background preloader

Rustling up Comfort

Facebook Twitter

Chicken Cacciatore Recipe. Show Full Nutrition LabelHide Full Nutrition Label (Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.) Classic chicken cacciatore is a warm, hearty chicken and tomato stew that's cooked all in one pan. It's an Italian dish meaning chicken "hunter-style" because it was a dish commonly eaten by hunters (traditionally the dish was made with rabbit). These days, cacciatore is usually served with chicken, over pasta, or with some delicious crusty bread. Add a generous grating of fresh Parmesan before digging in. Saucy and full of flavor, this dish is very simple to make and is also very adaptable. Garlic-Braised Pork Shoulder Recipe. Cowboy Beans Recipe for Oven or Slow Cooker. Show Full Nutrition LabelHide Full Nutrition Label (Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

Cowboy beans is a hearty Southwestern dish consisting of beans and ground beef in a sweet and tangy sauce. This recipe is made with four different kinds of beans, along with bacon, ground beef, bottled barbecue sauce, and plenty of flavoring, making the dish even more complex and filling. Cowboy beans are perfect alongside barbecue at a cookout, when tailgating, or as the main dish for an everyday family meal. These cowboy beans cook in the oven, saving you stovetop space for other cookout side dishes.

Click Play to See This Cowboy Beans Recipe Come Together “Cowboy Beans with Ground Beef is a hearty, savory, one pot meal that’s sure to satisfy. Gather the ingredients. Recipe Variations How to Store and Freeze Cowboy Beans Cowboy beans, like most chili dishes, taste better the longer they sit. Rate This Recipe. Chicken Ragu. If you’re in need of a comforting, cozy, delicious dinner… well look no further. This Chicken Ragu is the perfect meal for those rainy / cold days and I’m serving it up over a bed of polenta because it’s the right move. It’s like a big giant hug in a bowl and I’m very into it.

You all know I love a chicken thigh recipe. I much prefer them to chicken breasts as they are more moist, more forgiving and honestly, more flavorful. I opted for Polenta as I wanted my daughter to try Polenta for the first time but you could put it over egg noodles, mashed potatoes, risotto or even throw some of the ragu into a salad or bowl with roasted vegetables. And for those of you who love to double a recipe and keep some stocked in the freezer, this Chicken Ragu would lend itself to meal prep BEAUTIFULLY! One Note – for anyone who wants to make this in a slow cooker, be my guest. Looking for more comforting recipes like this Chicken Ragu – here are a few of our favorites: For the Chicken Ragu For the Polenta. Nigerian Beef Stew Recipe.

Why It Works A base of tomatoes, onions, and sweet and hot peppers is incredibly flexible and able to create a wide variety of stews.Cooking down the aromatic base smooths out the raw vegetal edge, setting the stage for the seasonings to shine. When you talk about "stew" in Nigeria, you're not referring to a general recipe category but instead a specific group of pepper-and-tomato–based dishes made with meat, seafood, or poultry. Stew is a mainstay of many Nigerian meals, served at any time of day from breakfast to dinner.

It is also umami personified, with a balance of sweet, slightly salty, savory, and fresh flavors, layered with the unique character of the meat itself. Stew exists on a spectrum with variations in thickness and consistency, as well as differing ratios of tomatoes to peppers, although the results are generally red in appearance. There are four key elements to making stew. The cooking oil is important. Nigerian Beef Stew Special Equipment Make-Ahead and Storage. Chicken Lasagna Recipe. Oh, lasagna. Let me count the ways! To add to your repertoire of this beloved make-ahead and feed-a-crowd dish, tomato sauce takes a break in favor of a white bechamel sauce. We wouldn’t dream of leaving the beloved classic lasagna behind, but pasta with a spinach and ricotta filling, shredded chicken from a home-cooked or rotisserie bird, all bound together in a creamy Parmesan sauce may be your next favorite.

When company comes, a potluck calls, or you’re having a lasagna-craving moment, this is one fantastic people-pleaser. Lasagna is never a last-minute quick supper, but with a few tricks up your sleeve, you’ll pull it off without a hitch. Save Time and Use a Rotisserie Bird To streamline things, instead of poaching your own chicken, buy already cooked chicken breasts or a rotisserie chicken. Swapping No-Boil Noodles In my recipe I call for regular lasagna noodles. Make Ahead Lasagna Options Make ahead 1: Make the components and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Pans and Pans of Lasagna. 38 Comfort Food Recipes From Around the World. Skillet Mushroom Chicken Thigh Recipe | Damn Delicious. Golden brown, super juicy, tender chicken smothered in a garlicky, mushroom butter sauce! SO GOOD. Chicken thighs. Cremini mushrooms. Tons of garlic. All the butter. And fresh thyme. No, wait, I had pizza on Friday but I legit had this three days in a row, and it was so so good.

