red chili sauce

This is my sauce I can make in 10 minutes and use it for various recipes. Enchilada's, or on my Tamale and sometimes I add sugar and make a sweet chili sauce to eat with my Tortilla Chips and cream cheese..It's perfect for when I have no canned sauce in the pantry.
ingredients:
1 teaspoon butter
3 gloves of garlic (chopped fine)
1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup chicken stock (or water if no CS
1 tablespoon cornstarch (mixed in one cup water)

Optional,
1 teaspoon sugar (add more if you like it sweeter)

Directions:
In a large pan, brown garlic in butter add chili flakes and paprika cook for 2 minutes stir in ketchup & sugar, add chicken stock and simmer 10 minutes. Add cornstarch mix bring to a boil and remove from heat.

Use in any of your favorite recipes.

Cornbread

This actually the Bisquik cornbread recipe but I broke it down to a scratch Bisquik so my children  Australia can make it too. 

So if you use Bisquik Mix use 3 cups and bypass all the flour mixture in this recipe, go straight to where you add the cornmeal then follow from there.

Dry Ingredients:

3 cups flour

½ teaspoon salt

1 ½ tablespoon baking powder

1/2  stick cold butter (or shortening)

Measure flour, baking powder and salt into a sifter. Sift into a bowl.
Cut in cold butter {or other fat} with a pastry cutter until evenly incorporated.
I’m lazy, so I just dump the flour mixture and the butter cut into chunks in my food processor and pulse 10 times.

Add to the dry ingredients:

3 tablespoon cornmeal

¾ Teaspoon Baking Soda

1  Cup Sugar

Wet ingredients:

1 can evaporated milk or (1 ½ Cup Whole Milk)

3 Eggs (Well Beaten)

2 sticks (1 cup) Melted Butter (set aside to let cool down) please use real butter

Mix all dry ingredients together, add in milk & eggs until blended,  (please mix by hand). 

Add in melted butter and continue to blend together. Pour mixture into well greased 9x12 pan. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes until golden brown. 

or when middle springs back at your touch.

Chicken & Rice

Ingredients:
1 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder or 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried cumin
1 tsp. paprika or any other chili spice you have on hand
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
One 3 1/2-to-4-pound chicken, cut into 8 serving pieces and skin removed 
(or 8 thighs bone in remove skin )
3 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 small yellow onion, finely diced
1 bell pepper seeds removed, diced (any color)
4 clove chopped garlic finely chopped
1 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 cups long-grain rice
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup tomato sauce, or can diced tomatoes

Directions:
Combine the salt, garlic powder, cumin, black pepper and cayenne in a plastic gallon bag. Shake until the mixture is well combined.

Pat the chicken dry and place in the bag with the spice mixture. Shake the bag, making sure the chicken is well coated.

Heat the oil in a 12-inch, high-sided skillet over high heat until hot but not smoking. 

Add the chicken and brown on all sides, about 6 minutes each side. 
Transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside.

In skillet, add the onions, bell peppers and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook the vegetables over moderate heat, stirring, until softened and fragrant, about 7 minutes. Add the rice and garlic and cook until the rice begins to turn gold in color and fragrant, about 2 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine the stock, tomato sauce and remaining teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Add 1- 1/4 cups water and the 1-1/2 cup of stock to the skillet, stir to make sure the rice is covered in liquid. Nestle the chicken in the rice, adding any juices from the plate. Bring the rice to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover. Cook until the chicken is cooked through, the rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed, about 35 to 45 minutes. make sure rice is fully cooked. 
Let the skillet stand covered, about 10 minutes before serving.

Note*
I like to add 1/2 teaspoon of chili flakes for a spicier flavor my personal preference but consider who will be eating, some don't like it too spicy.