Gourmet Food on a Budget - Recipes, Methods, and Meal Planning - Ever Forward, Ever Flavorful
Recipes and techniques for poultry, including chicken, turkey, duck, goose - and whatever flies!
Freds' Style Chicken Salad is based on the famous Freds at Barneys salad, made weeknight easy. Rotisserie chicken, crisp pear, green beans, ripe tomato and creamy avocado sit on a finely chopped salad base, finished with a mustard balsamic vinaigrette.
Chicken and cabbage is a healthy and easy one-pot meal. Rub cut up chicken with a warm spice blend, sear it in cast iron, then let carrots and cabbage braise in the drippings. Finish with fresh lime. One pan, simple ingredients, and a golden broth worth spooning over everything.
This honey jalapeno chicken gets a sticky, glossy glaze after it cooks, and it pairs with colcannon stuffed twice baked potatoes for a complete, playful dinner. It works just as well on a Tuesday as it does for a Halloween table.
Chicken Birria Tacos start with dried New Mexico, negro, and chipotle chiles simmered into a deep, smoky adobo with chicken until it shreds easily. Since it is made in the slow cooker, and you can use frozen chicken, it's a very easy dinner.
Japanese BBQ Chicken Stir-fry marinates diced chicken thighs in two barbecue sauces at once, a smoky American hickory concentrate and a sweet umami Japanese barbecue sauce, then sears everything hot and fast with bell pepper, red onion, and fresh herbs. Serve it over rice with a crisp cold slaw on the side for a dinner that comes together in under thirty minutes.
Curry chicken burgers are your trip to India on burger night. Ground chicken gets seasoned with curry powder, dried jalapeño, freeze-dried cilantro, and raisins, then topped with a homemade apricot Major Grey's Chutney. Serve it on naan with a cool yogurt cucumber salad and curried bulgur on the side for a complete meal that is anything but ordinary.
Inside-Out Buffalo Chicken is a whole chicken that has the hot sauce injected into the muscles, with a crispy chili rubbed crust. Serve it with our Original Blue Cheese Dressing.
A deep dish chicken pot pie made easily with rotisserie chicken, frozen vegetables, a creamy classic French sauce, and a premade pie crust developed for Pi Day but excellent for any cold day.
This is chicken parmesan done the way it should be: baked meatballs, a real simmered marinara, fresh mozzarella, and a crisp panko topping, all finished together in one casserole. No frying, no broiler gymnastics, and no dry, rubbery chicken.
Chicken skin crisps beautifully in the air fryer as its fat renders out. A light sprinkle of Crystal hot sauce gives Buffalo-style flavor without frying or butter. One ingredient, no waste, pure crunch.