The chicken thighs were cooked perfectly – golden brown, juicy, melt-in-your mouth – which paired with the softened, tender cremini mushrooms swimming in the garlicky, buttery sauce infused with all the fresh thyme leaves. I love the mushrooms so much – they soak up all the juicy bits! Yes, chicken breasts can absolutely be used here but chicken thighs have more dark meat and a higher fat content which will yield juicier, more flavorful chicken. Not at all! My favorite sides to pair this with are these garlic parmesan roasted potatoes, crispy roasted herb potatoes or these baked garlic herb potato wedges. Season chicken with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Chicken Rice and Cheese Casserole. If you’re looking for the most comforting and easy dinner – look no further! This Chicken Rice and Cheese Casserole is truly perfection!

Back in the old Tucson days, this Chicken Rice and Cheese Casserole was a staple at one of my best friends houses. Her mom was an incredible cook and I remember calling every week or so and asking what was on the menu for dinner so I could go join. (side note- this ice box cake was her moms idea too so you understand how genius this woman is!) This Chicken Rice and Cheese Casserole made an appearance quite often because it’s basically taking leftovers from the night before and transforming them into something special. Have some leftover rice – done.

Perhaps you have some rotisserie chicken from the store left in the fridge from a sandwich – game on. 5 Tips from a Private Chef email series Get my latest recipes + my bonus 5 Tips From a Private Chef email series Gaby Preheat the oven to 375° F.Cook the rice according to the package directions. Barbecue Loco Moco Recipe. Spicy Chicken and Waffles Sandwiches. Nashville-style spicy, this crispy chicken is sandwiched between two waffles with a cool yogurt sauce for a fabulous southern slider. By Phillip Fryman Nashville is one of the best cuisine spots in the nation. Along with the city’s great innovative fusion cuisine, this ditty dreamer’s Mecca is home to some insanely good classic Southern soul food. A unique twist on a southern staple, Nashville hot chicken has become the official food of the city. My homemade take on the blazing bite– Spicy Chicken and Waffles Sandwiches. Now… I feel like I need a disclosure. When we say hot chicken around these parts, we mean HAWT.

Luckily, by making this at home, you can adjust based on your taste. You’ve got to have a vehicle to deliver hell’s chicken. Toss whatever extras you want on top. Follow us: @SouthernFATTY on Twitter | SouthernFATTY on Facebook Spicy Chicken and Waffles Sandwiches Author: Phillip Fryman Recipe Type: Main Cuisine: Southern. Stovetop Lasagna Recipe. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love. I get the feeling people either love or hate potato salad. I always said I was a hater because I was brought up to think that anything with mayo was bad. Plus, I’m not really a fan of cold food (unless it’s ice cream of course). I have since learned that certain uses of mayo are OK, but I am still not the hugest fan. Enter this salad. The eggs are good, so good, but yeah, if you plan to make this for a picnic this summer keep the eggs in a cooler. And of course if you are not a fan of eggs, you can just leave them out, but I kind of love the eggs. But lets talk about the dressing.

Anyway, the dressing is kind of a creamy almond butter, chimichurri thing. I also used a lot of fresh basil and a little lemon juice to keeps things super light and summery. I added some grilled asparagus to the mix as well. And that’s pretty much it. Oh, and pretty freaking healthy. So you see, it’s kind of the perfect side to serve for a large group of people. And honestly, a huge bummer. And those eggs?!? How do I make loco moco? - Quora. Slow Cooker Bacon Bourbon Baked Beans. Things you did this weekend? Tell me. Things I did this weekend? -watched some sort of disgusting insect build a nest/cocoon/filfthy mansion underneath my husband’s garage door and had a complete meltdown about it. I looooooathe bugs. -dropped my iPhone in a vat of buttercream. -drank a dark chocolate bourbon cherry soda float. -watched The Notebook and pretended it was real life.

-met Mario Batali and watched him cook some sauseeeeeege. -bought a million (more) pieces of neon clothing because I live for the 90s. -reminisced about how I used to hairspray the front of my hair into this crazy wave thing while wearing hideous 4-inch raised platform flip flops. -and made baked beans from scratch! I can’t even believe it. And I’ve totally decided that beans are one of my favorite foods. So beans it is. But anyway… bacon, avocados and chocolate would round out the list. And now I can easily say I won’t ever grab baked beans in a can again. Summer here we come! Crockpot Bacon Bourbon Baked Beans. Sweet n' Spicy Chicken Bowls. I’ve wanted to make a BBQ Chicken “bowl” meal for a couple weeks now. I love bowl meals because they are easy to prepare, hold up well in the fridge, and offer a great variety of flavors and textures.

