Garlic Lovers Chicken Scampi Pasta Recipes

CHICKEN SCAMPI PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta. Sprinkle the chicken with some salt. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot, then add the oil. Working in 2 batches, brown the chicken until golden but not cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Remove the chicken to a plate.
• Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in the skillet. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until the garlic just begins to turn golden at the edges, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the wine, bring to a simmer and cook until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta until very al dente, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water. Add the pasta and 3/4 cup pasta water to the skillet along with the chicken, lemon zest and juice and the remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Return the skillet to medium-low heat and gently stir the pasta until the butter is melted, adding the remaining 1/4 pasta water if the pasta seems too dry. Remove the skillet from the heat, sprinkle with the grated cheese and parsley and toss before serving.

CHICKEN SCAMPI II

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the butter and oil over medium high until the butter melts. Add the parsley, basil, oregano and garlic and salt and mix together in the skillet. Stir in lemon juice.
• Then add the chicken and saute for about 3 minutes or until white. Lower the heat and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear. More butter can be added if needed.

GARLIC LOVERS CHICKEN SCAMPI PASTA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Sautee all ingredients except chicken over medium heat until tender (about 7-8 minutes).
• Meanwhile, butterfly chicken breasts lengthwise almost all the way through creating a pouch for the filling.
• Add some of the mushrooms and sauce mixture to the inside pouch in the chicken breast.
• Seal the chicken up using several toothpicks.
• Place the chicken breasts into a small pyrex dish or meatloaf pan and pour the remaining mushroom & sauce mixture over the chicken breasts to coat.
• Bake in oven at 400 for 25-30 minutes until no longer pink inside, re-basting chicken in juices at least once halfway through cooking.
• Serve over buttered noodles, fettuccini or other pasta of choice using remaining sauce to coat noodles.

GARLIC LOVER'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine the bread crumbs, cheese, parsley, salt if desired and pepper. Place milk in a shallow bowl. Dip chicken in milk, then toss in the crumb mixture. , Place chicken in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Combine the butter, garlic and lemon juice; drizzle over the chicken. Sprinkle with paprika., Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 15-25 minutes or until a thermometer reads 165°.

GARLIC LOVER'S SCALLOP SCAMPI

Steps:

• In a frying pan melt butter.
• Add crushed or minced garlic and saute.
• Add Bread crumbs to mixture and toss till coated with butter.
• Put scallops into a shallow augratin baking dish.
• Top with the bread-crumb mixture.
• Sprinkle with lemon juice and pepper.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Serve with lemon wedges and mashed potatoes. I serve over angel hair pasta. Wonderful!

GARLIC LOVER'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Stir water, kosher salt, and sugar together until the salt and sugar dissolve completely into a brine.
• Put chicken breasts in a large resealable plastic bag; pour brine into the bag with the chicken. Squeeze air from the bag and seal. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
• Mix Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, parsley, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl; spread about 1/3 of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Remove chicken from the brine, shake off excess liquid, and pat dry. Discard remaining brine.
• Coat chicken with olive oil. Arrange chicken atop the Parmesan cheese layer in the baking dish. Sprinkle remaining Parmesan cheese mixture over the chicken.
• Mix garlic, margarine, and lemon juice together in a small bowl; drizzle over chicken.
• Cook chicken breasts until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 25-30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Switch oven to broil. Sprinkle cheese over the chicken breasts.
• Heat oven's broiler. Cook chicken under the broiler until the cheese is melted and golden brown, about 5 minutes more.