Chicken Recipes

[#juan]

Wayne's Braised Chicken Breasts

It's called Wayne's because that is my name.

Ingredients
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts pounded out
to half inch thickness with meat hammer
1 large onion peeled and finely sliced
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms

Spice dredge mix
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 teaspoon dried savory
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt

Place all spices on a dinner plate and mix well
Dredge the four chicken breasts in spice mixture on both sides
and brown in hot oil on both sides.
Rub a couple of teaspoons of olive oil all over the bottom
of a medium sized roasting pan. Cover the bottom
of the roasting pan with the sliced onion. Spread the sliced
mushrooms over the onions. Arrange the browned chicken breasts
on top of the mushrooms. Bake in pre-heated, 375 degree
oven for thirty five minutes. Serve each chicken breast topped
with a portion of the onions and mushrooms.

This recipe goes good with rice or buttered noodles and just about any vegetables.

Enjoy

 

[L Gilbert]

We found out that chicken's better if you get rid oif the feathers.

 

[L Gilbert]

We like it stuffed & roasted. Might try opening a can of beer and roast the chicken upright with the beer inside the cavity. It's pretty good.

 

[#juan]

We found out that chicken's better if you get rid oif the feathers.

Very few feathers on boneless, skinless, chicken breasts where we shop.;-)

 

[L Gilbert]

We don't usually shop for chicken. We grow em. lol We have shopped for them before, though. But we were shopping for live ones. Have to get em from somewhere. No eggs were lying about.

 

[YukonJack]

I have yet to meet a dish where chicken breast was not either dry as sawdust or rubbery like a piece of tire.

For a good chicken receipe, become a LEG man/woman, and eschew the trap of conventional "wisdom" of using chicken breast. DRUMSTICKS and THIGHS!!

For flavour even giblets, hearts and gizzards are far superior to breasts.

Not to mention chicken livers.

P.S. Please DO NOT let my wife see this post!!!

 

[L Gilbert]

Won't be me blabbin about your post.
Anyway, keeping up the moisture content of the breasts is what the beer is for.
Only dark meats from birds I like don't come in chickens and turkeys. Comes from grouse, pheasant, etc. Now, THAT's flavor.

 

[#juan]

I have yet to meet a dish where chicken breast was not either dry as sawdust or rubbery like a piece of tire.

For a good chicken receipe, become a LEG man/woman, and eschew the trap of conventional "wisdom" of using chicken breast. DRUMSTICKS and THIGHS!!

For flavour even giblets, hearts and gizzards are far superior to breasts.

Not to mention chicken livers.

P.S. Please DO NOT let my wife see this post!!!

Obviously most people would disagree with you. If your chicken breasts regularly turn out like sawdust or rubber, you are not cooking them right.

 

[talloola]

Obviously most people would disagree with you. If your chicken breasts regularly turn out like sawdust or rubber, you are not cooking them right.

you're absolutely right juan. Chicken breast, 'when cooked properly' are moist
and tender and delicious.
I am cooking them as we speak, similar to your recipe.
Browned onions and mushrooms in pan, moved aside, and added
dredged chicken, (in italian seasonings and fresh rosemary,) browned them in becel and grapeseed oil, till golden on each side.
Spread onions and mushrooms over bottom of pan put chicken on top, added
a little white wine, turn down heat, covered pan, and they will cook till
chicken is tender, (not overcooked, and not undercooked, but 'just right'.)
they will never be dry and rubbery or sawdusty.
I also cook thighs sometimes very similar. I don't like chicken legs.
Have rice cooking in chicken broth, and a sald ready to mix, and my
tummy is starting to growl.

 

[#juan]

you're absolutely right juan. Chicken breast, 'when cooked properly' are moist
and tender and delicious.
I am cooking them as we speak, similar to your recipe.
Browned onions and mushrooms in pan, moved aside, and added
dredged chicken, (in italian seasonings and fresh rosemary,) browned them in becel and grapeseed oil, till golden on each side.
Spread onions and mushrooms over bottom of pan put chicken on top, added
a little white wine, turn down heat, covered pan, and they will cook till
chicken is tender, (not overcooked, and not undercooked, but 'just right'.)
they will never be dry and rubbery or sawdusty.
I also cook thighs sometimes very similar. I don't like chicken legs.
Have rice cooking in chicken broth, and a salad ready to mix, and my
tummy is starting to growl.

