Friday, April 14, 2017

Chicken burgers

Adapted from http://ifoodreal.com/ground-chicken-burgers-patties/

Adapted from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17981/one-bowl-chocolate-cake-iii/
This is a main dish.
Accompaniments: salad, soup, zucchini fries, tater tots, sweet potato fries, fruit
Makes about 10 burgers

Ingredients:
2 lbs groundchicken
1 large egg
1/2 small onion, cut in chunks
1-2 gloves garlic
1 piece of bread
1/2 tsp salt
pepper to taste
other spice mixes to taste
oil for frying

Method:
Put egg, onion pieces, and garlic into immersion blender. Soak slice of bread in water for a couple seconds, squeeze out, also put in the blender. Blend until combined.
Preheat skillet to medium heat.
Put ground chicken into a large bowl. Add the contents of the immersion blender, salt, and pepper. Add any other spices you like (I used mediterranean spice mix). Mix with hands.
Add some oil to coat skillet. Make chicken mixture into balls (between golf and tennis size) and make into flat patties.
Cook 3-4 minutes per side. 

Chocolate Cake

Adapted from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17981/one-bowl-chocolate-cake-iii/
This is a dessert.
Accompaniments: Whipped cream if you like.
Serves 4 very hungry people

Ingredients:
2 cups white sugar
1.75 cups flour
0.75 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1.5 tsp baking powder
1.5 tsp baking soda
pinch salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
0.5 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Method:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour 2 round pans (with cocoa powder)

In large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla.
Mix on medium with mixer.
Add in boiling water.

Pour evenly into pans.
Bake 30-35 minutes until the cake is done (toothpick comes out clean).
Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Chicken burgers

Adapted from http://ifoodreal.com/ground-chicken-burgers-patties/ Adapted from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17981/one-bowl-chocolate-cake...