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Overview
From the author of the popular 15-Minute Gourmet series, here are more than 100 fabulous chicken dishes—delicious, nutritious, and ready in a flash! Attention chicken-lovers! As you know, chicken can be enjoyed in so many ways—sautéed, stir-fried, and grilled; in sandwiches, soups, and salads—and it's on the table fast. In The 15-Minute Gourmet: Chicken, author Paulette Mitchell shares her no-fail recipes for tasty chicken dishes that are impressive enough to wow guests, yet hearty enough to satisfy a hungry family. So, forget fast food places and toss those take-out menus! You can have great food on the table in 15 minutes with this terrific cookbook geared to help busy people eat well. special features for 15-minute success:- Tips on how to choose, prepare, cook, and store recipe ingredients
- Recipe variations and advance preparation ideas
- Nutrition information for every recipe
Editorials
KLIATT
Beautifully illustrated with many full-page, full-color photos and sprinkled throughout with helpful tips (e.g., how to use a zester, advice on mincing parsley), each of the cookbooks in this series contains over 100 quick and easy-to-make recipes. They range from the basic, such as Spaghetti with Tomato-Basil Sauce, Vegetarian Tacos, and Chicken and Vegetable Curry, to the more adventurous: Grilled Chicken Salad with Grapefruit-Peanut Vinaigrette, Farfalle Crowned with Brie and Pears, Blueberry Soup. Cooking expert Mitchell emphasizes healthy eating and provides nutrition information for each recipe, as well as suggestions for garnishes, accompanying dishes, and advance preparation. Vegetarian discusses planning a vegetarian meal and entertaining as well as covering basics like cooking rice and sauces, and it includes appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, and desserts. Noodles covers warm and chilled noodles, sauces, and noodle soups. Chicken covers stovetop, broiled, grilled and baked chicken, as well as chicken salads, soups, sandwiches, and pizza. Mitchell's introductions discuss ingredients (types of pasta, for example) and list helpful equipment and staples to stock, along with "Tips for 15-Minute Success." Simple enough for beginning cooks, these cookbooks will appeal to anyone interested in tasty, healthy food that can be prepared quickly. KLIATT Codes: JSA—Recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 1999, IDG Books, 214p, illus, indexes, 99-39848, $16.95. Ages 13 to adult. Reviewer: Paula Rohrlick; May 2000 (Vol. 34 No. 3)Book Details
Published
December 6, 1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pages
214
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780028632797