One would think that after running a food blog for over a year and a half, I would have already managed to post all of my favorite chicken recipes.  I certainly thought so.  I mean, how many different recipes did I have in my arsenal when I started?  How many could I have had?

Apparently, a lot more than I thought.

When I started writing this, I figured I’d show off a few of my faves, especially those from childhood.  I opened the chicken category and went looking through the entries…

To find that I have not posted a single one of my favorite childhood chicken recipes!

Oh, sure.  I’ve posted some good recipes, even a few that I would consider great, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’ve overlooked at least ten recipes that were staples in my home throughout my formative years. I just can’t believe that i have yet to post these things that I still hold so dear to my heart, not only as reminders of time with my mother and my family, but as the first glimpses of the wonderful and nearly mystical culinary star that chicken really is.

Chicken is more versatile than any other protein in the kitchen, save perhaps tofu, which I am unexperienced with.  As a matter of fact, it’s so wonderful that we associate any flavor we can’t quite define with it. You know, like when someone says that frog legs “taste like chicken”. (They don’t, but hey, some people think they do.)

So while this post is about my thirteen favorite chicken recipes to date, it most definitely lacks my all-time favorites.  This, my friends, will be corrected in due course. An oversight this heinous must be rectified, and it will be.  But not until after I’m done with this particular post…

Thirteen of my Favorite Chicken Recipes (So Far).
1. Roast Chicken With Sweet potatoes, Onions and Garlic

Roast Chicken

You’ve got to start somewhere, so why not with the perfect roast chicken?  Even though summer’s still in full swing, I’m starting to feel the need for something that’s cooked low and slow in a nice hot oven with some root veggies and a heavy sauce somewhere on the side…  Ahhh comfort foods!

2. Chicken Satay …

Chicken Satay

This one just makes me smile every time I think of it.  In fact, I may just have to make some in a day or so….

3. Spinach and Mushroom Stuffed Parmesan Chicken Thighs

Spinach and Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Thighs

Inspired by Wolfgang Puck, eaten by us, every second enjoyed!  I actually make variations of these quite often.

4. Chicken Tenderloins with Dilled Havarti and Spinach

Chicken With Dilled Havarti and Spinach

Just a tang of dill, oozy cheese and a bit of bitterness from the spinach…  What could be better?

5. Dirty Rice

Dirty Rice

At heart I’m a Southern boy and it doesn’t get any more Southern comfort than Dirty Rice and some collard Greens.  Just fabulous!

6. Rocket-Hot Asian Style Chicken Wings

Rocket-Hot Asian Style Chicken Wings

Mo Hotta – Mo Betta, Baby

7. Herb Roasted Chicken Leg Quarters

Herb Roasted Chicken Leg Quarters

Simple, but not subtle.  Just good food for next to nothing.  What’s not to love?

8. Chicken and Rice Soup

Chicken and Rice soup

For me, this is the ultimate in “I’m not feeling all that great” foods.  Just curl up with a bowl on the sofa and let your cares melt away.

9. Orange Rosemary Glazed Chicken Leg Quarters

Orange Rosemary Glazed Chicken Quarters

I only have three words.  FAB-U-LOUS!

10. Roast Chicken Thighs and Onions over Pasta

Roasted Chicken Thighs and Onions over Pasta

It Ain’t Italian, but it’s good!  Really!  Give it a try!

11. Sorta Spicy Tur-Chicken Burgers with Iceberg Slaw

Sorta-Spicy Tur-chicken Burgers with Iceburg Slaw

These got quite a bit of attention when posted.  Both by people reading, and all of us that were eating!  Just Do It!

12. Chai Spiced Chicken

Spiced Chai Chicken

An experiment gone completely right.  I can’t begin to describe how perfect this one was.  Take a chance and light up your kitchen.

13.

La Salade d'Elle (Chicken Salad with Almonds, Queso Fresco and Raspberry-Lime Vinaigrette)

So far for the year, this is the clear winner.  My wife has asked for it again and again.  I’m only too happy to oblige her, since this really has to be just about perfect.

That’s It for this round!

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