Buffalo Chicken Cheese Dip

3 boneless skinless chicken breast
1 jar (15 oz) Marzetti's blue cheese or ranch
1/4 cup buffalo wing sauce
1 8-oz.pkg. cream cheese softened
Tabasco sauce (optional)

Boil chicken until tender, cool, then shred or chop finely. Mix together dressing and Buffalo sauce. Add Tabasco sauce to fire it up to your desire. Spread cream cheese in a 9x13 baking dish. Mix chicken into dressing mix. Then pour chicken mixture over cream cheese evenly. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool and serve with tortilla chips.

Yum!

Chicken & Veggie Pot Pie

I'm not sure where this recipe came from, but it is so easy and really good!

1 lb chicken breast, cooked and cut up

1 Tbs. olive oil

1 onion, chopped

3 carrots, sliced into small pieces

3 Tbs. flour

1/2 cup dry white white (this could probably be omitted)

2 cups milk

1 package frozen peas

1/2 package frozen corn or 1 can drained

1 Tbs. thyme or rosemary or whatever you have

2 9-inch store bought piecrusts, thawed

Heat oven to 400.  Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat; cook onions and carrots 6-8 minutes.  Sprinkle flour over veggies and cook stirring 1 minute.  Add wine and cook until evaporated.  Add milk and simmer until sauce starts to thicken (about 2-3 minutes).  Stir in cooked chicken, peas, corn, thyme and S&P to taste.  In a 2 quart dish, place one pie crust on bottom and up sides.  Pour mixture into dish.  Lay 2nd piecrust on top, pressing to seal.  Cut several vents in crust.  Place pot pie on baking sheet and bake until bubbling and crust is golden - about 30 minutes.

Note - you could easily substitute a package of frozen mixed vegetables.  I sprayed my dish with Pam before putting my bottom crust in . . .

Cashew-Crusted Chicken on Basil-Pineapple Rice

From Cooking Light

Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted cashews
2 tablespoons garlic-seasoned breadcrumbs
4 (4-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice, drained
Cooking spray
1 (3 1/2-ounce) bag precooked long-grain rice (such as Success)
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation

Preheat oven to 450°.

Place nuts and breadcrumbs in a food processor, and pulse 10 times or until the crumbs measure 2/3 cup. Pour nut mixture into a shallow dish. Brush chicken with egg white; dredge chicken in nut mixture. Spread the pineapple in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange chicken over pineapple, and bake at 450° for 14 minutes or until chicken is done, turning after 7 minutes.

While the chicken is cooking, prepare the rice according to package directions. Remove chicken from dish. Stir rice, basil, and salt into pineapple. Serve with chicken.

Jon's Chicken Parmesan

I made this for the first time last night, and it was so easy and good.  Great for serving 8 or having leftovers, or in Jon's case serving 4 . . . . 

1.  Boil water for cooking pasta (I prefer thin spaghetti)

2.  Preheat oven to 350 for baking garlic bread

3.  Prepare tomato sauce (I use Muir Glen Organic in a jar - 2)

To prepare chicken:

1. Take 4 chicken breasts and slice in half then pound flat

2. Coat each piece with egg (I use 2 eggs in a pie plate with a little whipping cream)

3. Coat each piece with bread crumb mixture (in a large ziploc I mix Italian bread crumbs, garlic powder, crushed red pepper, S&P)

4. Place in refrigerator for a few minutes to set

Heat small amount of oil in a skillet and cook chicken; they are so thin it will only take 3-4 minutes per side.  While chicken is cooking, cook pasta, bread and heat sauce.

To serve, I place pasta on plate, cover with sauce, put chicken on top of that with a little more sauce and then sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.

Rosemary Chicken & Zucchini

This is from Real Simple and looks great!

1 lb. new potatoes
2 carrots
2 zucchini
1 bunch Rosemary (I Tbs.)
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
S&P
2 Tbs. Olive oil
2 Tbs. Whole grain mustard

Heat oven to 400. Quarter potatoes and cut carrots and zucchini into 2-inch sticks. Mix vegetables in bowl with olive oil, mustard, rosemary, S&P. Pour into 9x13 dish and place chicken on top (season chicken with S&P first). Roast for 25 minutes, toss vegetables and turn chicken, continue roasting until chicken is done (about 20-25 more minutes.

