Main Dish Recipes – thenewchurchsupper (2024)

Pizza Ranch Chicken,2-5-20

Sometimes politics and casseroles cross paths, and a friend at church shared this fun article with me about a campaign taking advantage of the Tater Tot Casserole to win over voters. A dedicated group of volunteers from Calvary Lutheran has been making our version of this casserole once a month for years down at the Cornerstone Rescue Mission. http://www.cornerstonemission.org/

Here’s our recipe for Tater Tot Casserole for a Crowd:

Tatertot Casserole: 400 servings (40 per 4”deep full size steamtable pan)

80 # ground beef, 90% lean

3 jars French onion soup base

Divide beef into 10 4” deep pans. Divide soup base evenly among pans and stir into beef. Brown in convection oven set at 275* stirring often until browned, or brown on griddle or on stovetop in skillets.

To beef/soup mixture, add:

10 #10 cans green beans, drained

10 50 oz cans cream of tomato soup

10 50 oz cans cream of mushroom soup

Mix together and top casserole with:

40# tater tots

3 #10 cans cheddar cheese sauce (107 oz per can)

For each pan use:

8 # ground beef

1 can green beans

1 can tomato soup

1 can mushroom soup

4 # tater tots

32 oz cheddar cheese sauce

Bake for 1 hour at 350* uncovered. Stir and bake another 45 minutes. Cover with foil and bake another hour at 325*.

Here’s a link to the NY Times article https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/dining/amy-klobuchar-hotdish.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&fbclid=IwAR22w0Nxj6fIwlP5xKpQ8R9qApUQfURulYjszenFMtoutYXeLfRl9fLYK1Q

In case you can’t open it, I’ll do a little cutting and pasting of it here.

A Classic Midwestern Dish Becomes a Talking Point in Iowa
ByKim Severson

Hot dish, the Minnesota-specific church-supper stalwart that cooks in other parts of the country might mistake for a casserole, is no stranger to hard work.

Early versions of the dish — traditionally a mix of protein, starch and vegetables held together with a creamy sauce baked until it bubbles — helped conserve meatduring World War Iand fed farm families during the Depression. Topped withTater Totsor mixed with rice, more modern renditions offer working parents an inexpensive way to get dinner on the table after a long day.

Now, hot dish has been conscripted to helpAmy Klobuchar, the senator from Minnesota, win the Democratic nomination for president.

In a series of events that began in New Hampshire last summer and continued this month in Iowa, Ms. Klobuchar has been feeding her recipe, blanketed in Tater Tots, to voters at gatherings the campaign calls Hot Dish House Parties.

The actual making of the hot dish, however, falls to campaign workers. In Iowa, that worker is Andy McGuire, 63, a physician who is also the state campaign chairwoman.

Hot dish hasas many variationsas there are cooks. Dr. McGuire has made her own version for years, using frozen mixed vegetables, onions, hamburger and condensed cream of mushroom soup, which some Midwestern cooks affectionately call “the Lutheran binder.” It’s topped with Tater Tots.

The senator’s recipe omits the frozen vegetables, adds garlic and tucks the Tater Tots between two layers of shredded pepper Jack cheese.

Here’s our recipe for another good hot dish, the Cheesy Church Potatoes (Hashbrown Casserole), that we’ll be serving this week.

Calvary’s Cheesy Church Potatoes

Serves 600

Makes 30 half size disposable steamtable pans, 20 servings/pan

120# shredded hashbrowns (24 5# bags), thawed

8# melted butter

12 50 oz cans cream of chicken soup

10# cheese, grated cheddar

18# sour cream

8# diced onions (4 2# bags frozen onions), thawed

16 Tbsp salt (1 cup)

Divide above ingredients into 12 batches: Each batch will fill 2 1/2 pans andmake about 50 servings

2 bags hashbrowns (5# per bag)

2/3 # melted butter

1 50 oz can cream of chicken soup

3/4# grated cheese

1 ½# sour cream

2/3# diced onions

1 1/3 TBSP salt

Bake pans covered at 350*, stirring once after about an hour. Cook for about another 45 minutes covered. Stir again, and top with cornflake mixture. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes uncovered until browned.

