Hard Rock Cafe Bar-B-Que Beans

If you love baked beans you'll go nuts over this clone recipe from the world's first theme restaurant chain. It's real easy to make too, since you just pour all of the ingredients into a covered casserole dish, stir, and bake for an hour and a half. The only element that may give you pause is the pulled pork from last week's recipe. It's an effortless addition if you've got some of that pork on hand.

If not, just leave that ingredient out. Or you could add some cooked bacon to the mix. Either way the beans will still come out awesome as a nosh-worthy side dish or snack.

Recipe Ingredient
2 15-ounce cans pinto beans (with liquid)

2 tablespoons water

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1/2 cup ketchup

1/3 cup white vinegar

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons diced onion

1 teaspoon prepared mustard

1/2 teaspoon chili powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper

1/2 cup shredded pork

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Pour entire contents of the can of pinto beans into a casserole dish (with a lid).

3. Dissolve the cornstarch in a small bowl with the 2 tablespoons of water. Add this solution to the beans and stir.

4. Add the remaining ingredients to the dish, stir well and cover.

5. Bake for 90 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Stir every 30 minutes. After removing the beans from the oven, let the beans cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

Serves 6 to 8 as a side dish.

Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies

Serving Size : 1

Categories : Desserts Cookies Low-Fat

Recipe Ingredients
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 pound Butter or margarine
1 cup Light brown sugar -- packed
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
3 cups Bisquick
1 cup Cornstarch
1/2 cup Nonfat milk powder
2 tablespoons Sanka or coffee powder
1 tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon Vanilla
1 Package semi-sweet chocolate pieces -- (12 ounces)
4 ounces Pecans -- well-chopped

With electric mixer, high speed, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beatin sugars, beating until very creamy. Beat in eggs, then each remainingingredient, except chips and pecans When dough is smooth, work in chips and pecans with spoon. Make grape-sized pieces of dough for each cookie , placing 1" apart on ungreased sheet. Bake at 350~ for 14 minutes or untilgolden brown. 12 dozen itsy bitsy cookies. Freeze unbaked cookie dough to thaw, shape and bake in 4 months.

Durkee's Famous Sauce

Serving Size : 16

Categories : Recipe for Sauces Cheese/Eggs


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup Cold water
4 tablespoons Cornstarch
1/2 cup Plus 2 TB dark vinegar
2 tablespoons Salt
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Whole egg
4 tablespoons French's prepared mustard
4 tablespoons Margarine -- tiny bits

Place all ingredients as listed in blender on high speed until smooth (2 minutes). Transfer to top of double boiler and cook over gently boiling water, stirring often for 12 to 15 minutes or until thickened and smooth.Once more put mixture back through blender 30 seconds or till smooth,using high speed. Refrigerate in covered container 24 hours before using.Keep refrigerated 3 months.

Church's Fried Chicken

Serving Size : 3
Categories : Chicken Sandwiches Salsa


Recipe
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 tablespoon Sugar
1 1/2 cups Self-rising flour
1/2 cup Cornstarch
3 teaspoons Seasoned salt
2 teaspoons Paprika
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 cup Biscuit mix
1 Env Italian Dressing Mix
1 Env Onion soup mix

-----TO USE-----
2 Eggs -- mix with
1/4 cup Cold water
1 cup Corn oil

Combine all ingredients in a 4-cup container. Mix to blend the ingredients thoroughly. Store tightly covered at room temperature up to 3 months. TO USE-Dip the chicken pieces in egg mixture and then into dry coating mix and back into egg to coat the pieces evenly but lightlyand finally back into dry mix. Have oil piping hot in heavy skillet. Brown pieces skin-side down for 4 to 6 minutes. Use medium high heat. Turn and brown underside of pieces a few minutes. Transfer to an oiledor Pam-sprayed 9x12x2 pan. Cover pan in foil, sealing it on only 3 side of pan. Bake 350~ for about 45 to 50 minutes. Remove foil. Bake another5 minutes just to crisp the coating.

Serves 4

Bennigan's Hot Bacon Dressing

Bennigan's Hot Bacon Dressing


Serving Size : 1
Categories : Dressings Salads Meats

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 ounces Bacon grease
1/4 pound Red onion -- dice fine
2 cups Water
1/2 cup Honey
1/2 cup Red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons Cornstarch
1 tablespoon Tabasco

Place the bacon grease in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and saute until the onions start to blacken. While the onion sare carmelizing, in a mixing bowl place the water, honey and red wine vinegar. Using a wire whisk, mix the ingredients well. Add the cornstarch and whisk well.

After the onions have carmelized, add the Dijon mustard to the onions and stir together with a rubber spatula. Add the water, vinegar, pepper (sic.) honey and cornstarch to the mustard and onions and mix.

Continue stirring until mix thickens and comes to a boil. Remove from heat and store in refigerator until needed.

Note: To reheat use a double boiler. I put the tabasco on the ingredient list if you like it. In different parts of the country Bennigan's recipe omits this ingredient.