Chicken Saltimbocca

6 (3-ounce) chicken cutlets, pounded to evenly flatten
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 paper-thin slices prosciutto
1 (10-ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
1 (14-ounce) can low-salt chicken broth
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Place the chicken cutlets flat on the work surface. Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Lay 1 slice of prosciutto atop each chicken cutlet.
Squeeze the frozen spinach to remove the excess water. Season the spinach with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, toss the spinach with 1 tablespoon of oil to coat.
Arrange an even, thin layer of spinach atop the prosciutto slices. Sprinkle the Parmesan evenly over each. Beginning at the short tapered end, roll up each chicken cutlet as for a jellyroll. Secure with a toothpick.
Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in a heavy large skillet over high heat. Add the chicken and cook just until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Add the chicken broth and lemon juice, and scrape the browned bits off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Bring the liquid to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium. Cover and simmer until the chicken is just cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a platter. Simmer the cooking liquid over high heat until it is reduced to about 2/3 cup, about 5 minutes. Season the cooking liquid with salt and pepper, to taste. Remove toothpicks from the chicken. Drizzle the reduced cooking liquid over the chicken and serve immediately.

Mustard Roasted Chicken

1 pkg chicken breasts
3 Tbs. whole grain mustard
2 Tbs. soy sauce
4 carrots, cut in half (or use the little ones from the bag)
1 medium fennel bulb, cut in wedges
1 red onion, cut in wedges
8 sprigs Thyme
2 Tbs. olive oil

Heat oven to 400. Combine mustard, soy sauce, 1/4 tsp. pepper in bowl. Add chicken and coat. Combine carrots, fennel, onion, thyme, oil, 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper in roasting pan. Add chicken to vegetables. Roast until cooked - about 45 minutes.

I like to serve with mashed potatoes.

Deluxe Chicken Divan

1/3 cup sliced almonds
1 quart chicken stock
1 lemon, zested
2 to 3 sprigs fresh thyme
4 tablespoons butter, divided
1 1/2 cups white rice
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds chicken breast cutlets, 8 cutlets
Salt and pepper
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
2 tablespoons plus about 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of pan
6 or 7 large button mushrooms, sliced
1/3 cup half-and-half
1 rounded tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons, a couple sprigs, fresh tarragon, leaves chopped
2 scallions, chopped
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.
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 of rice. Sprinkle the plates with toasted nuts.

Blackened Chicken

1 T. paprika 1 t. onion powder
1 t. garlic powder 1 t. cayenne pepper
¾ t. black pepper ½ t. dried thyme
½ t. oregano ¾ t. red pepper
½ stick melted butter
boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Mix all dry ingredients. Dip chicken in melted butter and sprinkle with mixture of dry ingredients. Heat a heavy skillet and cook chicken about 3 minutes on each side. Be sure chicken is cooked through.

Green Salas Chicken Enchiladas

8 chicken breasts(2 c. cooked chicken)
16-20 tortillas
2 28 oz. jars salsa verde (I used 1 medium/1 hot)
2c. Monterrey Jack cheese
2c. Cheddar Cheese
2c. whipping cream

Dip boths sides of tortilla in salsa. Put 3 T. chicken, some cheese and roll up. Fill pan with tortillas. Pour whipping cream over tortillas. Cover with remaining cheese and salsa. Cook uncovered at 350 for 20 min. You can put green onions on the top.

