Rachael Ray Make Your Own Take-Out Deck: More than 50 M.Y.O.T.O. Recipes [Cards]

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Rachael Ray, the queen of delish dishes, is here to save dinner with a collection of comfort food recipes in a convenient format. Pick a card from the deck and use it as a shopping list when you go to the store. When you’re ready to cook, prop up the card on the counter and follow the recipe for a quick dinner.

This deck contains everything from Chinese food to cheeseburgers--so you don’t need to order in when you want a fun, fast meal.

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From Rachael Ray Make Your Own Take-Out: Ginger-Soy Chicken on Shredded Lettuce

Here’s a low-carb-lover’s delight! Have two servings--it’s good for you!

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil (3 times around the pan)
• 1 1/4 pounds chicken breast cutlets, cut into thin strips
• Salt and coarse black pepper
• 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and minced
• 4 large garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 6 scallions, cut into 2-inch lengths, then cut lengthwise into thin matchsticks
• 1/4 cup tamari (dark aged soy sauce, found on the international aisle) (eyeball the amount)
• 3 tablespoons honey (3 times around the pan)
• 1 head of iceberg lettuce, core removed, shredded

(Four servings)

Directions

Heat a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add the vegetable oil. It should smoke up a bit. Add the chicken and season with a little salt and lots of black pepper. Stir-fry for a minute to sear the meat at the edges, then add the ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the scallions and stir-fry for another minute, then add the tamari and honey to form a sauce and glaze the chicken. Remove the pan from the heat. Cover a platter with shredded lettuce, top with the chicken, and serve.

Variation

Thai Chicken, Pork, or Shrimp with Basil:

It’s amazing how different the master recipe above tastes with the addition of the peppers and basil. To make it even more different, make one of the swaps below.

(Four servings)

• Swap 6 1/4-inch-thick pork loin chops, cut into thin strips, or 1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tails removed, for the chicken cutlets
• Add 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, quartered, and thinly sliced
• Add 20 fresh basil leaves, torn or shredded

Stir-fry the chicken, pork, or shrimp as directed in the master recipe. Add the bell peppers to the pan when you add the ginger and garlic. Add the basil when you remove the stir-fry from the heat. Toss to wilt and combine. Serve over the shredded lettuce.

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Ginger-Soy Chicken on Shredded Lettuce
Makes 4 Servings

Here's a low-carb-lover's delight! Have two servings—it's good for you!

   • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
   • 1 1/4 pounds chicken breast cutlets, cut into thin strips
   • Salt and coarse black pepper
   • 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and minced
   • 4 large garlic cloves, chopped
   • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
   • 6 scallions, cut into 2-inch lengths, then cut lengthwise into thin matchsticks
   • 1/4 cup tamari (aged soy sauce)
   • 3 tablespoons honey
   • 1 head of iceberg lettuce, core removed, shredded


Heat a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add the vegetable oil. It should smoke up a bit. Add the chicken and season with a little salt and lots of black pepper. Stir-fry for a minute to sear the meat at the edges, then add the ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the scallions and stir-fry for another minute, then add the tamari and honey to form a sauce and glaze the chicken. Remove the pan from the heat. Cover a platter with shredded lettuce, top with the chicken, and serve.

Variation: Thai Chicken, Pork, or Shrimp with Basil

It's amazing how different the master recipe above tastes with the addition of the peppers and basil. To make it even more different, make one of the swaps below.

Makes 4 Servings

   • Swap 6 1/4-inch-thick pork loin chops, cut into thin strips, or 1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tails removed, for the chicken cutlets
   • Add 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and quartered, and 20 thinly sliced fresh basil leaves, torn or shredded


Stir-fry the chicken, pork, or shrimp as directed in the master recipe. Add the bell peppers to the pan when you add the ginger and garlic. Add the basil when you remove the stir-fry from the heat. Toss to wilt and combine. Serve over the shredded lettuce.

Product Details

• Cards: 50 pages
• Publisher: Potter Style; Crds edition (August 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307460355
• ISBN-13: 978-0307460356
• Product Dimensions: 4.6 x 1 x 6.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #877,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Packaging...., August 30, 2009

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Gatie ""For Bollywood"" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rachael Ray Make Your Own Take-Out Deck: More than 50 M.Y.O.T.O. Recipes (Cards)

This is a really nice idea. The packaging for this product is small, compact, cute, and the cards are a great idea instead of trying to hold a book open. However, and this was disappointing to me because I bought with the intention of finding new recipes. If you already own Express Lane Meals, 365:No repeats, and 2,4,6,8 meals from Rachael Ray, then you already have all the recipes that are in this collection. There is nothing new here. If you buy it because you want the little box then I go for it. I gave the packaging 3 stars not the product itself. If you already own all those cookbooks, then don't bother.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really good... just wish there were more recipes in the box, December 17, 2009

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Brenda Wells "msprof68" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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I just made the salsa soup and it was DELICIOUS. I am pleased. I don't own any of her cookbooks, though, so this is a first time for me to try any of her recipes. The cards are easy to carry to the store, and there's lots of duplication of ingredients (for instance, tamari is used in more than one recipe), so if you buy something you have more than one use for it. Definitely worth the price IF you don't own any of her other cookbooks.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad but was hoping for more, November 15, 2010

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N. Brooking "invitation diva" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rachael Ray Make Your Own Take-Out Deck: More than 50 M.Y.O.T.O. Recipes (Cards)

I have many RR cookbooks and when I saw this I had to have it, my husband and I do alot of take out as I am partially disabled so as much as I love to cook I can't always do it, but I thought, wow if I could make some of our favorites at home, what a way to save money.
Unfortunately alot of the recipes our more out there, not items he or I eat, there are many that we will. As a matter of fact just a couple of nights ago I made the everything Lo Mein and it was really great, I added some additional veggies like broccoli, and didn't put in water chestnuts but the taste was really good.
I know we will try other recipes included in this set but out of 50 plus cards there is less than 1/2 that we would eat, so it just a mediocre purchase.