The holidays are in full force here in sunny Arizona, and it’s time you made your travel plans before all the good lodging is taken. In addition to the great year round weather we have here, there are a ton of great activities and events to enjoy as well, like the Barrett-Jackson Car Event January 17^th-23^rd and the Arabian Horse Show February 17^th-27^th, 2011, just to name a few. If you are looking for the best rentals in Arizona, then look no further. You can contact Spencer, Susan and Shea at Arizona Lodging Experts and reserve a luxury Condo, Home or Townhome in beautiful Arizona. With over 10 year’s experience, Arizona Lodging Experts is the premier Property Management In Phoenix. They offer lodging in Anthem, Carefree, Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, Goodyear, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Phoenix and Scottsdale, and some are pet friendly for all us animal lovers out there who must travel with your favorite pet. Don’t hesitate before it’s too late and call the Arizona Lodging Experts today!

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Phoenix, Az

Todays blog post comes to us by guest author Alan Davis. Below, Alan describes why right now is a good time to buy a second home for investment purposes.

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Next, put the chicken in the oven (middle rack) and set a time for 1 and 1/2 hours. Now, just sit back, enjoy a cold drink and wait for the magic to happen. For some amazing reason, which I am truly grateful for, the Stubbs sauce breaks down during the cooking process and mixes with the oil and broth to create this amazing spicy oil-juice that you can save and use on other dishes such as “Chef-Shea’s Spicy Chicken Green Chili Cheese Enchiladas”, which I will share with you another time, I promise!

(Sneak Peak)

Spicy Chicken Green Chili Cheese Enchiladas

Once you finally hear the timer go “ding”, it is time to sample some of the best chicken breast you will ever taste!

Spicy Chichen Breast 325 degrees - 1 1/2 hours

You can serve them any way you want to, maybe with a side of veggies and mashed potatoes and a side salad, or maximize your dish and make some tasty spicy tacos or spicy chicken cheese enchiladas. The chicken is fork tender now and full of great flavor. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do, and don’t forget to save the juices in the pan for later use.

Happy Eats Everyone!

And to all of our visitors that are renting our Vacation Rentals in Phoenix Arizona or any of the premier Homes, Townhomes or Condos from Arizona Lodging Experts, we hope you too can enjoy some wonderful home cooked meals and margaritas during your stay “thanks to great blogs like these”!

My father always told me to follow my passion. One passion of mine that is at the top of my list, more than anything else is creating delicious and awesome recipes. I always read cookbooks for the initial inspiration for my recipes but always end up adding my own twist or spin to the recipes. And when cooking I always cook by taste and only use measurements for the few dishes I cook that require precise measurements, like when making a roux or savory crepes.

The first time I had the Mexican Salsa called Picco De Gallo, which literally translates to “beak of the rooster” Gringos will call it Fresh Salsa! I’ll never forget that first taste of the fresh salsa. I was 18 and living in Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico. I went only for vacation, met a girl and ended up staying. All the taco stands serve up carne asada tacos wrapped up in corn or flour tortillas, grilled green onions on the side with fresh cut limes and a tub of Picco De Gallo. I was never given a recipe for Picco De Gallo but I have concocted my own take on it. It is a real easy recipe, requires no cooking and honestly this is a recipe that would be next to impossible to completely mess up.

Basic Recipe:

Ingredients:

5  large tomatoes.

1 large white onion

½ cup cilantro leafs chopped (Cilantro can usually be found in the produce section near the parsley. (Do not try to make this recipe with parsley. It’s not even close to the same flavor and your recipe will end up tasting like something you would use for pasta sauce)

1 garlic clove crushed.

2 jalapenos with seeds and stems removed for mild flavor

2 jalapenos with seeds and stems for medium heat.

4 jalapenos with seeds and stems for hot heat.

Sea salt or kosher salt to taste

Juice of 1 lime.

Preparation is real basic; simply dice and chop up all ingredients as follows and place in a large missing mixing bowl.

Chop your tomatoes into small chunks. The smaller the better.

Dice your onion into very small pieces.

Remove the cilantro leaves from stems and discard the stems. Chop up the leaves and place in bowl with chopped onion and tomatoes.

Crush garlic and add to bowl.

Add your jalapenos to taste.

Add the juice of one lime

Sea Salt or Kosher salt to taste. I usually start with 1Tblspn of salt.

Mix all ingredients well. If you have built up a tolerance to Jalapenos like I have you can use the tools god gave you to lightly crush up the tomatoes and mix the bowl of salsa up. If not you can use surgical gloves or a heavy wooden spoon and really get the salsa mixed well, crushing tomatoes somewhat in the process. Taste for salt and add more if needed.

This recipe always taste best after sitting in your fridge over night to let the flavors fully develop.

Now the next time you come to Arizona and you rent an Arizona Lodging Experts vacation home, and you are having a poolside party you will have the perfect dipping salsa. If you enjoyed this recipe make sure you bookmark this page and stay tuned for my super secret inside tips to making the perfect Carne Asada Tacos, Guacamole and of course the perfect Margaritas to round it all off while staying at Vacation Rentals In Phoenix.