I Didn't Know That - Worcestershire Sauce

Nearly 100 ingredients are processed to make Worcestershire Sauce.  Some of them are red onions, cloves, hot chilies, anchovies, garlic, tamarinds, and shallots.  The sauce is not cooked, but is aged in wooden casks up to two years.  After aging, it is then strained and pasteurized.

Use Worcestershipe Sauce to season tomato sauces, beverages, and soups.  Use in meat marinades, in sauces for meats and vegetables, and in soups.  Add to butter-garlic mixture for garlic bred.  Use in cheese spreads, appetizer dips, barbecue sauce, snack mixes, and gravies, or sprinkle over popcorn.

Storage - store in cabinet or pantry no longer than one year for peak quality.  Shake well before using, as ingredients settle in the bottle.

Worcestershire Round Steak

1 can (16 oz.) tomato sauce
1 cup dry red wine or beer
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. minced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 boneless beef round steak (about 2 lbs.)

Mix tomato sauce, wine, Worcestershire sauce, onion, garlic, brown sugar, and pepper.  Pour over steak in shallow glass baking dish.  Refrigerate, covered, 4 hours or overnight; drain, reserving marinade.

Grill or broil steak to desired degree of doneness; heat marinade and serve with steak.  4 - 6 servings.

Spicy Jack Daniels Barbecue Sauce

 Now and then I come across a recipe that I can't help but share.  Today I want to share a recipe from my good friend Chef Tom Cooks.  I know it's just January but it's never too early or late to start thinking about BBQ and grilling.  So here we go with Chef Tom's Spicy Jack Daniel's Barbecue Sauce.



1/4 cup onions, chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 cups Jack Daniels
15 peppercorns
1 tablespoon mustard powder
2 teaspoons Cholula Hot Sauce (or your favorite hot sauce)
6 oz. Coca Cola
1 bottle Sweet Baby Rays barbecue sauce
olive oil

In a saucepan, saute the onions and garlic in a little olive oil.  Once they begin to sweat, add the cola and bring to a boil.  Once it begins to boil, add the Jack Daniels.  Bring back to a boil and let the alcohol burn off, about 3-5 minutes.
Add the peppercorns, hot sauce and dry mustard.  Reduce the mixture by 2/3.  Turn the heat to low and add the bottle of barbecue sauce and heat for about 5-7 minutes.  Remove from heat and pour through a fine strainer to remove the onions, garlic and peppercorns.
Let cool, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

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Chicken Mozzarella

I'm running a little behind in my posts but good things are usually worth waiting for and this dish is one of the good ones.  Foodbuzz and Tastemakers along with Newman's Own sent me a couple of sauces to try with the hopes of my coming up with a recipe that is tasty, easy, family friendly and can be prepared within 30 minutes.  With my Chicken Mozzarella I nailed all of these plus.  Not only is this dish simple to make it's a dish that can be prepared as individual servings cooking all at one time or as needed making it the perfect dish for a busy schedule family.  So here is all you do to make this tasty little dish.

To make a serving for 4:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
Cook 1/2 lb.  spaghetti according to package directions.
Divide spaghetti into 4 individual dishes that are oven safe.
Place 1 pre-cooked, breaded chicken breasts over top of spaghetti.
Divide 1 jar of Newman's Own pasta sauce over the chicken breasts making sure to cover the spaghetti.
Top with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
Bake 20-25 minutes or until cheese has melted and the dish is piping hot.

Comments:  I used the Tomato & Basil Bombolina Pasta Sauce. When I make up a new dish and serve it to some of my lucky food testers, I tell them very little about the dish.  All 3 of my food testers that tried this dish remarked about it's "clean" taste.  One thought it may have a touch of lemon added another wanted to know if I added a tiny bit of mint.  It was the Basil they were tasting and they all 3 loved it.  For my chicken I used a pre-cooked, all white meat product to cut down time.  When baking the assembled dish, watch your cheese.  You want the dish hot but you don't want to burn  your cheese.  If you find your cheese starting to brown, lay a sheet of non-stick foil over the top.  For the individual dishes, I shop at a discount pottery house that carries many styles and colors of individual baking dishes for about $1.00 each.  These are perfect to have around not only for this dish but also for serving baked potatoes, corn on the cob and even freezing individual dishes.  And as I said before, this dish is perfect for serving as needed.  You can bake all 4 dishes, wrap, refrigerate/freeze, and microwave as needed.  Perfect to serve that someone who didn't make it home in time for dinner with the rest of the family.