Chicken thigh recipes, tips, tricks, and techniques for home cooks
Soy sauce chicken is a wonderfully simple dish. The chicken is slowly poached in a flavorful liquid that leaves the meat tender but toothsome, the slink a glistening brown, and the whole piece infused with the unique richness of the soy, aromatics, and Shaoxing wine. The cooking process is simple […]
I love gyros. When I lived in San Francisco, there was a Greek place on the corner at the edge of Golden Gate Park. It’s not that it was good or bad, it’s that it was on the edge of the park. I’d find myself walking through the park with […]
How could you possibly go wrong with hot, spicy, sweet, and crunchy all in on dish? You can’t. Unless you don’t like spicy. Then maybe you’re not the intended audience for this dish. This honey and Sriracha chicken is great in a bunch of ways: It’s quick and easy to […]
Chermoula is a North African paste of herbs, spices, and oil that’s used as a marinade for meats, fish, and poultry. It’s also used as a dipping sauce. How the sauce is made varies from region to region – and this isn’t a particularly authentic version of any of them. […]
This dish isn’t’ really Italian. I doubt my Italian readers will recognize it as … well, anything. I doubt my Italian readers will recognize it as … anything. This is a Florentine in the American sense – meaning something with spinach or a spinach sauce. It’s a take on an […]
I think of them as booster booth sandwiches. This sandwich featured at the concession booth of pretty much ever high school track meet, football game, and soccer tournament I ever went too. Ladled out of a crock pot, sometimes wrapped in thin foil so it all steamed together, they were […]
Dear readers, I am happy to announce that after years of dedicated research, hours of development, and a few minutes of emotionally intensive food processor time, I’m finally ready to reveal my masterpiece. Ladies, gentleman, and all the rest of you, I give you The Not-a-Rib Chicken Thigh Sandwich. It’s […]
If you’re a frequent reader, you already know this, but I ate a lot of Mexican food when I was a kid. I mean a lot. This was sort of weird in Ohio in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, but my Dad grew up in the Sonoran Desert of […]
If you enjoy The Chicken Thigh Guy, check out my other food project: The Weekly Menu. Chicken Parm probably isn’t Italian. It’s Italian American. More accurately, it’s East Coast Red Checkered Table Cloth raffia wrapped wine bottle Italian American classic, and it’s delicious. While the dish is often made with […]
This is a curry without a country. It’s not an authentic representation of any cuisine. It utilzes flavors found in a number of traditions. It’s simple, and delicious. This coconut based simmered chicken dish is also fast, can be made mild or spicy, and takes only minutes to prepare. Unlike […]