Chicken

Crispy Baked Chicken Strips

21 comments January 4, 2011

Happy 2011 everyone! These Crispy Baked Chicken Strips are very easy to make and taste great. This is a kid-perfect recipe that even adults will love! Buen provecho!

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Lasagna de Pollo con Champiñones (Chicken and Mushroom Lasagna)

22 comments December 1, 2010

Happy December everyone! There are those dishes that are all about comfort. I don’t know about you, but I find endless possibilities to create comfort food with pasta dishes, especially in a lasagna dish with different flavors and textures. This lasagna with chicken, mushrooms and white sauce is popular in Colombia and I absolutely love [...]

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Shredded Chicken and Corn Salad

16 comments November 28, 2010

Last week I roasted some chicken breasts for dinner and had a couple left over. I don’t like leftovers so I was thinking all morning what to make with them. I ended up making a great variation of a traditional chicken salad and it was delicious. You can serve it alone or it would be [...]

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Chicken Stew with Beer(Pollo Estofado en Cerveza)

19 comments October 13, 2010

This Chicken Stew, or Pollo Estofado, is a flavorful tomato sauce-based dish. It could not be much easier to make and it makes for great leftovers. Be sure to serve it with sweet plantains and plain white rice, great for catching all the tomato sauce. Buen provecho!

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Consome de Pollo (Chicken Consomme)

11 comments October 9, 2010

Consome de Pollo is a traditional Colombian soup made by cooking chicken parts like the liver, wings, heart, and legs, along with vegetables. Once strained, it is served in a small cup, as a clear soup, with pieces of liver and heart. You can find this soup in a lot of Colombian restaurants all over [...]

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Spaghetti con Pollo y Salsa Criolla (Colombian-Style Spaghetti with Chicken)

28 comments July 22, 2010

Today I want to share with you a pasta dish that is popular in Colombia. It is very simple and quick to make and it is delicious. No, it is not an authentic Italian dish, but a Colombian version called Spaghetti con Pollo y Salsa Criolla. There are a lot of Colombian pasta dishes that [...]

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Arroz Tapado (Rice with Chicken and Pork)

15 comments July 12, 2010

Arroz Tapado is a classic Colombian dish from the Boyaca department of Colombia. This rice has a lot happening! It is cooked in a chicken stock with chicken pieces, pork belly, pork ribs, vegetables, milk, cheese, sautéed onions, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, achiote or color and cilantro. Colombians love arroz or rice… we cannot live [...]

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