Spicy Lemongrass Chicken

A traditional Vietnamese dish...
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon of Sriracha Chili Garlic Sauce
2 tablespoons of sugar
2 tablespoons of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
2 tablespoons of minced onion
2 tablespoons of minced lemongrass (frozen okay)
1 teaspoon of olive oil
4 cups of chopped chicken

Directions:
1. Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan.
2. Add garlic, onion and satay until light brown.
3. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of lemongrass. Stir.
4. Add fish sauce and chicken. Stir.
5. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of lemongrass. Stir.
6. Add 1 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce (add more if you like it spicier).
7. Cook until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
8. Serve over rice.

Shitake Japanese Style Noodle Soup

Ingredients:
1 cup of snow peas
1 cup of diced carrots
1-2 cups of sliced shitake mushrooms (purchased dried and then soaked)
1/2 cup of diced tofu
1 small filet of your favorite fish sliced (Tilapia or Catfish recommended)
1/2 a cup of minced green onions
1/2 a cup of minced cilantro
Noodles enough for 2-4 (whole wheat or regular spaghetti, soba, or udon noodles can be used. To measure enough for one, grip nickle-size width amount of noodles in hand)
2 small cans of chicken broth
Kikkoman Memi Noodle Soup Base or Soy Sauce (to taste)

Directions:
1. In a small pot, boil water to cook noodles.
2. In a separate pot, boil both cans of broth.
3. Add carrots, snow peas, shitake mushrooms, tofu, and fish. Bring to a boil.
4. Add Kikkoman Memi Noodle soup base or soy sauce to the taste. Add water if you want to dilute the soup or if it's too salty.
5. After noodles are done, place a small amount into a bowl and add the minced green onions and minced clilatro.
6. Add soup mixture over noodles and serve. (Serves 3-4)

Note: this soup can be made vegetarian style by removing fish and using only vegetable broth.

Quick and Fresh Salsa

Ingredients:
3 small tomatoes or 2 large
1/4 of a red onion
1-2 tablespoons of cilantro
Half or whole jalapeno
1 lime
Tortilla chips
salt and pepper (optional)

Directions:
1. Throw first 4 ingredients into a food processor and chop/grind
2. Squeeze half a lime into mixture and stir evenly
3. Add salt and pepper if desired
4. Serve with tortilla chips

Light and Simple Crab Cakes

Ingredients:
About 6 oz of lump crab meat
1 tablespoon of finely chopped celery
1 tablespoon of finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon of light mayonnaise
1 tablespoon of melted butter
2 dashes of paprika
2 dashes of cayenne pepper
2 dashes of Kosher salt
1 dash of parsley
1 dash of bay leaves
2 pieces of bread toasted and minced
1 egg

Directions:
1. Mix all above ingredients together evenly (careful not to break up crab too much)
2. Take mixture and form cakes with hands
3. Refrigerate for about 1 hour, or until firm (this will make it less likely to break apart)
4. Heat olive oil in non-stick pan and pan fry. Turn only once.
5. Serve with tartar sauce and/or lemons.

Note: I highly recommend this recipe as it is one of my favorites so far!

Carmelized Sweet Onion Cubed Beef

Ingredients:
2-3 cups of steak, cubed
2 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 an onion chopped
Olive oil
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 tablespoon of garlic
2 tablespoons of soy sauce

Directions:
1. Heat olive oil in a pan
2. Cook garlic for about 5 minutes
3. Add onions and cook until lightly brown on low heat
4. Add sugar, soy sauce, and steak and cook to your liking