Chicken/2 recipes

Cambodian-style roasted eggplant topped with spiced ground pork, shrimp, fish sauce, and a fiery homemade lime sauce. Bold Southeast Asian flavors, ready in 30 minutes.

Crushed rice krispies and cheddar cheese adorn this healthy and easy main dish.

Prawns Hunan style: flour-dusted shrimp flash-fried in peanut oil, then tossed with a ginger-garlic-chili paste and a reduced soy-chicken stock sauce. Bold, spicy, and fast.

Curried pumpkin soup with crushed tomatoes, chicken broth, and a hint of clove thickened with milk. A creamy, warmly spiced fall soup ready in under an hour.

Sweet and sour chicken saute with orange juice, white wine, raspberry vinegar, and rosemary, finished with fresh orange segments and avocado. Bistro-style chicken with bright pan sauce.

Creamy tomato and orange soup with fresh tomatoes, orange juice, orange zest and a swirl of cream. A British-style soup that's bright, velvety and full of citrus warmth.

Curried rice with chicken or turkey, brown rice, kale, leeks, carrots, and mushrooms in one pot. A fiber-rich leftover-meat recycling meal with mild Indian warmth.

Creamy broccoli mushroom chowder made with a buttery roux, half-and-half, and a hint of tarragon. A rich, warming soup that comes together in 30 minutes.

Frijoles Borrachos simmer dried pinto beans with beer, bacon, jalapenos, tomato sauce, cumin, and oregano until thick and tender. Authentic Mexican drunken beans from scratch.

Grilled or baked chicken brushed with a tangy applesauce barbecue glaze made with ketchup, vinegar, and Worcestershire for sweet-savory perfection.

Rabbit almondine, an old-school braise where flour-coated rabbit pieces simmer in herbed chicken broth, then finish in a sour cream gravy with toasted slivered almonds. Country French comfort food with rustic bones.

Thai barbecued chicken brushes a hoisin, ketchup, molasses and chili-paste glaze onto poached chicken then finishes on the grill for sticky charred edges. The technique that prevents burnt sauce.

Light basil pesto pasta with toasted pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, and reduced chicken broth instead of heavy oil. Fresh, bright, and ready in 20 minutes.

Pasta with grilled turkey or chicken sausages, fresh tomatoes, roasted peppers, and saffron vinegar. A light, Mediterranean-style pasta toss ready in 30 minutes.

This is a good "guest" food. You can appear to have mastered esoteric Oriental cooking techniques without ever having actually prepared the dish before... Unless you drop the pot on the kitchen floor and set it on fire with the hot salt, it's a pretty foolproof cooking technique.

Flour-coated chicken breasts seared golden then simmered in crushed Italian plum tomatoes with mushrooms, green pepper, onion, garlic, oregano, and basil. Electric skillet cacciatore over spaghetti.