We eat a lot of chicken in our house. One our favorite weeknight meals is a simple roasted chicken recipe with potatoes and vegetables. My oldest daughter’s favorite is chicken Marsala. My youngest daughter loves chicken Parmesan. When I started the reluctantgourmet.com website over 20 years ago, one of the first cooking techniques I learned was how to saute chicken breasts. I knew if I could master this technique, I could make dozens of chicken recipes by changing around some of the ingredients and making various pan sauces. Many of those recipes you’ll find here.
And let’s not forget about my duck and turkey recipes. I love duck but don’t cook it enough. I’ll be working on my duck recipes and techniques to prepare it at home.
And then there is Thanksgiving where turkey rules. Be sure to read my article on how to deconstruct a turkey. You’ll never serve dried out turkey again.
Capon of your Dreams This is another recipe from a wonderful home cook by the name of Lea. It sounds great and I look forward to trying this and more recipes from her kitchen. Here is a favorite that you might like to try if you get in the mood to BBQ. Its a really […]
How To Prepare A Great Roast Turkey For The Holidays Most of us only prepare roast turkey once a year at Thanksgiving but we all want that turkey to be perfect. I’ve tried lots of methods for roasting turkey – breast up, breast down, cooked whole, de-constructed, fresh turkeys, frozen turkeys, organic free range turkeys […]
Pan Seared Duck Breasts with Wild Mushroom Sauce While visiting my best man in McCall, Idaho, we dined on wild duck breasts that were the best I’ve ever had. It may have been a combination of the atmosphere, the reunion, and the wine, but it certainly was a memorable night. This is a quick and […]
Two Types of Chicken Stock “If you want to prepare delicious food, “incredible” food, you absolutely must start with the right ingredients. And, without a doubt, that includes homemade stock. ” – Chef Jean-Pierre Brehier There are basically two types of chicken stock you can make at home. One is “brown” and the other “white”. […]
Mmm Mmm Good If you are looking for a quick soup recipe with plenty of flavor, give this creamy mushroom soup recipe a try. You can throw this soup together in about 45 minutes, so it’s perfect to make during the week as a starter. But add a salad and some fresh bread and you […]
Daniella’s Venezuelan Chicken This recipe comes from a friend of ours in Park City, Utah. Daniela is from Venezuela and an excellent cook. She and her husband David served us this dish at their house one night and I had to have the recipe. It is delicious and couldn’t be simpler. If you like this recipe, you […]
What are Chilaquiles and Why Are They So Good? Chilaquiles (chee-lah-KEE-lehs) – Sometimes called a poor man’s dish because it was created for using up leftovers. A while ago I posted a recipe for Coconut Chicken from a good friend Daniela who is from Venezuela. The response was so great that I asked her to send me more. Daniela […]
A Great Meal For The Kids If you have visited my web page before, you know that I am currently the primary care-giver for our 10-month-old baby daughter Nell. Like her daddy, this kid has quite an appetite and from reading the labels on her baby food, she is eating better than I am. We […]
Lea C’s Pan Roasted Chicken or Is It? Here is a recipe I do for chicken. You can use breasts or wings , (or actually any part you like). This isn’t a true pan roast , because the meat is cooked with the sauce. I guess, if you are doing large breast pieces, you could […]
Charlie Davis’s Recipe for Chicken with Basil I first me Charles Davis when he sent me an email back on January 21, 1997. He said, ” I’m Charlie, aka “Cheap Charlie.” Another of the week-end (and weekday) born-again-gourmets. I’ve been messing around in the kitchen for some 64 years and still enjoy inventing and discovering.” Wow, […]
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How to Grill Your Turkey on a Gas Grill
Something Different – Grilling Your Turkey I wanted to share with you a novel way we cooked our turkey one year while we were still living in Park City, Utah. We grilled it on the barbecue. Now I’m sure many of you are saying to yourselves, “RG, get real. We’ve been grilling our bird for […]
Turkey Buying and Cooking Tips With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I thought you might enjoy talking turkey including some tips on choosing a bird and how to cook it. You would think cooking a turkey is not that big a deal but looking at all the articles in the current November issues of cooking […]
Moist Thanksgiving Turkey Tips
How To Roast A Perfectly Moist Turkey A whole turkey, perfectly cooked, juicy in thigh and breast and richly caramelized all over is a thing of beauty, but it is, indeed a rare bird. Turkeys are large, they have a big hole inside them. They are thick in some places and thinner in others. They […]
