Are You Going to Scarborough Fair?

Are you goin' to Scarborough Fair? 

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Remember me to one who lives there, 

she once was a true love of mine.

Great song but I'm talking about a new chicken recipe that uses...yes, you guessed it - parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

Scarborough Fair Chicken (adapted from Taste of the South's magazine)

¼ cup olive oil

1 tablespoon each fresh flat-leaf parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, chopped

1 tablespoon garlic, minced

1 teaspoon salt

1 ½ lbs red potatoes, cut in half

2 or 3 carrots, cut into 2 inch pieces 

½ onion, quartered

4 chicken legs

4 chicken thighs

½ teaspoon black pepper

1.In small bowl combine olive oil, herbs and ½ teaspoon salt. Toss half of the herb mixture with carrots and potatoes. Place in the bottom of a Dutch oven. Layer onions on top.

2.Place chicken on top of vegetables and brush with remaining herb mixture. Season with remaining salt and pepper.

3.Cover and bake at 400° until vegetables are tender and chicken is done, approximately 1 hour.

4.Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy...

Firing up the Ole Grill Part 1

While making plans to adjust to having no kitchen, my intend was to grill as much as possible. Living in a town where franchise restaurants lined every main thoroughfare, I knew going out to eat would get old rather quickly.

 

Grilling would be easy peasy, right? Wrong!! Little did I realize that in order to grill one needed a place to prep the food and a place to clean up. So grilling was held to a minimum. Other than hamburgers, hotdogs and steaks I did grill a few new recipes.

Here's one that we enjoyed:

Rosemary Grilled Pork Tenderloin

 1 cup olive oil

¼ cup red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, minced

2 cloves garlic, minced

Salt and pepper to taste

Pork tenderloins

1.In large Ziploc bag combine oil, vinegar, rosemary, garlic.

2.Salt and pepper tenderloins and add to bag. Place in refrigerator for 3 hours.

3.Place on hot grill and brown each side of tenderloin about 2 to 3 minutes

on each side.

4.Move tenderloin to cooler side of grill and cover with lid. Tenderloin should 

read 160⁰ on meat thermometer. Let rest before cutting.

 

Enjoy...