BBQ Pulled-Chicken Tacos

This concoction I can take absolutely no credit for (unless you mean eating...because I ate the bejeebers out of these tacos!!) My boyfriend actually is the mastermind of these and I am so lucky to have such an evil genius in my kitchen with me! (Insert super cheesy couple comments here) But seriously, these were made for our UGA football party and were devoured by the masses! (Disregard the looks on my boyfriend's and fellow partier's faces- the taco he's eating is what is important!)

 

Time to prep/cook: 15 min/ 30 min
Servings: lots
Ingredients:

• corn tortillas
• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 lb of green, red, and yellow peppers and onions  (Kroger frozen bag)
• bbq sauce (he used Krafts honey bbq)
• olive oil

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 425
2. Using a standard muffin tray - turn the tray upside down and put the tortilla shell between 4 muffin spots (Should create a 4 pointed bowl shape)
3. Can do about 4-5 at a time
4. Bake for 20-25 min till edges of tortilla are golden brown (tortilla should hold bowl shape)
5. Set these aside 
6. In a deep dish frying pan add olive oil and cook the chicken on medium-high
7. As the chicken cooks, it'll turn white, as it does pull at it with two forks this will "shred" the chicken 
8. Add the peppers and onion and keep cooking, until chicken is cooked all the way through
9. Add bbq sauce to taste and moisten
10. Place chicken mixture in a bowl and serve into taco bowls 
11. Enjoy!!

Apple Pie Bites

 I made these for a UGA football game party this past weekend. They were a huge success- read as people ate through 40 in about 1 hour!!

Super Simple to make!!

Time to cook/prep: 10 / 15 min

Servings: I made 40 for 9 people, not exactly sure what a serving of these would be.....

Ingredients:

• 2 cans of 10 premade homestyle biscuits (I used krogers $.88 value version)
• 1 can of apple pie filling with apple slices
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• brown sugar

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Open one can of biscuits and break each biscuit in half 
3. Reroll each half into a new dough ball (now you have 20 dough balls Ta-Da!)
4. Take each new doughball and using a mini muffin tray (24 muffins) place each ball in a muffin slot
5. Using your finger indent the balls and widen into tiny little bowl-like shapes
6. Open the can of apple pie filling
7. Using a small spoon add about 1/2 tbsp of filling to each biscuit (make sure you get a piece of apple in each as well)
   **DO NOT OVER FLOW THE BISCUITS!!!**
8. Sprinkle the nutmeg, cinnamon, and brown sugar over the bites
9. Put in over for about 12-15 minutes (or until sides begin to brown and pull away from the tray)
10. Use a spoon around the edges to pop the bites out
11. Serve and Enjoy!!!

Marinated Chicken and Cheeses

Do you see this!? This was absolutely, mouth wateringly, praise to the powers that be, good. 

Time to Prep/Cook: 15 min/45 min
Servings: 3-4
Ingredients:

• 6 chicken tenderloins
• 1 cup of breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup of flour
• olive oil
• 1/8 cup of diced green bell peppers
• 1/8 cup of diced mushrooms
• 1 jar of Marinara sauce (I used the 6 cheese kroger brand marinara sauce)
• 1/2 lb of Mozzarella cheese log
• 1 tbsp of feta cheese
• 2 teaspoons of italian herbs

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees 
2. In a 9 inch baking dish pour a 1/4 inch thick layer of marinara sauce
3. Sprinkle feta cheese over layer of marinara and set dish aside till later
4. Add the flour to 1 small bowl, add the beated egg to 2nd bowl, and add the breadcrumbs to the 3rd bowl
5. Heat a frying pan with olive oil on medium heat (until the oil sizzles when water is flicked at it)
6. Sautee the mushrooms and peppers for about 5 minutes or until the mushrooms turn a darker color
7. Dip the tenderloins, one at a time, into the flour, then the egg, and then breadcrumbs
8. Fry up to 3 breaded tenderloins at a time for at least 8-10 min (or until cooked all the way through)
9. Once all the tenderloins are cooked place them evenly spaced in the dish with marinara sauce
10. Spread the sauteed vegetables over the chicken 
11. Slice the mozzarella cheese in 1/4 inch thick slices and cover the chicken with such slices
12. Then cover everything with another layer of marinara sauce
13. Bake for about 15 minutes (or until cheese is melted)
14. Serve with a side of green vegetables (I used green beans)
15. SERVE and don't get in the way of the platter because it will be a fight to the death for seconds!!