It's Not Just for Steak

Just got home from camping in the Sierras. This weekend while camping, I experimented with condiments to make a marinade. Ingredients were limited as the Men did the shopping. The guys bought two large packages of chicken. 6 bone in breasts and about a dozen boneless skinless chicken breasts. They must have thought they were serving an army. Anyhow, using a few simple ingredients I whipped up a tasty marinade.

Grant Lake Chicken

Chicken Breasts
A-1 Steak Sauce
Lawry's Seasoning salt
Barbecue Sauce
Fresh cracked pepper

Clean chicken. Sprinkle both sides with Lawry's Seasoning Salt. Pour a little A-1 over the chicken. Stir. Pour a little Barbecue Sauce over the chicken. Stir again. Sprinkle a little fresh cracked pepper over the chicken. Stir and allow chicken to marinate for a little while.

Barbecue until juices run clear. Enjoy

Honey Mustard Chicken

Von's had a sale on salad dressing. Personally, I am a fan of homemade Italian salad dressing. Homemade dressings are not always easy to transport while camping. So I purchased a Roka Blue Cheese for veggies. Ranch for just about everything else. Honey Mustard because I wanted to give it a try as a marinade. The bottle reads Honey Dijon ("that's a fancy word for mustard" hee hee) Vinaigrette dressing and marinade. I used it as a marinade and created this.

Honey Mustard Chicken

Skinless, boneless chicken chopped into square like chunks
salt
pepper
Lawry's Garlic Salt
Kraft's Honey Dijon Vinaigrette dressing and marinade

Salt and pepper chicken chunks. Place chunks in a Ziploc bag. Pour some Honey Dijon onto chicken and massage bag contents until all pieces have been bathed in marinade. Zip the bag removing excess air. At this point put in the 'fridge or pop in the freezer.

When I prepared mine, I took a bag of HM Chicken out of the freezer, allowed it to thaw in the 'frige. I doubled up some heavy duty aluminum foil and made my own make shift tray. I heated up the grill and put my marinated chicken in the foil tray and cooked the chicken over the grill. I cooked it for 10 minutes and then stirred and sort of flipped the pieces of chicken around. I cooked it for an additional 10 minutes and served the HM Chicken over Trader Joe's Rice Medley. YUMMY and very moist chicken!

Marinated Flank Steak

Rob has a few favorite meals from his childhood. One of them is flank Steak. This weekend, I will post another favorite... Mustard Meat. His family usually marinates the meat in Lawry's Teriyaki which is fabulous. But, I enjoy making homemade Teriyaki sauce and I change it up a bit each time. The recipe below is the recipe for the Flank Steak we had two weekends ago in Cal City. It was mighty fine and we served it with the Grilled Asparagus from a previous post.

Jamie's Teriyaki Marinated Flank Steak

Flank Steak cut into 1 to 1 1/2 inch strips seasoned with Lawry's Garlic salt and fresh cracked pepper

Depending on how much meat you are about to marinade, you might want to double this

1 cup Kikkoman Soy Sauce
1 tbs. minced garlic
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/8 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup honey or agave syrup or maple syrup (I used Maple)

Mix marinade together. Set aside. Put seasoned meat strips into a large Ziploc bag and pour marinade over. Make sure marinade hits each piece. Place bag in refrigerator. Overnight is best if possible. The flavors really get into the meat.

Tequila Chicken Marinade

Uum. Yummy, spicy, sweet with a bite. Tequila Chicken. I have marinated chicken in a Tequila Chicken Marinade that my friend Katie told me about before. I adjusted the marinade a bit and here is the recipe.

Tequila Chicken Marinade

1/2 cup Meyer lemon juice
1/2 cup Bols triple sec
1/2 cup Margaritaville Silver Tequila
1/4 cup Wilcox honey
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp cracked red pepper
1 tsp diced jalapeno
1/2 tsp Lawry's garlic salt
1 tsp minced garlic

Mix and set aside.

2-3 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast cut into 1 1/2 inch strips
Shaker of Watkins Cilantro flakes or fresh
1 Tbs. Kosher salt

Sprinkle chicken strips with Cilantro and kosher salt. Put strips in Ziploc bag. Pour 2/3 of the Marinade over chicken. Seal bag and place in the refrigerator.

Add 1/2 cup olive oil to the remaining marinade to use on vegetables.

Sliced zucchini, onions, bell pepper...

You can marinate the vegetables in the marinade in a Ziploc too, if you would like to.

When ready to serve you can heat your grill to medium flame. Put veggies in a basket or aluminum pan and grill. Place chicken strips on grill and cook 5-6 minutes on each side or until juices run clear.

Serve over pasta, rice, or mashed potatoes.

You can serve with cheese and sour cream if you would like to.

Prepare it, grill it and enjoy it. This is what We are having for dinner tonite!

Marinades for Meat or Chicken

I bought two Tri-tips at the market. One was $5.33 and the other $5.01! Only $1.99 a pound!!! Thank you Ralph's Markets! If only gasoline and diesel were that price again! );

I have been making my own Teriyaki sauce for the last decade or so. I love it! It is good on Meat or Chicken.

Teriyaki Marinade

3/4 cup Soy sauce
1/8 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 1/2 tablespoons Clover Honey

Mix together and use as marinade. I put my Tri-tip in a Ziploc bag and pour marinade over. I press all air out of bag, zip it, and refrigerate overnight or put it in the freezer.

One of the gals I used to work with made marinades with Orange juice. She rattled off how she did it. I never did get the exact recipe written down, but have tried many an OJ creation. This is one I like to use.

Orange Maple Marinade

3/4 cup orange juice
1/8 cup Maple syrup
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb Seasoning
1/4 teaspoon Cajun Seasonings
one small onion sliced thin

Mix above together and use as marinade. Place Meat or chicken in a Ziploc, pour marinade over. Place the onion slices over meat or chicken Press the air out the bag and refrigerate overnight or freeze for a later use.