Poor Mans Paella Food

POOR MAN'S PAELLA

Steps:

• For the marinade:.
• Mix together soy sauce, reserved pineapple juice, olive oil, chili paste, garlic and ginger and a couple of tablespoons of chopped cilantro. I don't even skin the ginger. Wash and pat dry chicken and sausage. Sprinkle all sides with salt & pepper. Put everything in a resealable, shake until well coated. Marinate a couple of hours or overnight.
• For the dish:.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Remove the meat for the marinade and pat dry. In a dutch oven or any other heavy oven proof pan, heat a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. Brown meat on both side then remove from pan. Take pan off heat, add rice and chicken broth. Layer 1/2 bell pepper and onion over rice. Put chicken on top of that. Slice up sausage into chuncks and place around chicken. Do the same with the pineapple chuncks. Layer the rest of the peppers and onions over the top. Put on the lid and place in the oven for 10 minutes. After that, reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook for another hour.
• Remove from the oven and let rest for 15 minutes (don't remove that lid!).
• Sprinkle with green onions and remaining cilantro. Squeaze the juice of the lemon over the top.
• Serve with a nice fresh salad. Enjoy!

POOR MAN'S PAELLA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet with high sides. Add the smoked sausage to the pan and brown. Removed from the pan and set aside.
• Pat chicken breasts dry and season with salt and pepper on both sides. Over medium-high heat, brown both sides of the chicken breasts. Remove from the pan and tent with foil.
• Add the onion and all the peppers and cook, scrapping up the brown bits from the pan. Cook until the vegetables have softened.
• Add the garlic and cumin, paprika, and cayenne; cook until fragrant, about a minute. Add the tomatoes and rice and stir until coated.
• Pour in the chicken broth and add the bay leaf and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook until the rice is tender (roughly 20-30 minutes, try to leave covered.).
• Once the rice is cooked, add salt and pepper to taste. Dice the chicken into 1-inch pieces and add it and the smoked sausage to the pan.
• Stir in the parsley and peas and cover, continue to cook over low heat until the any pink that might remain is cooked from the chicken and the chicken and sausage is heated through.

POOR MANS RISOTTO

Steps:

• Dry fry the bacon until the fat starts to come out. add mushrooms and up the heat a little fry until the mushrooms are golden.
• remove from heat and keep warm.
• Heat the oil and fry the onion until soft. Add the garlic, stir and add the rice and stock. Cook until almost all the liquid is gone remove from heat, stir and leave to stand covered for 5 minutes.
• Stir cheese through pasta and top with mushrom mix.

POOR MAN'S SANDWICH

Steps:

• Spread peanut butter onto one slice of the bread. Place pickle slices and onion slices onto the peanut butter. Spread mayonnaise onto the other slice of bread, and place on top of the other piece of bread.