Posts in Chicken
Greek Rotisserie Chicken

Greek rotisserie chicken has a great combination of a lemony taste coupled with Greek spice and a fire-grilled taste. Grilling chicken with a rotisserie set up, such as the Kamado Joe JoeTisserie, is surprisingly easy and the rotisserie ends up doing the hard work. If you don’t have a rotisserie, simply grilling the chicken in a charcoal grill or baking in an oven is also good.

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Cap’n Crunch® Fried Chicken

I had hoped this recipe it might be an old family secret passed down from generation to generation originating in the old country. But I suppose the star ingredient of  “Cap’n Crunch” was a giveaway of its more recent origin.  While it was passed down to my wife from her mother, that is the extent of its history. It is my mother-in-law’s recreation of a Planet Hollywood appetizer.

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Game-Winner Chicken Wings

Good chicken wings are hard to beat as a sports watching appetizer or meal. In creating this recipe, I was looking for crispy wings without deep frying or battering the wings. Both taste great, but I was aiming for something reasonably healthier and more paleo. “Game-Winner Chicken Wings” is my best approach to crispy, spicy, and somewhat healthy chicken wings.

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Beer Can Chicken

Who doesn’t like beer can chicken, made well? What follows is my best recipe after experimentation with different techniques. While this may be controversial, I don’t notice any difference from chicken made with beer or chicken made using water or some other liquid. But if you are going to use beer, I highly recommend Shiner Bock, a Texas classic. If light beer is your thing, then go with Miller Light.

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Hungarian Paprika Chicken

This is a relatively simple and quick way to change up a boring chicken routine with a total cook time of about an hour or less. Sweet paprika is less spicy than standard or hot paprika, so this dish appeals to a wide audience. Interesting fact: paprika is from chili peppers brought to Hungary from South American in the 16th Century.

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