How to Make: "Chicken Alfredo Lasagna"

Today I made a very yummy and mouth explosion of tastiness! I'm in Montana at my parents place and they are out of town so I decided to cook for my friends, one, which is prego so you know I gotta come with the goods for her.

I decided I'd go with a yummy creamy "Chicken Alfredo Lasagna w/ Spinach." I figure I'd take two things I really love and combine for some awesome tastiness explosion.

It turned out really yummy and made everyone very happy. For the video I was in a electro mood when I made it so the sound track is provided by "Deadmau5" and I ended with a little "Of Monsters and Men," to give you 3 viewers a preview of the next soundtrack artist. Enjoy and I hope you make it!

Recipe:

For the Alfredo Sauce:

8 oz Cream Cheese (1 Pack)

1 cup Half and Half

3/4 grated Parmesan Cheese

1 Stick of Butter

3 Garlic Cloves or Tbsp of Garlic Powder

1 Tbsp Black Pepper

1 Teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon Chili or Cayenne Pepper

1 cup chopped Spinach

1 Chicken Breast

 

Directions for Alfredo Sauce:

  

Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Add half and half , a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Stir in Parmesan and pepper. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency. Sauce will thicken rapidly, thin with milk if cooked too long. 

Add Chopped Spinach, and then cooked Chicken Chopped Breast

For the rest of the lasagna:

• 1 package of noodles (should be around a pound in weight)
• 1 lb. mozzarella
• 1/2 lb. good quality parmesan
• 1 lb. ricotta cheese

Hardware:

• large sauce pan or dutch oven to make sauce in
• 13x9 baking dish
• large pot for boiling pasta

Finishing the Lasagna:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Make sure your cheeses, noodles and sauce are all within easy reach.

Ladle just enough sauce to cover the bottom of the pan with liquid. Then place four noodles on top of the sauce, slightly overlapping. If they're broken, piece them together as much as possible. Spread 1/4 of the ricotta over the noodles, and then 1/4 of the mozzarella and 1/4 of the parmesan.

Now you'll put more sauce over the cheese and then noodles, and ricotta, etc. You repeat the basic build three times.

On the fourth and final level, do ricotta cheese, then the rest of the sauce, topped with the rest of the cheese.

Now bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. Let rest for at least 5 minutes 

How to Make: Korean Glass Noodles (PSY-Gentleman Parody Video)

Hello Noodle Lovers.....

So today I decided to change things up a little bit. I was going to originally going to make a "pasta," in order to keep with the weekly rotation between Italian and Asian Inspired Noodles........however I went with Asian again this time.......Because....PSY (Gangnam Style) came out with a new single over the weekend called, "Gentleman." So I thought it would be funny to make a video to the song and of course I had to make Korean Noodles, so that lead me to make "Korean Glass Noodles" aka Jae Cha.

It was another Vermicelli Noodle dish, but this was is super super easy to make from scratch. Prep time was less then 10 mins, and requires very little ingredients.

I had fun making the video....I got my neighbor with crazy red hair to be in the video...she was just walking by and I happen to be shooting outside and I just asked her. Never met her before. lol She was an awesome sport.

Here is the video so enjoy!!!! Recipe is below


Recipe:

- 1 Pkg Korean Glass Noodles-1/2 cup Soy Sauce
-1/4 cup Brown Sugar
-1/2 cup boiling Water
-3 TBSP Vegetable Oil
-1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

Directions

1. Break the vermicelli into small pieces and place in a deep-sided dish. Cover with hot tap water and soak for ten minutes; drain.
2. Whisk together the soy sauce, brown sugar, and boiling water; pour over the drained noodles; allow to soak 2 minutes.
3. Pour the vegetable oil into a skillet and place over medium heat. Add the noodles and soy sauce mixture to the skillet and cook and stir until hot, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the noodles just before serving.

How to Make: "Vietnamese Vermicelli Noodle Bowl"

So today I wanted to make something on the healthier side of things. I'm usually a big fan of Pho (Vietnamese Noodle Soup) but sometimes I like to get the Vermicelli Noodle Bowl...its served cold and very refreshing and not so heavy like most noodle dishes.

