Best 4 Ooh La La French Toast Recipes

OOH LA LA FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Night before slice bread no thinner than 1/2" thick, we prefer 3/4" thick. Lay out on cooling rack to let stale overnight. This can also be done by slicing bread morning of preparation, laying on cooling rack on cookie sheet and placing in oven 250º for 15 minutes, turning once while in oven.
• In 9x13 dish whisk together milk, eggs, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, vanilla and 2 tablespoons melted butter until blended well. Set aside.
• Heat 1/2 tablespoon butter in 12" skillet or griddle over medium heat. While butter is melting, soak 2 slices of bread at a time for no more than 20 seconds per side. You want them well saturated but not falling apart or a glob of dough.
• When butter is melted and no longer foaming, transfer bread slices to skillet using a slotted spatula (allowing excess custard mixture to drip off). Cook to golden brown, approximately 3-4 minutes per side. If cooking to fast, i.e. browning or burning, reduce your temperature. Remove from skillet and place on cooling rack in 200º oven and continue with remaining bread.
• *Tip - wipe skillet/griddle out with paper towels between each cooking of the french toast.
• Serve with warmed maple syrup.

CHICKEN OOH LA LA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Sprinkle the chicken with seasonings to taste. Brown well in the butter on both sides. Place chicken in baking dish. Sprinkle mushrooms and onions over chicken. Combine remaining ingredients well and pour over all.
• Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes.
• Note: I usually baste the chicken with the sauce once or twice to keep it moist. Very good SHTUFF, as my husband says.

OOH-LA-LA-SAGNA!

Steps:

• Pour 1/2 cup boiling water over the sun-dried tomatoes and let soak while you prepare the sauce.
• To make the sauce, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot.
• Add the onions and garlic.
• Cook and stir until the onions have softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add the ground turkey and sausage, breaking up any large pieces.
• Cook until the meat is no longer pink.
• Add the zucchini and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add all of the remaining ingredients except for the fresh basil.
• When the sun-dried tomatoes are soft enough, drain and chop them finely and add to the sauce.
• Bring the sauce to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
• Stir in the minced basil and remove from the heat.
• Combine the ricotta, feta, spinach and egg in a medium bowl and mix well.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions and drain well.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease a deep 9" x 13" baking dish and spoon some meat sauce over the bottom of the dish.
• Arrange 4 noodles over the sauce and layer as follows: 1/3 meat sauce, 1/2 shredded cheese, 4 noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, all of the ricotta/spinach mixture, 4 noodles, the remaining meat sauce and the remaining shredded cheese.
• Cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake 10 more minutes.
• Let lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.

SOUTHERN FRIED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Mix the flour and the baking powder together.
• Add the eggs and mix until it a smooth paste.
• Add milk gradually until it reaches the consistency of pancake batter.
• Add vanilla and cinnamon.
• Heat a frying pan with 1/2" of oil over medium heat.
• Dip pieces of bread into the batter.
• Gently place the bread into the oil, fry until golden on each side.
• Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Serve with warm syrup and butter.
• I use Ming Tsai's 8-Spice Powder instead of cinnamon, it's got cinnamon, allspice, anise, cardamom, ginger, fennel, clove and cumin in it.
• I got mine at Target, it adds a very exotic flavor.