There are some recipes that stay with you for a very long time. Tonight’s dinner was a chicken dish that a friend’s mother had made when I was in my teens. I was a very picky eater then, or perhaps I should say, INCREDIBLY picky eater. Getting me to even taste a new food was…
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Joojeh (Chicken) Kabob
Lunch is one of my favorite things when we are in Iran. Most days it means kabobs; and for me that is joojeh, or chicken, kabobs. So simple, yet so tasty. The red powder on top is sumac, what a wonderful flavor that adds! There is also a grilled tomato and some pickled olives on…
Haveej Polo (Persian Chicken, Carrot and Rice Pilaf)
I will admit that other than the chicken being grown within 100 miles of my house, there is nothing particularly local about my making this dish at this time of year. Although the chicken is local, the star of this meal is the carrots. They add a good bit of sweetness, so make sure you…
Rotisserie-style Chicken in a Slow Cooker
Who doesn’t like those yummy rotisserie chickens you can buy at the store? (If you eat meat, that is) But, they are loaded with salt and fat, so they are not the healthiest option. But then again, they are so, so good. When I saw the recipe for rotisserie-style chicken in Stephanie O’Dea’s “Make It…
Chicken Fesenjoon in the Slow Cooker
Pomegranate + walnut + chicken + rice = happy husband. Fesenjoon is one of those dishes that takes forever to make. But it is perfectly suited for making in the slow cooker, which is exactly what I did on Christmas day. We wanted to go out during the day, but I had planned on making…
New Old-Fashioned Cornflake Crumb Chicken Tenders
I needed cornflake crumbs for a dish a while back and have been rediscovering uses for it since. It is a memory from my childhood. My mother did not use cornmeal, but just like most New York Jewish mothers, her breading of choice was cornflake crumbs. So to me, these chicken tenders, remind me of…
Honey Orange Roasted Chicken
I rarely make roast chicken, but when I do, I cannot bring myself to make any other chicken than this. It has become my go-to dish for Rosh Hashanah and often finds its way to the Passover Seder (when I am not doing a Persian meal). The bird is always moist, the skin sweet and…
Zucchini, Swiss Chard, Corn & Chicken Saffron Coucous
We happen to have an abundance of saffron in the house, and since I love what saffron does for food, I am always looking for new recipes to use it. I found a nice side dish recipe by Ina Garten for a zucchini saffron couscous. I added swiss chard, local corn, and some leftover chicken…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 