The Kitchen Whisperer

This is one of those recipes that a picture speaks a 1,000 words. What do you think?

Now be honest…

Did you stare just a little too long at that picture and perhaps even go “Ohhhhhhhhhh!!!” either in your head or out loud?  Did it make you bite your lower lip and almost make you give it those googly come to me eyes?

You know you want me some, admit it! Give in to temptation!

With this week being National Sriracha week it was only befitting that I share this baby with you.  This honestly is my FAVORITE wing recipe ever.  I absolutely love Sriracha sauce which is funny as I’m a wuss when it comes to really spicy stuff.  Heck there are times when even ketchup is too hot for me. Yep, told you I was a wuss *wink* but there is just something magical about Sriracha.  To me it is the new ketchup!  Don’t get me wrong though.  Being from the ‘Burgh Heinz Ketchup still rocks my world but Sriracha and I have a very special bond that no other condiment and I have.  Twisted I know, right!

But as you have seen, Sriracha has been used pretty heavily in my recipes ranging from my Tropical Sriracha Aioli to my Sriracha Black Bean Sliders with Spicy Avocado Creme Sauce. Let’s not forget about my Thai Peanut Shrimp Summer Rolls that have a hefty dose of Sriracha in the sauce or my Thai Noodles with Chicken in a Spicy Peanut Sauce. But the Ultimate.. the ULTIMATE Sriracha recipe that put me on the map is my Sriracha Spiced Bacon – Man Candy II that has literally gone global. It’s been featured on countless websites as well as being given mad props by Nadia G of Bitchin’ Kitchin on The Cooking Channel!

You are going to go WING CRAZY over these!!!

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As you all know I am a HUGE fan of pigs.  I love pigs almost as much as I love Mr. Fantabulous (shhh… don’t let him know that).  I love bacon (I firmly believe that should be its own food group) and I absolutely LOVE pork chops, loins and roasts.  Pretty much most parts of the pig. So imagine just how excited I was when I was contacted by Circle B Ranch Pork to come up with a recipe featuring their Center Cut Pork Chops! Like seriously, I don’t think I could have been any more excited.  Since I pretty much fell in love with Marina’s Italian Style Tomato Sauce and Marina’s Italian Style Meatballs, I was in hog heaven at the chance to create something awesome for them.  And yes, I said hog heaven… LOL

These were so amazing I could SQUEAL!!!

When it comes to chicken I’ve noticed people fall into a rut with it. Typically they have 2, maybe 3, awesome chicken recipes up their sleeves and they tend to rotate between those.  Now even I, with the bajillion ways I can make chicken, fall into that rut.  Well I was bound and determined to make something new; something outside of the box.  Plus truth be told, I had 12 cans of Pineapple chunks in my pantry that I was sick of seeing (Mr. Fantabulous LOVES canned pineapple – plus real as well but it’s not in season here).

So full disclosure this recipe evolved out of a need – a need to make more space in my pantry AND a need to make something different and new with chicken. Now when it comes to boneless chicken I only ever buy chicken breasts as I’m a white meat girl but my butcher had absolutely GORGEOUS boneless thighs.  Now I try not to eat dark meat as it’s less healthy than the white meat as it has a higher fat percentage but the flavor is so much richer. Chicken breasts have about 5 grams of fat while thighs have about 15 grams with about ~60 calories less for the breasts.    The first time I made this I made with the boneless breasts and the 2nd time I made with the thighs.  They both are amazing but do have a slight variance in flavor.

Let’s do the Funky Chicken!