Easy Orange BBQ Chicken

This recipe was so good and my whole family loved it, even my picky eater. I've done this recipe a couple of different ways. First I did it according to the recipe which you can find the original one HERE from Crafty Morning. 

Second I barbequed the chicken and put the sauce on that way. Both are very tasty so I guess it just depends on your preference. We put the chicken on some rice and mixed California veggies. 

Super easy and so very good!

Ingredients

Sauce Ingredients: 

1 Cup BBQ sauce - Sweet Baby Ray's is the best!

1 Cup Sweet orange marmalade - like Smucker's

2 Tbsp soy sauce

Crispy chicken Ingredients: 

3-4 chicken breasts or you can use the smaller fillets you just need a few more depending on how many you are feeding. 

1 Cup Flour

2 Eggs

Oil

Instructions

1. In a saucepan, add the BBQ sauce, marmalade, and soy sauce. Turn the heat on low and let it simmer for 20 minutes, stirring a few times. 

2. Meanwhile, cut up your chicken breasts into cubes In one bowl beat 2 eggs, in another bowl combined dry ingredients. 

3. Add a thin layer of oil to a frying pan and turn your stove on medium/high heat. 

4. Dip pieces of chicken in the egg and then cover in flour. When the oil is ready, add chicken pieces to it carefully a few at a time. Let cook for about 3-5 mins on each side until it's nice and brown and cooked on the inside. 

5. Set the chicken pieces on a paper towel and let drain. Put in a serving bowl. 

6. Take the sauce off the stove and carefully stir sauce over chicken and mix until all the chicken is well coated. 

7. Serve with rice and steamed veggies. 

Strawberries and Cream Cake

I made this cake for another monthly birthday cake at work. I asked one of the co-workers who was having a birthday what kind of cake she wanted and she said anything but chocolate. Fair enough! I knew the other co-worker who was also having a birthday loved strawberries so the decision was made - it will be a strawberry cake. 

On my hunt for what I wanted to do, I came across two recipes that I sort of took from to create what I made. It turned out pretty good and I had lots of comments on how yummy it was. One said it was even better the next day - so I guess there's an idea to make it the day before -if you have a cool place to put it as the frosting is cream based. 

Hope you enjoy!

 Picture from Chelsea's Messy Apron. 

Ingredients for Cake

1 box of white cake mix

3 eggs

3/4 cup oil

1/3 cup flour

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup greek yogurt

1 cup + 2 Tbsp fresh or frozen but thawed strawberries pureed (keep the 2 Tbsp for the frosting)

1-3oz box strawberry jello (reserve 1 tsp for frosting)

Warm up the oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together and pour in a prepared 9x13 pan by spraying with a non-stick spray or coating with butter. 

Cook for 30-35 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely. 

Frosting

1 1/2 cups of cream

3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 cup icing sugar, divided

1 -8oz package of cream cheese, softened to room temp

1/2 tsp vanilla

2 Tbsp strawberry puree

1 tsp strawberry jello

fresh strawberries

In a bowl beat the whipped cream, lemon, and 1/2 cup icing sugar in a bowl until peaks form. You can transfer the whipped cream to another bowl if using a stand mixer or in another bowl add the softened cream cheese and beat until nice and smooth. Add icing sugar, vanilla, strawberry jello, and strawberry puree and mix until well blended. 

Fold in half the whipped cream and blend well then fold in the last half of whipped cream and blend well again. 

Frost the cake

cut up fresh strawberries and put on top of the cake. 

Enjoy!