Chicken/4 recipes

Chilled avocado curry soup blends ripe avocados with chicken broth, curry powder, and cream into a velvety cold soup. No cooking needed, just 10 minutes and a food processor.

Kuo Fan Gee Chiu is a Szechuan-style diced chicken stir-fry with dried red chilis, bamboo shoots, and straw mushrooms. Velveted chicken, no-bland heat.

Lemon herbed chicken made in a pressure cooker with parsley, oregano, basil, celery leaves, and black olives. Tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken in just 8 minutes under pressure.

Easy baked orange chicken with a four-ingredient citrus glaze made from orange juice, zest, brown sugar, and cornstarch. Pours straight onto frozen chicken breasts and bakes hands-off.

"Chinese" chicken salad by David Cassidy, adapts to serve any number of people.

Spaghetti aglio e olio with a twist: 12 cloves of garlic (half sliced golden, half raw and minced) tossed with olive oil, chicken broth, and parsley. Bold and simple.

Silky avocado velouté soup built on a classic French roux base with chicken stock, egg yolk liaison, and cream. Garnished with avocado cubes, chives, and a cloud of whipped cream.

While Schwartz describes the name for this Israeli dish as slightly pretentious, he notes that it won a cooking competition and found its way onto the menus of five star hotels. He recommends serving it over a bed or bulgur pilaf.

Broiled peanut chicken kabobs with crunchy peanut butter, ginger, lemon, and red pepper glaze on skewered chicken breast and onions. Served over rice.

Parmesan-crusted chicken breasts pan-fried and topped with a rosemary mushroom tomato sauce. A quick Sicilian-style skillet dinner served over pasta in 40 minutes.

A quick chicken risotto with tender zucchini, scallions, and pimentos stirred into seasoned rice and finished with melted cheese. Simple comfort food for busy nights.

Curried chicken and bow tie pasta salad with a homemade curry mayonnaise, tri-color bell peppers, and poached chicken on a bed of fresh spinach. An impressive main-course salad.

Persian-style pilaf with basmati rice, red lentils and sour cherries perfumed with turmeric and cumin, finished with a buttery golden crust. A sweet-tart, aromatic side or vegetarian main with real character.

Creamy broccoli soup made with a butter-flour roux, chicken bouillon, and half-and-half. Uses frozen broccoli for a quick weeknight soup ready in under 45 minutes.

Layers of torn corn tortillas, seasoned chicken, green chiles, and melted Longhorn cheese baked in a creamy sour cream and mushroom soup sauce. Easy Tex-Mex casserole in one hour.

The addition of cream cheese makes this quiche wonderfully rich and creamy in t exture.