Chicken/9 recipes

Serve over hot buttered noodles or mashed potatoes and garnish with chopped parsley if desired. Serve with hot biscuits or bread, if desired.

Lebanese bulgur wheat salad with marinated chicken, fresh herbs, and crisp vegetables. This protein-packed tabbouleh makes a hearty, healthy main dish bursting with lemon, mint, and garlic.

Chili shrimp stir-fry: wok-fired shrimp in a glossy Thai chili paste sauce with ginger, garlic, scallions, sherry, and a sesame oil finish. A 30-minute restaurant-style dish done cleaner than takeout.

Chinese stir-fried pork with straw mushrooms, snow peas, and bamboo shoots in a savory soy-cornstarch sauce. A quick wok dinner with tender, velveted pork slices.

Master Chef stewed chicken braises a whole bird with fire-roasted bell peppers, tomatoes, red wine, raisins, and olives for a Spanish-Portuguese sweet-and-savory stew. Finished with a flour-thickened gravy.

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.

Chicken and rice tacos stuff crisp corn shells with grilled taco-seasoned chicken, Spanish rice, black beans, and salsa. Adding rice and beans makes them extra filling, and the whole weeknight dinner comes together in about 30 minutes.

Chicken with apples: a Normandy-style braise of browned chicken flambed with brandy, then baked with apples, onions, cider, and tarragon sour cream. A French country dinner for four.

Kasha varnishkes is the classic Jewish comfort dish: toasted buckwheat groats coated with egg, simmered with caramelized onions and porcini mushrooms, then tossed with bowtie pasta.

A light, veggie-packed chicken soup with carrots, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, and rice, finished with fresh cilantro. Ranch-style comfort in 45 minutes.

Blue corn tortillas stacked with seasoned chicken, Monterey Jack, pine nuts, and red chile sauce, then baked until bubbly. New Mexican flat enchiladas you eat with a fork and knife.

Simple chicken recipe for easy Mexican style fajitas for two.

Hearty pinto bean and ham soup simmered low and slow with a bold herb blend of cumin, oregano, rosemary, and chili powder. A splash of sherry at the end adds warmth and depth. Pure comfort in a bowl.

Red beans and brown rice with chili powder, cumin, and coriander, served with a fresh tomato-jalapeno-lime salsa. A hearty, spice-forward one-pot meal from dried beans.

Spicy Sichuan noodles (dan dan mian) with crispy ground pork, sesame paste, chili oil, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic, and ginger. A fiery, numbing Chinese noodle bowl ready in 30 minutes.

Lightened-up single-serving Boston clam chowder built on chicken broth and low-fat milk instead of cream, with leek, celery, red potato, canned clams and a handful of shredded spinach folded in at the end. Ready in about 30 minutes.