Lemon Chicken

Living in Hawaii, when I hear lemon chicken I automatically think of L&L's. Oh how I miss L&L's. They way they prepare it is different. I think they use deboned chicken w/skin thats flattened. This is my cheat version of it. I always tend to find ways to make it simple and faster but taste ALMOST alike.

The one thing I love bout lemon chicken from L&L's is how they have the sauce on the side and I love the sauce all over my rice, mac salad and of course chicken. My younger brother can't eat it like that. He needs to dip each chicken. YUCK. I like to have mines allllllll soaked up with goodness. LOL. 

So here is my cheat way of making L&L's Lemon Chicken.

 

Things you will need:

- 10 to 12 pieces of chicken breast tenders

- 1 Egg

- 2 pkgs of Mr. Lums Lemon Chicken Sauce

- Oil for frying

- Cornstarch for dusting chicken

 

NOT IN PICTURE

- pepper

- Lawry's season salt

 

The first thing I did was get your pan of oil for deep frying warmed up. Make sure it's hot enough but not too hot where you burn your chicken on the outside but not cooked all the way inside. I had my stovetop at medium-high. And also rinse and clean chicken before anything else!!!

 

Next get a big bowl and crack the egg. Seasoned it with pepper and Lawry's season salt. Add the chicken and let it soak for 5 to 10 mins while the oil is getting heated up.

 

 

Get your constarch ready. I don't know how much I use. I just normally put it on a paper plate. Just eyeball it more or less based on how many chicken you are using. Dip chicken.

Once oil is good and ready...Place chicken in. I put about 4 pieces in. You don't want to overcrowd your chicken. You want them to cook evenly. Cook it til it is light brown or golden color.

It should look like this. Drain them on a paper towl lined paper plate =) Whooa, try saying that 5 times LOL. Once all the chicken are fried up and on the paper plate empty out the oil in the pan, wash it, and put it back on the stove. Heat up bout 2 Tbs of oil for the sauce.

Add the 2 pkgs of the lemon chicken sauce to the heated 2 Tbs of oil. It should look like this.

Once heated add the chicken tenders. Ohhhh looks so yummyyyy!!

 

 

Mix chicken and sauce til well coated. The chicken should soak up the sauce. If you like it saucey, use 3 pkgs of that lemon chicken sauce.

 

DINNER IS SERVED!!

Always served w/2 scoops rice and 1 scoop mac salad!!! Hope you guys found this recipe simple and easy to do. Again, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to comment me and I will get back to you asap. ENJOY.

xoxo,

Crisel

 

INTRODUCTION

Hi everyone. My name is Crisel. I love to cook. But with 3 kids and a hungry husband who loves to eat I don't have all the time in the world to make a 5 star meal everyday. I like cooking semi homemade dishes and having them taste like I slaved in the kitchen for hours in a day. All of the recipes that are on this blog are either from a website or someone had given the recipe to me or it's a family recipe and i tweaked it to my tasting. Another bad thing about me is that I don't measure...so ill try my best to get the right measurement for yall. I hope you enjoy my recipes and if you have any request please comment below or email me at misscrisel@gmaikl.com. Thanks a lot guys and let's get cookin'

Aloha,
Crisel

Soft Tacos

Soft tacos/burritos are my go to meal when I am lazy to cook but still want a great tasting meal. I love hard tacos but I don't like the packaged shells for some reason. My husband lovessss soft tacos so this recipe is loved at our house. I say taco/burritos cuz I wrap it like a burrito. LOL!! Because I don't want none of the goodness to fall out aha!

Things that I used:

- Taco Bell Seasoning Mix (Not in picture)

- 1 lb lean ground beef

- 3/4 cup water

- Shreaded cheese (I used mild cheeder)

- 1/4 of a large lettuce

-1 large tomato

- sour cream

- Chi Chi Tortillia

- Salsa (Not in picture)

- 1/4 onion chopped (optional)

 

First thing that you will have to do is ground your beef. Growing up my mother told me that when cooking ground beef to add garlic and onion. Of course adding garlic to this recipe would change the taste so I just added onion. Plus I LOVE ONIONS!!!

 

After you have browned your beef and drained it you add the Taco Bell Seasoning Mix and 3/4 cups of water. Mix well and simmer for 10 minutes.

 

After 10 minutes of simmering it should look like this. There shouldn't be any water left. It smells so good!

I always warm up my tortilla for 20 seconds in the microwave to get it all soft and easy to wrap. You build your taco however you want. I did beef, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and sour cream! Oh so yummy.

 

I wrap mines like a burrito LOL so should I change my title to a Quick & Easy Burrito Style Taco? Haha!! I had put my salsa on the side!!!

DINNER IS SERVED!

I took a couple bites and I am full. It's so filling that it was hard for me to finish 1 taco burrito HAHA! Hope y'all enjoy this quick recipe!!! Come visit me for more tasty delicious recipes.

xoxo,
Crisel

 

 

Hawaiian Style Macaroni Salad

There are so many different variations of making macaroni salad. This recipe that I made is the simple version. You can be creative and add shredded crab or tuna. You can also add boiled eggs and boiled potatos, relish, celery, peas, watercress...whatever your heart desires. But again, this is the simple version. This mac salad is served at most restaurants in hawaii. Hawaii is know for double starching with rice, mac salad and your entree. LOL, love it!!!

* Here is what you will need *

- Best Foods Mayo (Pls don't substitute. This is a must) 1 cup or more

- 2 cups of Elbow Macaroni

- 1/2 of a carrot or more, grated

-1/4 of an onion (white) , must be grated

- a dash of pepper

- a dash of garlic powder

- 1 tsp curry powder

I didn't have any white onion but had red onion so thats that deep reddish/purplish color stuff. You can also substitute with onion powder but it's the juice of the grated onion that makes it tasty =). Again you can make it your liking. Some like more mayo, some like more carrots, and so on.

This is the finish product. Well almost, hehe! You will need to put it in the fridge to cool for atleast 4 hrs or longer. Overnight is best. And a helpful tip is before serving add a lil more mayo. It may be dry and you want all that mushy goodness =) Very simple, very easy, and very yummy. Hope you like it. If you have any questions feel free to comment below. Aloha!