https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/chicken/ a culinary genealogy Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:53:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/chicken/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-noodle-soup/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-noodle-soup/#comments Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:53:16 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=73017 This Chinese chicken noodle soup is an easy traditional noodle soup you can make any day of the week.  It’s often served as a birthday noodle soup, topped with 2 fried eggs! While people normally make it with a whole chicken, our recipe uses chicken leg quarters for ease.  Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup vs. American ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-noodle-soup/feed/ 16 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-satay-with-peanut-sauce/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-satay-with-peanut-sauce/#comments Fri, 19 May 2023 16:01:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=28773 Chicken Satay is a delicious alternative to your standard saucy Thai curries, with chicken marinated in a positively potent mixture of red curry paste and coconut. We sear the skewers to perfection, and serve them up with a tasty peanut sauce. It’s a great flavorful weeknight dinner or party appetizer (cook the chicken pieces individually, ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-satay-with-peanut-sauce/feed/ 92 https://thewoksoflife.com/duck-noodle-soup/ https://thewoksoflife.com/duck-noodle-soup/#comments Wed, 17 May 2023 19:43:31 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=72896 Duck noodle soup is a simple, yet extremely flavorful dish you can make with very little time. It’s also a great way to use up leftover Cantonese roast duck.  For a quick meal, keep leftover roast duck in your freezer, so you can whip up this soup whenever you need it!  A Go-To Woks Family ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/duck-noodle-soup/feed/ 31 https://thewoksoflife.com/classic-chicken-fried-rice/ https://thewoksoflife.com/classic-chicken-fried-rice/#comments Thu, 04 May 2023 19:35:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=11755 This is an easy, classic chicken fried rice recipe you can make for a quick dinner on any weeknight. It’s also heavier on the chicken than you might be used to when getting takeout. Limited by the low prices they need to charge to get by, Chinese takeout restaurants keep the chicken pieces small and the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/classic-chicken-fried-rice/feed/ 224 https://thewoksoflife.com/orange-chicken/ https://thewoksoflife.com/orange-chicken/#comments Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:15:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=9874 The allure of Orange Chicken is all in its name—crunchy pieces of shallow-fried chicken tossed in an aromatic orange sauce with a little sweetness and tang. This restaurant-quality recipe has been refined and updated over the years!  We originally posted this recipe on June 15, 2015. We’ve made slight adjustments to the recipe that we ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/orange-chicken/feed/ 155 https://thewoksoflife.com/red-curry-chicken/ https://thewoksoflife.com/red-curry-chicken/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:27:21 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=10922 This Thai red curry chicken recipe is a restaurant-quality dish with a great variety of flavors and textures. Serve with steamed rice, and dinner is set. This is also a great meal prep recipe, as leftovers are easy to heat up, and the flavors just keep developing as it sits!  A Recipe Overhaul We posted ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/red-curry-chicken/feed/ 110 https://thewoksoflife.com/black-chicken-soup/ https://thewoksoflife.com/black-chicken-soup/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:01:13 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=71880 This Chinese black chicken soup recipe is made with silkie chicken, which has black skin and has long been thought to have medicinal properties by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).  It also happens to be delicious! This black chicken soup has a clear broth with a pure, rich chicken flavor.  What Is a Black ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/black-chicken-soup/feed/ 17 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-wontons/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-wontons/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:56:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=27982 Today, we’re sharing my grandma’s recipe for chicken wonton soup, with a chicken wonton filling. I’ve had countless bowls of delicious wonton soup served up to me by both my grandma and my mom. It’s Chinese comfort food—or really comfort food, period. Growing up, there was always a batch of wontons in the freezer, making ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-wontons/feed/ 78 https://thewoksoflife.com/cashew-chicken/ https://thewoksoflife.com/cashew-chicken/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:39:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=32083 Cashew Chicken is a Chinese American dish you’ve probably seen on many Chinese takeout menus. Unlike another nutty stir-fry favorite, Kung Pao Chicken (which is cooked with chillies and roasted peanuts), cashew chicken (also called chicken with cashew nuts) has a mild, lightly sweet brown sauce, the perfect complement to roasted cashews.  Note: This recipe ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/cashew-chicken/feed/ 136 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-banh-mi/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-banh-mi/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2023 01:59:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=26150 You’d be hard-pressed to find a more satisfying sandwich than this lemongrass chicken banh mi. When I’m at a Vietnamese restaurant, I rarely order a banh mi because I’m always swayed by the prospect of that other giant of Vietnamese cuisine, pho. However, the minute I had assembled these magical sandwiches and took a bite, ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-banh-mi/feed/ 92