Cooking With Shaz
Are you staying in for Valentine’s Day and are looking for something special to cook for your sweetheart? Here are some ideas for making a memorable Valentine’s Day dinner at home.
Have plenty of candles lit and wine chilled. Use your Valentine’s Bouquet for the table centerpiece. Have a wonderful, romantic Valentine’s Day!
Sharon
Tonight I had a craving for something out of reach – Bang Bang Shrimp. So I decided to make something like it, at home. Since I didn’t have enough shrimp to make a decent meal for 3, I used chicken breast instead. The result was fabulous! Introducing my Bang Bang Shrimp or Chicken Pasta recipe!
This sauce is so tasty, I’d love to have it on everything! Well, almost everything. It’s sweet, spicy, garlicky and citrusy (is that a word?), all rolled into one. It nicely coats the pasta and the shrimp or chicken, and brings this one dish wonder to a level of it’s own.
This is a quick meal to prepare, great for a weeknight dinner. Fast, easy clean up and delicious – a busy, working mom’s dream. This recipe is a keeper so be sure to pin it!
Here’s how you make my delicious Bang Bang Shrimp or Chicken Pasta Recipe:
First, prep your shrimp or chicken. Julienne 2 carrots and slice 2 green onions. Bring a pot of water to boil for cooking your pasta.
Mix together the Bang Bang Sauce ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
Saute the chicken or shrimp, as instructed below. Add carrot and onion to frying pan and lower heat to low.
Boil pasta until al dente’. Drain. Add to cooked chicken or shrimp, top with Bang Bang sauce, stir and Enjoy!
Here is the recipe for Bang Bang Shrimp or Chicken Pasta:
INGREDIENTS
3/4 – 1 lb of fettuccine, linguine, thin spaghetti or angel hair pasta
1 1/2 lbs of diced chicken breast or shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 Tbsp – coconut oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tsp Paprika
2 green onions, sliced
2 carrots, julienned
freshly ground black pepper to taste
Bang Bang Sauce Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise or light mayonnaise to lower calories
1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp of lime juice
1/8 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
DIRECTIONS
Mix the sauce ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
In a large pot of boiling water, cook the pasta and drain well.
Place the uncooked chicken or shrimp in a medium sized bowl and add the paprika, 3 cloves of garlic and pepper.
Heat the coconut oil on medium high heat and add the coated uncooked chicken or shrimp. Stir constantly while cooking until shrimp is pink for approx. 7- 10 minutes, or chicken is no longer pink inside.
Remove from heat and set aside if pasta is not ready.
In a large serving bowl, combine the pasta, shrimp and sauce mixture and toss.
Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
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Sharon
This was originally going to be a seafood lasagna but I had worked all day and was ready to be off my feet, so I just quickly threw this together as a casserole. It was amazing! Loved it so much that Seafood Baked Ziti is going to be a frequent flier in my dinner recipe rotation.
Seafood Baked Ziti
8 oz. ziti, cooked al dente’
15 oz. jar Alfredo Sauce
8 oz. pkg imitation crab (surimi), chopped – or real crab meat
1/2 pound peeled, deveined cooked shrimp, chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 cup fat free half & half
1/4 Parmesan cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons Kraft Italian cheese blend
2 slices Swiss cheese, diced
2 Tbs siced red bell pepper & sliced scallions with additional for garnish
In a large bowl, stir together all the ingredients except for the garnish. Pour into a 2 quart casserole and bake in preheated 350º F oven for 15 – 20 minutes. (Just until heated through and cheeses melt)
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Ruth’s Chris New Orleans-Style BBQ Shrimp
Ingredients:
20 large (16/20) shrimp, peeled and de-veined
1 ounce canola oil
1 tablespoon plus 5 teaspoons green onions, chopped
2 ounces dry white wine
1 teaspoon fresh chopped garlic
4 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon Tabasco
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon paprika
8 ounces (2 sticks) salted butter
Directions:
Place a large cast iron skillet on a burner and heat over high heat. Add oil and cook shrimp until they are just done. It’s best to prepare shrimp in batches if you do not have large skillet. Remove shrimp and set aside on a large platter.
Add green onions to the oil in the skillet and cook for 1 minute. Add white wine and let simmer until it is reduced by half.
When the wine is reduced by half, add chopped garlic, Worcestershire, Tabasco. cayenne pepper and paprika. Shake the pan well and cook for 1 minute. Reduce the heat to low.
Cut butter into small chunks with the knife and slowly add into pan, shaking fast to melt butter.
Continue to add butter and shake until all butter is melted. Add shrimp back to pan and toss well to coat shrimp with butter and seasonings and to heat the shrimp.
Place shrimp on four plates and enjoy.
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Delicious fish prepared with a pesto-Parmesan topping, sprinkled with panko bread crumbs and baked until the top is crispy and the fish underneath is tender and flaky.
