Cheesy Chicken Pasta With Brussels Sprouts Recipes

CHEESY CHICKEN PASTA WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• Bring water to boil in a deep skillet or pot and cook until it's almost done but still firm. Reserve ¼ cup of the pasta water then drain and set it aside.
• In the same skillet, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat then sprinkle in the bread crumbs and toast 3-5 minutes stirring occasionally until golden brown. Remove from the skillet and reserve. If necessary, wipe any remaining crumbs from the skillet.
• Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the skillet over medium-high heat then add the chicken. Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and 1 teaspoon of sage. Sear on both sides and cook until no longer pink inside then remove from the skillet.
• Add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil to the skillet and the sliced brussels sprouts. Season with salt and pepper and cook over medium to medium-high heat 3-4 minutes until the brussels sprouts are tender with lightly browned pieces then remove from the skillet with the chicken.
• Add the butter to the skillet over low heat then sprinkle in the flour, whisk until smooth and cook 1-2 minutes.
• Add the milk and whisk until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and the remaining sage. Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes as the sauce thickens and bubbles.
• Stir in the grated cheeses stirring constantly until they're melted and the sauce is smooth. Turn off the heat. Taste the sauce and adjust salt and pepper to your preferences.
• Fold in the pasta then the chicken and brussels sprouts. Once combined, sprinkle the crispy breadcrumbs over the top and serve right away. Optional: serve the breadcrumbs separately at the table.

BUTTER ROASTED CHICKEN, CHEESY POTATOES, AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Pat chicken breasts dry, and season both sides with ¼ teaspoons salt and a pinch of pepper. Place a medium non-stick oven-safe pan over medium heat. Add butter to pan and let melt. Add chicken breasts, skin side down, and cook undisturbed until skin is browned, 6-8 minutes. Flip chicken and remove from burner. While chicken sears, make mashed potatoes.
• Make potatoes: Peel and cut potato into 1" dice. Bring a medium pot with potato and enough lightly salted water to cover to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until potato is fork-tender, 15-18 minutes. Drain in a colander and return to pot. Add ¾ the milk (reserve remaining for sauce), Parmesan, 1 teaspoons pepper, and ¼ teaspoons salt. Mash until smooth. Cover and set aside. While potato cooks, prepare ingredients.
• Prepare the Sprouts: Trim bottoms off Brussels sprouts and halve vertically (quarter if larger than a ping-pong ball). Stem and coarsely chop thyme.
• Place Brussels sprouts on prepared baking sheet and toss with 1 teaspoons olive oil, ¼ teaspoons salt, and a pinch of pepper. Spread into a single layer and roast until browned and tender, 10-12 minutes. Sprinkle cooked Brussels with half the thyme (reserve remaining for sauce).
• Place pan with chicken in oven and roast until golden brown and chicken reaches a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees, 12-15 minutes. Carefully, remove chicken from pan and rest 5 minutes. Reserve pan and any pan drippings.
• Make the Sauce: Very carefully (handle is hot!), return pan used to cook chicken to medium-high heat and add white cooking wine. Bring to a boil. Add remaining milk, return to a boil, and stir constantly until sauce thickens and a line drawn in sauce holds for 10-15 seconds, 3-5 minutes. Add remaining thyme and remove from burner.
• Plate mashed potatoes first, and sprouts next to taters. Now add chicken. Add sauce to potatoes and chicken as desired. Bon appétit!

SHEET-PAN LEMONY CHICKEN WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450 degrees, set one rack 6 inches from the broiler and place another rack in the lower third of the oven. In a large bowl, combine the butter, zest of both lemons, half the parsley and 1 teaspoon salt. Rub 1 teaspoon oil on a sheet pan. Pat the chicken dry, then transfer to the sheet pan and season well with salt and pepper. Reserve about 1 teaspoon of the compound butter in the bowl, then rub the rest all over the chicken and under the skin by lifting it up, pushing a tiny amount of compound butter underneath, then pressing on top. Arrange the chicken pieces skin-side up.
• Add the brussels sprouts, onion wedges, lemon rounds, red-pepper flakes and the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil to the bowl with the compound butter; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange the brussels sprouts mixture around the chicken, placing some lemon rounds on top of the vegetables.
• Roast on the lower rack, 30 to 35 minutes, stirring the vegetables halfway through, until the chicken is crispy, the chicken juices run clear when the meat is pierced with a fork, and the brussels sprouts are browned and crunchy. If the chicken skin is not as crispy as you'd like, transfer the vegetables to a serving platter, then place the chicken under the broiler for 1 to 3 minutes. Transfer the chicken to the serving platter.
• Squeeze one of the lemon halves over the chicken and vegetables and cut the remaining lemon half into quarters. Garnish the chicken and vegetables with the cheese and the remaining parsley, and serve with the lemon wedges.

PASTA SHELLS WITH CHICKEN AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• In a large nonstick frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon each of the oil and the butter over moderate heat. Season the chicken with 1/4 teaspoons each of the salt and pepper. Cook the breasts until browned and just done, 4-5 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the pan and let it rest for 5 minutes. Cut into small pieces.
• In the same pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over moderately low heat. Add the red onion and cook, stirirng occasionaly, until starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic, Brussels sprouts, broth, and red-pepper flakes. Bring to a simmer and cook, covered, until the Brussels sprouts are just done, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken, lemon juice, parsley, Parmesan, and the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, 3/4 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper. Remove from heat.
• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta, until just done, about 10 minutes. Drain and toss with the sauce.