Hi Talloola
We had company last week and that chicken recipe in the OP was what we had for dinner on Thursday. Two of our expected company ran into problems and couldn't make it so we had a couple extra chicken breasts that I cooked in exactly the same way last night for Jan and I. It is the closest to a never fail recipe I've got....Never turns out rubbery or dry like sawdust.....;-):lol:

 

[YukonJack]

It is just my opinion, but the ULTIMATE Chicken dish is Hungarian Csirke Paprikash.

Look it up! Prepare it! Enjoy! And then dare to say otherwise!

 

[#juan]

It is just my opinion, but the ULTIMATE Chicken dish is Hungarian Csirke Paprikash.

Look it up! Prepare it! Enjoy! And then dare to say otherwise!

You are right. It is just your opinion. There are literally dozens of different recipes out there for Csirke Paprikash. You'll have to be more specific. Lets have your favourite recipe and I'll try it.

 

[YukonJack]

"Lets have your favourite recipe and I'll try it."

Sorry, my mother's recipe is not on the internet or in any cookbok.

Time after time I make efforts to repeat, alas, unsuccessfully. In the mean time, the closest I can come with is the recpe written up in a book by Susann Derecskey, American gal, luckily, married to an even luckier, Hungarian.

Eschewing any modesty, my daughter still prefers my own recipe to Susann's.

 

[Cliffy]

Oh! This is about cooking chicken. I thought it was recipes for cowardly people. :smile:

 

[talloola]

Hi Talloola
We had company last week and that chicken recipe in the OP was what we had for dinner on Thursday. Two of our expected company ran into problems and couldn't make it so we had a couple extra chicken breasts that I cooked in exactly the same way last night for Jan and I. It is the closest to a never fail recipe I've got....Never turns out rubbery or dry like sawdust.....;-):lol:

I also, sometimes add a little homemade spaghetti sauce to the chicken before
putting the lid on it, along with a little white wine, for chicken caccatore, and
with the rosemary added, and a 'little' butter, the flavour is wonderful, and the chicken just pull apart easily with a fork.

 

[talloola]

Oh! This is about cooking chicken. I thought it was recipes for cowardly people. :smile:

One can't be a coward and also be on this forum, just doesn't work.:smile:

 

[VanIsle]

This is my husband's favourite chicken (even though it may not be the healthiest way to eat it and I only make it for him a couple of times a year)

Add about 1.5 cups flour to an empty plastic bread bag
To that add (to taste) about 1 TBSP (or so) of Lawry's Seasoning Salt +
1/2 or 1 tsp of garlic powder
Black pepper
Cut up a whole frying chicken. Add to bag and shake well to coat all the chicken. Then fry in oil (not deep fry). I fry my chicken about 20 min. per side depending on the size of the pieces. Some cook faster then others. This is great for taking on a picnic. It's nice and crunchy on the outside.

 

[YukonJack]

"Oh! This is about cooking chicken. I thought it was recipes for cowardly people. :icon_smile:"

Not surprisingly, even a thread that deals with cooking chicken recipes is wide open forum for those who would consider a raw mushroom the greatest gift from Gaia, to drop in an offensive line.

Cliffy, stay out of the kitchen.

 

[VanIsle]

To add to your picnic chicken:
Macaroni Salad

1 package of original Kraft Dinner (cooked and rinsed well with cold water)
3 hard boiled eggs (grated into cooked macaroni)
3 - 4 green onions (finely cut)
1 stalk celery (finely chopped)
1 grated carrot

Mix all of the above in a bowl. Add dressing.

Dressing:
1 cup Mayo (I use miracle whip)
1/2 cup english salad cream
1 tsp. mustard
1 TBSP yellow hot dog relish
The PACKAGE OF CHEESE THAT COMES WITH THE KD
Mix all this in a separate bowl and add to your salad.

 

[Cliffy]

It's nice and crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.

That is what polar bears say when their about to open up an igloo.