My Favorite Chicken Receipes Food

MY FAVORITE SIMPLE ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Rinse the chicken, then dry it very well with paper towels, inside and out. The less it steams, the drier the heat, the better.
• Salt and pepper the cavity, then truss the bird. Trussing is not difficult, and if you roast chicken often, it's a good technique to feel comfortable with. When you truss a bird, the wings and legs stay close to the body; the ends of the drumsticks cover the top of the breast and keep it from drying out. Trussing helps the chicken to cook evenly, and it also makes for a more beautiful roasted bird.
• Now, salt the chicken-I like to rain the salt over the bird so that it has a nice uniform coating that will result in a crisp, salty, flavorful skin (about 1 tablespoon). When it's cooked, you should still be able to make out the salt baked onto the crisp skin. Season to taste with pepper.
• Place the chicken in a sauté pan or roasting pan and, when the oven is up to temperature, put the chicken in the oven. I leave it alone-I don't baste it, I don't add butter; you can if you wish, but I feel this creates steam, which I don't want. Roast it until it's done, 50 to 60 minutes. Remove it from the oven and add the thyme, if using, to the pan. Baste the chicken with the juices and thyme and let it rest for 15 minutes on a cutting board.
• Remove the twine. Separate the middle wing joint and eat that immediately. Remove the legs and thighs. I like to take off the backbone and eat one of the oysters, the two succulent morsels of meat embedded here, and give the other to the person I'm cooking with. But I take the chicken butt for myself. I could never understand why my brothers always fought over that triangular tip-until one day I got the crispy, juicy fat myself. These are the cook's rewards. Cut the breast down the middle and serve it on the bone, with one wing joint still attached to each. The preparation is not meant to be superelegant. Slather the meat with fresh butter. Serve with mustard on the side and, if you wish, a simple green salad. You'll start using a knife and fork, but finish with your fingers, because it's so good.

MY FAVORITE KING RANCH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Steam or boil the chicken breasts until cooked through (I use my steamer and find it makes the chicken perfectly moist and tender).
• When cool, dice into bite-size pieces.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix the soups, onion, Ro-tel tomatoes and Cheez Whiz until blended.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Farenheit.
• Layer the bottom of a greased 9x12 casserole dish with crushed chips.
• Next, layer half the chicken pieces.
• Top with half the sauce.
• Sprinkle with half the cheddar cheese.
• Repeat the layers, but top with the Cheddar and Mozzarella.
• Sprinkle paprika over the top to garnish.
• Bake for 30-45 minutes, or until hot and bubbly.

MY FAVORITE CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Follow directions for thawing/preparing puff pastry sheets.
• Adjust oven rack to low center position, heat oven to 400.
• Put chicken broth in a dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken. Cover and bring to a simmer. Simmer until chicken is just done, 8 - 10 minutes. Transfer meat to a bowl to cool. Transfer broth to small bowl.
• Increase heat to medium-high and heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in the dutch oven.
• Add onions, carrots and celery and saute until just tender, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Put cooked veggies in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
• Saute mushrooms in remaining 1 tablspoon of oil until liquid evaporates and mushrooms start to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, shred checken into bite size pieces. (Reserve any accumulated chicken juices). Place chicken in bowl with the veggies, add mushrooms to mixture.
• Heat butter over medium heat in dutch oven. When foaming subsides, add flour, cook for about 1 minute whisking constantly. (This step is important, do NOT cook less than 1 minute). Whisk in reserved chicken broth, milk and any accumulated chicken juices and thyme.
• Bring liquid to a simmer, reduce heat to low and continue to simmer, stirring, until sauce fully thickens about 1 minute. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in sherry. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Pour sauce over chicken-vegetable mixture, stir to combine. Stir in peas an parsley.
• Pour mixture into a 13x9 pan or any shallow baking dish of your preferred size.
• Place puff pastry sheet over pan and gently press to edges. You may need to lightly roll out the pastry sheet to get the right size. If you use different pans, you will obviously need to cut the puff pastry to the appropriate size, I use scissors and cut the pastry just a touch bigger than the diameter of the pan.
• Bake until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly, about 30 minutes for large pies and 20 - 25 minutes for smaller pies.
• Serve immediately.

MY FAVORITE CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Mix diced chicken and broccoli in 9" x 13" casserole dish.
• Top chicken and broccoli with grated cheese.
• In separate bowl, mix soup, eggs, onion, chicken broth, mayonnaise, and salt& pepper to taste.
• Pour mixture over broccoli, chicken& cheese in casserole dish.
• Melt butter; toss into stuffing mix.
• Spread stuffing mixture over casserole.
• Bake for 30 minutes in 350° oven.

MY FAVORITE CHICKEN!!!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Rub the mustard all over the chicken breast. place in oven proof container
• Mix, ketchup, coke, garlic, onion, wine, in blender. Pour on chicken.
• Bake covered (i estimate like 1-2hrs).