Topping Mixture for 30 pans:

60 cups crushed cornflakes (about 4 34 oz bags)

4# melted butter

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Cherry Cake and LasagnaRecipes

Cherry Poke Cake

A perfect cake around Valentine’s Day. Actually, any day is a good day for this cake. Change up your jello flavor and pie filling topping or use fresh fruit for variety. It’s a classic.

20 servings (We doubledthe recipe to bake in our 12x20x2 inch cake pans, serves 40. Then we made it 10 times to serve 400 slices)

1 package white cake mix (eggs, water and oil will be needed as directed on the box, depending on which kind of cake mix you buy)

1 package (3 oz) cherry Jello

1 ½ cups boiling water

1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

2 cups whipped non-dairy topping

1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling

Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Bake in greased 9 x 13 baking pan at 350* for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Dissolve jello in boiling water. Cool cake on wire rack for 5 minutes. Poke holes all over top of cake with a fork or wooden skewer. Gradually pour jello over cake. Cool for 15 minutes. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Fold in whipped topping. Carefully spread over cake. Top with pie filling. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Calvary Lutheran Lasagna

464 Servings: This recipe makes 29 pans. We use half size disposable pans, 2 1/2” deep x 9 x 13 inches. Each pan is cut into 16 pieces (4×4)

20 pounds lean ground beef (at least 90% lean)

40 pounds Italian bulk sausage (may use mild or spicy, or a combination)

10 pounds pepperoni slices (just a rough estimate)

15 pounds chopped onions

5 #10 cans tomato sauce, or may use Marinara Sauce or Spaghetti Sauce

2 #10 cans tomato paste

14 cups hot water

1 ¼ cups beef soup base or beef bullion concentrate

3 ½ cups dried parsley

3 ½ cups dried Italian seasoning

2 cups minced garlic, or ¾ cup garlic powder

18 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature

15 pounds cottage cheese

10 pounds sour cream

7 dozen eggs

30 pounds (3 10# cases, 32 5 oz noodles/case) of frozen “no boil” lasagna sheets, keep frozen

25 pounds shredded mozzarella cheese

5 pounds shredded parmesan cheese

Saute onions with olive oil on griddle until softened and clear but not browned. Brown ground beef and sausage, draining off as much grease from the sausage as possible. Divide onions and meats into 4 large roasting pans. Divide tomato sauce, tomato paste, and seasonings evenly into the four roasters. Dissolve beef base in hot water, divide evenly into the roasters. Bring to a boil and simmer at least 10 minutes.

Beat eggs and set aside. Using large mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the sour cream and cream cheese and mix well. Add in the beaten eggs and stir until well combined.

Each pan of lasagna will have 3 layers. To assemble, spoon about 1 cup of meat sauce into the bottom of each pan. Add a frozen noodle sheet, then a layer of 2 cups meat sauce, 2 cups cheese sauce, about 4 ½ ounces of shredded mozzarella, and 16 pepperoni (laid down 4×4). Repeat a second time exactly the same. After the 3^rd layer of noodle sheet, put the cheese sauce first, mozzarella, then the meat sauce and pepperoni on top. Cover with a sheet of parchment paper, then cover tightly with foil. Pans may be refrigerated overnight.

If baking right away, keep covered and bake at 350* for 45 minutes (325* convection), or until center temperature is at least 165*. Uncover, sprinkle a layer of parmesan cheese on top, and return to oven for 15-20 minutes to lightly brown the top.

If baking after refrigerating, keep covered and bake at 300* (275* convection) for 2 hours until up to 165*. Finish as above.

Let rest about 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

Serve with a fresh Italian style garden salad and bread sticks or garlic bread.

