Chicken Tacos and Second Day Soup

Ingredients:

6-8 Chicken Breasts

Flour tortillas

Shredded Cheese

Salsa

Guacamole

Sour cream

Cumin

Onion powder

Salt

Pepper

Garlic powder

Chili powder

Cayenne

Directions:

In a pot pour just enough water to cover the chicken breast.

Add in cumin, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder and cayenne to taste.

Boil until cooked all the way through.

once cooked shred.

Serve with tortillas, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and salsa.

SAVE LEFT OVER CHICKEN!

Second Day Soup.

Ingredients:

Left over shredded chicken

Chicken bouillon

Bag of frozen mixed veggies

egg noodles

dry basil

onion powder

garlic salt

pepper

thyme

rosemary

Directions:

bring all items to boil in pot

Baked Apple Chicken and Second Day Chicken in Dumplings

Thanks Chauna - this recipe was great! My only complaint... my husband and son ate ALL the chicken so we did not have any left over for Chicken in Dumplings.

Apple baked chicken

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken
1 container of apple juice or apple cider
3 granny smith apples
1 onion
rosemary
thyme (I was out of both this time and used basil and was fine)
salt
pepper
a big heap of butter

Directions:

~First make an "oven"in the bottom of your dish, out of foil to cover your chiken
~Put chicken in dish
~Pour apple juice over chicken until the dish is about half full.
~Cut up the apples removing seeds and put around the chicken
~Cut up the onion and put around chicken
~Sprinkle with rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper (I use a LOT!)
~Put a large amount of butter on the top of the chicken
~Cover and bake at 400 for about 2 hours depending on the size of the chicken.
~When ready to serve pour the juice surrounding the chicken over portion and enjoy!!
IMPORTANT: dont throw anything away!! This is important for the chicken and dumplin!



Second Day Chicken and dumplin's

Ingredients:

1 large pot
all of the leftovers from the baked chicken
3 chicken bouillons
celery or celery flakes
garlic
onion
seasoned salt
pepper
parsley flakes
bisquick

Directions:

~In large pot boil all of the chicken, bones and all, until the meat falls off the bones
~Scoop out the bones
~Add everything else but the bisquick
~Cover and let simmer for a few hours (or if in hurry for 30mins or so)
~When ready to serve make the bisguick following the directions for bisquits
~Drop in by the spoon full (some of them you will have to dunk under the water to make sure they are cooked in the middle)
~Let simmer until the juice thickens, ready to serve

Margarita Fajitas and Second Day Quesadillas

Ingredients:

boneless skinless chicken tenders

Frozen Bacardi Mixers margarita mix (on the frozen juice aisle)

onion sliced

bell pepper sliced

minced garlic

salt

pepper

tortillas

sour cream

guacamole

salsa

cheese

Directions:

in a deep skillet cook all veggies and chicken in the margarita mix over medium heat stirring occasionally.

Lower heat and cover for 10 minutes.

Serve with tortillas, cheese, sour cream, salsa, and guacamole.

* left over meat and veggies are great for second day quesadillas.

butter one side of a tortilla and cook in skillet.

layer chicken and veggies.

butter another tortilla and place on top and cook like a grilled cheese sandwich.