. Add salt and pepper, if desired. Spoon sauce over slice of roast or add cubed pork until heated. If the sauce gets too thick, warm some apple sauce and add it to the sauce for thinning.

Serve over rice or noodles.

Pad Thai

This is the Pad Thai recipe my friend Emily and I used to make. It can be made with meat or with a meatless option by using tofu.

1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
3 - 4 cloves garlic, minced
1 - 2 red or green chilis, finely sliced or 1 - 2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp grated ginger or 1/2 tsp ginger spice
2 eggs, whisked together
9 oz Pad Thai rice noodles
2 - 3 Tbsp peanut oil
4 green onions, sliced, separate the white parts from the green parts
Choice of protein: tofu, cubed;1 chicken breast, cut into small pieces; thinly sliced pork or beef cut into pieces; medium raw, shelled and deveined shrimp (at least 12)

Items to garnish:
Green parts of green onion, sliced
1/3 cup peanuts, chopped
2 - 3 cups fresh bean sprouts
Lime wedges

Sauce:
1/3 c chicken broth
3 Tbsp rice vinegar
1 Tbsp lime juice
3 - 4 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tbsp Fish sauce
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/8 tsp white pepper

Chop meat and toss with soy sauce. Set aside. Bring large pot of water to boil. Put in rice noodles and turn off heat. Let sit for 6 minutes. Drain (should be undercooked). Rinse with cold water to keep from sticking. Combine sauce ingredients. Set aside.

Heat large pan or wok to medium-high heat. Saute the following in peanut oil: garlic, chilis, ginger, white parts of green onion. Stir fry for 1 minute. Add meat and saute for 2 - 3 minutes. Add 1 Tbsp sauce mixture so it doesn't get dry.

Push ingredients to side of pan. Add additional oil if necessary. Add eggs and scramble.  Add noodles and 3 to 4 Tbsp of sauce. Stir fry, adding sauce until noodles are chewy and sticky (about 8 to 10 minutes).

Remove from heat. Fold in bean sprouts or garnish with sprouts. Also garnish with green onions, peanuts and juice from lime wedges. Enjoy!

Grilled Turkey Breasts

This recipe came from my aunt. She made this a couple times when I lived with her in Jackson Hole for the summer.

1 part oil
1 part soy sauce
2 parts 7up
Garlic salt or powder, to taste
Turkey breasts

Mix oil, soy sauce, 7up, and garlic salt in bowl. Add turkey breasts to marinate overnight. Cover bowl with wrap or a lid.

Grill on medium heat on each side until turkey breasts are cooked through.

Baked Chicken Wings

2 dozen chicken wings

1 cup flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp chili powder (optional)

Mix dry ingredients. Coat chicken wings with mixture. Bake on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper for 45 minutes at 425 degrees Fahrenheit, flipping the chicken over halfway through. Bake until crispy. If wanting to sauce the wings, brush the chicken wings with sauce and bake at 500 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 to 10 additional minutes.

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Honey BBQ Sauce:

1 cup BBQ sauce

1/2 cup honey

Heat together in saucepan until well blended.

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Teriyaki Sauce:

1/2 cup soy sauce

2 Tbsp honey

2 Tbsp brown sugar

1 Tbsp sesame seeds

Heat together in saucepan until well blended.

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Honey Garlic Sauce:

1 Tbsp butter

1 Tbsp garlic, minced

1 Tbsp ginger

1/2 cup soy sauce

5 Tbsp honey

1 Tbsp brown sugar

1 tsp sesame seeds

Sliced scallions or green onions

Heat together in saucepan until well blended.

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Amazing Wing Sauce:

2 parts brown sugar

1 part Frank's Hot Sauce

Bring to boil in saucepan and then simmer until brown sugar is well-incorporated. Allow to cool for better consistency before using.

Apricot Ginger Chicken

This recipe is one that my sister Banana used to make. I think it's tasty!

3 chicken breasts, cubed
1 medium onion, sliced into large wedge pieces
2 garlic cloves, diced
2 14 oz cans apricots
1/2 to 1 tsp ginger powder or fresh ginger
Salt, to taste
Cooking oil

Drain and rinse apricots. Combine with ginger and salt in blender. Puree until sauce is smooth, adding water to desired consistency. Take deep frying pan with lid and coat the bottom with oil. Add onions & cook on medium until starting to brown. Add chicken and garlic. Stir fry until chicken is cooked on the outside. Pour apricot sauce over the chicken. Cover and simmer for about five minutes or until chicken is fully cooked. Serve over rice.

Bacon-wrapped Chicken

This is a recipe I got from one of my former roommates. I love this recipe and make it regularly.

Chicken breasts, flattened or butterflied
Cream cheese
Salt
Pepper
Chives
Bacon

Flatten chicken with a meat tenderizer. If desiring smaller pieces of chicken, fillet each chicken breast into two pieces and tenderize. Add a pat of cream cheese on one end of the piece of chicken. Salt and pepper the chicken. Add chives, as well. Roll up the chicken so that the cream cheese is in the middle of the piece of chicken. Wrap the chicken roll with a piece of bacon.

Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 - 40 minutes until juices run clear, then broil until the bacon is crispy.

Applesauce Curry Pork Chops

These are the applesauce curry pork chops my dad taught me how to make! It's one of the only ways I like applesauce.

1 Tbsp oil
2 - 3 pork chops
1/2 can applesauce
1/2 tsp yellow curry powder or to taste

Add oil to pan with lid. Brown pork chops at a medium high heat in pan, Cover pan with a teeny bit of water to steam with lid on for 10 - 15 minutes. Add 1/2 can applesauce and curry powder. Heat for an additional 15 minutes. Serve and enjoy!