Italian Garden Salad

400 servings

60# American Salad Blend (Iceberg, Romaine, Radish, Red cabbage, carrots)

15 red onions, thinly sliced

400 small pickled peppers, like pepperoncini

100 small vine ripened tomatoes, cut in quarters

12 cups sliced black olives

50 cups large croutons

6 cups grated parmesan cheese

Dressing:

25 cups olive oil

12 ½ cups white vinegar

1 ¼ cup Miracle Whip

6 cups lemon juice

12 cups grated parmesan cheese

½ cup garlic salt

1 cup dried Italian Seasoning

6 cups water

Puree ingredients in blender until smooth.

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Chicken Pot PieRecipe

As requested by a blog reader, here’s the recipe for the Chicken Pot Pie that we made for dinner this week.

Makes 2 full size steam table pans (12x20x2), 48 servings

For 528 servings, make recipe 11 times (22 pans)

Total amount for 22 pans is in parentheses following the amount to use for 2 pans

5# cooked, shredded Chicken Breasts (Total 55# Pre-cooked) May use 140# uncooked, bone-in chicken breast or 80# boneless breasts and prepare as below)

5 ½ # frozen Mixed Vegetables (60#)

1# Chopped Onion (11#)

Vegetable or olive oil for sautéing

1 #3 Can (51 oz) Cream of Chicken Soup (11 cans)

1 #3 Can (51 oz) Cream of Mushroom Soup (11 cans)

3 Cups Milk (2 gallons, plus 1 cup)

2 tsp Pepper (7 TBSP plus 1 tsp)

1 TBSP Thyme (11 TBSP)

3 TBSP flour (2 cups plus 1 TBSP)

2 ½ Pastry Sheets. May use either pie crust dough or puff pastry dough (27 ½ sheets) 1 full sheet doesn’t cover, so use about ¼ of another sheet to cover the top.

• If using uncooked chicken breasts, season chicken with salt and pepper and bake on foil lined baking sheets at 350* for 20-30 min. Shred or chop cooled chicken.
• Sauté onion until translucent in olive or vegetable oil.
• Stir together soups, milk, flour and spices
• Stir in chicken and onion
• Boil mixed vegetables until heated through and add to the rest of ingredients. (May add vegetables frozen and increase cooking time in the oven)
• Pour into pans lined with Pansavers liners, or spray with non-stick spray, or use disposable pans
• Bake covered at 350° for about 45 min. until hot and bubbly
• Stir and top with pastry sheet
• Bake uncovered at 375* for about 30 min. or until brown and internal temp is 180. Let stand 15 minutes before serving to thicken up the sauce.
• Cut pastry top 4×6 to make it easy to serve.

Fruit pizza was a welcome taste of summer, as temperatures outside dipped into the single digits and the snow began to blow in. Fresh blueberries, strawberries and kiwi were on sale this week at the local grocery store, so we piled it high on the shortbread crust. Here’s the recipe on a previous blog post:Fruit Pizza

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Meatloaf Dinner, 12-13-17

CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH, RAPID CITY, SD

WEDNESDAY EVENING MEAL

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Please join us for dinner Wednesday night between 4:45 and 6:15 pm. All members and visitors are welcome. We ask for a donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children to cover the cost of the food. A contemporary worship service with the praise band follows dinner from 6:30 to 7:00 pm. The menu this week is:

Meatloaf with Cheese and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Salad Bar

Eggnog Cake

Here’s how we make meatloaf for a big crowd, using a recipe adapted from the Disney Family Cookbook:

Mean and Lean Meat Loaf

For 480 servings, Make 12 times: Use 15 shallow steamtable pans, lined with pansavers, or use disposable full size pans. Press 4/5ths of each batch into each pan flat like a cake. Combine the other 1/5 from 5 batches to make 3 extra pans. (We did this because the full 10# batch seemed too thick for the shallow steamtable pans. If you want go ahead and make them thicker and just use 12 pans.) When done, cut into 40 pieces (8×5) You can also form each batch into individual loaves if you’d rather have slices of meatloaf instead of squares.

For each batch, use the quantity listed first. The total for 12 batches is in parentheses.

