Mother Clucker Chicken Seasoning

Our salt-free Mother Clucker Chicken Seasoning opens up with the musky, velvet smell of sage and grassy florals of thyme. Smoky ground peppers define the low notes of this blend, but they’re kept company by lively interplay with garlic and sweet onion. Peppery heat, from the chile peppers and from black pepper, assert themselves at the finish, in conjunction with marjoram’s sweet, bitter aroma and the floral top notes from black pepper. We blend our Mother Clucker Chicken Seasoning in small batches in our facility, to maintain freshness and flavor in our products.

We make a lot of chicken seasonings because chicken is the most popular meat in America. In 2018, Americans ate 28.6 billion—with a B—pounds of chicken, which was approximately 11 billion pounds higher than the second most popular meat, beef. But it hasn’t always been that way. Chickens were, at one point, raised primarily for their eggs. They made their way onto tables but there was no standard chicken that created demand. Nutrition had not yet been developed to meet a higher public demand, either, so chickens were fairly slow to grow to an edible size, further causing the market to be limited, though chicken nutritionists were making breakthroughs in incubation and feed quality. In World War II, most of the supply of beef and pork was diverted to feed American soldiers, and chicken began its climb to popularity. It never lost steam, eclipsing pork as the second-favorite meat in America in the 1970s. With increased attention to low-fat diets and environmental concerns over beef farming, chicken consumption continued to expand until it took over the number-one spot, and it shows no signs of diminishing in popularity or demand.

Tips From Our Kitchen

Mother Clucker Chicken Seasoning is perfect for seasoning roast chicken, or season chicken parts and brown in a skillet. Cut browned chicken breasts into chunks and add to a creamy pasta. Stir extra seasoning into pasta sauce for full flavor. This goes well with cheesy dishes, so add to the bechamel for mac and cheese, or sprinkle across the top. Add to roasted or mashed butternut squash, or stir into spaghetti squash, add an egg, and shape into fritters. This blend is great for veggie burgers as well, particularly black bean burgers. Add to southwestern omelets and toss over boiled potatoes with a touch of butter.

Our salt-free Mother Clucker Chicken Seasoning is blended with garlic, thyme, onion, marjoram, sage, paprika, black pepper, and New Mexico Lumbre chile powder.

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