Italian Chicken Roll Ups

 

These are supper easy and go great with pasta.

 There is what you need some chicken breasts, 1 cup of ricotta, panko bread crumbs, 1 cup of mozzarella, a couple tablespoons of Italian seasoning,  melted butter, and basil leaves

 Pound meat to about 1/2 inch thick

Mix Italian, garlic, and a little salt and pepper with ricotta

 Place a couple basil leaves on each peace of chicken

 Smear about a tablespoon of ricotta mixture on top

 Sprinkle on the mozzarella

 Roll up

 Roll in melted butter

 Roll in Panko bread crumbs

 Bake at 350 for about 30 min until chicken is done and bread crumbs are turning golden

Serve with dipping sauce

Triple Chocolate Cookies

 These are so yummy and not too hard.

• 3ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 1/2cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 7tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 2teaspoons instant coffee
• 2teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1cup sugar
• 1/2cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2teaspoon table salt
• 1 1/2cups semisweet chocolate chips

 Melt butter unsweetened chocolate and 1 1/2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips in a double boiler

 Stir constantly until smooth

Remove from heat

 Mix vanilla and coffee together

 Beat eggs and sugar together for about 4 min on medium high speed until pale yellow

Add in vanilla coffee mixture

 Slowly beat chocolate mixture

 Mix dry ingredients together

 Fold in chocolate batter

 Add remaining chocolate chips

 Let cool for 30 min at room temperature so they are thick enough to scoop

 Scoop onto baking sheets and bake at 350 for 12 min unto glossy and slightly cracked on top

Chicken Tikka Masala

 

This is an Indian dish but it originated in London.

 Here is what you need for the spice rub. 1/2 t cumin, 1/2 t coriander, 1/4 t cayenne, 1 t salt. Mix the spices together and rub on chicken breasts and then refrigerate for at least 30 min.  I did mine in the morning and then it was already for dinner that night.

  




 
 Now for the yogurt dip. Take a cup of whole milk yogurt (you can use low fat but whole milk turns out better), 2 T of vegetable oil, 2 med cloves of garlic pressed, 1 T of fresh ginger grated. I made this ahead too.

 Dip chicken in yogurt mixture and place on a rack on a baking sheet
Place under broiler until done with some browning.  It can be any where from 10 to 15 min depending on your oven

 

 Roughly chop chicken when done and add to sauce.  I made my chicken in the evening and sauce a head of time and reheated the sauce while I cooked the chicken and rice.


Now for he sauce: 1 cup of chopped onion, 3-4 cloves of pressed garlic, 2 t fresh ginger grated, 1 Serrano chile, 1 T tomato paste, 1 T garam masala (my store didnt have it so I substituted 2 teaspoons ground coriander, 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper for the garam masala , 1 can of crushed or pureed tomatoes, 2 t sugar, 1/2 t slat, 2/3 cup heavy cream,, fresh cilantro

 

Heat vegetable oil in a sauce pan

Add onion

 

 Add garkuc

 add ginger and cook for a few min

 ROughly chop chiles.  THey look like skiney jalapenos.  If you like a little heat leave seeds and membranes in if not remove them

 Saute until tender

 Add spices

 add tomato paste

 Cook for a min to give the flavors a chance to bloom

 Add sugar and salt

 Add tomatoes and simmer for 15 min

 When done simmer add heavy cream

    Stir in chicken when sauce is hot if you reheated it

 

Roughly chop some cilantro for garnish

 

Serve over rice