Chef John’s Chicken and Biscuits

Description This recipe is the best of three chicken dinner favorites–chicken and biscuits, chicken pot pie, and chicken and dumplings–all in one! Ingredients 1 (4 pound) whole chicken, rinsed 2 quarts water 1 large bay leaf 1 whole clove 4 cloves garlic, peeled ½ cup butter 3 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 3 ribs celery, … Read more

Chef John’s Chicken and Rice

Description Everybody likes chicken and rice. Just about every major culture has some sort of version of this archetypal recipe (by the way, people from minor cultures please save your emails). This is pure down-to-the-bone comfort food. Ingredients 1 whole chicken, cut into serving pieces salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 3 tablespoons … Read more

Chef John’s Barbecue Chicken

Description When it comes to barbecued chicken, everyone wants that nice thick glaze of sauce attached to the skin, and the only way to do it, is brush it on as it cooks. Therein lies the problem. Because of the sugar content, it only takes a minute for a barbecue sauce to go from brick-red … Read more