Herb Roasted Chickens

Prep: 20 min.; Bake: 1 hr., 25 min.; Stand: 15 min.
6 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup poultry seasoning
1/4 cup fresh rosemary leaves, finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh thyme leaves, finely chopped
4 teaspoons fresh minced garlic
2 teaspoons salt1 teaspoon pepper
2 (3- to 4-lb.) whole chickens
1. Stir together oil and next 6 ingredients until well blended.
2. If necessary, remove giblets and neck from chickens, and reserve for another use. Rinse chickens with cold water; pat dry.
3. Loosen and lift skin from chicken breasts with fingers (do not totally detach skin). Rub 2 Tbsp. olive oil mixture evenly underneath skin of each chicken. Carefully replace skin. Rub remaining olive oil mixture over both chickens, coating evenly. Place chickens, side by side, on a lightly greased wire rack in a pan.
4. Bake at 425° for 30 minutes; cover loosely with aluminum foil, and bake 45 to 55 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest portion of breast registers 165°. Let stand 15 minutes before slicing.
Note: Dried herbs and seasonings may be substituted for fresh. Substitute 1/2 tsp. garlic powder for minced, but use the same amounts for the other herbs and spices.
Yield: Makes 8 to 12 servingsSouthern Living, AUGUST 2007

Chicken Scallopine with Linguine Alfredo

Ingredients
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon seasoned pepper
1 1/2 pounds chicken cutlets
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup white wine
Garnish: fresh parsley sprig
Linguine Alfredo

Combine first 3 ingredients in a shallow dish; dredge chicken cutlets in flour mixture.
Cook chicken in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from skillet, and keep warm.
Add wine to skillet; cook 1 to 2 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half, stirring to loosen particles from bottom of skillet.
Arrange cutlets on a serving platter, and drizzle with sauce. Garnish, if desired. Serve with Linguine Alfredo.

Linguine Alfredo
1 (10-ounce) container light refrigerated Alfredo sauce
1/2 cup fresh parsley
1/2 cup white wine
3 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream
1 garlic clove, sliced
1 (8-ounce) package refrigerated linguine
Process Alfredo sauce and next 4 ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
Prepare linguine according to package directions; drain and return to pot. Stir in Alfredo sauce mixture, and serve immediately.
Note: For testing purposes only, we used Buitoni Light Alfredo Sauce.

Makes 4 servings

Southern Living, APRIL 2004

Sweet Bacon Wraps

12-15 appetizer servings
45 min 10 min prep

1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 (1 lb) package sliced bacon
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons chili powder
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Cut chicken breasts into 1-inch cubes.
Cut each bacon slice into thirds. Wrap each chicken cube with bacon and secure with a wooden pick inserted on the diagonal starting where bacon seam overlaps.
Stir together brown sugar and chili powder. Dredge wrapped chicken in mixture.
Coat a rack and broiler pan with non-stick cooking spray. Place chicken on rack in broiler pan.
Bake at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes, or until bacon is crisp.

** I cut the chicken half and wrapped 1 piece of bacon around it instead of the appetizer s the recipe called for. It was good. I have done it the other way too, for parties.

5 spice coconut chicken

1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon unsweetened coconut milk
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon lime juice
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
1 teaspoon salt
8 boneless chicken thighs (about 2 pounds total), pounded flat( I used chicken breasts)
Cooked white rice, for serving
1. In a large bowl, combine the remaining 1/3 cup coconut milk, 2 tablespoons honey and 1 tablespoon lime juice with the soy sauce, garlic, five-spice powder and salt. Add the chicken thighs, coating well. Marinate for 15 minutes.3. Meanwhile, bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Add the sugar snap peas and cook for 1 minute; drain. Transfer to a medium bowl and toss with the reserved coconut-honey dressing.4. Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium. Grill the chickenbreasts for about 4 minutes on each side, until cooked through. Serve with rice.

Chicken empanadas

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

3 cups chopped, cooked chicken
1 (8-ounce) package shredded Colby and Monterey Jack cheese blend
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 (15-ounce) package refrigerated pie crusts Water
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Lightly grease a baking sheet. In a large bowl, combine the chicken and next 7 ingredients. Unroll 1 piecrust onto a lightly floured surface. Roll into a 15-inch circle. Cut out rounds, using a 3-inch cookie cutter. Re-roll dough as needed. Repeat procedure with remaining piecrusts, making 12 to 15 circles total. Arrange 1 round on a clean, flat surface. Lightly brush the edges of crust with water. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of chicken mixture in the center of the round. Fold the dough over the filling, pressing the edges with a fork to seal. Repeat with the remaining rounds and chicken mixture. (Up to this point, the recipe can be made ahead and frozen for up to 1 month). Arrange empanadas on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.