Category: Chicken & Poultry

General Tso’s Chicken (Thighs)

My two guilty pleasures from Chinese carry out places are sadly things that I can no longer order now that I am eating a gluten free diet. It’s probably better for me in the long

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Crockpot Mexican Chicken

Crockpot Mexican Chicken might be the only reason we had any food to eat at our house this past week. As a musician, I have times (fall & spring in particular) when I’m ridiculously busy

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Yummy Oven Glazed Chicken

Yummy Oven Glazed Chicken! We had a hard time naming this one. Probably because we were too busy stuffing ourselves full of chicken. Yummy Chicken, Awesome Chicken, Nom Nom Nom Stop Talking To Me I’m

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Chicken Tikka Masala

I love Indian food. When I crave it, I almost always crave Chicken Tikka Masala. I need to expand my repertoire, but this dish is so good I have a hard time not making it

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Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup

Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice Soup. Otherwise known as The State Soup of Minnesota! Do they have things like State Soups as we do State Songs and State Birds? If not, we should. I’ve

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Braised Chicken with Yams

Braised Chicken with Yams (Sweet Potatoes) is a One Pot Wonder! You get the chicken, veggies (mushrooms & onions), side veggies (sweet potatoes or yams), and sauce all in one pot. Plus, it’s very easy

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Turkey & Zucchini Burgers

Turkey & Zucchini Burgers. Oh, with a bonus of creamy Tzatziki Sauce. SO good! This recipe comes from the Jerusalem Cookbook that was all the rage (with good reason) last year. Full of interesting recipes and

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Sweet & Spicy Honey Mustard Chicken

Sweet & Spicy Honey Mustard Chicken I almost called it Fast & Easy Honey Mustard Chicken but that sounded a little disrespectful to a dish this good. This is one of those recipes that gets

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Chicken with Sweet Plantains

Chicken with Sweet Plantains. Trust me, you need to stop whatever you are doing right now and go buy plantains. This recipe comes from Melissa Clark of the New York Times and was featured in the Taste

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Pozole Verde with Turkey or Chicken

Pozole Verde! Mexican Stew with turkey or chicken and SO many other good things! It’s Pozole Week here at Idiot’s Kitchen! I bet you didn’t know you needed to celebrate Pozole Week, but trust me

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Risotto Milanese

Risotto Milanese – The answer to boring, humdrum side dishes! I usually make risotto as a main course, adding spring vegetables, seafood, or even bacon, but this Risotto Milanese is perfect as a side dish. The Milanese in

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Chicken alla Diavola

Chicken alla Diavola. The Devil’s Chicken! The fact that I’m posting this on Halloween is purely coincidental. Concert weeks are crazy and this post was supposed to go up 4 days ago. Maybe crazy scheduling

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Peppery Baked Chicken

Peppery Baked Chicken – because why should the people with the grills get to have all the fun? You will not believe how easy this recipe is. The secret to the big time flavor is

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Chicken Enchilada Casserole

I love enchiladas. But let’s be honest…sometimes making them is a complete pain in the butt. You get all the ingredients together and then you have all that dipping and rolling before you even get

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Crispy Oven Baked Chicken

This chicken recipe was something of a revelation to me. Chicken that is crispy and tasty but NOT fried! Panko bread crumbs provide that extra, satisfying crunch. Dijon mustard and white wine provide tons of

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