Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Ale Style QuickTrip Hot Dog

Jalapeño cheddar hot dog
Onions
Onion crunch pieces
Chipotle sauce on top

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Creamy Chicken Over Rice (TikTok Recipe)

by @emersonlorbach on tiktok.com

Original Video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLdW8PoE/

Transcribed by Denise Figueroa

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts
Olive oil
Seasoned salt
Pepper
Salt
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Paprika
Minced garlic
2 cups of rice
Tomato bouillon
3 cups of water
Butter
Heavy whipping cream
Parmesan cheese
Cajun seasoning
Italian seasoning
Red chili flakes

Steps:

1. Add pan to stove

2. Turn it on medium heat

3. Cut the chicken breasts in half and

poke holes in the chicken with a fork

for the seasoning to absorb better

4. Add the chicken to a bowl

5. Season generously with:

- Olive oil

- Seasoned salt

- Pepper

- Garlic powder

- Onion powder

- Paprika

6. Stir it together and make sure to

season the chicken thoroughly

enough until you sneeze

7. Add olive oil and the chicken to the

pan

8. Flip the chicken after 5 minutes

9. Flip it again until it’s fully cooked

and you’re able to cut through the

chicken easily

10. Remove the chicken from the pan

and place onto a cutting board

11. Cut the chicken up into bite size

pieces

12. Add a pot to the stove on

medium-high heat

13. Add to the pot:

- Olive oil

- Minced garlic

- Salt

- Pepper

14. Stir it and then add 2 cups of rice

15. Season the rice with tomato

bouillon

16. Add 3 cups of water to the rice pot

17. Once the water begins to boil,

stir it, add a lid, and then turn it

down to medium heat

18. Set a timer for 15 minutes

19. The second round of chicken

should be fully cooked.

➡️ Add in:

- Butter

- Minced garlic

- Heavy whipping cream

until the bottom of the

pan is fully covered

20. Once it begins to boil, stir it, and

then add parmesan cheese

21. Season the pan with:

- Cajun seasoning

- Italian seasoning

- Onion powder

- Garlic powder

- Red chili flakes

22. Add the cut chicken back into the

pan and stir it

23. The rice should be done, so fluff

the rice.

24. Serve in a bowl and enjoy.

Video Tutorial:

Saturday, July 1, 2023

Banana Baked Oats

https://youtube.com/shorts/bRN0bzp-O4g?feature=share

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Cazuela de Arroz, Pollo y Crema de Hongo (Rice, Chicken and Cream of Mushroom Casserole)

The following recipe is from Ale. She had to do this for her Spanish class. She used a recipe template on the Google Docs website.

RECETA de Alejandra Figueroa

RECIPE by Alejandra Figueroa

Cazuela de Arroz, Pollo, y Crema de Hongo

Rice, Chicken, and Cream of Mushroom Casserole

Listo en 1 hora y media

Ready in 1 hour and a half

Sirve para 4 personas

Serves 4 people

Cosas que necesitas

Things you need

Una bandeja de horno (a baking tray)
Un horno (an oven)
Papel de aluminio (foil)
Una cuchara grande (a big spoon)
Mitones de horno (oven mitts)
Un cuchillo (a knife)
Tabla para cortar (cutting board)

Ingredientes

Ingredients

Arroz (4 tazas) (rice [4 cups])
Crema de hongo (2 latas) (mushroom cream [2 cans])
Pollo (4 pedazos) (chicken [4 pieces])
Queso (cheese)
Pimienta (pepper)
Polvo de ajo (garlic powder)
Agua (1 taza) (water [1 cup])
Caldo con sabor de pollo (chicken flavor bouillon)
Brócoli (2 tazas) (broccoli [2 cups])
Mantequilla (butter)

Preparación

Preparation

Primero precalienta el horno a 350 °F. (First preheat the oven to 350° F.)

Cubre el fondo del la bandeja de horno con mantequilla. (Cover the bottom of the baking tray with butter.)

Luego pon 4 tazas de arroz en la bandeja de horno. (Then put 4 cups of rice on the baking tray.)

Despues, añadir una lata de crema de hongo, una taza de agua, 2 tazas de brócoli, pimienta, y mezclar con una cuchara grande. (Then, add one can of mushroom cream, a cup of water, 2 cups of broccoli, pepper, and mix with a large spoon.)

Luego, use la tabla para cortar el pollo por la mitad y ponlos encima del arroz. (Then, you use the cutting board to cut the chicken in half and place them on top of the rice.)

Añadir mas crema de hongo encima del pollo y tambien añadir pimienta, polvo de ajo, caldo con sabor de pollo, polvo de ajo, y queso. (Add more cream of mushroom on top of the chicken and also add pepper, garlic powder, chicken flavor bouillon, garlic powder, and cheese.)

Despues, cubre la bandeja de horno con papel de aluminio y pon la bandeja en el horno para una hora y media. (Then, cover the baking tray with aluminum foil and put the tray in the oven for an hour and a half.)

Con unos mitones de horno sacar la cazuela y dejar a enfriar para 15 minutos. (Using oven mitts, remove the casserole and let it cool for 15 minutes.)

Servir y disfrutar! (Serve and enjoy!) 😀 🎉 🍽️

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Video Tutorial in Spanish by Ale:

These are some pics I took when I was filming.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Refried Beans Recipe

These are what the refried beans are supposed to look like, more or less. I think I added too much oil this time.

by Diana Figueroa (my mom)

Ingredients:

Pot of cooked beans with bean juice inside
Cooking pan
Cooking oil

Steps:

Get cooking pan
Put medium heat on stove
Make sure pan is hot and ready (sprinkle water on pan and if the water evaporates, it's ready)
Add enough oil to coat the pan
Wait a couple of seconds for oil to heat up
Put spoonfuls of cooked beans without water into pan
Add enough bean juice to coat the beans
Smash the beans with the bean masher
If it looks too dry, add more bean juice. If it looks too wet, add more beans without bean juice.
Turn off heat

Pinto Beans Recipe

by Diana Figueroa (my mom)

Ingredients:

2 cups of pinto beans, or the amount of beans that fit halfway in the saucepan
1 tbsp of salt
Water
Saucepan

Steps:

Clean beans in a water filled pot and take out loose flakes and rocks
Replace water (enough water to cover beans)
(Optional) Put half of an onion in the pot
Put medium heat on the stove
When water gets low add more water
When the beans start to look cooked, but not completely cooked, add salt
Keep letting it boil
Make sure beans are soft before turning off the heat
Move beans around then taste beans for softness and taste bean juice for flavor. According to taste, add salt.

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Tomato Chicken with Potatoes Pic.

Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 4:30 PM

This is a picture of a dish we made that looked quite good. It is baked chicken with roasted grape tomatoes and potatoes.

Sunday, September 4, 2022

Red Salsa Recipe

This recipe has been in my family for four generations.

Ingredients:

Japanese chile pods (a pinch full amount)

Oregano (1 teaspoon)
Garlic powder (1 teaspoon)
Salt (1 teaspoon)
Tomato sauce can (8 oz can)
Water

Steps:

Grab a pinch full amount of Japanese chile pods and put them in the blender
Put 1 can of tomato sauce (8 oz can) in blender
Fill the tomato sauce can halfway with water and pour that into the blender
Add 1 teaspoon of oregano, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt into the blender
Blend all the ingredients together in the blender
Adjust to taste, if you want
Serve and enjoy with some tortilla chips!