Chicken Recipes

Jook, the classic Chinese rice congee simmered until silky, studded with seasoned pork meatballs and crunchy water chestnuts. The ultimate bowl of savory Chinese comfort.

Make-ahead Chinese-style chicken strata with cubed bread, eggs, milk, sesame oil, soy, water chestnuts, and red bell pepper. Overnight breakfast or brunch casserole.

Corn chowder flambéed with Jack Daniels whiskey, simmered in cream and chicken broth with cubed potatoes. Smoky-sweet chowder with dramatic flair.

Florida sweet corn chowder is a creamy Southern soup with rendered bacon, Vidalia onions, red bell pepper, fresh cut corn, and diced russet potatoes simmered in chicken stock and finished with heavy cream.

Plantation stew: a hearty Southern-style lamb stew with potatoes, red peppers, citrus, and a splash of sherry. A slow-simmered comfort dinner that warms to the bones.

Chicken fruit salad tosses cooked chicken with grapes, pineapple, mandarin oranges, celery, and toasted pecans in a light dressing. Southern-style lunch salad on butter lettuce.

Homemade chicken and veal sausage with bacon, brandy-flamed spices, coriander, and cloves. Stuff into casings, form patties, or shape in plastic wrap and poach before grilling.

New Brunswick chicken barley soup simmers bone-in chicken with pearl barley, carrots, celery, mushrooms, and peas. Maritime Canadian comfort soup that doubles as a complete meal.

A lighter chicken pesto pasta with a yogurt-based spinach pesto, fresh basil, pine nuts, and Parmesan tossed with penne. Half the fat of traditional pesto, all the flavor.

Gingery maple chicken drumsticks browned in a skillet then baked in a maple syrup, soy sauce, sherry, and ginger glaze. The sauce thickens into a sticky, caramelized coating as it bakes.

Greek-style braised lamb shoulder with orzo cooked in the pan drippings with tomatoes, dill, and parsley. A one-pot meal where the pasta absorbs all the rich lamb and tomato broth.

Whole roasted chicken rubbed with red wine vinegar, paprika, and garlic, then roasted over a bed of fresh Roma tomatoes and onions. Simple ingredients, deeply savory results.

Creamy mushroom scallion soup pureed with chicken broth and cream, finished with whole mushroom slices and a dollop of whipped cream. A silky, elegant soup in 30 minutes.

Creamy turkey tetrazzini with spaghetti, mushrooms, mixed vegetables, and Parmesan baked in a sherry-spiked cream of mushroom and chicken soup sauce. Feeds 8 and vanishes fast.

Crispy Parmesan-breaded chicken breasts topped with seasoned tomato sauce and melted mozzarella. A quick, cheesy chicken Parm ready in just 30 minutes.

Cajun-seasoned chicken breasts pan-glazed with melted hot pepper jelly, fresh ginger, red onion, and white wine vinegar. A sweet-spicy-tangy one-skillet chicken dinner from a Delmarva cooking contest finalist.