Poultry

Roast Sticky Chicken for Chicken Tacos

June 28, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Rub on a fantastic spice mix, then slow roast your chicken to perfection.  The original recipe for this “Sticky Chicken” calls for cooking it 5 hours at 225. I upped the temperature to 300 because I was a bit “short” on time and cooked it about 3.5 hours.   You can go follow the link for [...]

Hawaiian Style Chicken Kabobs with Pineapple

June 2, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

These were supposed to be pork but I couldn’t read the writing well on the packet of meat in the freezer!  Instead of the single pork chop I thought I was pulling out it turned out to be 3 boneless skinless chicken thighs. Ah well, I just continued with the plan.  These were good but [...]

Church’s / KFC’s Fried and Oven-Baked Chicken

May 25, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My daughter asked if I’d make up some fried chicken tonight as she and her friends wanted to do a “party” at lunch and have everyone bring something to eat together like a picnic.  This is a cross of two popular restaurant versions of friend chicken. The seasonings are a Kentucky Fried Chicken lookalike and [...]

Stir-Fried Chicken and Leeks

May 14, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This was mild and good, soothing even.  It’s not spicy at all, so if you’re looking for spicy Chinese you’ll need to doctor this up or find a new recipe.  Prep all the veggies and chicken first, so you can just zip through the cooking part. Start the rice first, of course, then prep. 2 [...]

Roast Split Chicken with Mustard Sauce

May 10, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

I had done a variation of this mustard-coated butterflied chicken a while back, not following Pepin’s recipe exactly but using another blogger’s version of it as inspiration, then butterflying the chicken and roasting it according to Pam Anderson’s suggestions. Having watched Pepin butterfly the chicken on the video made things much easier!  You can watch [...]

Lemon, Miso and Honey Marinated Chicken Thighs

May 1, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Atypically, I actually followed the recipe for these lemon, miso and honey marinated chicken thighs more closely this time. (See my earlier write-up here.) The two major differences was that I actually used boneless skinless chicken thighs and I had time to marinate the chicken for about 4 hours. I also doubled the marinade and [...]

Lemon and Miso Marinated Chicken Thighs

April 20, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

I rarely cook recipes from the newspaper. Perhaps because I don’t get a newspaper so just read now and then online for the top news bits. But somehow this article on “Breakaway Cooking”, using unfamiliar ingredients in familiar ways might be one definition, caught my attention.  I’ve been having fun exploring our local 99 Ranch [...]

Butterflied Roast Chicken: New to Me

April 12, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

I went to our farmer’s market yesterday with a friend and vowed, again, to make this a Saturday habit. I came home with kale, carrots, strawberries, asparagus, tomatoes (a disappointment, but still better than grocery store ones), fingerling potatoes, and some fantastic mustard! The lady who sold the mustard said to rub it on a [...]

How to Roast a Chicken

March 21, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I swung by Trader Joe’s today and they had free range chickens for a much more reasonable price than the local Safeway. I changed my dinner plans and went for a simple roast chicken dinner. Good idea since my college daughter decided to come home for dinner! So there was plenty and we’ll have one [...]

Chicken Biryani with Patak Curry Paste

March 10, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

At our local Indian grocery store, I found the Pataks Biryani Paste 10oz that Jamie Oliver mentions in his Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals. One jar makes 3 batches of curry with 1-2 pounds of meat in each batch, so plenty to feed 4-6 folks. Last night I made [...]

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