Good recipes from the pantry?

Question

What are some recipies you make from common groceries (can be from refrigerator or freezer also)?

can be any kind of recipie, any kind of grocery (milk, spices, canned food, etc)

Answer 1

There is a new show that has come out on the Style Network called "Pantry Raid" with a chef by the name of Michael Schulson. His show is great because he comes up with great recipes from ingredients that you have in your pantry, so there is no need to go shopping. Here are a couple of the recipes but you can definently check out the website to see the whole collection of pantry cooking recipes.

Flaked Sole Fried Rice
1/4 cup oil
1/2 pound filet of sole
1/2 bunch scallions
6 apricots, diced
2 cups cooked rice
1/2 cup peas
1/2 apple, sliced thin
Salt
Pepper

Chop sole and cook in pan with oil. Add scallions, apricot and rice; mix well. Add peas and cook through. Garnish with fresh apples. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Hot and Sour Soup
6 cups chicken stock
2 tablespoons ginger, peeled and chopped
1/2 bunch scallions
1 cup tofu, cut into half-inch squares
1 tomato, diced
1 cup mushrooms, sliced thin
1-2 tablespoons hot sauce
1/2 cup malt vinegar
1/2 cup sweet corn
Salt
White pepper

Place chicken stock in pan and heat. Add ginger and scallions. Boil for a few minutes, then remove ginger and scallions. Add tofu, tomato, mushrooms, hot sauce and malt vinegar; boil. Add salt and white pepper to taste. Garnish with scallions and sweet corn.


Chocolate Chip Cannoli
2 cups ricotta cheese, strained
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 cups confectioner's sugar
4 tortillas
2 egg yolks
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup chocolate chips

Combine the strained ricotta cheese, whipped cream, vanilla and confectioner's sugar; mix well and refrigerate. Trim tortillas into perfect circles; brush egg yolk on both sides of each tortilla and sprinkle with a lot of sugar. Roll tortillas around a parchment-covered dowel and bake at 350 degrees until golden brown. Place cheese filling in baked tortilla tubes; garnish with chocolate chips and confectioner's sugar.

Crispy Mozzarella Sticks (made from string cheese)
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
2 cups breadcrumbs
8 pieces mozzarella string cheese
Oil
Salt, to taste

Heat about an inch of oil in a deep skillet. Combine eggs and milk in a bowl and mix well. Place bread crumbs on one plate and flour on another. Roll each cheese stick in flour, then dip in the egg mixture, then thoroughly coat with breadcrumbs. Carefully drop each cheese stick in the hot oil and fry until golden brown, or until bits of cheese bubble out through the breading. Remove from pan and season with salt immediately. Serve with Tomato-Basil Sauce, below, for dipping.

Tomato-Basil Sauce
1 cup canned tomato sauce or pasta sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
6 leaves basil, cut into thin strips

Combine tomato sauce and garlic powder and heat till warmed through. Add basil and mix well.

Capellini with Garlic Cream Sauce
1 pound capellini pasta, cooked
1/4 cup oil
5 cloves garlic, chopped
3 cups heavy cream
1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
1/4 cup parmesan cheese

Sauté garlic in the oil until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Add the cream and cook for about 20 minutes on a low simmer, until the cream is nice and thick and has been reduced by about half. Toss in the pasta. Just before serving, add the parsley and cheese and mix well.

Peking Chicken
2 cups chopped chicken (dark meat)
1 cucumber
1 tablespoon ginger
3 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 cup peanuts
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 bunch scallions

Chop the white part of scallions, then slice the green part into long, thin slices along the bias; place the green strips in ice water so they curl up. Combine chopped chicken with whites of scallions; add soy sauce, ginger and hoisin sauce and mix well. Wash cucumber and peel off stripes of skin; slice into rounds and spoon chicken mixture on top. Garnish with crushed peanuts and scallion curls.

Have Fun Cooking!!!!

Answer 2

Cola Chicken
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 cup ketchub
12 oz can diet cola

Put chicken in non-stick skillet. Pour ketchup and diet cola over the top. Bring to boil.
Cover, reduce heat and cook for 45 minutes. Uncover, turn up the heat and continue to
cook until the sauce becomes thick and adheres to the chicken. It turns into the most
incredible BBQ sauce.
EVERYONE LOVES IT!!

heres another

Sticky Chicken

4 chicken breasts (boneless skinless)
1/2 cup of ketchup
3 TBSP of brown sugar
2 TBSP of vinegar
2 TBSP of worcestshire sauce
2 tsp of mustard (regular yellow mustard)

Place chicken in baking dish
Mix other ingredients, spoon over chicken
Bake uncovered at 350 degrees about 40 minutes. (make sure theres no pink left in the chicken).

Both of these dishes go well with couscous i've made them...and my fiance loves them!

Answer 3

Enter the stuff you have in your pantry in a recipe search. This is a good one. Go to the Leap Over Web Clutter section of New Free Books. I think the 2nd link will work best for you.

Answer 4

this is one of my new favorites. So quick and only pantry items.

Southwestern Spaghetti
1 pound spaghetti
1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon onion flakes
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 bouillon cube, broken up
2 pickled jalapenos, seeded and chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup grated Parmesan


Cook spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
In a blender, combine tomatoes, onion flakes, garlic powder, bouillon cube, and jalapeno. Process until smooth. Transfer mixture to a saucepan and set pan over medium-high heat. Simmer for 5 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.

Transfer spaghetti to a serving platter and top with sauce. Sprinkle Parmesan over top.

Answer 5

-tuna casserole - egg noodles, can of cream of mush soup, can of mushrooms, can or frozen peas, celery, onion or fried onion, large can of tuna, bake 375 for 1 hr the top with cheese
-rice and chicken bake- 1 can cream of whatever soup, frozen veggies or can of mushrooms, 1 can of water, 1cup long grain uncooked rice, mix in casserole dish and top with thawed chicken breasts, bake 375 for 1 hour sprinkle shredded cheese on top towards end
-club sandwiches on toast
-spaghetti

heres a good quick dessert recipe also from easy to find pantry ingredients
Party Bars-
melt one stick butter in cake pan while preheating 350 oven
crush one pkg graham crackers into crumbs and press into bottom of pan with melted butter
top with hand fulls of toppings like choc chips, chopped nuts, coconut, raisins, butterscotch chips, whatever you have on hand
then pour one can sweetened condensed milk evenly over the top (make sure you get it all out!)
bake at 350 for 24 minutes till browned on top
wait until completely cooled before cutting into squares

everyone loves these when I bring them into work and for parties! they all want the recipe!

Answer 6

I make an awesome omeletter with a can of cream of celery soup . just mix in the soup straight from the can into beaten eggs and they are excellent . good luck and god bless.