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 Peanut Sauce Chicken Great tasting simple dish! Ingredients 4 large chicken breasts cut into small chunks 1 cup natural peanut butter 1 cup hoisin sauce 1 cup chicken broth 1/4 cup vinegar  3 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon peppers Peanut oil for flying Side of rice (optional) Sautéed peppers (optional)   Green onions (optional) Directions 1. In a large bowl, mix the peanut butter, hoisin sauce, honey, chicken broth, vinegar, soy sauce, salt and pepper and set aside. 2. Pour 1/4 peanut oil into the pan and cook chicken in batches till it gets slightly brown and crispy. Add more peanut oil as needed. Put chicken on a plate as it gets done. 3. In another pan, heat on low and put the peanut and chicken in and stir occasionally till warm. About 12 minutes.  4. Plate with rice and top with bell peppers and green onions. JB's Proof Chicken https://www.facebook.com/JBsProofKitchen    

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 Cornbread I always make this with chili and what is nice about cornbread, it does not use any yeast so you don't have to wait for it to rise. I ngredients 1 cup flour 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup  buttermilk or whole milk 6 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, slightly cooled 1 large egg, room temperature 2 tablespoons sugar 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt  1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons bacon grease for greasing pan (optional) Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 400 degree. 2. In a large bowl mix all the dry ingredients together. 3. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and put the oil, milk, egg, honey and butter in. 4. Mix all ingredients together with a large fork. 5. Grease a 10 inch cast iron pan with bacon grease or oil. 6. Using a spatula, pour the batter into the pan and spread out evenly.  7. Bake for 20-25 minutes 8. Take out of oven and let rest for 20 minutes and the serve. Facebook Page JB's Proof Kitchen -  https://www....
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 Ultimate Chicken Salad I really enjoy chicken salad and have always bought it as the deli in the past, so I thought I would try making it and this was my first attempt. I find that boiling chicken for shredding purposes works extremely well, but you can cook it other ways. Ingredients  2 pounds cooked and shredded chicken breasts 1 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sweet relish 2 hard boiled eggs 2 tablespoons chopped parsley  2 celery stalks (chopped)  3 green onions (chopped) 1 tablespoon lemon juice  1 tablespoon Dijon mustard  1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 12 pieces of bread for sandwiches (optional) Lettuce for sandwiches (optional) Instructions 1. Prepare hard boiled eggs. Boil for 2 minutes, cover and remove from heat for 20 minutes. Then cool down with ice water. 2. Put chicken breast in a pot and boil for 30 minutes, then cool down with cold water. 3. As the chicken is cooking, take all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. 4. Take chicken an...
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 Big Mac Sauce Great addition to a burger! Ingredients  1 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 1 1/2 tablespoons yellow mustard 3 tablespoon ketchup   2 teaspoons white vinegar 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon onion powder Directions 1. Put all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. 2. Refrigerate for 2 hours for best flavor.
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 Classic Waffles      This waffle recipe uses yogurt, which makes it more moist. The hard part is trying to track down a classic waffle iron if you don't own one. Ingredients  6 tablespoons of unsalted butter 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1  cup plain plain yogurt 1 cup milk 4 large eggs Instructions 1. Melt better in microwave and set aside. 2. In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients. 3. In another bowl, mix all the wet ingredients. 4. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well.   5. Cook in waffle iron until golden brown.
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 Fried Walleye  This recipe uses beer and prefer to use dark beer, which is Guinness. Ingredients  4 walleye fillets  1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 cup crushed saltine crackers 1 teaspoon garlic 1 teaspoon paprika  1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 cup beer 1 large egg Instructions 1. Heat a pan of oil or a fryer to 375 degrees. 2. In one bowl, add flour, crackers, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper and mix together. 3. In another bowl, add egg and beer and mix well. 4. Dip each fillet in the egg beer batter and then coat well in the dry batter bowl. 5. Carefully add fillets into the fry oil and cook for about 2 minutes until golden brown Can be served with a side of fries and coleslaw.
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 Battered Potato Wedges  These are a great way to use up some potatoes and they taste great! Ingredients 6 large potatoes 1 1/2 cups water 1 cup all purpose flour 1 teaspoon oregano    1 teaspoon paprika  1 teaspoon powered garlic  1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional for spicy) Instructions 1. Get a big bowl of cold water ready, this is what you will use to put your cut potatoes in. 2. Heat oil or fryer to 350 degrees. 3. Peel and cut pantoates into wedges, put in the bowl of water and let sit for 30 minutes. 4. Heat a large pot of boiling water, now put all the cut wedged potatoes into the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes. 5. Drain and rinse the pantoates with cold water to cool them down. 6. Mix the water, flour, salt, oregano, paprika, garlic, pepper in separate bowl and put aside. 7. In batches with a tongs, put hand full of wedged potatoes into the mixture and stir them around till the...