Chicken Tonight Country French Chicken Recipes

COUNTRY FRENCH CHICKEN (DIABETIC RECIPE)

Steps:

• Remove the skin from the chicken. Rinse chicken; pat dry.
• Spray a large cold skillet with non-stick spray coating. Preheat skillet over medium heat.
• Brown chicken on all sides in hot skillet.
• Drain fat from skillet.
• Season chicken lightly with salt and pepper. Add mushrooms, celery, white wine, carrot, onion, garlic, bay leaf, parsley, and thyme to the skillet.
• Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer for 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Discard bay leaf.
• Transfer chicken and vegetables platter; keep warm.
• For sauce, bring liquid in skillet to boiling. Cook about 3 minutes or until reduced to 1/2 cup. Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables.

COUNTRY FRENCH CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt margarine over medium high heat.
• Add chicken and saute for 5 minutes.
• Stir in water, soup mix and lemon.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Remove chicken and discard lemon.
• In small bowl, combine sour cream, corn starch and dill weed.
• Add to skillet, stirring constantly.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Reduce heat, simmer 1 minute.
• Serve over chicken.

FRENCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Season chicken thighs with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side; set aside. Add mushrooms, shallots and celery, and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are tender and browned, about 5-7 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute. Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Stir in wine, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Stir in chicken stock, potatoes, thyme, rosemary and bay leaf. Return chicken to the skillet. Place into oven and bake until potatoes are tender and chicken has completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 175 degrees F, about 40-45 minutes. Stir in heavy cream; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve immediately.

COUNTRY FRENCH CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium high heat, warm the olive oil. Season the chicken, brown it in the oil for 2 or 3 minutes on each side, and remove to a plate.
• Return pan to stove and reduce heat to medium. Add butter to the pan and saute the shallots, carrots, and mushrooms. Saute for 3 to 5 minutes until mushrooms darken and carrot bits are fork tender. Add tarragon and parsley and stir. Add wine and reduce liquid for 1 or 2 minutes. Add tomatoes to the sauce and stir to combine. Add chicken back to the pan and simmer chicken in sauce for 6 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
• Serve chicken with Herb and Butter Noodles and Sugar Snap Peas.
• Toss the cooked egg noodles with butter bits and herbs in a bowl until butter melts, about 1 minute. Season noodles with salt and pepper.
• Place snap peas in 1/2-inch boiling water with butter and a sprinkle of 1 teaspoon sugar. Reduce heat to simmer. Cover and steam snap peas 3 minutes. Remove cover and season snap peas with a little salt. Serve cooked snap peas with slotted spoon to allow for draining.