September is National Chicken Month

Posted By Ingrid Turner on Sep 1, 2013 in Chicken, Featured, Food Fun, Main Dishes | 0 comments

So, it’s September and why not celebrate when we have a reason to…it’s National Chicken Month!

Chicken…Every part of it is so delicious.

Roasted chicken, chicken pot pie, grilled chicken breasts, chicken wings…These are all tasty dinners using chicken as the star!

When you’ve removed and eaten most of the meat, the bones can be boiled down for a satisfying broth, which can be frozen in cubes to supplement gravies, liquids for rice or for stews, etc.

Chicken Soup:

My favorite! Chicken Soup is a real hit when the flu or cold runs through our household.

Kimberly has shown a number of versions of chicken soup, stock or broth, but here is a special brew I’m showing you today that we like to use for when we sore throats over here…

Another Recipe:

Type: Soup Recipe
Serve with: noodles, rice or barley
Prep Time: 8 min
Cook Time: 40 min – 1 hr
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

4 cups chicken stock – fresh or frozen
onion – finely chopped
1 carrot – finely chopped
1 celery stalk – finely chopped
sprig of dill – to taste
1 tbsp parsley
pepper – to taste
salt – to taste
slice ginger
1 clove

Instructions:

In a pot on the stove, simmer all of the ingredients for a good 35-45 min.
Once vegetables are cooked, but still a bit firm – i.e. not mushy, skim off excess fat.
Re-season to taste.
Serve alone, with noodles, rice or barley
Eat!

So delicious & healing.

Chicken Brine:

Brining chicken is one of our favorite things to do over here, and does it ever give a lot of flavor to your bird, as well as keeping it moist!

Check out how we do it:

Roasted Chicken:

Of course, whole roasted chickens are amazing and wonderful, but you may not know this recipe for getting super crispy skin with a method you’ll be surprised at.