Crispy and Creamy– Two Great Textures in one Quick Chicken Dinner This chicken dish made it to the table in about 50 minutes. It satisfies our credo that the only reason to leave the skin on chicken is to serve it crispy. And the recipe…
Julia Child’s Supremes De Volaille Aux Champignons (Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Cream Sauce) Considering how many posts in ChewingTheFat mention Julia Child, it was quite a shock to discover how few are accompanied by a recipe. A friend just sent me news of an incredible…
THIS INSTANT POT RECIPE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF THE POT Let’s face it. The Instant Pot takes up a lot of geography—especially in our New York City Kitchen with its no-bigger-than-a-bread-box pantry. But if there’s one thing that makes an Instant Pot worth buying,…
A Balinese Chef shares the secret to his Chicken Satay, the national dish of Indonesia The Four Seasons Sayan is the epitome of luxury on the banks of a river the deeply spiritual Balinese consider sacred: The Ayung. In its kitchens, Chef Wayan Sutariawan, a…
We wait all year for Figs to appear. Then we celebrated their brief season with two superb dishes. To us, few things are as delicious as fresh figs, straight from someone’s garden. First, there’s their wonderful scent. What awaits inside these little purple tear drops…
There’s quite a bit of dish about this famous Chicken Salad. As Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 70th year on the throne, one salute we can all enjoy is her “Coronation Chicken”. This classic recipe has undergone multiple changes since its invention. However, all of them…
America’s Favorite Ways to Eat Chicken Wings Our friends at RTA Outdoor Living brought it to our attention. The makers of custom outdoor Kitchens, RTA did a whole study on one of our absolute favorites. They surveyed over 1000 Americans in the great debate: What…
“Sometimes you want chicken to taste like chicken” So wrote J.T. of Madison Wisconsin of this wonderful recipe when it appeared in Bon Appetit. Here all you do is salt and pepper bone-in skin on, chicken thighs and cook them for 16 to 23 minutes. …
If there’s one bad thing about Food Blogging it’s this: You never get to eat the same thing twice. Once it’s out in the blogosphere, it’s cooked. Literally. Today’s recipe haunted us—it was so good! And it was in our old recipe format. What a…
BENGALS OR RAMS, NEXT SUNDAY’S WINNER IS THE CHICKEN WING! Of all food facts, the one that never ceases to amaze is this: On Super Bowl Sunday, 1.42 billion chicken wings will be consumed. That’s the National Chicken Council’s prediction and they ought to know.…
Wonderfully aromatic, this creamy chicken pasta dish gets a flavor boost from an Italian “Soffritto”. I put pasta on our table at least once a week. To me, very little is as satisfying as fresh or dried pasta coated with a great Italian ragu of…
As I tucked into my 4th Costco Chicken sandwich, I realized this $4.99 purchase was the only thing I’d eaten at home since October 6th. That is when friends hadn’t rescued me by inviting me out. But all four nights when they hadn’t, it was…
AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION: ADD SOME GARLIC, ADD SOME PARMESAN These chicken wings really are phenomenal. You start with incredibly crispy wings. Once they’ve achieved the perfect shade of brown, you first toss the wings in grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or sprinkle it on generously until it melts.…
We are huge fans of the Chicken Thigh No other part of the chicken can match the ease with which you can cook this most flavorful part of the bird. Here in this single skillet dinner, it truly shines. Perfect for two, it uses the…
BRINGING CROATIA AND THE BALKANS TO THE TABLE
