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Grilled Lemon-Basil Chicken, Grilled Portabella & Grilled Garlic Bread

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Grilled Lemon-Basil Chicken, Grilled Portabella & Grilled Garlic Bread

Grilled Lemon-Basil Chicken, Grilled Portabella & Grilled Garlic Bread

Ingredients

  • boneless skinless chicken breasts- 3-4lbs (6-7 trimmed breasts)
  • lemon- 1, sliced in half
  • basil, fresh- 1 bundle
  • portabella mushrooms, large- 4
  • bakery french bread- 1 loaf, sliced in half length-wise
  • STAPLES
    Chicken:
  • olive oil- ¼ cup
  • minced garlic- 1 tbspn
  • Montreal Steak Seasoning- 1 tablespoon (or 1 teaspoon each salt & pepper)
  • Portabella:
  • balsamic vinegar- ¼ cup
  • olive oil- 3 tbspns
  • crushed red pepper
  • black pepper
  • Bread:
  • butter- 4 tbspns
  • olive oil- 4 tbspns
  • minced garlic- 1 tbspn

Instructions

    For best results,marinate chicken and portabella ahead of time, 2-3 hours to overnight
    Chicken Marinade:
  1. Chop basil.
  2. In a mixing bowl combine chopped basil, olive oil, juice squeezed from lemon, garlic and seasoning.
  3. Place chicken in large zip-top baggie or shallow baking dish.
  4. Cover with marinade and seal or cover to store in the refrigerator to marinate.
  5. Portabella
  6. In same mixing bowl combine vinegar, olive oil, red pepper and black pepper.
  7. Place portabella in quart-size zip-top baggie or storage container, cover with marinade and seal or cover to store in the refrigerator to marinate.
  8. DINNER TIME:
    Chicken and Portabella:
  9. Grill chicken and portabella on outdoor or indoor grill, turning once, until cooked thoroughly.
  10. Chicken will take approximately 15 minutes and portabella will take approximately 7 minutes.
  11. Bread
  12. Melt butter in microwave-safe dish or measuring cup in microwave, approximately 23 seconds.
  13. Add olive oil and mix well.
  14. Brush mixture onto bread.
  15. Grill butter-side down until brown, approximately 1-2 minutes.
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Bangers and Mash with New Castle Gravy

Bangers and Mash with New Castle Gravy

Bangers and Mash with New Castle Gravy

Ingredients

  • pork or beef sausage links- 5-6
  • prepared mashed potatoes- 4 cups Homemade Mashed Potatoes
  • New Castle Beer- 1 bottle
  • beef broth- 1 cup
  • STAPLES
  • vegetable oil- 3 tablespoons
  • butter- 3 tablespoons

Instructions

  1. saute sausage in heated oil until brown on both sides (don't worry about cooking through)
  2. heat oven to 350 degrees F
  3. transfer mashed potatoes to casserole dish
  4. lay browned sausages into mashed potatoes
  5. bake sausages and potatoes until hot and bubbly, approximately 25 minutes
  6. in the same pan used to brown sausage, melt butter
  7. add beer and broth to boil over medium-high until reduced by about half, approximately 24 minutes
  8. serve sausage and potatoes drizzled with gravy
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Bangers and Mash Recipe

New Castle Beer

bangers and mash recipe

brown sausage

 

transfer mashed potatoes to baking dish

 

arrange sausages onto potatoes

 

bake for 25 minutes

 

melt butter

 

add beer and broth

 

boil until reduced by half

 

drizzle gravy over sausage and potatoes

 

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Slow Cooker Jambalaya

Slow Cooker Jambalaya with Brown Rice

Slow Cooker Jambalaya with Brown Rice

Ingredients

  • 1. boneless skinless chicken breast- 1 lb, diced
  • 2. andouille sausage- 1 lb, diced
  • 3. onion, white- 1 peeled and minced
  • 4. green bell pepper- 1, deseeded and diced fine
  • 5. celery- 4 leafy stalks, diced fine including leaves
  • 6. diced tomatoes- 1 14oz. can
  • 7. chicken broth- 1 14oz. can
  • 8. brown rice- 1½ cups
  • 9. Tabasco or Louisiana hot sauce- 2 tbspns
  • STAPLES:
  • 10. oregano, basil, thyme- 1 tspn each
  • 11. garlic & onion powder- 1 tspn each
  • 12. chili powder & paprika- 1 tspn each
  • 13. Worcestershire sauce- 2 tbspns

Instructions

    Tip: Take about a third of the diced onion, bell pepper and celery and store in an airtight container to use later on in the week for Red Beans & Rice
  1. Place all remaining ingredients in slow cooker
  2. Add three cups of water
  3. Cook on High for at least six hours
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What’s For Dinner This Week- “Spooktacular”

If you’re a subscriber to The Organized Cook Weekly Meal Plan System, we have something “Spooktacular” for your family dinner menu this week:

MONDAY:

Ghostly White Turkey Chili

Day 1: Ghostly White Turkey Chili

 

TUESDAY:

Day 2: Candy Apple Pork Chops with Easy Rice Pilaf

 

WEDNESDAY:

Graveyard Chicken

Day 3: Graveyard Chicken over Penne Pasta

 

THURSDAY:

leftover chicken recipe

Day 4: Day 4: Cilantro Green Chile Pork Penne

 

FRIDAY:

quesadilla bar

Day 5: Quesadilla Bar

 

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Our video from this Weekly Meal Plan is for our Candy Apple Pork Chops:

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