10# lean ground beef (120#)

10 eggs (10 dozen)

5 cups rolled oats (60 cups)

2 1/2 cups chopped onions (about 12# diced frozen onions)

1 1/2 cups chopped green pepper (18 cups)

½ cup plus 2 Tbsp steak sauce (7 ½ cups)

2 1/2 cups catsup (about 3 #10 cans)

5 tsp pepper (20 TBSP)

2 ½ tsp salt (10 TBSP)

2 ½ tsp basil (10 TBSP)

2 ½ tsp garlic powder (10 TBSP)

Sauce:

2 1/2 cups catsup (30 cups, about 3 #10 cans)

1 cup packed brown sugar (12 cups)

5 tsp ground mustard (1 ¼ cups)

Mix ingredients, but don’t over mix or the resulting meatloaf will be too dense and dry. Don’t put the sauce on top until last half hour of baking. Cover with foil and bake at 325* convection for 1 hour. Remove foil, spread sauce on top of meatloaves and bake an additional ½ hour, until internal temp reaches 160*. Let sit for 10 min. before slicing.

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Thanksgiving Recipes for aCrowd

Thanks for sharing these fun dining room photos, Tom Martin!

Here are a couple of recipes that might be useful for the holidays:

150 servings, 3 steamtable pans (12”x20”x2 1/2”)

6 #10 can sweet potatoes (each #10 can = 3# 13oz) or substitute fresh baked sweet potatoes (even better)

3 pounds butter, softened (6 cups)

36 eggs, beaten

½ cup vanilla

6 cups whole milk

Mix all of the above together in mixer until smooth. Put in casserole dishes or steamtable pans.

Mix together streusel topping and sprinkle over top of potatoes dividing evenly between the pans:

4 cups flour

1.5 # butter, softened

8 cups dark brown sugar

4 cups chopped pecans (optional).

Bake at 325* until hot (165 degrees), approx. 1 1/2 hours. Cover with foil for first hour to avoid burning topping. Uncover to lightly brown the streusel for last half hour.

Here’s the original scaled back recipe:

Sweet Potato Casserole: 8 servings

6 sweet potatoes, baked

¼ cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup milk

½ cup butter

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup chopped pecans

2 tablespoons flour

2 tablespoons butter

Combine cooked sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, vanilla, milk and ½ cup butter. Beat at medium speed with a mixer until smooth. Spoon into lightly greased 12X8X2 inch baking dish.

Combine brown sugar, flour, pecans and butter. Sprinkle mixture over casserole. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Check out this older post forPork Roast and Cheesecake recipes

Here’s another cheesecake postCheesecake for a Crowd

Or try this one for pork roast for a really big crowd:

Honey-Bourbon Glazed Pork Loin: 600 4oz servings

7 cases boneless pork loin roasts (4 roasts/case, average size 8 ½#/roast) or about 240# boneless pork loin. This is about 6.4 oz uncooked or 4 oz cooked per serving

4 cups minced fresh garlic

garlic mist spray

10# uncooked bacon slices

If roasts are large, cut in half and put 2 or 3 halves per full size steamtable pan.

Cut several small slits evenly over roasts and press minced garlic into slits. Spray roasts with garlic mist and season with salt and pepper. Arrange bacon slices over roasts.

Roast at 325* convection for 2 hours, or until 145 degrees.

Coat with glaze, and continue roasting to 155 degrees (about 30 more minutes)

Glaze: Combine in large pot and bring to a simmer for 5 minutes.

10 cups honey

5 cups light brown sugar

3 ½ cups bourbon

1 ¼ cup Dijon mustard

5 cups orange juice

Calvary Carrot Cake

Make 3 times for 360 servings (9 pans)

Makes 3 20x12x2 inch cakes. Cut 5×8 makes total of 120 servings.

8 cups flour

8 tsp baking powder

2 Tbsp baking soda

4 tsp salt

8 tsp cinnamon

16 eggs

8 cups sugar

6 cups vegetable oil

8 cups grated carrots

3 cups crushed pineapple, drained (for 3x recipe, use 1 #10 can plus 1 15 oz can)

Sift together dry ingredients.

