I seem to have created a bit of a monster. A follower requested a very easy recipe for Basic Beef Ribs, Basic Brisket, and Basic Pellet Smoker Chicken for his new pellet smoker. I am getting requests for more basic recipes from other followers now. Continue reading Basic Chicken Wings
I have mentioned before that She Who Must Be Obeyed likes boneless skinless chicken breasts while I find them a difficult piece of meat to keep moist and tender. Well, orders were given so I went to work. Continue reading Orange Glazed Chicken Breasts
One of my blog followers just got a pellet smoker. They have little cooking experience and asked me for a basic, no fuss recipe for cooking a whole chicken. Continue reading Basic Pellet Smoker Chicken
My mom would make chicken pot pie with condensed cream of chicken soup for the sauce. It would be put in a casserole and she would roll out commercial pastry and put it over the top. It was pretty bland but had a nice consistency. Continue reading Easy Chicken Pot Pie
One of the best things about my Traeger Timberline smoker is that it can be used to make easy, moist, boneless skinless chicken breasts. Continue reading Easy Bourbon Chicken
I have seen a lot of recipes that call for tossing chicken in baking powder to get a very crispy skin. I decided it was time to give it a try. Spoiler alert, it works. Continue reading Crispy Garlic Parmesan Wings
A friend took a trip to Nashville some time ago and told me about Nashville chicken. It is a fried chicken that is brushed with hot oil that has cayenne bloomed in it. The original is fiery hot. I didn’t know if I would like it quite that hot but decided I could do a version in my smoker that would approximate the dish. of course, you can also do it in an oven. I just cut back on the amount of cayenne they would use. You can feel free to add the full amount of cayenne if you are tougher than me! Continue reading Nashville “Fried” Chicken
It is very cold here in the Canadian Rockies. Too cold to go outside to cook wings. I decided to try my first wings in the Air Fryer. Continue reading Air Fried Dry Rub Wings
One of the favourite parts from my galantine recipe was the stuffed drumsticks. If they were tasty in the whole bird, why wouldn’t stuffed drumsticks be great on their own. Inquiring minds had to know. Continue reading Air Fryer Stuffed Drumsticks
Sometimes you just need to do something fancy. I decided to debone a chicken, stuff the carcass and make a galantine. Continue reading Cornbread Sausage Galantine