Orange Chicken

This recipe is SO simple and SO good! Its one of those meals that makes everyone speechless. You know...when its so good nobody says a word because all they can think about it eating more!

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• 1 c. Barbecue sauce (Sweet Baby Rays)
• 1 c. Sweet Orange Marmalade
• 2 1/2 T. Soy Sauce
• 1/4 t. Ginger
• 1/2 t. Garlic Salt
• Popcorn Chicken

To keep this recipe reaaallllyyy simple buy frozen popcorn chicken. Cook chicken according to directions. While chicken is cooking, combine BBQ sauce, marmalade, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic salt in a small sauce pan. Stir and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Pour sauce over chicken and toss until chicken is evenly coated. Serve atop rice.

Easy Fried Rice

•  3 c. cooked white rice
• 3T. Sesame Oil
• 1 c. frozen peas and carrots, thawed
• 2 t. minced garlic
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/4 c. Soy sauce

On medium high heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok.  Add the peas/carrots, and garlic.  Stir fry until tender.  Lower the heat to medium low and push the mixture off to one side in the skillet, then pour your eggs on the other side of the skillet and stir fry until scrambled. Add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together.  Stir fry until heated thoroughly.

Oriental Beef Stir-fry

• 1 lb. sirloin steak, cut 1 in. thick
• 1 16 oz. pkg. frozen oriental style veggies
• 2 3 oz. pkgs. low fat beef flavored ramen noodles, crumbled
• 1/2 c. low sodium Teriyaki sauce
• 1 1/2 c. water

 Cut beef across the grain into 1/8 in. thick strips.  Coat a large non-stick skillet or wok with cooking spray.  Heat over medium-high heat.  Stir-fry steak strips until no longer pink, about 3-4 minutes.  Remove to warm platter.

To same skillet, add water, teriyaki sauce, crumbled ramen noodles and contents of one seasoning package.  Cover and cook over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes or until noodles soften.

Add frozen vegetables, cover and cook until vegetables are heated through and noodles are tender.

Stir in cooked beef and heat thoroughly.  Serve immediately over rice.

{This is one of my absolute favorite recipes! I picked it up in my high school foods class and have been making it every since.  I always look forward to the left overs the next day for lunch.  It's so simple and is so tasty, not to mention not too bad for you either.}

Crockpot Orange Chicken

Found this recipe on Pinterest

• Boneless chicken breasts, chopped into small chunks
• 1/3 c. flour
• Olive Oil
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 t. Balsamic Vinegar
• 3 T. Ketchup
• 4-6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate (thaw or put in microwave for 45 seconds)
• 4 T. brown sugar

In a small bowl, mix together orange juice, salt, brown sugar, vinegar and ketchup.  In another small bowl, pour the  flour. Cover the chicken breast chunks in the flour and shake off excess. Pour a small amount of oil in a skillet and brown the chicken. The chicken only needs to be browned not cooked all the way through at it will continue to cook in the crockpot.  Overcooking with make dry chicken.  After the chicken is done being browned dump them into a crockpot. Then pour sauce mixture over top giving it a good stir.  Cook on low for 4-5 hours or on high for 11/2-2 hours. Serve over rice.