Sat 15 Mar 2008
In contrast to the preceding recipes, these recipes have more ingredients and require more preparation time, but if you’ve got the time, they’re worth it. If you want to minimize time in the kitchen using these recipes, here are some suggestions.
Tips for Saving Time in the Kitchen
_To halve baking time, select boneless chicken breasts. Cooking time is only 15-20 minutes at 350oF. A bone-in breast takes 35-45 minutes.
_Stir fry chicken can be done in as little as 4 minutes.
_Cook double batches and freeze the extras in serving size packages. On days when time is short, pop a package into the microwave for “fast food.”
_Take advantage of your supermarket’s time-saving convenience items. If you’re in a hurry, don’t bother to slice and chop your fresh ingredients. The salad bar has probably done it for you. You can also find time savers such as shredded cheese and frozen chopped onion. (The supermarket industry has watched restaurants and fast food stores take more and more of your food dollars away each year. They’re now doing everything they can think of to reverse this trend and make supermarket shopping so attractive, quick, convenient and economical that you’ll want to cook at home.)
_Learn to cook chicken in the microwave. A pound of broiler parts that would take 40 minutes in a 350 degree oven takes only 6-10 minutes in the microwave. See Chapter Four, Chicken in the Microwave.
Chicken Recipes – The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
Copyright (C) by Mitzi Perdue – Used with Permission
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