Connie Lewis, Recipe Tester

A list of all the recipes Connie Lewis has tested.

Two glass jars of homemade chrain with a silver spoon lying beside them.

Homemade Chrain

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What’s chrain, you ask? It’s a heck of a traditional condiment with a bite to it. And it’s coming to a holiday table near you.

  • (5)
  • 15 M
  • 1 H
  • 31
A red Dutch oven filled with beer-braised chicken with root vegetables on a wooden surface.

Beer Braised Chicken Thighs

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Chicken thighs are coaxed to incredible taste and tenderness in this stew that sneaks in root vegetables bathed in beer. Simple to make. Complex in taste. Unforgettable all around.

  • (12)
  • 25 M
  • 1 H, 15 M
  • 41
A grated carrot salad piled on a wooden cutting board with two lemon wedges.

Grated Carrot Salad

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Yoohoo, you who’s trying to eat more healthfully, start cramming carrots in your pieholes with this satisfying little number.

  • (2)
  • 10 M
  • 10 M
  • 4
A yellow Dutch oven filled with white bean and chicken chili, topped with pieces of bacon.

White Bean and Chicken Chili

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Stop your scoffing. This may not be conventional chili, but it’s no sissy imposter. It’s just a little subtler, soupier, and smokier.

  • (5)
  • 35 M
  • 1 H
  • 12
A whole roast chicken in a roasting pan with halved citrus fruits around it

Roast Chicken with Citrus

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The words “orange chicken” used to make us think of gloppy Chinese takeout—until we tried this orange chicken.

  • (4)
  • 40 M
  • 2 H, 40 M
  • 21