Chicken Asparagus Divan Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large straight-sided skillet, simmer 1/2 cup water over medium-high heat, then add broccoli and a pinch of salt. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until crisp-tender, about 6 minutes. Drain well, then transfer to a large bowl; set aside. Wipe out skillet.
• Pat chicken dry; season with salt and pepper. Melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Add half the chicken and cook, turning once, until browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining chicken; set aside.
• 3. In same skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter, then add onion and mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and starting to brown, 6 to 7 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Slowly add milk, reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 9 minutes. Add 2 cups cheese, Dijon, Worcestershire, cayenne, and sour cream; stir until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Add cheese sauce to bowl with broccoli, followed by chicken and accumulated juices; toss to combine. Transfer to a 2 1/2-quart baking dish.
• In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons melted butter, panko, and remaining 1 cup cheese. Sprinkle over broccoli-and-chicken mixture. Bake until bubbly and golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes, then serve over noodles or rice.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In medium-hot skillet (Calphalon) add olive oil.
• Add chicken and brown each side (five minutes). Place chicken breasts in dish and set aside.
• Add onion, celery, and salt to skillet. Scrapping bottom of skillet - sautee for three minutes.
• Add back chicken and water to skillet. Bring to a boil. Simmer until chicken is cooked.
• Drain and discard liquid.
• In separate bowl combine chopped onion, parmesan cheese, and soup.
• Grease a 13x9x2 baking pan.
• Spread half of mixture in bottom of baking pan.
• Add asparagus on top of mixture.
• Add chicken / onion/ celery on top of asparagus.
• Spread remaining mixture on top.
• Bake @ 350 for 20 minutes until heated completley.
• Combine whipping cream and mayo in small bowl.
• Spread over chicken. Sprinkle parmesan on top. Broil in oven till brown.

Steps:

• Toast almonds in a small skillet until golden. Set aside.
• Bring 2 3/4 cups chicken stock, the zest of 1 lemon, thyme sprigs and a tablespoon of butter to a boil in a medium pot with a tight fitting lid. Add rice to water, stir. Return the water to a boil then reduce heat to simmer and cove the pot. Cook 18 minutes or until tender, remove from heat. Remove the thyme sprigs, the leaves will have fallen off in the rice.
• While the rice cooks, season chicken with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Dredge chicken in about half cup of flour then discard the rest. Heat a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, and 1 tablespoon butter to the large skillet. To the hot butter and oil, add the cutlets and cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove the meat to a large platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
• Bring an inch or 2 of water to a simmer in a shallow pan and season with salt. Add asparagus and cook 4 minutes until just tender but green. Remove and add to chicken platter to keep warm.
• Return chicken skillet to the heat and add 2 tablespoons butter. Melt butter, add the mushrooms and saute for a couple of minutes. Whisk in 2 rounded tablespoons flour. Cook the flour 1 minute then whisk in 1/3 cup white wine, a couple of glugs. Cook off wine, 30 seconds, then whisk in 1 1/4 cups of chicken stock (remainder of the quart) then the half-and-half. When sauce bubbles, stir in mustard and tarragon and let sauce simmer and thicken 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir scallions into rice and fluff with fork. Make a bed of rice on each dinner plate. Top with a serving of steamed asparagus then 2 cutlets of chicken. Cover the chicken with the tarragon sauce, allowing the gravy to spill over edges into asparagus and rice. Sprinkle the plates with toasted nuts. Wow! Can you believe you made this?

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cook broccoli or asparagus until semi-tender, drain and chop.
• Combine soup, mayo, curry, lemon juice, and mushrooms in mixing bowl.
• Spray 9 x 13" baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place broccoli or asparagus evely into dish.
• Place chicken breasts over top.
• Sprinkle cheese over top.
• Cover with sauce mixture.
• Sprinkle with bread crumbs.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
• *May substitute dijon mustard for curry powder*.