Stuffed Chicken Breast

I liked the chicken, but the pasta sauce on it just didn’t seem quite right. I think with a different sauce it could be fantastic. Any suggestions?

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts, pounded thin
• 1/2 cup goat cheese
• 1 cup fresh spinach
• 8 slices of prosciutto
• salt & pepper
• 24 oz. jar of pasta sauce

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Place a handful of spinach and 2 Tbsp. of goat cheese on top of each breast. Top with a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
3. Place two slices of prosciutto on top of each breast.
4. Roll the chicken up (I had to secure closed with toothpicks).
5. Place the chicken in a baking dish and pour the pasta sauce over the top.
6. Bake for 25 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.

Caramelized Chicken with Garlic and Ginger

I par-boiled red potatoes and cooked them under the chicken. The sauce was great with the potatoes, too. Recipe here.

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs
• 4 chicken drumsticks
• 4 chicken wings
• salt and pepper 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
• 2 medium onions, chopped

Glaze Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp. tomato sauce
• 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tbsp. honey
• 2 Tbsp. vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 small piece fresh ginger, finely chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Put the chicken pieces in a roasting dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Trickle with oil.  Bake for 15 minutes until the chicken skin is starting to get golden.
4. Meanwhile mix the ingredients for the glaze in a small bowl.  Pour the glaze over the chicken and sprinkle the onion over the top.
5. Put back in the oven for another 10 minutes turning pieces over halfway through the cooking time.
6. The chicken is ready when it is a shiny dark brown.

Chicken Thighs with Roasted Apples and Garlic

The combination of the savory and sweet is amazing in this recipe.  I love using apples with meat.  Based off of this recipe. This also works very well with pork.

Ingredients

• 5 cups chopped peeled Braeburn apple (about 1 1/2 pounds)
• 1 tsp. chopped fresh sage
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. salt, divided
• cooking spray
• 8 chicken thighs (about 2 pounds), skinned
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• chopped parsley (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 475F.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients.   Add 1/4 tsp. salt; toss well to coat.   Spread mixture in a pan coated with cooking spray.
3. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 tsp. salt and pepper and spread garlic on top.  Arrange on top of apple mixture.
4. Bake for 25 minutes or until chicken is done and apple is tender.

Chicken Croquettes

I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know what a chicken croquette was until I started looking at recipes for leftover chicken last night. But I still couldn’t find a recipe I wanted to use, so I used what I found as a baseline. I used leftover chicken from this recipe. I thought I had burned them, but it turned out to just be a very nice crispy coating.

Ingredients

• 2 cups fully cooked chicken
• 1/4-1/2 cup diced onion (depending on how much you like onion)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
• 1 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp parsley
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp red pepper
• 1/8 tsp celery salt

Directions

1. Mix together chicken and onion and chop finely.
2. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly.
3. Heat a frying pan with oil covering the bottom.
4. Fry croquettes until browned on both sides.

Bourbon Steak (or chicken)

I have no idea where I found this recipe, but it’s one of my best dishes.

Ingredients

• ½ cup soy sauce
• ¼ cup bourbon
• 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
• ¼ tsp. grated ginger
• ¼ cup water
• 1-4 steaks

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Marinate for at least 2 hours.
3. Grill or pan-sear.
4. To make sauce:  heat some of the marinade in the pan you cooked the meat, add cornstarch or flour to create the proper thickness.

Works on chicken, do not marinate for more than 2 hours or it will be too strong.  Do not use the sauce you marinated the meat in to make a sauce for this, the consistency will not be right due to bits of chicken fat.  Mix up a new batch if you want sauce.  This works well to make a bunch and put it with rice and vegetables into individual containers to take to work.