But I recently started doing Jacqueline Smith’s Go Sugar Free course (affiliate link) and traditional BBQ sauce, which is laden with sugar, is not part of the plan. So, I replaced the BBQ sauce in my original recipe concept with a lightly sweetened honey spice rub (similar to the one used in my Honey Spice Chicken Thighs), and these Sweet n’ Spicy Chicken Bowls were born! (The sugar free course is customizable and allows you to include some sweeteners, if needed. I included honey specifically for the purpose of balancing acids and heat in sauces and dressings, knowing that it would always be used sparingly.)

I was lucky enough to get an avocado on sale for $0.98, but if they’re a little pricy in your area, you can try using a little shredded cheese instead. Sweet n' Spicy Chicken Bowls Rice. Curried Potatoes with Poached Eggs. Jet lag from my vacation has been hitting me hard, but I found the time in between naps yesterday to make it to the grocery and cook up a good meal to last me through the end of the week. I’ve had this idea for Curried Potatoes with Poached Eggs kicking around in the back of my head for a couple months now, so I decided it was the perfect no-brainer thing to make while I try to shake my brain out of vacation mode. I love making quick tomato curry sauces because they’re super fast and provide tremendous flavor to anything (see Quick Curried Chickpeas).

This time around I used potatoes as my inexpensive bulk ingredient and added eggs to provide protein and keep me full. A little fresh cilantro on top gives the dish a fresh note and balances the spicy curry (you can use mild curry powder if preferred). Curried Potatoes with Poached Eggs Total Cost: $5.39 Cost Per Serving: $1.35 Serves: 4 Ingredients Instructions Wash the potatoes well, then cut into ¾-inch cubes. Notes Step by Step Photos. 11 Perfect Homemade Lasagna Recipes. Avocado with Curried Chicken (Rewind Recipe) You’re gonna want to sit down for this. Which, you probably are already, so never mind. Okay, have you ever heard of serving avocado halves warm like this? Apparently the Avocado Advisory Board brought this idea to the table (RA RAAAA) back in the late ’60s.

Then it became crazy popular in the ’70s. Did you even know about this? Iiiiit’s another Rewind Recipe! This oldie barely slid by my pre-1980 requirement with its original 1979 copyright date. I have no idea why this one stuck out to me. But first, look what you do here. You’ll sauté a sexy combo of apples, onions, garlic and curry powder in a half a stick of butter. Then you’ll add make a rich sauce with flour and cream. Add some pre-seared chicken breast to the sauce and let it simmer for about ten minutes. Could we just look at this mess for a moment? Okay these are the layers, just to go over this again, because I know you’re seriously wiggin’ right now. * FRESH AVOCADO HALVES.

. * creamy chicken curry sauce allllllll over it. Polenta Bowl with Garlicky Spinach, Chicken Sausage & Poached Egg Recipes from The Kitchn. Ever notice how you go through phases with certain dishes — practically living off of them for months and then one day you just...stop? Back when my husband and I first moved in together, polenta featured big in our weekly meal routine. It was easy, it was cheap, and it was darn good, especially with a handful of shredded cheese stirred into the pot. But time flies and tastes change, and I recently realized that it had been years since I last made polenta for a simple weeknight meal. Today's one-bowl meal is a reminder of how good warm polenta and a handful of fresh ingredients can truly be.

My unintended polenta hiatus might have stretched even longer if it weren't for a recipe from Sarah Copeland's new book Feast — an easy supper of polenta topped with a sautéed winter greens, a poached egg, and blue cheese. Finding this recipe produced such an instant craving that I made it that very night, hitting three different grocery stores in pursuit of radicchio. Polenta is back, baby! Serves 4.

Creamy Chicken and Jalapeno Enchiladas. I think we should cover Monday in a cream sauce. Matter of fact, did you hear that in Uzbekistan, the translation for Monday is in fact “cream sauce?” Yeah, it’s a relatively new thing so don’t try to look it up just yet. But the trickster hook is that this cream sauce isn’t just a regular cream sauce. Oh ho ho no, pigeons. How did that go down, you ask? Me, “You’re going to LOVE these enchiladas. Him, “Looks really good. Me, sweating, “You tell ME.

Him, “No cheese? Me, armpits sliding off my body in a river, “Nope! Him, “Hmmm. Me, morphing into a human pond, “WRONG! He tastes it. “IT’S CREAM CHEEEEESE, SUCKA!! Him, “Is that a cockroach behind your left foot?” Who knew only half a block of cream cheese could bring about such beauty and wonderment in this world. And overactive sweat glands, but whatever. Don’t wait even a day to make this. Creamy Chicken and Jalapeno Enchiladas: What it took for 4: Preheat oven to 350. Pour about 1/2 cup of the sauce over the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish. Giant Mozzarella-Stuffed Meatball and Pasta Bake. Monte Cristo Breakfast Casserole - The Suburban Soapbox.

