Melissa Jones

Mongolian chicken is the kind of dish that makes you question why you ever ordered takeout. You fry strips of chicken until the edges get crispy and golden, then toss them in a sticky, sweet, and savory sauce that coats every piece like candy. The whole thing is done in about twenty minutes, and the … Read more

Baked ranch chicken gives you everything you want from fried chicken without the mess, the oil, or the hovering over a stove. The chicken gets coated in a creamy ranch-mayonnaise mixture, pressed into a Panko-parmesan crust, and baked at high heat until the outside turns golden and crunchy while the inside stays juicy. The whole … Read more

Smothered chicken is what happens when you take a simple pan-fried chicken breast and decide it deserves a rich, oniony, slightly spicy gravy poured all over it. The chicken gets dredged in seasoned flour and seared until golden, then the same pan becomes the stage for slowly cooked onions, a from-scratch gravy, and a splash … Read more

Some nights you want to cook, and some nights you want dinner to cook itself. Garlic parmesan crockpot chicken and potatoes falls firmly in that second camp. You spend about fifteen minutes getting everything into the slow cooker, and then you walk away. Six hours later, you come back to chicken that falls apart when … Read more

Garlic butter chicken is the kind of dinner that saves your evening when you have twenty minutes and zero patience for complicated cooking. You sear boneless chicken breasts in a hot skillet until they develop a golden crust, then build a quick pan sauce with butter, garlic, and a splash of white wine that comes … Read more