Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chicken. Show all posts

Saturday, October 04, 2014

Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs Recipe

I love Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs! Who doesn't love chicken thighs? This is a very easy to prepare and very tasty recipe for Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs.

Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
I've always loved the smell of chicken baking in the oven! And, I especially love it when I am using the boneless skinless chicken thighs because there are obviously no bones!

You will find that my recipe is a sort of mock-breaded in that I love using Italian Style bread crumbs.

No bones about it, you know? Perhaps you will like it too?

All photos and content copyright JaguarJulie.

Lightly Breaded Please!
Sharing one of my easy to make comfort food recipes.

jaguarjulie glamour shot in red dress
You know, chicken is one of my favorite comfort foods that is so easy to prepare? If I was a vegetarian, I would seriously miss my baked chicken!

When I was married, we had chicken thighs a couple of times during the week. However, they were usually prepared on the outside gas grill or inside on our finished patio on the fancy Jenn-Air Barbecue Grill.

Chicken thighs are so versatile to prepare. I love their perfect little size that you can use a knife or eat them with your fingers.

I personally like to use Vigo Italian Style Bread Crumbs for my breading. You'll find a lot of prepared breading mixes at your grocers, but this is the one I use! Along with the same brand of olive oil.

Plus, my main side dish has long been one of the Uncle Ben's packets of rice. They only take 90 seconds in the microwave and really are quite good. Lately, I've been enjoying the Quinoa and Brown Rice with Garlic. It has quite the interesting texture! ~ The Comfort Foods Ambassador, Jaguar Julie!

A Closer Look at the Ingredients!
You get an idea how simple this is to prepare!

ingredients for breaded baked boneless skinless chicken thighs
ingredients for breaded baked boneless skinless chicken thighs

You know, I've been using the Vigo brand of products for years. It seems to make sense to use those bread crumbs with their olive oil. Rather a synergistic effect on taste; Italian Style!

Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs Recipe
My recipe is actually like a mock breaded option.

Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs Recipe
I don't dip my chicken thighs in egg wash ... you don't really need it.

I like this recipe because it can feed one person three times, two people twice, or three people once. Get it? What's great is that you can also use the baked chicken the next day to make some tasty sandwiches!

Serving Size: 2 chicken thighs with a side of rice and perhaps a salad?

Ingredients
6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
1/2 cup Vigo Italian Style Bread Crumbs with Imported Romano Cheese
4 Tablespoons Vigo Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dash Garlic Salt
Dash Cayenne Pepper
Dash Salt and Pepper
Side Dish: Uncle Ben's Quinoa and Brown Rice with Garlic

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Thoroughly wash your chicken thighs.
  3. Add olive oil and seasonings to bottom of casserole dish.
  4. Place chicken thighs in casserole dish - preferably Corningware Blue Cornflower.
  5. Add olive oil and season with garlic salt, dash of salt and pepper, and cayenne pepper.
  6. Sprinkle your bread crumbs generously to coat the chicken thighs.
  7. Cover and put in oven to bake for one hour.
  8. Uncover at one hour and allow to brown up for 15-20 minutes.
  9. When ready to serve, microwave your packet of rice for 90 seconds.
  10. Serve with suggested serving size of two and a side of rice.
Prep time: 10 min; Cook time: 1 hour 20 min; Ready in: 1 hour 30 min; Yields: 2-3. 

Step-by-Step Instructions and Photos to Guide You!
It's an easy recipe, but I love to get your taste buds drooling.

#1 - These 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs have been thoroughly washed. Net wt. 1.69 lbs., $3.89/lb., total price $6.57.

#2 - In the bottom of your corningware casserole dish, add olive oil along with all your seasonings and spice and breadcrumbs. Then, place chicken thighs on top of that layer. Add your olive oil and all of your seasonings and spices. As much as you like! Easy on the salt.

#3 - Sprinkle your bread crumbs to generously coat the chicken thighs.

#4 - Cover your dish - getting ready to put in a preheated oven.

#5 - Put in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

#6 - Bake your dish for one hour covered. You will see it take on a golden glow; plus you will smell the amazing aroma!

#7 - Uncover and leave in the oven for 15-20 minutes to golden up and crisp the tops.

#8 - Your chicken thighs are done! Remove from oven and cover until ready to serve.

#9 - This is the side dish I like best! Don't forget to tear the two top edges before microwaving for 90 seconds.

