I have dozens of pictures on my desktop of dishes I that have created and never gotten around to posting. I made some white peach jam and I tried using it in many dishes—I actually made this meal months ago. For this meal it was as an addition to a teriyaki marinade for barbecued chicken wings. To go with the wings, I grilled some corn and I made sure that there was plenty of leftover sweet teriyaki sauce to pour over steamed rice.
Karl’s White Peach Teriyaki Chicken Wings
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes
Wife Jan has just had dental work and needs something soft and filling, a tasty soup would fit the bill. Cock-a-leekie soup is a traditional Scottish soup from the 16th Century when Scotland and France were aligned against England. Originally a French chicken and onion soup, the Scots used their local ingredients—leeks and barley to make a similar soup.
Karl’s Cock-a-Leekie Soup
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Soups
One of the challenges of writing this blog is constantly looking for/creating new recipes. I have given myself a wide latitude—the whole world of cooking and baking. Still the question comes down to: What am I going to make for dinner? For this Sunday’s dinner, I decided to do a barbecued chicken with French flavors with ratatouille and potatoes au gratin as my sides.
Karl’s Barbecued Chicken Provencal
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
Adapted from a Just One Cookbook recipe
Wife Jan is teaching the Anthropology of Food this semester. She had gotten to the English introducing curry to the Japanese and she thought “Japanese curry, yum!” The Japanese have made this dish their own—it is much milder and sweeter than an Indian curry.
Japanese Chicken Curry チキンカレー
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Sauces and Spices
This Sunday’s dinner was a bit of a negotiation. Daughter Miriam has had difficulty with garlic and onions lately. She had thought that it was getting better, but she pushed it too far and paid the price.
Karl’s Tuscan Chicken Soup
without Garlic and Onions
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Soups
Stir-fries are a popular weekday meal at my house. I try to keep things interesting by mixing up my sauces. From the basic Chinese sauces, you can blend new combinations every time you make a dish.
Karl’s Oyster Mushroom Chicken with Bok Choy
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes
One thing I like to do is to take a traditional recipe and put a California spin on it. Daughters Miriam and Eilene love Japanese curry. I decided to take the curry out of the stew and marinate my chicken wings with it.
Karl’s Japanese Curry Chicken Wings
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
Jan’s Fresno friends come to San Jose every year for the Quilt Festival and we feed and put them up every year. Pat likes chicken and Barb does not eat tomato, so a coq au vin came to mind as a dish that they would both would like. In my mind, red wine never seemed to go with chicken, I prefer a coq au vin with a nice white wine.
Karl’s Coq au Vin Blanc
with Chive Butter Dumplings
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Stews
I am doing a Japanese dinner for our Sunday meal. While there may be a main dish of meat and rice or noodles, Japanese meals usually include many small side dishes with a variety of textures, colors and tastes. The aesthetic— moritsuke—is that it is food for the soul as well as the stomach. I am making chicken teriyaki and this is one of the side dishes I decided should go with it.
Karl’s Barbecued Miso Teriyaki Chicken
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
I love stuffed breads, whether you call them a samsa, a pasty, a samosa, or a bierock—the major difference between all of these pockets is the type of bread used to wrap the savory filling. A bierock is not now, nor has it ever been haute cuisine, it is essentially a workingman’s lunch. When you are working, traveling, or having some kind of festival event, you do not always have time to sit down for meal. Having a meal in a neat, sealed bread package that you can slip into a pocket or pouch is a solution that many cultures have discovered.
Karl’s Chicken Florentine Bierock
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes
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