The Recipes That'll Help You Get More Blue Cheese In Your Life. Turkey Goulash. Blue Cheese Buffalo Chicken & Pork Meatloaf Recipe. Carne Adovada. Potato Street Tacos w/ Roasted Jalapeno Salsa | Faring Well | Vegan & Gluten Free Recipes. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love. How to Make the Best Chicken Gratin - Genius Recipes. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love.

Chili with Chipotles and Tomatillo Salsa Recipe : Cooking.com Recipes. Shakshuka: Cradle Your Eggs In A Cozy Blanket Of Tomatoes And Spices. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love. Half Baked Harvest - Made with Love. Turkey and Mushroom Lasagna with White Sauce Recipe : Cooking.com Recipes. Decadent Recipes To Gorge On Before You Start Your New Year's Resolutions. How to Make Hash Browns Without a Recipe. Easy Chicken Tamale Pie Recipe. Saucy Southwest Shredded Beef. Swedish Meatballs Recipe. 10 Best Weeknight Chicken Dinner Recipes. Carbonara Recipes That Should Be In Your Weekly Rotation This Winter.

The Only 40 Egg Recipes You'll Ever Need. Slow Roasted Basil Chicken Curry | FIJI Water. Leftover Turkey Pot Pie Soup. One-Pot 45 Minute Coq au Vin | Half Baked Harvest. A Perfect Meatball & A Perfect Pairing. Mini Calzones - Handle the Heat. French Onion Soup Casserole - The Seasoned Mom. Pad Kee Mao: Drunken Noodles. What We Call Stuffing: Challah, Mushroom, and Celery recipe on Food52.com. Monterrey Chicken Skillet. Strata with Sausage and Greens recipe on Food52.com. You Can Stuff Just About Anything Inside A Sweet Potato. And You Should. Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits Copycat Recipe. BBQ Chicken Pizza - Taste and Tell. The Best Tailgate Recipe: Grilled Sausage and Cornbread Salad with Chipotle.

How to Eat Toast for Dinner | Food52. Classic Meatloaf Recipe. Chilaquiles Verdes recipe on Food52.com. 11 Recipes with Fresh Ricotta. How to cook perfect welsh rarebit. Burger au Poivre (stevescooking) Summer Breakfast Tacos Recipe. Toast Goes Gourmet. This Chart Sums Up The Burrito's Fatal Flaw. Spicy Barbacoa Soft Tacos. Kashmiri Dum Aloo: Spiced Potatoes. How to Make Easy Roasted Fish Tacos. How to Make Diana Kennedy's Scrambled Ricotta. 35 BLT Recipes So You Can Eat Bacon, Lettuce And Tomato As Much As Possible. The Only Mac & Cheese Recipe You'll Be Eating This Summer, Because... Lobster. Shrimp Burgers with Roasted Garlic-Orange Aioli recipe on Food52.com. Baked Polenta Layered with Mushroom Ragu Recipe. The Life Changing All Day Bacon Menu. The Ultimate Recipes For Cheese Lovers. Cheddar Scallion Scones. Cheap Creamy Chicken Curry recipe on Food52.com.

Artichoke Leek Frittata Recipe. Bake Bread Like A Pioneer In Appalachia ... With No Yeast : The Salt. We Didn't Believe In 'Artisanal' Toast, Until We Made Our Own : The Salt. Barbecue Shrimp and Grits. Individual Baked Eggs Recipe. Baked Eggs in Avocado Recipe. How to do a Ramen Cleanse. Parker & Otis' Pimento Cheese (+ Grilled Sandwiches with Bacon & Tomato) recipe on Food52. Making the Perfect Crispy Bacon Every Time | Kitchen Chatters. Aromatic Coconut Rice Recipe. Easy Coconut Shrimp Curry Recipe. 6 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches that will Haunt Your Daydreams. The New Potato Dish Everyone (And We Mean Everyone) Will Love. Artichoke Chicken Skillet. Al Forno's Penne with Tomato, Cream & Five Cheeses recipe on Food52. How to Make an Omelette -- Breakfast Recipes. Kitchen Window: Breakfast-For-Dinner Shame Should Be Put To Bed.

Cinnamon Date & Walnut Baked Oatmeal. Hamburger and Macaroni Recipe. Chef Roy Choi Soups Up Instant Ramen With American Cheese.