Posts Tagged ‘chicken’

April 3, 2008

Chicken Stock

I’ve been saving up chicken bones and vegetable scraps in my freezer, and this past weekend I made a big pot of chicken stock. It takes all of 15 minutes to get it going, and then you can just leave it to cook itself for a few hours. You’ll end up with a freezer [...]

March 29, 2008

Spinach and Sausage Lasagna

*A dispatch from our correspondent Emily*
 
My good friend spends quite a few of his late evenings wandering the Brooklyn streets and dragging home whatever trash looks good. This has led to some uncomfortable morning realizations, I bet! Happily, one day he found this treasure.

Unfortunately, the mixing attachments and bowls were too expensive [...]

February 25, 2008

Sunday Dinner: Chicken Potpie

I love chicken potpie.

A couple years ago Cook’s Illustrated published a recipe for a genius skillet method. In true Cook’s Illustrated fashion it’s a daunting, multi-page recipe that I don’t have the attention span to read through, but it all boils down to this: Brown a cut up chicken in a skillet. Take the chicken [...]

February 13, 2008

Just Like Grandma Used to Make

***We have a very special guest contributor today! My sister-in-law Samantha is an all-star baker and pickler. And it sounds like she makes a damn good pot of chicken soup. Here’s her recipe. ***

When I think of tradition, I think of chicken soup and not the condensed kind that you get out of a can. [...]