Chicken Kathleen Recipes

CHICKEN BURGERS

Steps:

• Be sure to use ground white meat chicken. If you're buying your ground chicken from the grocery story, ring the bell and ask them if they've got what you're looking for or if they'll grind some chicken breast for you. You can also grind it yourself in a food processor. Remove all excess fat and cartilage from boneless, skinless chicken breast and tenders, cut into 1-inch cubes and pulse until coarsely chopped.
• Use fresh bread crumbs. It only takes a few extra minutes. Remove crusts from good bread or don't remove the crusts, tear into chunks and pulse in a mini chopper or food processor. Make a giant batch and freeze them so next time you can skip this step.
• Place chicken in a mixing bowl. Using a rubber spatula, fold in milk, 1/2 cup bread crumbs, onion, cayenne, salt and pepper. The mixture will be very wet which means it will be a tiny bit icky forming it into patties but forge ahead. Place remaining 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs on a dinner plate or cookie sheet. Divide chicken meat into 4 or 5 piles (you decide which portion size is best for you) and using your hands, shape into patties. Coat each patty with bread crumbs. Heat olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat and fry patties until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Serve immediately.

SLOW COOKER LEMON GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season the chicken breasts generously with salt and pepper. Place the chicken breasts in the bottom of a slow cooker. Add the garlic and rice. Add the lemon juice to the water and stir. Pour this mixture over the rice and chicken. Stir once to coat. Place the lid on the slow cooker and set on low for 8 hours. To plate, place a serving of the rice on each plate and top with 1 chicken breast. Garnish with fresh parsley sprigs.

BAKED CHICKEN MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. Add chicken; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place meatballs on a greased rack in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until cooked through, 20-25 minutes. If desired, top with additional chopped fresh parsley.

KATHLEEN'S CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Marinate chicken pieces several hours with 2 cloves minced garlic, 1 inch piece minced ginger, juice of 1 lemon, 1 Tbsp curry powder, 1/2 Tbsp garam marsala, 2 Tbsp vegetable oil. Add water, if necessary to make sure the chicken pieces are well coated.
• Working in batches, brown chicken on high in large saute pan/fry pan. Remove to plate.
• To the same pan add the onion, bell peppers, remaining ginger, and saute until tender (5 minutes). Adjust the heat to prevent browning (I didn't need to, but my cookware bows a little on the burner).
• Next add remaining garlic, curry powder, garam marsala, salt and saute another minute or so.
• Then add the chicken back in and the cream or coconut milk. Turn heat to low and let simmer until chicken is cooked through.
• Squeeze remaining lemon juice and chopped parsley over chicken just before serving.
• Notes: I really just eye-balled my spice measurements, so these quantities are 'guestimates'; so please don't be intimidated by the ingredient list indicating divided measures, just do what looks good to you. A sprinkling of raisins or diced apple would be a nice addition. This would work with boneless, skinless chicken breasts, too, but perhaps would be a bit dry.
• Serving suggestion: With brown rice, plain yogurt and a green salad with tahini-sesame dressing (tahini, cider vinegar, olive oil, garlic, garam marsala, sugar, salt and sesame seeds).

KATHLEEN'S MEXI-ATORE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place tomatoes, onions and jalapenos on a cookie sheet and broil about 4 inches from the heat source until tomatoes and jalapenos are blistered and blackened (but not rip-roaring 'burnt'). Turn them over, to roast the other side. The onions should take about twice as long as the peppers and tomatoes to blacken, they don't need to be turned (IMHO).
• Remove vegetables from oven and set aside to cool. Readjust oven to bake at 350°F.
• In a medium sized bowl mix all ingredients EXCEPT about 3 Tbsp pumpkin seeds and chicken. Dice roasted vegetables as best you can (the tomatoes are especially mushy) and add to the sauce in the bowl. Set aside to let the flavors develop.
• Prepare chicken by either boiling it in a large container for about 15 minutes (I did this with mine because it was frozen) OR by browning it in oil in a frying pan.
• Remove chicken and cram into a 9x13 pan. It will be a tight fit, but it will also keep the chicken mostly submerged in the sauce.
• Taste sauce to adjust seasonings (making it hotter, saltier, whatever).
• Pour sauce over chicken, adjusting pieces to 'coat'.
• Place in oven and bake until chicken is tender and beginning to fall off the bones, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Check periodically to make sure the dish doesn't brown over much.
• Remove from oven, sprinkle with reserved pumpkin seeds. Serve with brown rice. To add in those essential vegetables, I chop up fresh spinach and layer it between the rice and the chicken on the plate.
• To add more veggies, you could include carrots, zucchini, raisin and/or olives in the sauce.

CHICKEN KATHLEEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Spread rice evenly over the bottom of a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle cubed chicken evenly over rice, then sprinkle the broccoli over the chicken. Mix soup and milk together, and pour mixture evenly over chicken/broccoli mixture. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the soup.
• Melt butter or margarine in a small saucepan or skillet over low heat; add bread crumbs and mix completely together. Spoon mixture evenly over cheese layer in baking dish and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 1 hour.

CHICKEN KATHLEEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Spread rice evenly over the bottom of a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle cubed chicken evenly over rice, then sprinkle the broccoli over the chicken. Mix soup and milk together, and pour mixture evenly over chicken/broccoli mixture. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the soup.
• Melt butter or margarine in a small saucepan or skillet over low heat; add bread crumbs and mix completely together. Spoon mixture evenly over cheese layer in baking dish and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 1 hour.