Chicken Thigh Recipes Article - May '01

[KValley]

Hi NgocBao,

I love the Chicken with Goat Cheese and Tarragon. Here's a recent thread on the subject that may help:
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/007402.html

You didn't mention it, but I also highly recommend the Stir Fry Chicken with Broccoli and Black Bean Sauce from the same issue, started by Eva (aggie94). Here's another thread:
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/006860.html

Bon Appetit http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Leanne]

I'll be the dissenter, but I didn't really care for the goat cheese & tarragon recipe & they're 2 of my favorite things. I didn't think it had alot of flavor. I ended up adding more onion, broth, salt (& I never salt anything), and garlic to make it better.

[NgocBao]

We've all thoroughly enjoyed this article, and we've heard all the good reviews for 2 of these recipes "Chicken with Buttermilk Mustard Sauce" and "Chicken with Garlic and Lime". There were also mixed feelings about "Chicken with Paprika & Potatoes." 2 questions:

1) Has anybody tried any of the OTHER chicken recipes from that article? (I've been contemplating trying the "Chicken with Marsala-Mushroom Cream Sauce" and "with Goat Cheese Sauce and Tarragon" and "with Sweet Red Onions and Balsamic Vinegar.")

2) After "Wowing" my boyfriend with the Garlic & Lime recipe, we looked at the nutritional info for that dish (our motto is eat first, ask questions later J), and noticed that the cholesterol content for that recipe is 212mg. (The CL nutrition guide said that we need approx. 300mg or less per day! This recipe alone uses up 70% of the daily allowance, and it's supposed to be only ONE COURSE in one of THREE meals!). My boyfriend has been advised by his doctor to watch his cholesterol intake.

Question: Where is all the cholesterol coming from? The most cholesterol-ridden ingredient I can think of is the chicken itself, but all the other chicken recipes in the article had much more realistic cholesterol content.

Any words of wisdom? Anyone? Any CL editors lurking around?


[This message has been edited by NgocBao (edited 06-14-2001).]

[Julia1Pin]

And doesn't the fact that you're using a ton of garlic, negate/cancel out some of the cholesterol?

[MelissaAS]

I finally made the Garlic and Lime recipe last night and it was yummy. The other one I've tried is the Spicy Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Thighs (I think that's the right title) and I liked it even better than the Garlic and Lime, although both are keepers.

Overall it was my first time with chicken thighs (I bought the boneless and skinless variety) but although they were very inexpensive, I don't think I'll try them again. Next time, I'll be making the recipes with my old standby chicken breasts...for taste/texture reasons, not cholesterol (though that does seem extreme!).

Melissa

[browneye]

A couple of thoughts for you:

To answer one question- YES I made the Chicken with Goat Cheese sauce and Tarragon, and it was very, very tasty. IF you like the flavor of goat cheese. My dh really loved it too.

Second question: the Cholesterol question- According to Mastercook, one chicken thigh is 57 mg of cholesterol (without skin). I am unsure what would be adding the extra cholesterol! It doesn't make sense to me. I am thinking there must be a misprint on this one recipe....it was tasty, wasn't it?

[aggie94]

The only chicken thigh recipe I made was the stir-fry chicken with broccoli in a black bean sauce. It was very tasty -- a pretty basic, yummy stir-fry dish.

[NgocBao]

Originally posted by browneye:

According to Mastercook, one chicken thigh is 57 mg of cholesterol (without skin). I am unsure what would be adding the extra cholesterol! It doesn't make sense to me. I am thinking there must be a misprint on this one recipe....it was tasty, wasn't it?

Well, the recipe called for 4 thighs. 4 times 57 is 228mg. I GUESS that would make sense IF they meant to give nutritional info for the entire recipe. I just always assumed that the info was "per serving."