I use chicken a lot. I guess that’s because I can prepare all kinds of tasty dishes with this quintessential white meat. It is such a versatile protein. I also love turkey and duck, but turkey usually doesn’t appear on our dinner table except at Thanksgiving and possibly again at Christmas. I simply don’t think about fixing a turkey or even part of a turkey any other time of the year. Except in the form of ground meat. Then I use it more than ground chicken (if I can find it) because I like the flavor better. And as for duck – we both love duck. But again, I just don’t think of serving it as often as chicken. Basically, because it’s not as readily available. I must go out of my way to find duck.  Either make a trip to Central Market or order it on-line. And duck is expensive. So, that leaves chicken as my go-to poultry product.

So, below you will mainly find chicken recipes. But if you look closely, you will find duck and turkey recipes interspersed among the more pedestrian white meat recipes.  

Well, that’s it for today. We have a JazzVox concert here next Sunday, so I am up to my eyeballs in ingredients to feed 37 hungry attendees. And those ingredients refuse to turn into a tasty dish without my assistance. So, I best get to it.

May you too be blessed with ingredients to make delicious and nourishing food for yourself and your family and friends. We who have a full refrigerator and the means to keep it that way are the lucky ones. And I know, there are those who feel it has nothing to do with luck. I am not one of those people. Because I did not choose to have intelligent, loving parents. I did not have a choice when it came to my IQ. Believe me, if I had my choice, I would be far smarter, taller, have a fourth the metabolism of a pygmy shrew, and curly red hair. As it is, I was lucky enough to have parents who instilled honesty, empathy, forgiveness in me along with all the others life skills taught to most kindergarteners. I was and still am – just plain lucky!

Peace and love to all.

MY FAVORITE CHICKEN, ETC. RECIPES 

Baked Chicken in a Savory White Wine Cream Sauce

Baked Chicken with Sour Cream and Mushrooms

Brined Oven Roasted Whole Chicken

Buffalo Wings

Cassoulet (chicken and duck)

Chicken Cacciatore with Parmesan Polenta

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Chicken Layered with Sage, Prosciutto, and Provolone Cheese (Chicken Saltimbocca)

Chicken Marsala

Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Piccata

Chicken Tikka Masala with Garlic Saffron Rice

Duck Breasts with Orange Marmalade Sauce

Duck Ragù with Fettuccine

French Chicken Liver Pâté

Herb and Lemon Basted Turkey Breast with Cognac Pan Gravy

Herb Roasted Half Turkey Breast with Pan Gravy

Herb Salted Turkey with Cognac Gravy

Hot Pepper Chicken Bites with Cilantro Sour Cream Sauce 

Hungarian Paprikás Csirke (Chicken Paprika)

Leftover Turkey à la King

Merry Me When I eat This Chicken Over Creamy Polenta

Oven Braised Chicken with Garlic, Rosemary, and White Wine

Oven Chicken Fricassee

Sautéed Chicken with Gruyère Cheese, Mushrooms, and White Wine   

Smothered Fried Chicken

Spicy Fried Chicken Thighs

Sweet and Sour Chicken Wings