#10 - Serve two breaded baked boneless skinless chicken thighs with a side of rice - here it is on my Corelle Bamboo Leaf Square Dinnerware!

I Love Corningware and Corelle!

Who doesn't love Corningware, I ask? Would you believe, I think my set is over 40 years old! I seriously can't believe it ... they say this stuff is indestructible and that it will probably outlive you and me. I believe it!

I am one of the many home cooks who rely on my Corningware casserole set for baking. The cornflower pattern is like a vintage collectible. I think it is a right of passage that each homemaker start off with such a set.

Get your own Corningware StoveTop 4-pc PYROCERAM Blue Cornflower Casserole Set!


You probably recognize this dinner plate in my photos. I honestly love love love my Corelle Bamboo Leaf Square Round 16-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4! When I bought it in June 2009 from Amazon, as soon as it arrived, I purchased a second set! Yep, it is that stylish.

You get 4 dinner plates, 4 luncheon plates, 4 soup/cereal bowls, and 4 mugs. It is made of Vitrelle glass that is dishwasher and microwave safe! You will love the bamboo leaf design and the square shape.

Keep an eye on your guests so that they don't try to take it home with them.

Poll : Do You Love It?
Does this recipe grab your tastebuds? How do you like my particular breaded and baked recipe?
  1. It sounds quite tasty!
  2. I already prepare mine with a similar recipe.
  3. I like my chicken thighs a different way.
Hey chicken lovers from around the globe!

Don't you just love how many ways you can prepare chicken. I also love grilling the chicken breasts and then chopping up the meat the next day for putting on a salad or making chicken salad. Hey, you'll want to take a look at my Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh Salad! I did chop up a chicken breast and made such a delicious salad, you wouldn't believe!! So, what about the thighs? I just love to hear from my readers - whatever is on your mind. Love my recipe or not?

History: Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on May 8, 2014.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Chicken Red Curry - Done Thai Style

Presenting Chicken Red Curry Done Thai Style! Tried some chicken red curry Thai style yet? I have been making Thai style chicken red curry for several years so that I have pretty much got my recipe down to a science. If you haven't tried some chicken red curry done Thai style, the time is now.

chicken red curry
Over the years, I have tweaked my recipe for chicken red curry to make it more tasty. We've also tried the green curry, but much prefer the flavoricious taste of the red curry!

I have finally hit upon the right combination of ingredients that makes my chicken red curry taste just as good as the kind that you can get in the Thai restaurants. It's important to have that delicious tasty flavor which you can build upon with your own fresh vegetables.

Today I am sharing my recipe for the most delicious and best-tasting Thai style red curry chicken out there. I personally love to adjust my spice meter to about an 8.5 on the hot scale. How about you? Yumm Yumm!!!

Come on in and sample the delicious food please! Make it Thai style and you'll hit a home run.

Delicious photo credit: maaco red curry.

The Color of Thai Curry Poll
Question : Red, Green, Yellow? - Please answer our quick little poll today; thank you very much! What color of curry is your favorite?
  1. I love red curry!
  2. I love green curry!
  3. I love yellow curry!
  4. I love all the colors of curry!
  5. I am not a curry lover; but I do love colors!

My Confession : I Love Thai Style!
To me, the paste makes all the difference!

"Once you try Red Curry Chicken or Red Curry Shrimp or Red Curry Scallops, I predict you will find your true love of curry. Whilst I love all the curries, I keep coming back to the red one."

I sure do love preparing my chicken dishes in a Thai style! I can't wait to have Martha Stewart ringing me up and asking me to come on her show and prepare my best-ever recipe for Thai style! You know what folks? Why, everybody is talking about chicken red curry Thai style -- I would say that this delicious comfort food has arrived!

Oh, before you go further, let me say this. The mark of a great chef is that they can experiment to customize their very own personal recipes. That is precisely what you can do with my recipe. Try a little more of this or a little more of that to suit your personal tastes! I've prepared a customized Thai style chicken red curry recipe to suit our tastes. Some days I too will experiment with fresh vegetables to add a little zest. And, most of all, be sure to enjoy!

I enjoy cooking and experimenting with recipes and love sharing them with you, my reader! ;) I personally love Thai style food that's about an 8.5 on the hot scale. Can you handle it that hot? Tried some Thai style food yet? What a perfect time for this food, why it's Super Bowl Sunday! Get a heads up on your Super Bowl tasty recipes right here! And, you may want to consider chicken red curry as an alternative recipe for the holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. You don't always want turkey and ham you know?

