Italian Baked Chicken with Pasta

Servings:4

Ingredients
2 each chicken breast
2 tbl fresh herbs
as needed salt and pepper
1 box pasta cooked
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
as needed chopped vegetables
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
1 each minced garlic

Method of Preparation:
Season chicken with salt and pepper and half of the herbs. Sear in hot oil until golden brown. Let cool and dice into small pieces. Combine all ingredients and place in an oven proof casserole. Cook for 30 minutes in a 350 degree preheated oven or until golden brown.

Notes
You can top with a bread crumb-Parmesan cheese topping.

Chicken Roulade

Servings:4
Ingredients
4 each pounded chicken breast
4 each prosciutto slices or ham
2 cloves garlic minced
2 tbl fresh herbs
as needed salt and pepper
as needed fresh spinach
4 oz oil


Method of Preparation:
Place garlic herbs and some salt and pepper in a bowl and combine. Add to ckicken and mix well. Let the mixture sit for at least one hour. After an hour place chicken flat on a board. Place a slice of prosciutto and some spinach in the middle of the chicken. Roll tight and secure with some toothpicks. Sear in hot oil until golden brown. Place in a preheated 375 degree F oven until the chicken reaches 165 degree F internaly. Let rest for 5 minutes, remove toothpichs and slice. Serve with rice or pasta and your favorite vegetables.

Grilled Yellow Fin Tuna with Tomatillos Salsa

Grilled Yellow Fin Tuna

Servings:4
Ingredients
4 each 8 oz. yellow fin tuna steaks
as needed salt and pepper
2 oz oil

Method of Preparation:
Add enough oil to both sides of the tuna and season with salt and pepper. {Be sure to add enough salt and pepper because when you start to cook the grill or grill pan will take some off.} Let the tuna sit out for one hour before cooking to prevent ice cold center when you eat and to help browning, and prevent your grill or grill pan from getting to cold at the start of cooking. Use this time to heat your grill or 30 minutes to heat your grill pan. Add fish to the grill and let it be. This will create those nice X marks. Let cook for 2 min then turn 90 degrees and cook for 2 more minutes. Flip and cook on the other side for about 2 minutes for rare. Cook longer for a more well done steak.

Notes
Fresh herbs can be added. It is up to you what to use. Just add them when you salt and pepper. Sesame seeds can also be use and added at that time also.


Tomatillos Salsa

Servings:4 for sauce
Ingredients

1 lbs tomatillos diced small
1/2 each lime & lemon juiced
1 each large garlic clove minced
1/2 each red pepper diced
1/2 cup minced onion or shallot
as needed salt and pepper
1 tbls cilantro

Method of Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Let sit for at least one hour. You may need to reseason with salt and pepper.

Notes
You can add some heat as desired with a few shots of Tabasco. Also you can add some jalapeños that are fresh or for a twist you can roast and peal them.