Showing posts with label Slow Carb Cook Off. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slow Carb Cook Off. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Chicken Marinara

This meal is delicious and nutritious enough to tempt anybody but if you are interested in giving Tim Ferris' slow-carb diet a try, this meal is easy enough to make and delicious enough to keep you going!

What you'll need
Chicken breasts
Thyme
Garlic pepper
Basil
Oregeno
Rosemary
Spaghetti sauce
Basalmic vinegar
Wine vinegar
Onion

Tools
Pan
Pan cover
Spatula
Slotted spoon that fits in spaghetti sauce container
Fillet knife
Chef's knife
Cutting board

Heat your pan to a medium low heat. 
While your pan heats up, take your chef's knife and cutting board and dice the onion.
                        If you want to see a great technique, watch my onion dicing video in
                        the skills section. 
Once you have a nice dice put the onion in your nice hot pan and add some  red wine vinegar or some of your favorite red wine! 
Put the cover on the pan and let it simmer, stirring ocasionally.
While the onions cook to perfection its time to prepare the chicken.
                 Most chicken breasts you will find are a bit thicker than you want to cook
                 with. I cut mine with a fillet knife so that they are no thicker than my pinky. 
                 Usually this involves slicing the breast fillet length wise into 2 Long flat even 
                 pieces.
Once the onions are done put then aside and put your chicken in that same pan
Sprinkle the herbs and spices onto the chicken breasts and let them cook until the edges begin to turn white like in the picture.
Now flip the chicken breasts, coat the cooked side in herbs as before and pour let the chicken cook until done all the way through.

Pour some balsalmic vinegar on the chicken, flip it and add balsalmic vinegar to the other side.
 Cover the chicken in the wine onions and a spoon of tomato sauce.

                         Try to strain the sauce with your spoon as too much liquid just makes
                         a mess. 


Cover the pan and let the chicken cook for another minute or two.
Congrats you are done! 

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Fajita steak breakfast

Ingredients
Breakfast steak ( 4 fillets) 
Bell pepper (1-2)
Onion (1-2)
Garlic pepper
Seasoned salt
Cayanne pepper
Olive oil
Eggs (as you like them)
Black beans

Tools
Spatula
Skillet
Chef's Knife
Cutting Board

Instructions
Julienne the Bell Pepper as seen in the cooking skills section                 

Julienne the onion as shown in the cooking skills section

Put the peppers and onions in a pan with oil.
              We are using Olive Oil which has a low smoke point so make sure you are
             not cooking it too hot or you will fill your house with smoke like you can't
             believe!

Cover and let cook until they are easy to cut with your spatula.

Brown the meat to your liking
                       Season with garlic pepper cayanne, and seasoned salt.

 With your chef's knife cut the breakfast streak into small pieces.
                
Cook the eggs to your liking, visit my eggs recipes for ideas

Plate the onions and peppers then add steak and eggs on top.

Add any desired toppings or serve as is with black beans for a tasty slow carb meal.