Sunday, July 1, 2012

Bolivian Pancakes/Egg-rice pancakes


   Okay, so these might sound and even look really wierd, but believe it or not almost everyone I've ever made them for asked me for the recipe. And in fact the biggest fans of this are the pickiest eaters.  My mom learned how to make these on her mission in Bolivia thus the name of Bolivian pancakes.  They are also a good option for those who might have to avoid gluten.  My mom actually never cooked them with the pre-cooked sausage like I do.  That's just something I like to add to give a little more flavor.  I never measure ingredients for this recipe, thus the reason for the pictures of the batter.  Since those who have asked me have a hard time knowing how it should look.  Sorry the pictures aren't super they were taken with my phone.  This is a great recipe to make if you ever have any left over rice from a different dish like my stuffed tomatoes or my dad's meat and vegetable recipe.   So here are the ingredients and their measurements.  I think it makes around 15 pancakes, which by the way are pretty good plain we never put ketchup or anything like that on them.

4-5 cups pre cooked rice
3/4 cups shredded cheese
1/2- 3/4  lb. pre cooked pork sausage
10-12 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
  After mixing all the ingredients poor out and cook on skillet like you would pancakes.






Breaded Parmesan Chicken



Breaded chicken
based on a Parmesan Ranch Chicken recipe from Lion House Classics cookbook

The original recipe is breaded chicken breast served with pasta, but I usually like to make smaller bite sized chicken and serve it on a salad.  Andrew and the kids LOVE to just eat them plain.

1/2 c cornflake crumbs (I use Panko bread crumbs, found in the asian foods aisle.)
1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 oz. (about 1/4 cup) dry ranch dressing mix
6 boneless chicken breasts, or if you're going to be cutting into smaller pieces I use cut up about 3 chicken breasts for the amount if the breaded mixture

The original recipe has you mix the dry ingredients and then roll chicken in it.  I always roll chicken in eggs first so that it sticks better.  Then you just bake in the oven at 350 for 25-30 minutes.