Chicken Recipes

Chilled cream of vegetable soup with spinach, carrots, celery, and green pepper, pureed and enriched with egg yolks and half-and-half. Served cold with sour cream and fresh herbs.

Chilled pea soup with watercress, basil, and potato, pureed silky and finished with cream. Topped with crumbled bacon, sour cream, and whole peas for textural contrast in every spoonful.

Hot spaghetti tossed with sauteed shiitake mushrooms, fresh ginger, cooked chicken, and wilted spinach in a soy sauce, sesame oil, and chicken broth sauce. A 30-minute Asian-fusion pasta dinner.

Chive vichyssoise is a chilled potato-leek soup made lighter with buttermilk instead of cream. Silky, tangy, and brightened with lemon juice and a dash of hot sauce.

Christmas vegetable salad mold: a savory gelatin holiday side built with chicken broth, yogurt, green peppers, radishes, dill, and scallions. Retro festive table presentation, diabetic-friendly.

Chunky avocado soup blends creamy pureed avocado with milk and chicken broth, then layers in diced corn, cucumber, tomato, and jalapeño. Chilled Mexican-style summer soup.

Old-school chopped chicken liver with caramelized onions, garlic, hard-boiled eggs, and butter. Kept chunky, not smooth, for the real deli-style texture. A classic Jewish appetizer.

Clam and shrimp chowder: a creamy New England-style seafood chowder with potatoes, corn, red pepper, and fennel seed. The anise note from fennel lifts it out of the ordinary.

Classic mushroom bisque with sauteed mushrooms in a butter-cream roux with dry mustard, chives, and a splash of sherry. Rich, velvety, and ready in 25 minutes.

Chilled chicken soup with ground walnuts, celery, garlic, and yogurt, made from scratch with homemade stock. A creamy, nutty cold soup with Georgian-inspired flavors.

Whole roasted chicken stuffed with garlic under the skin, cooked in one pot with carrots and potatoes. Five ingredients, zero fuss, dinner done.

Roast chicken stuffed with oatmeal bread, scallions, mushrooms, and giblets, then coated in more stuffing that crisps up as you baste. The cook snacks while guests wait.

Classic French coq au vin: chicken browned in butter, then simmered with red wine, brandy, pearl onions, and mushrooms. A rustic red wine chicken braise streamlined for the microwave.

A sophisticated chicken in wine that's good enough to telegraph home about.

Light corn and tomato broth made with fresh ears of corn, ripe tomatoes, and chicken broth, finished with a bright squeeze of lime. Ready in under 40 minutes.

Dairy-free corn chowder made by pureeing cooked corn with chicken stock for natural creaminess, then finished with red bell pepper, rosemary, thyme, and basil. Thick, creamy, no cream needed.