Sunday, August 27, 2017

Crispy Potatoes W/ Japaleno Aioli

Ingredients
6 Yukon gold potatoes
2-3 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoon parsley, chopped

Aioli Sauce
1-2 Jalapeno peppers, seeds and membrane removed
2 tablespoon mayonnaise (or vegan mayonnaise)
½ lime. juiced
2 cloves garlic
Instruction:
  1. Add water to a large pot and bring to a boil.
  2. wash potatoes and set aside.
  3. Once water gets to a boil place potatoes in the pot and cook until fork tender. once potatoes are cooked set aside and let the potatoes cool for 5 minutes.
  4. In the meantime, add jalapeno, garlic, mayonnaise and lime juice and blend to get a smooth consistency, then set aside.
  5. Lightly grease baking sheet then place potatoes on the baking sheet.
  6. Using the base of a mug, press down on each potato until each potato is flattened.
  7. Drizzle olive on top of each potato, then season potatoes with salt, black pepper and garlic powder.
  8. Place potatoes in the oven and bake at 425 degrees celsius for 25 minutes.
  9. Once complete, drizzle aioli sauce on top and garnish with chopped parsley.

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Jamaican Jerk Chicken (Baked)

Ingredients:
6-8 Pieces of Chicken
1 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp All purpose seasoning (Optional)

Jerk Marinade
2 tsp allspice
½ tsp grated nutmeg
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp thyme
2 green onions
1 onion
½-1 scotch bonnet pepper
2 tbsp. oil
Instructions:
  1. Wash, dry and season chicken with black pepper and all purpose seasoning. 
  2. Add jerk marinade ingredients to blender and blend. Add jerk marinade to chicken, mix together and marinate chicken for at least an hour.  
  3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees celsius. Spray baking pan, place chicken in the pan and bake for one hour. 
  4. Broil Chicken one each side for 5-10 minutes for extra colour.
  5. Serve warm.