Shoyu-Cola Chicken

I haven't made this yet but probably will since Mr. P got a 2-liter cola from buying pizza the other day....

12 piece of chicken wings
1 can of coke
1 cup of shoyu
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Salt and pepper
dash of oil

1) salt and pepper the chicken wings.
2) heat pot/pan with dash of oil, throw in the minced garlic for 1 minute.
3) throw in chicken wings.
4) pour in the can of coke.
5) pour in the cup of shoyu.
6) Bring it to boil, stirring occasionally.
7) reduce heat to medium, let it simmer for about 30 mins or until sauce thickens

Barbeque Cola Chicken

6 Chicken drumsticks or boneless chicken

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 1/2 cup barbeque sauce (more or less as desired)

1/2 can of coca cola

1) In a pot, boil chicken in water until it's almost cooked.

2) Drain the water out of the pot then add the minced garlic in the pot of chicken.

3) Add barbeque sauce in the pot (I used Tony Roma's)

4) Add the 1/2 can of cola and bring to a boil.

5) Reduce heat to medium and cook for about 30 minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken while drinking the leftover can of coke.

Pictured is chicken meat shredded off from the drumsticks. It's so soft that they usually just fall out of the bones. But in my case, Mr. P and lil P were just spoiled. They wanted me to take out the bones...

Lemon Pork Tenderloin

my bff loves this dish and everytime she comes over she always request for this. It's really simple to make.

1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup juice from lemon
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 pork tenderloin (total 2 lbs)
2 tbsp light brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt

Marinate the tenderloin in olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic in a ziplog bag, refrigerate for 30 min, turn over half way. Heat some olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place tenderloins in, reserved the marinade for later. Cook pork for 10 to 12 min until cooked to medium, turn to brown the other side. Remove and keep warm. Place the reserved marinade, the brown sugar, and salt in the skillet and bring to boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 5 min. Slice the pork and serve topped with the sauce. YUM!

asian crab and noodle salad

1 package of noodles (thin spaghetti or somen)

1 package of imitation crab meat (shred with fork)

1 cucumber (julienne, or cut very thinly in strips of 2 inches)

1 bottle of oriental salad dressing

1 bottle of furikake

cook noodles according to package direction, drain and mix with alittle salad dressing, let cool, then place cucumbers and crab meat on top. Keep refrigeratede Right before serving, drizzle more oriental salad dressing to taste and sprinkle furikake and mix well with noodles. Serve immediately.

Cereal Bar

What to do with lefover marshmellows from 'smores, and too much cereal boxes? Make cereal bars! I used the same concept as rice krispies, can make alot of possibilities!

1/2 bar of butter
Leftover Marshmellows (or 3/4 bag of large marshmellows)
Cereal (I have cheerios, chex, and granola with craisin, about 1 cup each)
1/4 cup Chocolate Chips

Melt butter in a pot in medium heat, pour in marshmellows and stir to melt, turn heat to low. Once melted, remove from stove. Pour in Cereal and mix. Can add nuts and other dry fruits as you wish.

Pour into 9x13 pan, evenly distribute, then add chocolate chips. Press down to flatten. Let cool, about 1 hour. Cut into bars and wrap using siran wrap. Enjoy!

Bread Pudding

1 Kings Bakery or Ani's Sweet Bread
1 cup Raisins (optional)
1 cup Apple Pie Filling (optional)
2 cups Milk
1 cup Sugar
1 block Butter
5 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Cinnamon

1) Heat up milk sugar, butter in a saucepan until butter is melted. Cool till warm.
2) Tear bread into 2" pieces & place in a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle raisins in between the bread. Spread pie filling on top.
3) Mix eggs, vanilla, cinnamon in a separate bowl. Add to cooled milk mixture. Pour over bread.
4) Use the back of spoon to press on bread to make sure bread is saturated.
5) Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

this goes well with vanilla bean ice cream! Thanks Jada!

Grill Shrimp

I tried this at a friend's house and it was finger licking good! He was able to give me the ingredients, so here is my measurements that goes with the recipe:

1 cup Olive Oil
3 Tbsp Honey
3 tsp Shoyu
drops of hot sauce (the rooster one is best but any viet ones are just fine)
drops of Worchestershire sauce
crushed Hawaiian Salt
3 cloves minced garlic

Put them all together in a ziploc bag and marinade in the fridge for about an hour before grilling. Peeled shrimp would be about 4-5 minutes on one side and then 3 minutes on the other side or until it turns pink, if you cook it too long it'll turn dry. If it's not peeled, it can be cooked alittle longer or until the shells are crunchy. Some likes to eat with shell on because of this. I like to lick/suck the shell first and then peel it and then eat the inside.