Maple Sausage Corndogs

What up Dog!

How about a fun Corndog!  These fun fried treats make a great breakfast or snack!  They are actually really easy to make and don't take long at all.  They have a nice crispy fried outside shell with a juicy inside sausage middle.  You can make so many different kinds of corndogs so why not try a breakfast one!  Chef had fun making these and did it all on his first try.  He said if you follow the ingredients and directions you can too!  Why not make something fun for the family to come down to besides the traditional breakfast ideas most see!  Spice it up with a breakfast corndog! 

Serves: 14
Prep Time: 8 Minutes
Cook Time: 2 Minutes
Total Time: 10 Minutes 

Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons Oil (For cooking Sausage) Oil for frying 14 Sausage Links (Pre-Cooked or not, we used Maple flavor) 2 Cups Flour 1 TPS Salt 1 TSP Baking Powder 1 TSP Baking Soda 3 TBSP Sugar
3 TBSP Bacon Bits (Use real bacon pieces) 1 Cup Milk 2 Eggs 1/4 Cup Butter Powder Sugar Syrup

Directions:
Slowly heat up your frying oil to 350. Heat the oil slowly no need to rush.
While the oil's heating in a pan cook your sausage, or if they are precooked just heat them up.
If they are not precooked make sure you add a bit of oil or water to the pan so they don't stick.
Once cooked remove and pat dry with a paper towel and let them cool for a bit.
Place a candy stick or Popsicle stick then up the sausage. About 1/2 way or 3/4 way up.
Place aside and start the batter.
Place a sifter over a large bowl and add the following to it.
Flour, salt, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and Sugar.
Then move the sifter and sift the ingredients into the bowl. This will mix them for you.
Make a well using your hands and add the rest of the ingredients.
Milk, Eggs, and Butter.
Form a good batter.
Once mixed add the Bacon pieces and stir those in.
Pour some of the batter into a large glass almost all the way to the top.
Dip the sausage into making sure the batter coats it completely.
Pull out and slowly place in the oil moving it around until you drop it in.
Do this a few more times and then move the corndogs around making sure all the sides get cooked.
This will take a few minutes tops.
Once they are golden brow take them out and put them on a grated drying rack to drain and cool a bit.
Plate them up and sprinkle some powdered sugar on top for garnish.
Serve up with some syrup for dipping!
Enjoy!


Here they are!

We think you really will like this and the directions and ingredients are very easy to use, work with and follow! Chef said this was a lot easier than he planned and would like to do more down the road. He would love to try different kinds of corndogs. Be sure to check out our video to see how we made these. It also helps when you are making them your selves.

We again think you will enjoy this and make sure to give it a try!  It really was a fun dish.  Thanks for joining us on this post and we hope you have been trying out some of our ideas.  We have been trying to put out fun and creative things for you and your family to enjoy!  We here at have been loving some of the things Chef makes!  

Thanks again and remember,  Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner

~Blog Team

Lemon Chicken Asparagus

Hey all! 
     How about a fresh exciting and very simple chicken pasta dish!  Chicken and pasta go so well together too.  This dish is simple to make, had your meats, carbs and veggies all set in one bowl!  A healthier dinner too we think you will appreciate.  There are a few ingredients that make it a bit on the comfort side but for the most part its healthy.  We know finding new ideas for dinner can be tough and we hope this is a new and exciting mix to what you make now.  It really is very simple and even may get you to eat those healthy veggies!  We liked this also because if you really run out of ideas its a great one to try.  We think you will enjoy it. 

Serves: 4-6
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes
Total Time: 35 Minutes

Ingredients
1 Lb Linguine 1 tbsp Olive Oil 1 LB Boneless chicken Breast (Thin sliced we used) 2 Tbsp Italian Seasoning 2 Tbsp butter 1 Small Red Onion Chopped 1 Lb Asparagus cut into thirds 3/4 Cups Heavy Cream Juice from 1 lemon 3 Cloves Chopped Garlic 3/4 Cup Mozzarella Cheese 1/2 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Parsley for garnish

Directions:
In a medium pan with a good sized edge heat up 1 tbsp olive oil.
When hot put your fresh chicken in. We used thinly sliced chicken breast cutlets. They cook faster.
Season with the Italian Seasoning.
Depending on each side they should take about 3 or so minutes per side if thing.
Start water to boil pasta and cook the pasta.
Flip and continue to cook.
Once cooked remove and add butter.
Let the butter melt all the way.
Add the chopped Red onion, Cut Asparagus and let cook for a few minutes.
Add heavy Cream, Chicken Stock, Lemon Juice, Garlic, Mozzarella cheese, grated Parm cheese.
Stir around and let cook down.
Drain your pasta while the other ingredients are cooking down then add to the main dish.
Cut the chicken into small cubes
Add and sir all the ingredients together.

Plate up in a bowl
Feel free to add fresh cut parsley for garnish.


Here it is!

We think you will really enjoy this because it has a great balance of many different flavors. It didn't take that long to use and we used only one pot excluding cooking the pasta. Below is the video of chef making the dish and we hope you check it out to see how he prepared it!

We do hope you enjoyed this post and will try it out.  Finding new ideas can be difficult and we think this is a really good and creative dish.  Chicken, pasta, asparagus and lots of flavor!  Sit down to a good hearty meal and enjoy something new!  

Thank you for joining us!

Remember, Cooking should be FUN, have FUN doing it!

The Cooking Corner

~Blog Team