Chef John’s Chicken Spaghetti

Description No canned soups were harmed in the making of this chicken spaghetti recipe, which showcases a whole bird. Other than requiring a little time, this recipe is dead simple. Just be sure to undercook your pasta by at least a minute, since it’ll finish cooking in hot sauce for a few more minutes. This … Read more

Chef John’s City Chicken

Description This fascinating pork-on-a-stick recipe is American cuisine in a nutshell. City cooks, who couldn’t get chicken, would take scraps from much cheaper, at the time, pork and build something similar to what you see here. Why this represents the true spirit of American food is that long after chicken became cheap and plentiful, people … Read more

Chef John’s Caramel Chicken

Description This stunning dish is an amazing combination of sweet, spicy, and salty flavors all sticking to succulent pieces of chicken. Ingredients ¾ cup dark brown sugar ⅓ cup cold water ⅓ cup fish sauce ⅓ cup rice vinegar 1 tablespoon soy sauce 4 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger 1 teaspoon vegetable … Read more

Chef John’s Chicken French

Description Chicken French has everything I love in a recipe. It’s delicious and easy, frugal, yet fancy, and everyone loves it. Better yet, it has a vague, confusing history and completely preposterous name. This not-French recipe hails from the Rochester area of New York State, where it’s a staple on virtually every Italian-American restaurant menu. … 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