Chicken Fingers with Chipotle Honey Sauce

This is from Cook This Not That (Kitchen Survival Guide). Definitely check out this cookbook!
I made these tonight and they were very easy and fast to make!
(Alisa, I wanted to post this on your other blog in response to your post. Feel free to repost there if you want).

Makes 4 servings. $2/serving.
Compare to Chili's Crispy Honey-Chipotle Crispers and save 1,680 calories, 4000 mg sodium, and $6.99!!!!

You'll Need:
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken tenders
salt & black pepper to taste
3 egg whites, lightly beaten
2 cups panko bread crumbs (find in asian section of supermarket. These give crunch without having to fry in bubbling fat. I found these at HEB.)
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp chipotle pepper puree. (you can also just use the "juice" from canned chipotle peppers. Also, if young kids will be eating, leave this out or set aside for adults)

1 Tbsp honey

How to Make it:
Place egg whites in shallow bowl and beat.
Place crumbs on a plate and season with s&p.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Season chicken with salt & pepper.
Dip chicken tenders into egg, then toss in the crumbs, being sure to coat fully.
Place breaded chicken pieces on baking sheet coasted with nonstick cooking spray and bake for 20-30 minutes, until crumbs have browned and chicken is firm.
 While cooking, combine mustard, chipotle, & honey in large bowl. You can either toss the cooked chicken tenders in the mixture so they are all evenly coated with the sauce or you can just drizzle the sauce over the chicken.

Aunt Barbara’s Sweet and Sour Pork Serve 5 to 7

2 lbs uncooked pork to dredge pork 4 T. cornstarch

2 cups water

4 T. soy sauce

Combine for sweet and sour sauce

4 T. cornstarch (add last)

1 cup water

1/3 cup vinegar (apple cider vinegar)*

¼ cup soy sauce

¾ cup sugar

¾ cup green pepper (shredded) (can omit)

¾ cup carrots (roll cut) (Oblique cut some, like triangle)

¾ cup onions (shredded)

¾ cup chunk pineapple

2 T. oil for stir-frying

Oil for deep fat frying (390 degrees)

Preparation

Cut uncooked pork into 2” X 2” pieces. Put into heavy sauce pan with 2 cups cold water, bring to boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Take from pan and let cool.

Drain pineapple. Shred green pepper and onion. Roll cut carrots.

Combine sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, cornstarch and water in sauce pan. Cook over low heat until thickened.

Heat pan. Add oil. Add carrots: stir-fry 1 minute, remove to sweet and sour sauce. Heat oil to 390 degrees for deep fat frying.

Dredge cool pork in mixture of 4 T. cornstarch and 4 T. soy sauce. (leave 10-15 minutes improves flavor, add all pork at once, stir) Deep fry until pork is a deep rich brown. Then add to sweet and sour sauce. Heat all ingredients through, do not boil. Serve at once.

(Put rice on big platter then pour sweet and sour over)

*For milder sweet and sour sauce, substitute juice from chunks of pineapple

(Boil and deep fry meat in morning. Do cutting also. Then before serving make sauce, add fried meat, onion. Then stir fry carrots and green pepper.)

Slow Cooked Pork

This is easy and budget friendly. Pork loin is very affordable (I have gotten it for $1/lb) and everything else you should have on hand with your spices. We like to use HEB's fresh tortillas with steamed broccoli on the side.

I got this from Rachelle's blog here. She also posted some other kid friendly dinners that her kids help her make in the same post, so you might want to check it out.

2 lb pork loin roast (I like the kind from Costco that comes individually wrapped in a 4-pack)
1 t. garlic powder
1/2 t. rosemary
1/2 T. minced onion
¾ t. salt
1 t. oregano
1/2 t. marjoram
1/2 t. celery seed
1/4 t. red pepper

Mix all the seasonings together. Sprinkle over meat and gently rub in. Cook meat in crock pot (with just a little broth/water to cover the bottom) on LOW for 8-9 hours, or until meat pulls apart easily. Shred and stuff in pita pocket, tortilla, or on the new Orowheat Sandwich Thins.

After reading this post of Alisa's and Natalie's comment, I was thinking of money saving. And food is a BIG expense for us, and probably most families. Natalie brought up that she tries to making eating out a special occasion. I agree and try to limit eating out to weekends only. Which doesn't always work.

After wanting to "just pick something up" today for lunch and then for dinner (I was SO good and didn't for either!) I ended making Baked Potato Soup for dinner. It was so good. I thought to myself "this is better than anything I would have picked up somewhere."

It's an easy go to meal of ours that everyone in the family likes! Here is the recipe!

If any of the ladies want to share, please do! I'd love to find some more go to meals.We can make it a monthly challenge here at CP Coupon Diva's. We can all make a post of an old or new meal we've cooked recently that our families really liked.