Chicken and Rice 2026

 

2-3 chicken thighs, 1 cup rice, 2 cups chicken broth, half cup onion, 1 clove garlic, half can green peas, drained. 350 oven, covered, 28-30 min.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2022/06/chicken-and-rice.html

Cherry Smoked Chicken Wings, Hamburgers, and Jumbo Hot Dogs

 

Found my stash of hickory and fruit woods (apple, cherry, peach) in the garage last night. I used to cook semi-professionally for LSU games and smoked chicken wings were one of my specialties. Did 4 wings, 4 hamburgers, 4 hot dogs with hickory/cherry blend for lunch.

Chicken and Peppers (Chicken Pepperoni)

 

3 big split breasts. Homegrown Anaheim/banana peppers. 1 can diced tomato. 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 onion. 2 cloves garlic. Red wine. 350 oven 40 min. From Seems Like Old Times (1980). 

Chicken and Peppers 6/16

 

3 big split breasts, Anaheim and banana peppers, Creole tomatoes. 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, red wine. 350 oven 40 min. Cut breasts into thick slices after cooling and let soak in the pepper/tomato juice. Serve over rice.

Chicken Pepperoni. 

Chicken and Peppers 5/14

 

Banana peppers. 3 split breasts. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato, 1 onion, 1 stalk celery, 1 clove garlic. Red wine. Brown breasts, remove, cook down everything in same pan. Pile on top of chicken, cook in 350 oven 40 min. Serve over rice. I also use the chicken itself in salads and sandwiches. Chicken Pepperoni from Seems Like Old Times (1980).

Chicken and Dumplings 2026

 

Mary Hill frozen dumplings. Roasted a whole chicken last night. Made chicken stock with the bones and onion/celery/whole peppercorns. Cook the dumplings in stock, add back the chicken. Thickens upon standing. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_dumplings

Roast Chicken 2026

 

An hour and 10-15 min. on the Chicken Rocket in the oven. Beer and onion/garlic in the Chicken Rocket. Making ahead of time for chicken and dumplings tomorrow. 

Sandwich of the Day: Chicken Shawarma with Hummus on Pita 2026

 

Serop's Express chicken plate comes with a salad, hummus, and rice pilaf. I get an extra pita for stuffed sandwiches. Baton Rouge has very good Greek/Lebanese food. 

https://seropsexpress.com/Menu.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawarma

Chicken and Peppers 2026

 

3 breast filets. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 can green chilis. 1 onion, 1 stalk celery, 2 cloves garlic. Red wine or beer. 

Cohen's Chicken House sign, Junction City, Kansas

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709730/
  

Bob's Cafe sign, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1980.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709667/

White Bean Soup 2026

 

Three cans Navy beans, drained. Two chicken thighs. One can diced tomato. One can Rotel tomato. One big onion. Two stalks celery. Two cloves garlic. Two boxes chicken broth. Thyme, bay leaf, cumin, cayenne. Simmer one to one and a half hours. Freezes well. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_bean

Green Derby Restaurant sign, Jackson, Wisconsin

 

• Margolies, John, photographer
• 1982.
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2017709754/
  

Chicken and Peppers 12/30

 

Still had two Anaheim peppers on the plants. Big breast filets. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic. 1 little can green chilis. Red wine. 350 oven 40 min. I serve everything over rice.

Chicken pepperoni.

Chicken and Dumplings 12/17

 

Roast a whole chicken first on the Chicken Rocket. Then make chicken stock. Cook the dumplings in the stock (Mary Hill frozen dumplings). Add the chicken back. Thickens upon sitting.

Gumbo 2025

 

A unique gumbo. The chicken was cooked with Rotel tomato, and tomato in gumbo is just not done, but I dumped everything in to preserve the flavor. Andouille sausage. I can make a dark roux in 12 min. now, but 10 min. or less takes nerves of steel.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/chicken-and-sausage-gumbo.html

Pepper Chicken

 

No whole chickens at the grocery so this version of chicken and peppers with big chicken breasts will sit in the fridge overnight to soak up flavor and be turned into chicken and sausage gumbo tomorrow. Sliced the chicken into thick pieces so the pepper juice can get in.

One can Rotel tomatoes, one little can green chilis, half an onion, one clove garlic, beer. 

Rum and Apricot Glaze

 

For chicken wings on the BBQ pit. Found in the Kinja Archive:

1 cup apricot preserves

1 cup sweet chili sauce

(I prefer Sauce for Chicken brand in background glass bottle but it was old so I got Panda brand which is not as hot.)

1/2 cup rum (?) (Can’t recall how much alcohol I used)

1/2 cup cider vinegar

1 tablespoon Creole mustard

1 teaspoon (approx.) worcestershire

1 teaspoon (approx.) hot sauce

 Heat slowly to mix everything and simmer low 10-15 minutes to cook off some of the alcohol.

Transfer to jars and it will last nearly forever in the fridge.

Wendy's Chicken Sandwich Commercial (1990)

 

Last of the chicken sandwich commercials.

1988 McDonald's Country Style McChicken Sandwich Commercial