Captains Casserole Recipes

COUNTRY CAPTAIN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat 2 Tbsp of oil over medium high heat until very hot. Add chicken and cook until golden brown. Transfer chicken to a bowl and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. In same Dutch oven, heat 1 tsp of oil over medium high heat. Add onions, apple, green pepper, garlic, and ginger. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in curry powder, black pepper, and cumin. Cook 1 minute. Add tomato puree, broth, raisins, salt, and chicken. Heat to boiling over high heat. Boil 1 minute.
• Cover and place in oven. Bake 1 hour. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

CAPTAIN'S CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine rice, oregano and pepper in 1 1/2 qt greased casserole.
• Stir tomato juice and water into rice.
• Stir in tomatoes, onion and tuna.
• Mix soup, milk, and cheese.
• Heat until smooth.
• Pour over tuna.
• Top with potato chip crumbs.
• Bake at 375* for 20 minutes.

30 MINUTE SOUTHERN CLASSIC: COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add butter and rice and return water to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover the pot. Cook rice 20 minutes or until tender. Turn off heat and fluff rice with a fork.
• Combine flour and paprika in a shallow dish. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cut each chicken breast and thigh in 1/2 on an angle. Coat chicken pieces in paprika seasoned flour. Wash your hands and chicken work surfaces thoroughly.
• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to the pan. Brown chicken pieces, 3 minutes on each side, and remove from the skillet. Add butter to the pan, then stir in peppers, onions and garlic. Season the veggies with salt and pepper and saute them 5 to 7 minutes to soften. Add curry, stock, tomatoes and raisins. Slide chicken back into the skillet and simmer over moderate heat for 5 minutes to combine flavors and finish cooking the chicken through. Place skillet on a trivet and serve the chicken from the pan. Garnish the Country Captain's chicken with sliced almonds. Transfer rice to a serving dish and garnish with chopped scallions.

NB SEAFOOD CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a slarge skillet, saute onions and celery in the 3 tbsp butteruntil soft. Add salt, pepper and garlic powder. Stir in flour.
• In a saucepan, bring milk just to a boil and mix into the sauteed mixture in the skillet.
• Add cheese is melted and sauce is slightly thickened.
• Add the cooked seafood; stir well.
• Pour into a casserole dish and sprinkle w/ paprika.
• Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browning on top.

CAPTAIN'S CRUNCH FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl until smooth. Pour in the cream, milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg; whisk until smooth. Pour the crushed cereal into a shallow dish; set aside. Dip the egg bread into the egg mixture two pieces at a time until the egg has been soaked into the center of the slices, about 30 seconds per side. Press the soaked bread into the crushed cereal until coated on both sides. Set the finished slices aside on a piece of waxed paper.
• Melt the butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the French toast in the hot pan until golden on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.

SLOW-COOKER COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place onion, pepper and garlic in a 6-qt. slow cooker. Arrange chicken pieces over vegetables., Whisk the next 5 ingredients with the chicken broth. Pour over chicken. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Add raisins and tomatoes. Reduce heat to low and cook until chicken reaches 165°, about 2-1/2 hours. Serve over rice; if desired, sprinkle with parsley.