Chicken Recipes

[tshadowchaser]

This thread is for people to post their favorite recipes for cooking/preparing chicken. If possible I would like it to have little small talk and really be a recipe thread. You can always post such things as " I use XYZ instead of ABC" or I prefer to simmer with ABD before adding XYZ"

 

[Kacey]

Oven-baked fried chicken

This is a pretty flexible recipe - so please take the amounts with a large grain of salt, as I can't remember the last time I actually measured anything in it...

Ingredients:

4 pieces of boneless, skinless chicken (breasts or thighs work best)
1 sleeve crackers (Ritz, Townhouse, or equivalent)
1/4 cup Parmesan or other dry cheese
1/4 cup butter or margarine
salt, pepper, and any other desired spices to taste (if using salted crackers, avoid additional salt)

Place the crackers in a quart-sized baggie (the cheap top-tie kind work fine) and mash to crumbs (a rolling pin or can of vegetables works well for this). Be sure to fold the edge of the bag over first or you'll have crumbs everywhere. Add Parmesan; hold the top of the bag closed and shake to mix thoroughly.

Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl large enough to dip the chicken pieces into.

One piece at a time, dip the chicken into the butter to coat and then place in the bag; shake to coat. Place each coated piece into a baking dish, and bake uncovered at 350 F for 30 minutes or until chicken is completely cooked.

Variations:

Instead of crackers, use any of the following:
- potato chips (a great way to dispose of stale chips from the bottom of the bag)
- Frosted Flakes (this creates a nice glaze - skip the Parmesan with this one)
- Chex cereal, any variety
- Bread crumbs
- Matzo meal

Instead of Parmesan, use any of the following:

- other dried, grated cheese
- onion soup mix
- any other dried seasoning mix you like with chicken

You can use chicken with the skin on if you want, but then all the coating sticks to the skin, and sometimes the chicken dries out, especially if the skin doesn't cover the chicken completely.

If you don't have a bag, or don't want to use one, you can also mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, sprinkle ~1/2 on the bottom of a baking pan, place chicken on top, and the cover with the other 1/2 of the dry mix; drizzle with butter. You can omit the butter if you want, but then the coating doesn't really stick to the chicken well.

 

[ArmorOfGod]

http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=6365475&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

Click on that link for a funny story which leads to a very good recipe for chicken. In that forum, I am "pressureguy," so I am the one who actually used the recipe from the psycho creepy guy who is described in the first post.

Funny stuff!

AoG

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Chicken Fried Rice

1 large or 2 small boneless and skinless chicken breasts, diced or cubed
4 cups instant rice made according to box directions (usually 2cups rice & 2 cups water)
salt & pepper
2 tablespoons Oyster sauce
3-4 tablespoons Soy sauce
8 oz frozen peas (or peas & carrots)
1 small onion cut into small squares
6 large eggs
cooking oil

In your large wok add 1 tablespoon of the oil and begin heating
beat the eggs and slowly pour into heated wok
constantly stir the eggs until they are thoroughly cooked and remove from heat
place scrambled eggs in a large heat proof bowl
scrape out wok until most egg residue is gone
add 1 tablespoon oil to wok and resume heating
when hot, add the onion and stir fry it until it starts to brown
remove onions from heat and place in bowl with eggs.
add 1 tablespoon oil to wok and resume heating
add diced chicken and stir fry for 3-5 minutes, or until done.
Remove chicken from wok
add 1 tablespoon oil to wok and resume heating
carefully add peas to wok and stir fry until heated through
return eggs, chicken & onion to wok and add cooked rice, oyster sauce and soy sauce
mix them together, adding salt and pepper to taste
remove from heat and serve.

Serves 3-6

 

[tshadowchaser]

Chicken stuffed with Cashews


5-6 tablespoons of vegetable oil
2-3 celery stocks, sliced
1 medium-size onion
¼ of a small garlic
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 cup of finely chopped cashews
1 teaspoon of thyme ( or basil)
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
salt and pepper
4 pound chicken


Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Add celery, onion, garlic, cooking lowly and stirring or about 5 min. Cool briefly then add cashews and breadcrumbs. Season with thyme and salt and pepper.( I sometimes add a dash of cinnamon)

Spoon the stuffing into chicken and close the cavity. Truss wings and legs close to the body then place in a shallow baking/roasting pan. Rub skin with remaining oil (you could use butter).

Roast for approximately 1 ¼ - 1 ½ hour or until well browned . Basting with pan jusices.

Serve with your favorite vegetables

 

[OUMoose]

Don't really have a name for it, since I sorta whipped it together one day, but here goes:

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
3 teaspoons fresh garlic (crushed or sliced)
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese (grated)
1/4 cup Oil (I use extra virgin olive oil; YMMV)
3 teaspoons butter

Coat the bottom of a baking dish with the oil while preheating the oven to 200 C (~400 F). Place the chicken breasts in the pan, but do not cover with oil. Place a teaspoon of butter on each of the chicken breasts, then top again with a teaspoon of garlic. Cover each liberally with cheese and bake till cheese is melted and slightly colored. Serve with rice or over pasta.

 

[Kreth]

Kreth's Half-Assed Chicken Parmesan

No real measurements, I just go by eye.
2 chicken breasts
spaghetti sauce
1/2 medium onion
1/2 red pepper, de-seeded
grated parmesan

Put the chicken breasts on a baking sheet. Top with spaghetti sauce, chopped onion and pepper, and parmesan. Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.

 

[Flatlander]

Persian Chicken BBQ

This works best if done on charcoal, but then again, so does everything....

-Cut up boneless chicken into skewer size cubes. Put into large bowl, stab repeatedly with fork.
-Roughly chop enough yellow onion to be about 50/50 with the volume of chicken
-Mix together in bowl, cover with lemon juice. Add 1/2 gram of crushed saffron
-Marinade for 24 hours.
-Put chicken on skewers, BBQ until done. This works well with small, whole tomatoes BBQ'ed at same time. Yummy. Eat with flatbread/pitas.