Beat eggs, add the sugar and oil and beat until combined. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in carrots and pineapple. Mix well. Turn into greased and floured pans. Bake at 325* for 45 minutes.

Cream cheese frosting: For 9 cakes:

(we divided this in half to fit in our big mixer)

4 1/2# butter softened

9# cream cheese softened

6 Tbsp vanilla

16# powdered sugar

Beat together butter, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Add sugar gradually, beating until well mixed.

Join us on Wednesdays evenings at Calvary Lutheran Church. Meet up with friends, have some dinner, join in worship and leave with a smile on your face.

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Sloppy Joes 3-29-17

Last week we enjoyed chicken sandwiches, macaroni salad and black bottom banana cream pie. Here’s a few pics from the dining room last week:

I had a request from a blog follower for the recipe for the reuben casserole. Here’s what we recommend after making it a couple of weeks ago.

REUBEN CASSEROLE: For 12 Servings:

Layer in a half-sized disposable pan sprayed with non-stick spray:

1 loaf of rye bread (or sourdough if you prefer), cut or torn in 1 inch cubes

3 pounds cooked deli corned beef, sliced and roughly chopped

2 cups thousand island dressing

2 cups sauerkraut

Warm in 325* oven, covered with foil until heated through. Remove foil and top with 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese. Return to oven and bake until cheese is melted.

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Mardi Gras DinnerTonight

Join us for supper tonight, February 22nd at Calvary Lutheran Church.

We’re having Jambalaya (Cajun Rice), Pigs in a Blanket, Salad Bar and Bread Pudding for Dessert

Dinner will be served from 4:45-6:15 pm. Suggested donations for dinner is $5 for adults and $3 for kids under 12, but no one will be turned away for inability to donate.

Here’s how we make the jambalaya for a crowd:

Sausage, Shrimp and Chicken Jambalaya for 400

Make in 10 steamtable pans, 40 servings per pan

6pans with shrimp

4pans no shrimp

Per pan: Total:

(4#) 40 pounds cooked chicken, shredded

(10# ) 50pounds andouille sausage, sliced

(3# in 4pans) 12 pounds precooked shrimp, remove tails

(4#) 132 cups (40 pounds) chopped onions

(2#) 68 cups (20 pounds) chopped celery

(#2) 68 cups (20 pounds) chopped green peppers (2-3 med/pound)

(1/4 cup) 2 ½ cups chopped garlic

(13 cups) 130 cups (53 pounds) long grain rice

(1 64 oz) 80 cups Bloody Mary Mix (10 64 oz bottles)

(68 oz) 85 cups Chicken Stock (680 oz)

(2 TBSP) 20 Tbsp Creole seasoning

(1/2 can) 5 #10 cans diced tomatoes

Saute sausage over medium high heat, add shredded or chopped chicken to brown. Remove to steamtable pans.

Saute onions, celery, green pepper and garlic until tender. Mix with chicken and sausage. Refrigerate in pans overnight if cooking the next day, or proceed with the rest of recipe.

Add liquids, seasoning, tomatoes and rice to pans. Cover with foil. Cook at 350* convection for 1 ½ hours, stirring halfway. Add additional liquid as needed to keep from drying out. Uncover. Add shrimp to pans as indicated above and stir to mix. Continue to bake all pans for an additional 20 minutes.

We had a great group of helpers serving dinner last week and the lasagna, cherry crisp and garlic bread were a hit. “Better than Olive Garden” was overheard in the dining room.

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MENU 12-7-16 andRecipes

As requested by a blog follower, I’m posting the recipe for the Salisbury Steak that we made last week.

This makes 100 steaks and we made the recipe 5 times for 500.

20 pounds ground beef (no more than 24% fat)

1 pound 8 oz bread crumbs

6 large eggs

2 cups water

2 cups beef stock

1 cup non-instant, non-fat dry milk

1 cup dehydrated onions

1/2 cup parsley flakes

1 Tbsp black pepper

Mix ingredients well, preferably by hand instead of in a mixer so you won’t overmix it. Portion steaks onto un-greased sheet pans covered in foil, using a 1/3 cup scoop. Flatten into oval patties. Bake until browned in convection oven at 300 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Transfer to steamtable pas and keep warm. Serve with mushroom gravy and egg noodles (40 pounds dry noodles, cooked as directed).

