Many times, the inspiration for one of my Sunday dinners is a food challenge by the family. Other times, I look for an untried world cuisine to make my own variation of a traditional dish. This week, I started with a bottle of hot sauce.
Karl’s Lemon Chicken Habanero
with Sautéed Spinach and Fingerling Potatoes
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Poultry, Side Dishes, Vegetables
I had decided to make a chicken soup for a weekday dinner. I have gotten bored with my usual chicken noodle soup, so I wanted to do something different. Looking at my overall list of Country Views, I noticed that no one has ever visited my blog from Paraguay. I though what kind of soup would they make?
Karl’s Paraguayan Bori-Bori de Pollo Soup
Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups, Vegetarian
Jan’s friends are coming for Stitches—a gathering of knitters— and I thought I would make chicken paprikash for one of their meals. Traditional Hungarian chicken paprikash (Paprikás Csirke) is chicken slowly simmered with pork lard, onions, green peppers and seasoned with paprika and sour cream.
Karl’s Paprikás Csirke
Hungarian Chicken Paprikash
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Sauces and Spices
This posting is more of a “what do I do with the leftovers.” When I make a whole roast chicken we will usually eat only about half of it. If I have a left over breast, I will slice it for a Chinese chicken salad. If I have made the pan drippings into gravy, I have the joy of biscuits and gravy for breakfast, today with leftover fruit salad.
Karl’s Biscuits and Gravy
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry
In Southern cooking (U.S.), a buttermilk marinade is frequently used to tenderize the chicken pieces before frying. I decided to try the technique in roasting a whole chicken. I found a few recipes that called for cutting up the chicken, but none for leaving it whole. While I have made buttermilk roast chicken before, every recipe has room for improvement.
Karl’s Buttermilk Roast Chicken II
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry
One of the benefits of passing out jams as Christmas gifts is that you get other peoples’ efforts in return. This year, I received some Bartlett pear jam from Michael and Jennifer. While it is good on my breakfast toast, I thought it would make a good base for a chicken marinade. To complete my dinner I had a large vegetable side dish and buttermilk biscuits for the starch eaters.
Karl’s Roasted Chicken
with Sage and Pears
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry
Miriam has been moving this week and her mother and sister have been helping her. In this situation it is polite to feed your workers, but with the kitchen half packed up it can be a challenge. Takeout pizza is the usual solution, but my daughter is capable of being creative. A little chicken, vegetables, fruit, a bit of mayonnaise and viola you have a salad.
Miriam’s Chicken Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Poultry, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetables
Jan invited her new half-brother to dinner so I was planning a nice meal. In the end he came down sick and didn’t come. I’m afraid he missed a really nice meal.
Karl’s Lemon Marmalade Roast Chicken
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Sauces and Spices
Miriam and Chris are on a trip this weekend, so it is only Jan, Eilene and myself for Sunday dinner. I did not want to go to a great deal of effort, but I did not want to make a “blaa” weekday dinner either. A whole roasted chicken was just what was called for to go with my sweet potatoes and broccolini.
Karl’s Orange Butter Roast Chicken
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry
Saturday was Halloween and the possibility of an uninterrupted, sit-down dinner were slight. I decided to make pocket breads to have a “grab and go” meal, between trips to answer the front door. A new variation of a bierock was the obvious answer.
Karl’s Chicken Apple Sausage Bierock
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Chicken, Poultry
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