Rachael Ray gives you the choice on this recipe, chicken or pork, I obviously chose chicken. I decided to cook this Chinese influenced meal because I knew the husband would be home tonight, I was really excited when he called me last night and said he was going out for Chinese. Oh well, he was still excited I was making it for him at home. I don’t make it that much, but stir Fry’s, I can do those, I love them! This one is fairly simple and straight forward. The best thing about this one; you don’t need a Wok, which is good, because I don’t have one!

Recipe: Ginger BBQ Chicken Stir Fry

Ginger BBQ Chicken Stir Fry

Cookbook: Everyday with Rachael Ray Magazine

Total Time: 30 minutes

Husband Says: “It was good. I liked the sauce.”

Notes:Prepare yourself, I did not follow the recipe for the sauce. I went to a different store, because I thought they might have ginger preserves, well they didn’t. So to improvise, I used apricot and I seasoned the sauce with some dried ginger I had. It was very good with the apricot preserves, so if you don’t have ginger, or can’t find them, that would be my suggestion. I didn’t make the sauce in a separate pan, just mixed it all together in a measuring cup and poured it in the skillet with the chicken, onion, and pepper. I also used white rice over brown, if it would’ve just been me, I would’ve gone for brown, I like it better, but the husband likes white! He’s only here so much so I better make him happy!

I like most of Rachael Ray’s steak recipes, we’re having a lot of beef this week. I really enjoy the flavor or liquors in the marinade, I don’t drink these, but using them in sauces and marinades just make everything taste better. This recipe calls for the fire thing, which I haven’t attempted, I thought this would do it on its own, but it didn’t. I’m too scared to do that, what if I catch on fire, the baby can’t call 9-1-1. None the less, these steaks were great, I couldn’t get the baby to try it,  but he was satisfied with french fries and deli ham.

Recipe: Cognac Sauced Pepper Steaks 

Cognac Sauced Steak

Cookbook: 2,4,6,8

Total Time: 20 minutes

Notes: I didn’t do anything different, I used chicken stock, oh and my heavy cream wasn’t good, so I just used some whole milk instead. I think it took the sauce a little longer to thicken up, but it was about the consistency of gravy. I enjoyed every bite!