Chicken and Waffles

chicken and waffles

Chicken and waffles is a subject of much debate. Often thought of as a Southern classic, but actually made famous by the Wells Supper Club in Harlem, which definitely ain’t the South, in 1938, which is not that long ago. Then consider the word “classic” as it relates to food. How long must a food…

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Thai Curry Chicken Salad

DEWDS. I think I’m gettin’ chunky. Well, fine, I know I’ve gained some weight in the last two years. Whether that newly minted weight qualifies me as “chunky” or not, I do know for a fact that some of my dang old summer shorts don’t fit no more! And, Hell! That ain’t right! Sewww, that means…

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Flautas

I surely can’t be the only one to whom chicken flautas are a serious, dedicated food love. Corn tortillas rolled tightly around filling of your choice (chicken here, but beef or potato fillings are common) then fried until crispy golden delicious is achieved?? I mean, COMEON. This video was the second collaboration we did at…

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How To Carve a Chicken

Watch this video to learn how to carve a chicken (and it’s basically the same thing for turkey, too.) Then check out my facebook page to see how to enter a giveaway to win an 8″ Wusthof chef’s knife!

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BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

I’d been thinkin’ and dreamin’ for a while now of some kind of peanut-butter-roasted chicken dealio, and while this isn’t quite all that, it does satisfy the peanut butter and chicken combo conundrum I was facing. On a lark… a whim… a whimsy if you will, I added a spoonful of peanut butter to my…

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Chicken Pot Pie

Bummer Alert. There’s actually not “pot” in chicken pot pie. So, you’re not going to get high on this… unless you mean high on deliciousness! Oh dear. Perhaps a Bad Joke Alert would have been in order, too. chicken pot pie video – scroll down for recipe I made this pot pie from scratch, all the way…

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Spatchcock Chicken

Spatchcock Chicken How-to Video (scroll down for printable recipe) How on earth spatchcocked chicken has escaped me so far in life I may never know, but now that we’ve been introduced I think I shall stay by spatchcock chicken’s side forevermore. Spatchcocking is not only a hilarious word to say aloud, it also produces a…

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Fried Chicken

My mom used to take me and little brother to Zilker Park sometimes, back when we were shorter and more annoying. She’d pick up a bucket of KFC fried chicken to take along and set it in the shade on one of the cement picnic tables while we ran around and got all tired and…

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Kickin’ Chicken Fajita Salad

So there I was, standing listlessly in the kitchen, staring at a frozen, vacuum-sealed chicken breast and a head of lettuce , trying to figure out how to make them into dinner. Lettuce wraps? Ain’t nothing but taco-impostors. Chicken caesar salad? Uuuggghhh. Sounds like girl-food. Then it hit me! Lime! A lime hit me in the face,…

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