Category: Chicken & Turkey
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Thanksgiving Leftovers Soup
Like most of you, I’ve been busy between cooking Thanksgiving for 14, having extra house guests, and–I admit–just relaxing a bit! But I love making soup from the bits and pieces in the refrigerator and freezer. Post-Thanksgiving soup is even more fun because of the variety of dishes available. Here’s what I did tonight: I…
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Turkey Broth
First, the broth. I was too tired to start this on Thursday so threw the turkey carcass into a (large) plastic bag and put it in the freezer. When I was ready to make broth on Saturday, I could only fit part of the carcass, since I cooked a 26 pound turkey, so I just…
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Chicken and Corn Chowder
I’m not sure what makes certain soups a “chowder” and others just soup. I Google’d “chowder” and learned it came from the French word for hot water but that didn’t help me much! Regardless, since I had some leftover “sticky chicken“(cooked at a normal roasting temperature) from Saturday night, I made up some chicken and…
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Thai Red Chicken Curry
I wasn’t overly impressed with the beef and red curry, but I think it was the steak that was the problem. Last night I combined a few different curry recipes to come up with a red chicken curry that was delicious! I would have added a can of bamboo shoots if I’d had them around,…
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Indian Butter Chicken
I went out to lunch the other day with a couple of friends and we went to a Thai restaurant, within walking distance of my suburban home. I suspect all you city folk find this inconceivable! But I can easily walk to Thai, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish, Mexican, and more… When I was…