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by Chef Dominic Tedesco
Summary: Using leftovers, Chef Dominic Tedesco and Lucie Ventura, author of “Touched by Diabetes,” prepare a potluck meal of chicken delight, pasta, halibut and mahi mahi with a citrus sauce, and dessert.
Cooking time (duration): 10 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 4
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Ingredients
Chicken:
- Chicken
- Shallot, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 red bell pepper
- ¼ cup white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- Salt
- Pepper
Seafood:
- 1 halibut fillet
- 1 mahi mahi fillet
- ¼ cup tequila
- Fresh orange, lemon, and lime juice
Pasta:
- 2 cups pasta
- 2 cups Marinara sauce
- 1 tbsp Tabasco sauce
- Parmesan cheese
- Fresh chopped parsley
Dessert:
- Doughnut sticks
- 2 cups oil
- ½ lb cooked pizza dough
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- ½ sliced strawberries
Instructions
Chicken Directions:
- Render hot large skillet with oil.
- Sauté chopped shallots.
- Cut chicken on bias, ½ inch thick.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add chicken to pan.
- Chop bell peppers into ¼ inch pieces and add to pan
- Add white wine.
- Add chicken stock.
- Cover and let simmer.
To Serve Chicken:
- Place chicken on serving plate.
- Spoon vegetables and juice over chicken.
Seafood Directions:
- Render hot pan with olive oil.
- Place mahi mahi and halibut fillets in pan.
- Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- In hot pan add tequila and juice.
- Stir and let cook down.
To Serve Seafood:
- Place fish on serving plate.
- Top fish with citrus sauce.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro.
Pasta Directions:
- Bring water to boil and add pasta.
- Heat marinara sauce in sauce pan.
- Add Tabasco sauce.
To Serve Pasta:
- Place cooked pasta on serving plate.
- Spoon marinara over pasta.
- Garnish with parmesan cheese and fresh parsley.
Dessert Directions:
- Doughnut sticks
- Heat oil in medium sauce pan.
- Cut pizza dough into strips.
- Place dough in oil.
- Rotate until puffy and light golden brown.
- Mix together brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Remove doughnut sticks from oil and place on napkin to drain.
To Serve Dessert:
- Place doughnut sticks on serving plate.
- Shake sugar mixture over doughnut sticks.
- Garnish with strawberry slices.
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