2001 Chicken Recipes [Hardcover]

Gregg R. Gillespie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999

With people seeking leaner, healthier meals, this book comes at the height of chicken's popularity and is the largest collection of chicken recipes ever published. They come from all over the US and the world, delighting family and friends with new taste sensations and variations on favorite dishes. Over 100 color photographs show many of the mouth-watering dishes and meals at their tempting best.

The wealth of chicken recipes in this incredible collection puts every imaginable chicken dish at the home chef's fingertips, kitchen and dinner table. 2001 Chicken Recipes is amazing not only in sheer numbers; the thousands of dishes that veteran cookbook author Gregg Gillespie has compiled over the years are simply delicious.

Recipes are organized into 11 categories: appetizers, soups, sandwiches and salads, plus main courses grouped by cooking method; fricasseed, sautéed, fried, broiled, baked, boiled and casseroled chicken. Index included.

Gregg Gillespie provides his proven instructions and preparation notes, practically ensuring a perfectly cooked meal every time. Step-by-step photos help beginners and experts carve and debone safely and quickly. Experienced as well as beginning chefs will expand their repertoire selecting from the seemingly endless variety of dishes.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

With this incredible collection of recipes, you can cook a different meal with chicken every single night for over five years! While you may not want chicken that often, the breadth of recipes allows you to find a delicious chicken dish for every occasion. Chicken is tasty, lean and healthy and great to serve to a crowd. It seems that everyone loves chicken.

These recipes, personally selected by veteran cookbook author Gregg Gilliespie, come from all over the United States and the world, delighting family and friends with new taste sensations and refined old standards. The result is a meticulously compiled encyclopedia of chicken recipes, ranging from the perfectly crisp and juicy roasted chicken, honey-mustard grilled chicken and chicken casserole with herbed stuffing to walnut chicken salad and sweet and spicy chicken stir-fry. Anyone who loves chicken needs no other cookbook. Most of the recipes are quick and easy. More elaborate recipes are included for special occasions.

Gillespie reveals his personal secrets for cooking chicken to its juicy and tender perfection. His straight forward, easy and clear directions--which he perfected in his other popular cookbooks--practically ensure perfect results every time you cook whether it's breakfast, lunch or dinner. All recipes are designed for beginners as well as experienced kitchen magicians, and often feature suggestions for ingredient substitutions and variations.

Chicken has become the staple of Americans' menus. And now, thanks to cookbook guru Gillespie, practically all their infinite variety and savory delights are neatly captured between the covers of this miraculous book. 2001 Ways to Make a Chicken is amazing not only in sheer numbers; the thousands of dishes that Gillespie has compiled over the years are simply divine.

From the Back Cover

THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF CHICKEN RECIPES EVER COMPILED!

If you love chicken, this book is indispensable. Whether you want a quick-and-easy dinner or an elaborate holiday feast, you'll find a chicken recipe perfect for any occasion, meal or time of the year including:

Baked Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Fricasee

Golden Rosemary Chicken

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Warm Chicken Salad With Wild Mushrooms

Skillet Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

Baked Crispy Sesame Chicken

Braised Chicken Paprikash

Sunday Fried Chicken

and 1992 more ways to make a chicken

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579120709
• ISBN-13: 978-1579120702
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,711,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My cooking/baking carrier was handed down from my mother and father. I baked my first cookies in 1943, in grade school in Buffalo. New York. Although I have had thirty seven major occupations, and five companies of my own, I have always returned to cooking as my love and profession. I start to write and prepare the cookbooks when I became disallusion by the cost per recipe of the cookbooks then on sale. Why should I, why should anyone pay two and three dollars for a recipe because it is printed in a book with fancy pictures. I made it my goal with my first cookbook, to prepare a cookbook whereby the buyer would be paying only pennies for what they had in the past paid dollars for. This has been my one goal since the first page crossed my computer screen.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cream of Condensed Chicken Recipes, June 12, 2000

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This review is from: 2001 Chicken Recipes (Hardcover)

Years ago, I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. Back then I never dreamed I'd be ordering a chicken cookbook just to come up with some new ideas for feeding my family. I have a fairly extensive cookbook collection already, but I can't resist a new one every now and then. Perhaps my criterion for what makes a good cookbook differs from others, but I despise the notion of adding Campbell's Cream of Condensed ANYTHING to a recipe. These recipes call for so many processed ingredients that it sounds like they were created in a laboratory, not a kitchen. Unfortunately, what the recipes lack in fresh ingredients they make up for in unoriginality. Take, for instance, the "Creamy Stroganoff Chicken Casserole." The first ingredient is "1 package of stroganoff sauce mix." Wow! Who'dda thunk it? While I am in the process of returning this particular selection to Amazon.com I must say that this book is probably well suited for those who wish to spend very little time in the kitchen, and more time in front of the computer. Perhaps they should just skip it and go directly to the frozen food section of their nearest grocery store.

4.0 out of 5 stars 2001 chicken recipes, January 9, 2010

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Marilyn Cohen "rockin grannie" (Metairie, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2001 Chicken Recipes (Hardcover)

This cook book is my cooking Bible. I bought one for my daughter and ended up buying another copy for myself. The only drawback is that some of the recipes for casseroles and sautes are identical--the only difference being whether you cook the chicken on the cooktop or in the oven. The recipes are good and most do not take more than 20 minutes of preparation before cooking. Great for chicken lovers.

3.0 out of 5 stars How do you want your CHICKEN tonight? :), April 5, 2006

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GISG Girl (Wantagh, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2001 Chicken Recipes (Hardcover)

Yes, it's true - I can't stand recipes that include Campbell's Cream of anything either and I did find myself totally skipping over any of those recipes (and I do think there are a few too many of them in here); HOWEVER, I have a daughter who does not eat any red meat, so we eat ALOT of chicken and this book did at least help me come up with a few new recipes. Initially, I borrowed this book from my sister, but I am going to buy it now so I can have my own copy, so I think you can find enough recipes in it to make it worth your while.