Perhaps, the older you get, the more defined you become in your taste for food? I know I began making my Thai style food with green curry. It was by chance, one day, that I ventured out to try red curry. That was the day I hit upon a winning recipe! Come on in and check out my delicious recipe. --The Brand Ambassador JaguarJulie!

P.S. I was the Official Squidoo Comfort Foods Contributor! Did you know that? Well, you probably guessed it.

Chicken Red Curry Thai Style Recipe

There are so many different ways to prepare this tasty comfort food. You can adjust the spice level to suit your particular tastes. Sometimes I like it a bit hot, sometimes I will do it medium. Normally, I'm not into the milder tastes.

chicken red curry in a white bowl
Ingredients
  • 1 pound of boneless chicken breasts
  • 3 tablespoons of Pilippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 teaspoon of Kikkoman Lite Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 a package of A Taste of Thai Red Curry Paste -- this is customizable depending upon how hot you like it! I've tried the entire package and that a tad bit hot for the hubby.
  • One 13.5 fl. oz. can of Hokan Coconut Milk
  • One 8 oz. can of LaChoy Fancy Bamboo Shoots -- drained
  • One -half package of Birds Eye Deluxe Baby Vegetables Baby Broccoli Mix -- broccoli florets, edamame, Parisian carrots, & sliced water chestnuts
  • 1/4 teaspoon of Lawry's Garlic salt
  • Dash of salt and pepper to taste
  • 6 packages of Equal sweetener -- the yellow stuff!
  • 1 bag of Success Jasmin Rice - Thai Fragrant Rice - 10 minute Boil-in-Bag

Instructions
  1. Heat a large skillet with the olive oil on medium heat.
  2. Cut the chicken into strips. I like it 1/2 inch x 2 inches.
  3. Add the chicken to the hot olive oil and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring to cook on both sides.
  4. When the chicken is white, season with the garlic salt and add the coconut milk and A Taste of Thai Red Curry Paste, stirring until the curry is distributed.
  5. Add the soy sauce, bamboo shoots, and vegetables.
  6. Turn the heat down a bit and continue to simmer.
  7. Add the rice to boiling water. You'll want to time it to be ready when your curry is ready.
  8. Add the Equal to the curry and stir well.
  9. When you rice is ready, your curry should be ready.
  10. I like to serve my curry in a flat soup bowl. In the middle of the bowl, place several tablespoons of the rice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Ready in: 1 hour
Yields: 4

The Magic Ingredient!

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the one magical "secret" ingredient that helps make my three alarm chicken red curry ... well, "three alarm!"

I love this stuff! You know, you can use A Taste of Thai Red Curry Paste in a variety of dishes!
It's also my spice of choice when I cook Basa fish and Swai fish.

Ingredients: Red chili, garlic, soybean oil, onion, salt, spices.

Nutrition Facts: Amount Per Serving: Calories 20

% of Daily Value:
Total Fat 1.5g 2%
Saturated Fat 0.5g 3%
Cholesterol 0m 0%
Sodium 260mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g

chicken red curry the next day

It Tastes Better the Next Day!

A little secret about my chicken red curry! It is so much better the next day or the day after that. That's straight from my hubby's mouth. You can see from this picture that I've mixed in the jasmine rice.

Do you LOVE Thai food? Have you tried red curry yet? It's great with chicken or scallops if you prefer them! I hope you will get a chance to try my recipe and let me know how you like it!

History: Chicken Red Curry : Done Thai Style was originally created on Squidoo by JaguarJulie on August 28, 2007. On September 29, 2010 this lens earned the Purple Star Award for quality content.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh Salad

Dinner one day; salad the next! Baked chicken on a salad is so tasty! On the first night, I had Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs as my dinner. Two days later, I sliced up one of those baked chicken thighs and made a creative salad recipe for my lunch! Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh Salad to be precise!

Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh Salad
I find that you can get very creative with salad recipes!

First, I start with the green stuff as a base and then figure out my main component.

Next, it's the additives or extra complementary ingredients.

Last, but surely not the least, it is the actual salad dressing.

Come along and see what all went into the making of this chicken thigh salad ... scratch and sniff if you like!

All photos and content copyright JaguarJulie.

