Smoked Paprika and Oregano Roast Chicken

• Makes: 4 to 6 servings
• Total Time: 90 minutes plus marinating time
• Hands-On Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 (3 1/2 to 4 pound) chicken
• 2 tablespoons canola, grapeseed, or peanut oil
• Juice of 2 limes (about 2 tablespoons)
• 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons ground smoked paprika
• 1 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
• 6 garlic cloves, grated
• 1 tablespoon, plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoon canola, grapeseed, or peanut oil, divided
• 2 medium yellow onions, sliced into 1-inch rings
• 1 1/2 pounds assorted fingerling potatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh oregano

Instructions

Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Remove necks and any innards from the cavities and discard. To spatchcock, use a sharp pair of poultry shears or kitchen scissors to cut along the backbone; remove and discard. Place chicken, breast-side up, and press down to flatten it so it is lying completely flat.

Combine oil, lime juice, soy, paprika, cumin, oregano, garlic and 1 tablespoon of the salt in a bowl and mix until thoroughly moistened. Rub half the mixture under the skin of the chicken getting under the breasts, thighs, and legs. Then rub 1 tablespoon of oil all over the skin on the outside.

Heat oven to 450°F and arrange rack in the middle. In a medium bowl toss the onions and potatoes with the remaining paste, remaining oil, and remaining salt. Set aside while oven heats up, at least 20 minutes. (Alternatively, cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours before roasting. Be sure to let the chicken rest at room temperature for at least 20 minutes before roasting so it cooks evenly.)

Arrange onions and potatoes in the bottom of a a roasting pan or large baking dish. Place chicken on top, and roast until the thigh meat is no longer pink and an instant read thermometer inserted into the thigh registers 165°F, about 50 minutes. Let sit at least 10 minutes before carving. Garnish chicken with oregano, and serve with onions, potatoes, and a spoonful of the pan juices.

that recipe from the key to the kitchen cooking book.

chocolate cake

If you're familiar with blackout cakes, I bet you would think that this blackout cake has something missing, which is the signature outer covering of chocolate cake crumbs. So just how my cake became "naked"? Well... because I did something stupid- miscalculating the amount of flour. Instead of 1 1/2 cups, I only used 1 cup. Without adequate structure, the cake couldn't rise as much and was very short. There was no way I could divide the squat cake into 4 layers so I sliced it into 3. That meant that I had no extra cake for the decoration.


Chocolate Blackout Cake
makes an 8 inch cake
adapted from America's Test Kitchen

For the pudding, I reduced the sugar to 1 cup and replaced the half-and-half with whole milk. It is still plenty rich.

For the chocolate pudding:
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups half-and-half
1 cup whole milk
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 tsp vanilla extract

For the cake:
1 stick butter
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 cup coffee
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

the recipe made by Amanda from crumbsandcookies.blogspot.com

Spinach & Feta Puffs

• 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
• 1/2 cup crumbled feta
• 1/4 cup minced onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon chopped dill
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 large eggs
• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (from a 17.3-ounce package), thawed, rolled out to a 12-inch square, kept chilled

Special Equipment

• A standard 6-cup muffin pan

Preparation

• Using your hands, squeeze spinach until dry, forcing out as much water as possible (too much water will make for a soggy filling; you should have about 2/3 cup well-drained spinach). Mix spinach and next 5 ingredients in a medium bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, beat 1 egg to blend; fold into spinach mixture.
• Cut puff pastry into 3 equal strips. Reserve 1 strip for another use. Cut each remaining strip into 3 squares for a total of 6. Place a square in each muffin cup, pressing into bottom and up sides and leaving corners pointing up. Divide filling among cups. Fold pastry over filling, pressing corners together to meet in center. DO AHEAD Spinach puffs can be assembled 3 hours ahead. Cover puffs and chill.
• Preheat oven to 400°. Beat remaining egg to blend in a small bowl. Brush pastry with egg wash (this will give the pastry a nice sheen). Bake until pastry is golden brown and puffed, about 25 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let puffs cool in pan for 10 minutes. Run a sharp paring knife around pan edges to loosen; turn out puffs onto rack to cool slightly before serving.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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M&M's Cookies

Hello again : ) sorry to stop posting my new recipes since i found that some of them don't deserve to be posted here but this time i passed in the M&M's Cookies one of my best deserts so lets starts cooking.

