Dougherty Family Recipe Box

Category: Chicken

  • Chicken Lime Soup

    Ingredients

    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 medium yellow onion diced
    • 2 stalks celery diced
    • 1 medium jalapeno minced
    • 4 cloves garlic minced
    • 3/4 pound boneless skinless chicken breast
    • 6 cups chicken broth
    • 1 can diced tomatoes
    • 1 teaspoon oregano
    • 1/2 tablespoon cumin
    • 2 tablespoons lime juice
    • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped

    Method

    1. Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat.
    2. Add onion, celery, jalapeno, and garlic.
    3. Cook until tender (about 5 minutes).
    4. Add chicken, stock, tomatoes, and spices.
    5. Turn stove up to high and bring soup to a boil.
    6. Reduce heat to low, cover, and let simmer 1 hour.
    7. Remove chicken breasts from soup.
    8. Use two forks to shred the meat.
    9. Return shredded meat to soup.
    10. Stir in lime juice and cilantro.

    Source

  • Chicken Black Bean Chili

    Ingredients

    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 head garlic minced
    • 1 white onion minced
    • 3 red chilli peppers minced
    • 1 tablespoon dried cilantro
    • 2 teaspoons chili powder
    • 2 teaspoons cumin
    • 4 cups white mushrooms sliced
    • 1 3/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
    • 1 (14 ounce) can black beans drained and rinsed
    • 2 ears uncooked corn kernels cut off the cobs
    • 2 (30 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
    • 1/2 cup lime juice
    • 1/4 cup masa harina
    • salt
    • hot sauce

    Method

    1. Heat oil in a nonstick dutch oven over medium heat on the stove.
    2. Add garlic, onion, peppers, cilantro, chili, and cumin.
    3. Cook, stirring occasionally, until spices are fragrant and onions begin to turn transparent.
    4. Add mushrooms.
    5. Continue cooking until onions soften and begin to brown.
    6. Cut the chicken into small pieces.
    7. Add the chicken to the mushroom mixture and cover.
    8. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is fully cooked (keep dutch oven covered).
    9. Stir in beans, corn, tomatoes, lime juice, and masa harina.
    10. Reduce heat to medium low.
    11. Simmer until sauce is reduced (may take a couple of hours).
    12. Add salt and hot sauce to taste.
    13. Cover and reduce temperature to low until ready to serve.

    Source

    New recipe.

  • Oven-Fried Chicken

    Ingredients

    • 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
    • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
    • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    • 1 cup ground cornflakes

    Method

    1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
    2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
    3. Rinse chicken and pat dry.
    4. Mix eggs together with spices.
    5. Dip chicken in egg mixture.
    6. Roll chicken in cornflakes and place on baking sheet.
    7. Bake until chicken is 165′ (about 45-50 minutes).

    Source

    Inspired by Complete Step-by-Step Cook Book (out of print).