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Egg Roll Recipe

11 Nov

I now firmly believe that every household needs a deep fryer.  We were at a “Welcome to Fall Party” a couple months ago (yeah we have pretty cool friends) and the hostess made these babies in her deep fryer.

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I think we ordered our own deep fryer immediately upon returning home, gotta love amazon prime right?  Then two days later this beauty showed up and we had to try it ourself.

Here is the egg rolls recipe:

12 egg roll wraps

1 lb ground pork

2 tsp chopped fresh ginger

2 garlic cloves

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

16 ounce bag cabbage and carrot mix

4 green onions, sliced

1 egg

1 tsp water

(look up the how to instructions since Hudson is sitting on my lap and he might delete this whole post if I try and do that)

And then wait…

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A deep fryer like this makes a fish fry a breeze, it look a fraction of the time to fry the walleyes Jared caught in the Boundary Waters and our stove wasn’t covered in oil for the next few weeks.

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You wouldn’t believe how easy it is to make sweet and sour sauce-

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Oh and while your oil is already warm, it would be a shame not to make some donuts!

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In other news this blog has over 100,000 views! Thanks guys, you make me feel so special =)  And my birthday is tomorrow, maybe Jared should make these for me, maybe just the donuts…or maybe both.

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Sesame Chicken Recipe

17 Oct

Here is a wonderful fall crock pot recipe.  Super easy and pretty darn delicious.  I found it over on this blog.

Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (thighs would be fine too)
Salt and pepper
1 cup honey
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup diced onion
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (could also use olive oil or canola oil)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional – doesn’t really add heat, just adds more flavor)
4 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 6 Tablespoons water
Sesame seeds

Directions: 
Season both sides of chicken with lightly with salt and pepper, put into crock pot. In a small bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 3-4 hours or on high 1 1/2 – 2 1/2 hours, or just until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken from crock pot, leave sauce. Dissolve 4 teaspoons of cornstarch in 6 tablespoons of water and pour into crock pot. Stir to combine with sauce. Replace lid and cook sauce on high for ten more minutes or until slightly thickened. Cut chicken into bite size pieces, then return to pot and toss with sauce before serving. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over rice or noodles.

*You can also sprinkle more red pepper flakes on top if you want more heat.

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