This recipe is for grilled chicken thighs with a Peach BBQ Sauce based on a recipe from TastingTable.com. The photo shows a half recipe (1 lb. of thighs) 1 Tbs. chili powder 1 Tbs. smoked paprika 2 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. kosher salt ½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken Read More …
Yesterday, we were making a pasta salad with chicken. We cooked the chicken using sous-vide following the directions in SeriousEats.com and it turned out very well. Sous-vide allows you to cook chicken breasts to just the right temperature which really makes a difference. Chicken breasts should not be over-cooked. Here is how we cooked 1-1/3 Read More …
Robert Baker was a food scientist at Cornell University. He is most famous for inventing the chicken nugget, and his second best-known invention is Cornell Chicken, a grilled chicken with a simple but somewhat unusual marinade. There are many variations of Cornell Chicken. I started with one in Saveur: The New Classics Cookbook, which was Read More …
This version of grilled chickenfrom Guam is similar to teriyaki chicken. The Fina’denne is essentially a sauce to go on the rice. Both are tasty. This version is adapted from Von Diaz’s cookbook Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking. The original recipe was with a cut-up chicken. I made it with 3 lbs. of disjointed Read More …
This is a variation on Greasy Little Birds using skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs instead of Cornish game hens. Having the skin on is important since it helps keep the thighs moist. Here is the recipe and procedure: 6 lbs. skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs 1 qt. apple juice ½ cup sugar ½ cup salt 1 Tbs. Read More …
Hummus makes a good accompaniment for savory dishes. This posting is adapted from Food &Wine. It makes 4 servings and takes about an hour. I spotted it because Carol likes cauliflower, and she liked this very much. (She thinks she might like it even more with more raisins (or currents or cut dried apricots.)) Hummus Read More …
I made these Italian-influenced wings for the Super Bowl. They are shallow fried and then baked and coated in a garlicky and spicy sweet and sour sauce. This is an adaptation from a recipe in www.sipandfeast.com. It will serve about 6 as a main course and will take about an hour to prepare. For the Read More …
This is a variation of the Taiwanese classic Three Cup Chicken using chicken wings and Thai basil, and which I found on The Spruce Eats website. It was very tasty although a bit messy to eat. This made about 6 servings and took about 90 minutes. The original author comments in his notes that to Read More …
This recipe, adapted from Robb Walsh’s The Tex-Mex Cookbook, is one that I have done many times over the years. I was surprised to see that I had not yet posted it on the blog. Normally, I would make it with Stewed Chicken Breast , but I have also successfully made it with leftover Thanksgiving Read More …
After Carol made chicken soup for a sick family member, we had leftover 2 boiled chicken breasts, and Carol asked for curried chicken salad for dinner. This is how I made it, based mostly on the version in The Best Recipe by Cook’s Illustrated. This will serve 4 people. 2 cooked chicken breasts, diced 2 Read More …