I love BBQ to me there is nothing peaceful than staring at a smoker chugging away undisturbed while magical and beautiful things happen under the hood. The entire neighborhood is full of the magical aroma of flavorful wood burning away.
This recipe was one I used a couple years ago in BBQ competitions and actually is still very highly requested when […]
I feel guilty that balsamic vinegar is underutilized in my kitchen. Most of the time balsamic vinegar shows up is just in a simple salad dressing made of shallots, balsamic vinegar, and oil. This needs to change especially when I see such amazing and creative dishes using balsamic vinegar in everything from appetizers to desserts.
For […]
This dish is not called parmesan because it contains Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese in fact it gets its name from Parma, the region of Italy where it originated from. However, I love to add some Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese to the breadcrumb mixture because how can you go wrong with adding more cheese to a dish? The cheese in […]
The sauce for this chicken is based on chicken piccata. Chicken piccata is chicken breast that is flattened and then dredged in flour. The chicken is then browned and finished with a simple pan sauce made from stock, lemon juice, and capers.
I had a whole chicken defrosted in my fridge and what I had planned to do was […]
Cooking this chicken in salt dough creates a visually stunning, tender, and moist chicken by sealing in all the juices while cooking. The salt dough also does not impart a strong taste of salt to the chicken. I still do not add any extra salt to this dish even when making the sauce.
There are four simple steps to […]
Chicken Cordon Bleu is a beautiful thing. It is pounded chicken breasts topped with ham and cheese. The pounded chicken breast is then rolled up tightly and secured with toothpicks. Then the chicken roll is breaded and fried in butter. You could easily make a simple pan sauce from the dripping by deglazing the pan […]
How could you go wrong with chicken wings especially ones that are grilled to crispy perfection? Making this meal brings back great memories of grilling up at the lake and relaxing with friends (also while grilling last night and the snow was falling really made me miss 90 degrees and tubing more than anything).
I opted […]
Ever since doing the mango habanero sauce I have been looking for other ways to get one of my favorite peppers into my cooking. Pineapple just seemed like a great natural fit and in fact pineapple and habanero go together like tuna fish and lamb.
Do not be scared by the fact that there is a […]
Arroz con pollo is Spanish for rice with chicken. It is chicken browned and then simmered in a tomato sauce with whatever vegetables you choose to make it with. There are thousands of different variations so add flavors that you really enjoy. Besides being flavorful it is also a very simple one pot meal that takes little […]
It is a sad day when the Washington Post posts an article exposing animal cruelty at a slaughterhouse that is a major supplier to the nation’s school lunch program (click here to read the article). If you are brave enough and actually want to see the video Chris Consentino has it on his blog (Click here to see the […]
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