Cuisine: Chicken

Five-Spice Asian Chicken Salad with Chili Lime Dressing

I often eat lunch out of one of my prep bowls. This Five-Spice Chicken Asian Salad with Chili Lime Dressing was yesterday's lunch. This recipe is a copy of a salad they sell at Trader Joe's. I always have a hard time figuring out what to have for lunch.

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Honey Chicken with Yams, Cranberries and Pecans

I realized after I made it that this Honey Chicken with Yams, Cranberries and Pecans is rather Autumnal. I went to the market with no idea what to make and this is what I came with. The nice thing is that it's all done in one pan, from the stovetop to the oven.

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French Onion Chicken Meatballs

These French Onion Chicken Meatballs take French Onion Soup in a different direction. Let's just say it's the right direction. It turns your favorite soup into a full meal. We actually have leftovers, so I am planning to make a meatball sub on a baguette for tomorrow.

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Sheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken and Pineapple Fried Rice

I love making sheet pan meals. It's a great method for busy work weeks. This Sheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken and Pineapple Fried Rice is kid-friendly. You could also make this and package it up for lunch during the week.

By Leslie Blythe

Chicken Jerusalem

One day a chicken was walking in the woods when an acorn fell.... and the rest is history.We had some family friends (that would be you Shannon!) who--back in the seventies and eighties--entertained and when they did, their go-to "company's coming" dish was Chicken Jerusalem, fondly referred to in the family as "Chicken Yittel." For some of us, there is nothing better than artichokes except, perhaps, for artichokes and mushrooms swimming in a cream sauce redolent with sherry and chives. Enter Chicken Jerusalem, a classic dish of chicken breasts with mushrooms and artichokes in a white wine cream sauce. While we always make it with artichokes, there are some versions that call for Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes) which are actually a tuber and not part of the thistle family like artichokes. The chicken is just a vehicle for this rich, unctious sauce. Although typically made with a white wine cream sauce, using sherry in this recipe gives it a rich, nutty, complex flavor--I use Dry Sack sherry which has an "off dry" slight sweetness and makes a perfect aperitif for the cook....... This is best served with a green vegetable and rice (our friends used chicken Rice-a-Roni--but then, it was the seventies after all). Chicken Jerusalem pairs well with a Loire white such as Vouvray provided it is a dry one--look for Sec-Sec or "dry dry" and their slightly less dry wines as Sec-tendres.

By Leslie Blythe

Sweet, Sticky and Spicy Chicken

What could be better than Sweet, Sticky and Spicy Chicken? It's very fast and easy to make and guaranteed to be a hit the whole family will love. This chicken dish uses boneless skinless chicken breast and tastes delicious. Great as an appetizer or as a main dish served over rice.

By Leslie Blythe

Blackened Chicken with Avocado Cream Sauce

This Blackened Chicken with Avocado Cream Sauce is a perfect blend of paprika, cumin, and cayenne pepper. The Avocado Cream acts as a cooling agent to tone down the spiciness. This spice blend would also work really well on fish. You can serve it with rice, quinoa or as a taco.

By Leslie Blythe

The Original Hollywood Brown Derby Cobb Salad

From Hollywood’s Brown Derby restaurant and named for its owner, Robert Howard Cobb, the Cobb Salad is the original chopped salad. 

There’s some dispute about the recipe’s genesis. Was the first Cobb salad made by Cobb and theater mogul, Sid Grauman, while rummaging through the restaurant’s cooler for a late-night snack in 1939, or, by the restaurant’s executive chef Robert Kreis, who created it for the restaurant’s 1929 launch? Either way, the Cobb is one of America’s longest-standing salad favorites, inspiring dozens of different renditions. The original recipe consisted of a head of lettuce, watercress, avocado, tomatoes, cold breast of chicken, hard boiled eggs, cheese, crumbled bacon and some old-fashioned French dressing.

By Leslie Blythe

BBQ Chicken Twice-Baked Yams

These BBQ Chicken Twice-Baked Yams make a great busy weeknight meal. It's perfect if you have some leftover chicken. Yams are a very rich source of starch, vitamins, and minerals.

By Leslie Blythe

Buttermilk-Marinated Roast Chicken

I made everything from Samin Nosrat's, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking Netflix episode 4 - Heat. I woke up and just cooked. Actually, I had to marinate this chicken the day before and also, I made her focaccia, which I started the day before. Anyway, it was my idea of fun and relaxing. Her Buttermilk-Marinated Roast Chicken, which is the epitome of tender and delicious. It's so simple, just chicken, salt and buttermilk. The buttermilk helps to tenderize the chicken and it does just that!

By Leslie Blythe