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Making Garlic Sauce With Your Blender

Yummy Garlic Sauce Recipe

Who knew that so many good things could be made with your blender? Far too often, people think of the blender as a tool to make drinks and smoothies. While it is great for making those, it can also be used to create other recipes that will thrill your family. This video is a perfect example. You can make this yummy garlic sauce in seconds with a few ingredients and your favorite blender.

This recipe is for a really tasty creamy garlic sauce. You can use this with fish, pastas and vegetables without having to do any special preparation. Your blender works really well for this recipe, you want to make sure that everything is mixed well. Go ahead and make this sauce ahead of time, it will keep in your refrigerator for about a week. Don’t try to freeze the sauce, it will dry out in your freezer.

Garlic Sauce

Ingredients

Serve sauce over fish, meat or veggies.

5 cloves garlic
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 slices white bread, trimmed
1/3 cup slivered almonds
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil

Directions

Position knife blade in food mill bowl; add garlic, and chop well until the garlic is minced. Add water and the next 4 ingredients; process till smooth. With processor running, pour olive oil through food chute in a fairly slow but constant stream up until combined; chill.

Makes about 1 1/4 cups.

Serving suggestions:

You can add some cream (or milk) and use this as a pasta sauce. It will be garlicky, make sure that you are tasting the sauce as you are adding the milk.

You can top seafood, shellfish or fish with this sauce. It goes especially well with a white fish, it will add some needed flavor.

Top your steak with a dollop or two of this sauce. Garlic and beef are great together and this sauce makes a nice topping or dipping sauce.

Honey Garlic Chicken Skewers

Any recipe that can be done on a grill outdoors can be done just as well on a good electric griddle! These chicken skewers with a honey garlic glaze are fun to make and fun to eat. The non-stick surface of your griddle makes clean up a snap.

Ingredients:

Marinade:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tbsp sesame oil

2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced

1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled minced

3 tbsp soy sauce

3 tbsp honey

Skewers:

2 chicken breasts, chopped into bite-sized pieces

1 red bell pepper, chopped into large chunks

1 onion, peeled and sliced into squares

1 heaped tbsp sesame seeds

Small bunch of coriander/cilantro, roughly torn

Directions:

Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a small bowl.

Place the chicken in a plastic sandwich bag or a bowl and pour on three-quarters of the marinade (save the rest for brushing on the chicken during cooking).

Cover and place in the fridge for 1 hour (or up to a day).

Soak your skewers if they’re wooden ones (to prevent them burning) or use metal skewers.

When you’re ready to cook, heat your electric griddle until it’s very hot.

Thread a piece of chicken onto a skewer, followed by a chunk of red pepper, then a piece of chicken and a slice of onion. Repeat until you use up all the skewers and chicken.

Place the skewers on the griddle, and cook for 8-10 minutes until cooked through.

Turn 3-4 times during cooking, and brush with the reserved marinade halfway through cooking. To check the chicken is cooked, slice the largest piece and make sure there is no pink in the middle.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds and coriander.

Some cooks feel that you shouldn’t turn food too often, especially on an electric griddle. This recipe will turn out better if you turn 3 to 4 times and baste each time. Doing this helps get the sauces down between the pieces of meat and vegetables and will give the meat a nice crust, thanks to the honey.