Mushroom Gravy: This makes 44 quarts of gravy; 470 servings, 3 oz each

2 packages brown gravy mix (sysco brand)

9 #3 cans cream of mushroom soup (46 oz)

14 #3 cans beef broth

4 #10 cans sliced mushrooms

For dessert we made Angel Food Cake Rolls filled with Strawberry Yogurt Filling

Angel Food Cake Roll

Makes 1 roll: cut into 14 slices and top with strawberry

For 672 servings, make cake 48 times

1 16 oz pkg angel food cake mix (48)

5 tsp powdered sugar (about 3 cups)

1 ½ oz instant vanilla pudding mix (72 oz)

8 oz strawberry yogurt

Red food coloring

8 oz whipped topping (24 16 oz containers)

Mix cake mix as directed on box. Line bottom of half size sheet pan with parchment and spread batter evenly into pan. Bake at 325* for 20 minutes.

Cool cake 5 minutes, then run a knife around edges to loosen. Turn cake onto powdered sugar dusted parchment paper or kitchen towel. Peel off the parchment paper. Roll up the cake in the towel starting with the short side. Let cool completely.

Whisk together the yogurt, pudding mix and food coloring (to desired color). Fold in whipped topping.

Unroll cake; spread filling evenly over cake and roll up.

Dust with powdered sugar, cover, and freeze. Remove from freezer 30 minutes before slicing with a serrated knife.

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White Chicken ChiliRecipe

White Chicken Chili

Serves 8

3 cups cooked chicken, cubed or shredded (or all the meatpulled from a cooked rotisserie chicken)

1 Tablespoon minced garlic

1 cup onion, chopped

1 4oz can diced green chilies

3 cans (15 oz each) Great Northern Beans, rinsed, divided

2 teaspoons olive oil

3 cans (14 1/2 oz. each) chicken broth

2 TBS McCormick’s Tex Mex seasoning, or other southwest seasoning

1/4 cup lime juice

1 tablespoon corn starch

1 tablespoon cold water

Serve with shredded Monterey jack or cheddar cheese, sour cream and tortilla chips

Sauteonion and diced green chilies 4-5 minutes or until onion is tender. Add the minced garlic and saute another minute. Drain 1 can of the beans and mash to make a paste using a fork or food processor, adding someof the chicken broth to make mashing easier. Combinemashed beans and the Southwest seasoning, then add to the onions, pepper and garlic.

Put this mixture in the crock pot. Add Chicken, 2 remaining cans of beans, chicken broth and lime juice. Cook on low for 4-6 hours. In the last hour, combine corn starch and water in a small dish. Add to the chili to thicken.

Chili may also be cooked in a pot on the stovetop instead of a crockpot. After adding all ingredients, bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer for about an hour. Add the cornstarch mixed with cold water and continue simmer for another half and hour or so.

White Chicken Chili for a Crowd

80 servings

30 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cubed (meat pulled from8 rotisserie chickens is delicious and easy – they were $4.98 each at Sam’s Club this week)

1/2 cup minced garlic

10 cups diced onions

40oz diced green chilis

4#10 cans Great Northern Beans, rinsed and drained

Olive or canola oil to sauteonions

8 cans (49 oz) chicken broth

1 1/4 cups McCormick’s Tex Mex seasoning (10 1.25oz packets) or other southwest seasoning mix

2 1/2 cups lime juice

2/3 cup cornstarch

2/3 cup cold water

Puree one can of the beans to make a paste. Saute the onions with the green chilis until onions are tender, adding the garlic for the last couple of minutes to keep from burning it. Addbean paste, tex mex seasoning, onion mixture, chicken broth and lime juice together into large pots on the stove. Bring to a boil, and reduce to simmer. Add shredded chicken, the rest of the beans and the lime juice. Continue to simmer forat leastan hour. Mix the cornstarch and water, adding to the chili to thicken slightly. Continue to simmer for another 30 minutes or more.