When I was making the video you could definitely tell I was in a early 2000's kind of mood with a little Electro music feel. Probably because I had just got done playing Basketball and I was very tired so I needed some music to get me pumped up.

Anyways, Vermicelli Noodles are a rice noodle and this dish is served mostly cold-ish. It has a very fresh feel to it and is a good dish to take to work with you. Less then $20 for all the ingredients.

Watch and Enjoy!

Recipe:

For the Sauce:

-2 Cups of water
 -Fresh Lemons (2-3)
-1/2 TBSP of Soy Sauce
-1/2 TBSp Salt
-2 TBSP of sugar

-1 Chicken Breast
-Cilantro (chopped)
-Green Leaf Lettuce (chopped)
-Fresh Mint (chopped)
-Vermicelli Noodles
-1 Cucumber (peel and chopped)
-2 Minced Garlic
-1/2 Half Minced Onion
-1 TBSP Black Pepper


For the Sauce:

Boil Water, then add all the ingredients (check for taste) let simmer for 10-15 mins

For Chicken:

Add TBSP of oil, add minced Garlic and Onion, let cook for about 2 mins, then add chicken breast. Let Chicken cook on top of the garlic and onion for about 4-5 mins and turn over.  Add Black Pepper and 1 Tbsp of soy sauce and a dash of salt and sugar to taste. Cook until chicken is fully cooked.

Boil Noodles as directed on Package...then drain and rinse under cold water and then drain.

Serve with Noodles on the bottom, with veggies on top and finally adding the grilled chicken on the veggies.....finish with a little fresh mint and the special sauce...and serve!!!!

How To Make: "French Red Wine Sauce w/ Seared Steak & Thin Pasta"

I am no master chef when it comes to French food, but when I went to San Francisco earlier this year to watch a football game....I decided to try some French Cuisine. It was so so yummy. I had never had French wine before either, and it was amazing!!!!

I found this wonderful little romantic French place in the North Beach area and it was like I was in another world.

Anyways, doing some thinking back to that wonderful time had inspired me to make this dish..."French Red Wine Sauce w/ Seared Steak and Thin Pasta." Although its not really French Cuisine, the wine used is a Bordeaux which is a French Red Wine and has great flavor and really brings out things in cooking. Close enough to French right?

It's a great dish if you want to feel classy and do it for no more then $20 if you do it right. Enjoy the video and I hope you try and cook it!!!!

The Recipe: French Red Wine Sauce w/ Seared Steak & Thin Pasta

Ingredients:

-1 cup of Bordeaux (French Red Wine)
 -1/2 diced Onion
-4 Cloves of Garlic (2 diced, 2 smashed) 
-1 Tbsp of Rosemary
-2 Tbsp of Oregano
-2 Bay Leaves
-1 lbs of Steak (I used Rib eye)
-1 tbsp of Olive oil
-1/2 tbsp of black pepper
-dash of salt ans chili powder

-1 Can of Tomato Sauce
-1 Can of Diced Tomato
-half pack of Thin Pasta
-Chopped Mushrooms (1/2 pack)
-1 diced Shallot
-1 Tbsp of Dried Basil
-Fresh Parmesan Cheese

Cooking:

 After prepping all the veggies and meat  etc....

-in Sauce pan,  add Olive Oil, Smashed Garlic, cans of tomato sauce and diced tomato, bay leaves, rosemary, black pepper, salt, chili powder, garlic, onion and shallot and Bordeaux (red wine)....let it simmer for about 6-8 mins covered.

-Place noodles in boiling water, let it cook for half the time recommended on the package. You want soft but still a little hard on the inside.

-While everything else is cooking, in another pan, turn stove on high, add steak cuts, sear it until just a little brown on the outside.

-Once noodles and steak are half cooked place them in the with the sauce....add a dash of sugar and Bordeaux and let simmer on low for about 10 mins covered...and bam....you're done!