I Love Chicken!
I will have it at lunch and at dinner too! Chicken is such a versatile protein that can be prepared a number of healthful ways. It's a great meat that tastes even better the next day!

One rather warm day in Jacksonville Florida, I prepared Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs in my oven. It was one of those kind of days that I got all wrapped up online and didn't notice it was dinner time and I hadn't put the chicken in the oven yet!

Well, not to worry ... chicken cooks pretty fast. Since it was already defrosted, I knew I would bake it that night and have it the next night for dinner. However! I didn't realize that I would be having one of those 6 baked thighs for my lunch on Friday!

I have one more left and will probably consider a sandwich as my fourth meal. That's a lot of mileage from one package. It's important if you are a singular person that you not prepare too much to finish before it spoils! Hey, I was the Comfort Foods Contributor on Squidoo. ~ Jaguar Julie!

The Main Ingredients - It is so easy to make something healthy!

ingredients for breaded baked boneless skinless chicken thigh salad

For the longest time, I was buying that package of Publix Romaine. Then, I switched to the variety of packaged salad greens. Generally, I will look for the brand that is on sale when I shop at Publix. Today, it was Fresh Express where you bought one package for $3.99 and then the second was free. You know, BOGO? Buy one, get one!

I love the European Blend too. Sometimes, it's baby spinach leaves. This is the one variable that can change up to customize your particular favorite green stuff!

P.S. Take a look at how much sliced chicken you get from that one thigh! Pretty amazing that you don't realize how big a portion it really is. You also get an idea of how I like to cut it.

Drumroll : The Recipe!

Here it is. By the way, in the end, I opted to switch my salad dressing to something spicy: Chipotle Ranch. After all the photography, I needed something that would kick me in the pants. This easy to prepare and delicious salad takes perhaps ten minutes to put together!

Breaded baked boneless skinless chicken thigh, sliced
Ingredients
  • Breaded baked boneless skinless chicken thigh, sliced
  • Lettuce greens to fill your plate, your choice
  • 1/4 cup chick peas or garbanzo beans
  • 1/4 cup white mushrooms, sliced
  • One cucumber pickle, sliced
  • Salad dressing, your choice

Instructions
  1. Thinly slice one breaded baked boneless skinless chicken thigh; add to luncheon plate.
  2. Fill your plate with your choice of lettuce salad greens.
  3. Add chick peas.
  4. Add sliced mushrooms.
  5. Add sliced cucumber pickle.
  6. Add your salad dressing!
Spotlight on My Dishes!
Let's hear it for Corelle Bamboo Leaf Square Round 16-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4! I love the Corelle Bamboo Leaf Square Dinnerware.

You might know that I have been talking a lot about those recipes that I love and make. And, I've been talking a lot about my dishes - my dinnerware!

That luncheon plate has shown up many a time in my food photography. I believe giving a little credit where credit is due!

You must know that I love the luncheon plate that you find in this set. The other night I pulled out the dinner plate and almost had a heart attack!

Good grief, that is the biggest plate ... I would think I'm feeding Hulk Hogan or something. But, each to his own ... I would use the dinner plate as a serving plate!

Poll : Do You Love It?
What do you think? Do you love my recipe?
  • Yes I do!
  • I make something like that.
  • I'm a vegetarian, darn it!
  • No.

Don't you just love chicken and all its versatility?
I love grilled chicken breasts too and the next day, delicious on a salad or chopped up in chicken salad. So, did you enjoy my recipe? I know! I left out the tomato. Lately, I've been eating Tasti-Lee's but there were too big for this salad ... so I saved them for another day.

I was searching on Amazon for a good chicken recipe book and found 365 Ways to Cook Chicken: Simply the Best Chicken Recipes You'll Find Anywhere!

It got me thinking about the book and movie, Julie and Julia. Did you see that? I was wondering, could you use this book to do something similar, but with chicken? Or, would you find that you were getting tired of eating chicken each and every day? How may ways can you prepare chicken anyways? Hey, it says 365! And, there are 365 days in a year.

Are you up for it? Be careful as I have often heard, "you are what you eat!" Hey, leave me a comment. Tell me what you thought of the recipe.

History: Breaded Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Thigh Salad was originally created by JaguarJulie on Squidoo on May 9, 2014. On May 9, 2014 this lens earned the Purple Star Award for quality content. Then, on September 4, 2014, the lens was transported over electronically to HubPages. Now, it resides here and here alone.