Thursday, March 13, 2008

Chicken Ravioli with Thai Peanut Sauce

This is a FAST and EASY recipe. Dane and I had this at a restaurant in San Diego called Lotsa Pasta. It was so yummy that I found a recipe when I got home and we had it last night.

Buy Chicken Ravioli in the refrigerated food section of Sam's Club. It is NOT in the freezers. Make that according to the directions and top with Thai Peanut Sauce.

Thai Peanut Sauce: This is from www.epicurean.com

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1/4 c scallions, finely chopped (I used about 1 Tbsp. dehydrated onion)
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 Tbsp ginger root, freshly grated (I used about 1 tsp. ginger powder)
1 c water
1/2 c peanut butter (they recommended natural)
1/4 c soy sauce
1/4 c rice vinegar
3 Tbsp. firmly packed brown sugar
1-2 dashes dried hot red pepper flakes

Directions: In a saucepan, heat oil with moderate heat until hot. Saute scallions, garlic and ginger for about a minute. Stir in rest of ingredients and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly until the mixture is smooth. If leftover sauce is too thick add a little water while warming. At the restaurant they grated a little fresh carrot into the sauce. Do this just before serving.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Thai Chicken Pizza

My friend gave me this recipe so I made them last night and YUMMO!

4 whole wheat tortillas
peanut sauce (I buy mine at walmart)
2 C copped cooked chicken
1 green pepper, copped and sauted
1 red pepper, copped and sauted (I left this out, too expensive now)
1/2 C grated carrots
grated mozarella cheese

Preheat oven to 375. Now Bake 4 whole wheat tortillas for 3 minutes on a cookie sheet. Next, spread 1-2 T of Peanut sauce over each tortilla. Now sprinkle each tortilla with chicken, red and green peppers, onions, grated carrots and mozzarella cheese. Bake 10-12 minutes.