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Orange Chicken, Mandarin Cake and Oriental SlawRecipes

Last week’s recipes were requested by a blog follower and fellow church cook. We served 375 people with Orange Chicken with an Asian vegetable blend, Oriental Coleslaw with Ramen Noodles, the weekly salad bar, and Mandarin Orange Cake for dessert. I’ll start with dessert first, because life’s too short not to…

Mandarin Orange Cake

Serves 40 in 12x20x2 inch cake pan, cut 8×5.

Make 14 times for 540 pieces (total ingredients needed is in parentheses)

FOR THE CAKE:

This recipe makes one 12x20x2 inch pan or two 9×11 inch pans

2 boxes(18.25 Oz. Box) Yellow Cake Mix, any brand will do (28 boxes total)

8 oz Margarine, Softened (7#)

28 oz Mandarin Oranges, drained, 1 Cup Juice Reserved (4 #10 cans)

8 wholeEggs (9 dozen plus 4)

2 teaspoonVanilla Extract

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FOR THE TOPPING:

8 oz Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix (4 28oz packages)

40 oz Crushed Pineapple, Juice Reserved (6 #10 cans)

1 cupsPowdered Sugar (14 cups)

8 ounces, fluidFrozen Whipped Topping (such As Cool Whip) (7 16oz containers)

Extra Mandarin Orange Slices, For Garnish

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For the cake, combine cake mix, margarine, 1 cup juice from the mandarin oranges, eggs, and vanilla. Beat for four minutes on medium-high. Add drained oranges and beat again until pieces are broken up and small. Pour batter into greased and floured 12x20x2 inch baking pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until golden brown and set. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Once cake is cool, blend juice from drained pineapples with the vanilla pudding mix. Add powdered sugar and mix, then mix in whipped topping. Stir in drained pineapple. Spread on cooled cake and refrigerate several hours.

To serve, cut cake into squares and top each square with a mandarin orange slice.

Crispy Orange Chicken

450 servings

Mix the following ingredients in large pots, bring to simmer:

3 gallons orange juice

24 cups brown sugar

9 cups orange marmalade (about 72 ounces)

6 cups soy sauce

½ cup parsley

4 Tbsp chili flakes

4 Tbsp minced garlic

2 Tbsp dried thyme

Mix 3 cups cornstarch with 3 cups cold water. Add to sauce and whisk. Simmer until thick. Remove from heat and add:

3 cups rice vinegar.

130 # tempura breaded frozen chicken breast nuggets or strips, cooked in oven at 350* for 20-30 minutes until 165* and lightly browned. Toss chicken with orange sauce. Keep warm until served, and if the crust becomes a little soggy, as ours did after sitting in the warming oven over 45 minutes, return to 350* oven for 5-10 minutes to crisp up again.

Serve with rice if desired and mixed vegetables. For 450 servings, we used three 30# cases frozenSysco Stir fry Vegetable Blend, quickly cooked in boiling water. Have extra orange sauce and soy sauce available on the serving table for the rice and vegetables.

Oriental Coleslaw

12 servings

Mix together just before serving so noodles don’t get soggy:

16 oz pre-shredded coleslaw mix

4 green onions, thinly sliced (about ½ cup)

1 3 oz pkg chicken or oriental flavored Ramen noodles, broken up

½ cup slivered almonds, toasted

½ cup sunflower kernels

Whisk dressing ingredients together:

½ cup vegetable oil

¼ cup vinegar

1 TBSP sugar

1/8 tsp pepper

Flavor packet from Top Ramen noodles

400 Servings:

30# coleslaw mix

16 cups green onions

33 pkgs ramen noodles

16 cups slivered almonds

16 cups sunflower kernels

16 cups vegetable oil

8 cups vinegar

1 cup sugar

4 TBSP pepper

33 flavor pkts from noodles

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