Ingredients:
Fish fillets (tilapia is shown above)
mayonnaise
pesto
Parmesan cheese
panko bread crumbs
lemon juice
Lightly sprinkle the bottom of your baking dish with lemon juice and lay the fish fillets in the baking dish.
Mix together the next 2 ingredients. How much depends on how much fish you are cooking. Per fish fillet, use 1 tablespoon mayonnaise and 1 teaspoon pesto. Spread about a tablespoon of this sauce on top of each fish fillet. Lightly sprinkle Parmesan cheese over each fish fillet and then sprinkle Panko bread crumbs on top.
Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for approximately 15 minutes. Test the fish to make sure it’s cooked through. It should flake easily.
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This Seafood Quiche recipe is very easy and can be made ahead and refrigerated until ready to bake. Make it the night before a holiday and pop it into the oven in the morning while you get ready for the day.
You can use a pre-made pie crust if you don’t want to fuss with homemade.
Plain Pastry for one 9-inch pie crust
4 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 cup flaked cooked whitefish (fake crab meat)
1/2 pound mozzarella cheese, grated
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. dill
Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Beat eggs and milk together until well blended, stir in seasonings and cheese. Chop fish into pastry lined pie plate. Top with egg mixture. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven 30-35 minutes. Cut into wedges. Serve hot.
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Fish Tacos
Fish Tacos Recipe – Copycat Recipe Bahama Breeze Fish Tacos
Here’s the best fish tacos recipe I’ve found – it’s a copycat recipe from Bahama Breeze restaurant. Just the perfect blend of tropical flavors and spicy salsa. Give this great fish taco recipe a try. You’ll love it!
Yield: 6 tacos, 2 servings
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 (2-ounce) pieces fresh whitefish, cut 1/2-inch thick
Salt and pepper to taste
6 flour tortillas
1 1/2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
3/4 cup vine-ripened tomato salsa (see note)
1/2 of an avocado, cut into 6 slices
6 cilantro sprigs
Creamy Taco Sauce (recipe below)
Marinate the fish in a ziplock bag with lime juice, minced garlic, cumin, chili powder and adobo seasoning for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Heat a 10-inch sauté pan on medium-high heat; add the olive oil. Place the seasoned fish in the heated pan and reduce heat to medium; sauté the fish for 2-3 minutes per side, just until it flakes easily and is cooked through to an internal temperature of 145F.
Place the flour tortillas on a dinner plate; top with a moist paper towel and microwave for 20 seconds.
Spread 2 tablespoons of creamy taco sauce around on tortilla. Place one piece of seared fish in the center of tortilla; top each piece of fish with 1/4 cup shredded iceberg lettuce, 2 tablespoons vine-ripened tomato salsa, 1 slice of avocado and 1 cilantro sprig.
How to make the vine-ripened tomato salsa: Place 1/2 cup diced vine-ripened tomatoes, 1/4 cup diced onions, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice, 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt, 1/4 teaspoon minced jalapeno and 1 tablespoon freshly chopped cilantro in bowl. Using a rubber spatula gently mix until combined; keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
How to make creamy taco sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons salsa, 3 tablespoons pepper mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, 1 teaspoon honey, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons jelly (apricot, pineapple or orange marmalade will each work fine), 1/4 cup sour cream, a dash each cumin and chili powder, a couple dashes hot sauce (I used Cholula chipotle hot sauce). Keep refrigerated.
Hope you will enjoy this great fish taco recipe! It’s really the best you’ll ever have!
Sharon Springfield
Tonight I made this fabulous baked fish dinner. With home cooked food this good, who needs to go out to dinner?! The next time you’re in the mood for fish, try this very easy and elegant fish recipe. It’s impressive enough to serve guests. Don’t be surprised when they beg for the recipe – yes, it’s that good!
Elegant Baked Fish Recipe:
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Chef Prudhomme’s Blackened Redfish Seasoning
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
8 fish fillets
Panko bread crumbs
In a small bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. Blend well.
Place the fish fillets in a large baking dish. Spread the mayonnaise mixture over all the fillets. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake fish in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 15 minutes. (If you have a convection oven, turn on for the last 5 minutes or if not, use your broiler for a few minutes, until the bread crumbs are lightly browned.)
Serve over rice pilaf with steamed broccoli.
The first time I made this baked fish recipe, my son told me, “You blew this fish right out of the water!” Lol!. What a nice compliment, I think…
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Thanks for stopping by my blog and sharing this awesome recipe. 🙂
Sharon Springfield
Plain Pastry for one 9-inch pie crust
4 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 cup flaked cooked whitefish (fake crab meat)
1/2 pound mozzarella cheese, grated
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. dill
Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Beat eggs and milk together until well blended, stir in seasonings and cheese. Chop fish into pastry lined pie plate. Top with egg mixture. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven 30-35 minutes. Cut into wedges. Serve hot.