Category: Chicken & Turkey

  • Chicken and Shrimp Coconut Curry or Stew

    Chicken and Shrimp Coconut Curry or Stew

    What is the difference between a curry and a stew? I’m not sure.  The basis of this was labeled as a stew in Perfect One-Dish Dinners: All You Need for Easy Get-Togethers, a book I’m still exploring.  I would have called it a curry. My usual Thai like coconut milk curries have curry paste in…

  • Mexican Influenced Marinade for Grilled Chicken

    Mexican Influenced Marinade for Grilled Chicken

    Try to marinate your chicken a few hours at least, up to 12 hours for maximum flavor. I use zip-lock freezer bags or  a covered dish in the fridge.  I used boneless skinless chicken breasts for these and cooked two extra so we would have them available for lunches and another dinner. Tonight I served…

  • Chicken Curry with Tomatoes

    Chicken Curry with Tomatoes

    Dinner tonight was chicken curry with chickpeas and tomatoes. Sort of a mashup of several different recipes, but relying on a curry paste from Patak as the base. I used to have a local source of these but now even my local Indian grocery stores don’t seem to carry them. And I don’t like the…

  • Chinese Chicken Salad

    Chinese Chicken Salad

    With the warmer weather, we are coming up on the time when a salad for dinner sounds really good.  The combination of warm meat and cool greens with a spicy sweet dressing really hits the spot for me.  I’ve been making my way through older recipes and remaking some so I can take pictures and…

  • Garlic and Brown Sugar Chicken Breasts

    Garlic and Brown Sugar Chicken Breasts

    I love recipes that scale easily and these days I’m especially attracted to ones that let me make a good dinner for just one or two people.  These chicken breasts were really good. While they were cooking I nuked a potato for a few minutes, just to get it started, then cubed it up and…