The ingredients :-

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour.
160 gm of M&M's and any chocolates chips,
1 egg.
200 gm of unsalted butter.
1/2 cup of sugar.
1/2 tsp of salts.
1/2 tsp of backing powder.
1/2 tsp of vanilla powder ( i prefer the liquid vanilla but i don't have it at the kitchen ).

and it serve 24 medium size cookies.

1

mixing the sugar, egg and the melted butter until became very creamy.

2

 adding the flour,salt,baking powder and vanilla powder and i found that it's need two spoon of water to make it little smooth.

3

i put some of  M&M's and chocolates chips then i smashed.

4

the cookies dough is ready but i decided to use my hand again to mixing well and melt the butter with my warm hands.

5

i shaped the cookie dough as small balls and i left a space between them then put some of the remain  M&M's for the decoration.

i left them in the oven for 13-15 minutes and they are ready .

Chicken HotDog Pastry

Mini Chicken hotdog Pastry is so soft and delicious it's take a 40 min. to make a 30 pieces more less. i love this recipe because people looking to you as master chef but in the truth my nephew can make it by him self.

let start with dough recipe:-

1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour 

1 big tbs of dry milk
2 tbs of vegetables oil
1 1/2 tsp suger
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup of "room temperature" water but maybe you will need more

mixing all the components by adding the 1/2 cup of water to the mixtures.

                                                                                      

now its ready so just keep it resting for 1 to 2 hours.

and here is the stuffing ingredients :-

200 g of Irish cheese - you can use what ever you want of cheese : )

200 gm of mozzarella cheese

oregano

parmesan cheese 

1 egg

30 pieces of mini chicken hotdogs

i had cut the cheeses to rectangle shape and i sprinkles some oregano on the mozzarella to give it a taste.

i had boiled the mini hotdog for 2 minuets only.

i had Individual the dough and cut it to 4 pieces to make sure that all the balls will be in the same size.

shape the dough with my finger and stuffed it with the two type of the cheese and roll it like that.

cover it with beaten egg to give it a nice color 

sprinkling the hotdog dough with parmesan cheese and put it in the oven for 10  to 15 minuets with lower stove then open the above stove for 2 to 4 minutes to give the pastry a burned color

i wish that your mouth start to watering now : ) enjoy

bye 

Fish and Chips

Every one of us loves that meal it's one of my favorites meal since i was kid. as you see in the photo it's look yummy and i felt hungry again : ) . i can see that the easiest way to let the kids love the fish with that meal it has fish, vegetables and fries yummy yummuy.
Sorry you might not like the photos this time because, i made them by my iphone-s and this time no one helped me  : S so i was shooting by one hand and cooking by other hand ; P .

The components :-
1 bottle of beer non alcoholic
200 gm any boneless fish steak- i have used hammor fish and will find it only in arabian gulf only.
- the small bowl :-
         2 big tps of  all purpose flour
         1 tsp salt
         1 tsp black pepper
         1/2 garlic powder
- the big bowl :-
         1/2 cup of  all purpose flour
         1 tps of baking powder
         1 tsp paprika

mixing all the components in the the small bowl.

covering the fish in the all mixture of the the small bowl.

and now with the big bowl by mixing well all the mixture and adding half the bottle of the beer non alcoholic and it should be cold.

dipping the fish in side the thick mixture.

taking the fish out of the bowl and removing the extra mixture.

frying the fish for 6 min. and stirring the fish every 1 min to make sure that both side cooked well and not burn. then dry the fish of the oil paper toile.

hope you like the recipe : ) and waiting for your feedback...................

Beef Burger

This is my first time to make beef burger it was nice and easy with one 2 main components only and the others are optional spices so lets start.

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the components :-
1 egg
1 tbs bread crumb
400gm ground beef
1 small onion
1 tsp black paper
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp paprika

i have made 3 big burgers from the all components.

2

chopping the onion in the kitchen processor.

3

adding the ground beef to the chopped onion and let's them mixed for 30 sec.

4

adding the egg ,salt,bread crumb, garlic powder and the paprika and mix them well.

5

our mixture is really to be grilled.

6

shape all the burger that you have and let them rest in the refrigerator for 5 to 10 minuets.

7

open the stove and heat the pan for medium heat then Greased the pan with olive oil.

8

lets start grilling and make sure that the pan is hot enough.

9

turn upside down every 3 min. to not burn it from outside.

10

the final preparations : ) and you can add all your favorites topping.

i wish that you enjoy all the steps preparation......................