Chef Lyons Recipes Of The Week

Last Updated: AUG 10,2001


Recipes Of The Week
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 Fried Cheese Sticks 
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 Curried Spinach Salad 
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 Amaretto Chicken 
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 Green Beans Supreme 
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 Key Lime Pie 
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Cooking Tip:

To test the doneness of cakes, brownies, and pies, check them at the minimum baking time. If a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean cake, brownies, or pie is done.

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Fried Cheese Sticks

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      Title: Fried Cheese Sticks
 Categories: Appetizers
      Yield: 24 sticks
 
     12 oz Cheddar or Jack Cheese
    1/4 c  All-Purpose Flour
      1    Egg, well beaten
      1 c  Saltine Cracker Crumbs
      8 c  Oil, for frying
 
  Cut cheese into 1/2-inch sticks. Dip 
  each cheese stick in flour, then 
  in egg, then in cracker crumbs, 
  coating all sides. Freeze in a single 
  layer on a baking sheet 1 1/2 to 2 
  hours. Pour oil into a 5-quart deep 
  fryer or heavy Dutch oven. Fryer 
  should be about half full of oil. 
  Preheat oil to 375F degrees. Fry 
  cheese pieces, 6 at a time, in hot 
  oil 30 to 45 seconds or until lightly  
  browned. Remove from oil with a 
  slotted spoon and drain on paper 
  towels. Serve hot.
 
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Cooking Tip:

To grate Parmesan cheese, move the wedge of Parmesan cheese up and down over the small holes on a grater until you have enough grated cheese for the recipe.

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Curried Spinach Salad

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      Title: Curried Spinach Salad
 Categories: Salads
      Yield: 4 servings

    2/3 c  Oil
    1/2 c  Maple-flavored syrup
    1/2 c  Cider vinegar
      1 tb Instant minced onion
      1 ts Curry powder
      1 ts Prepared mustard
    1/4 ts Salt 
      2    Chicken breasts; raw, whole,
           -cut into thin strips
      2 tb Oil
      2 tb Soy sauce
      6 c  Spinach; torn
      1 c  Apple; tart, chopped
    1/4 c  Peanuts
    1/4 c  Raisins
 
  Combine first seven ingredients in a 
  blender and blend 15 seconds. 
  Chill 4 hours or overnight.

  Saute chicken in oil after marinating 
  in soy sauce. Drain and chill 4
  hours or overnight.
    
  Combine spinach with 1 cup dressing 
  and toss. Divide onto 4 plates. 
  Divide chicken, apple, peanuts, raisins 
  and place on top of spinach. 
 
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Cooking Tip:

When buying broccoli, choose deep green bunches with tightly closed buds and crisp leaves. Store broccoli, tightly wrapped, in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

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Amaretto Chicken

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      Title: Amaretto Chicken
 Categories: Poultry, Main dish
      Yield: 8 servings
 
      5    Boned Chicken Breasts
      3 tb Flour
  1 1/2 ts Salt
  1 1/2 ts Ground Pepper
      2 ts Paprika
      1 tb Vegetable Oil
      3 tb Butter
  1 1/2 tb Dijon Mustard
      1 cn Frozen Orange Juice
      1 c  Amaretto
 
  Mix the can of frozen orange juice 
  with a half can of water. Preheat oven
  to 350 degrees. Combine flour, salt, 
  pepper, paprika and garlic salt. Coat
  chicken with this mixture. Heat oil 
  and butter in skillet and saute chicken
  until brown. Remove and put in 
  casserole. To skillet, add mustard, orange
  juice and Amaretto. Increase heat 
  and boil, stirring constantly, until
  thick. Pour sauce over chicken and 
  bake, covered, for 45 minutes.
 
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Cooking Tip:

To make carrot curls, use a vegetable peeler and cut cleaned carrot into strips the length of the carrot. Twirl strips into curls; fasten with wooden picks. Let stand in ice water until ready to use. Remove wooden picks.

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Green Beans Supreme

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      Title: Green Beans Supreme
 Categories: Side dish, Vegetables
      Yield: 6 servings
 
      1 lb Green beans; fresh, trimmed
      1 c  Water
    1/2 lb Fresh Mushrooms, sliced
      3 tb Butter
    1/2 c  Chopped Ham
      1 ds Nutmeg
    1/4 c  Grated Parmesan Cheese
    1/2 ts Salt
      2 tb Butter
      1 c  Heavy cream
      1    Egg
      1    Lemon; juice of
           Salt; to taste
           Pepper; to taste
 
  Cook green beans in salted water using 
  the 1/2 teaspoon salt in covered pot
  until crisp tender. Drain. In skillet, 
  saute sliced mushrooms in 2
  tablespoons butter.  Add mushrooms 
  to green beans using slotted spoon. Add
  3 tablespoons butter and cream to beans 
  and cook, uncovered, on low heat
  until absorbed.  In a small bowl, beat 
  egg, nutmeg, lemon juice and grated
  parmesan cheese.  Stir ham into green 
  beans and mushrooms and heat through.
  Mix egg mixture in and remove form heat.
 
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Cooking Tip:

To make citrus twists, use a sharp knife to cut an orange, lemon or lime into thin slices. Cut slit through slices to centers. Twist slices from slits in opposite directions to form twists.

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Key Lime Pie

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      Title: Key Lime Pie
 Categories: Pies, Desserts
      Yield: 8 servings
 
      1 pk (8-serving) Lime Gelatin
      2 c  Boiling water
      2 ts Grated lime peel
    1/4 c  Lime juice
      1 pt Vanilla ice cream, softened
      1    Packaged Graham Cracker
           Crumb Crust
           Cool Whip Topping, thawed
 
  Completely dissolve gelatin in boiling 
  water. Add lime peel and juice.
  Spoon in ice-cream, stirring until 
  melted and smooth. Chill until mixture
  will mound from spoon. Spoon gelatin 
  mixture into crust. Chill until firm,
  about 2 hours. Garnish with whipped 
  topping, if desired.
 
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