Green Onion Tomatillo Cream Sauce With Chicken Pasta Potato Recipes

GREEN ONION TOMATILLO CREAM SAUCE WITH CHICKEN - PASTA - POTATO

Steps:

• Put all of the sauce ingredients in a medium sauce pan. Set aside.
• Put all broth ingredients in a medium pan with lid. Bring to a boil and turn down to simmer, cover and cook about 15 minutes. Add a little more water to the broth ingredients to insure there is 1 1/2 cups after cooking.
• Save broth, dice chicken off bone, throw away the skin.
• Measure 1 cup broth and put broth and diced chicken with sauce ingredients.
• Bring sauce to a simmer.Cook for about 5 -6 minutes. Taste.
• Add more sugar or salt and pepper if desired.
• In a small cup add cornstarch and little water to dissolve, mix.
• Add to simmering sauce. Stir until thickened.
• Pour over drained pasta or serve as a gravy with potatoes or rice.
• Toss to mix.

GREEN CHILE-TOMATILLO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place the poblano halves on a baking sheet and roast until they begin to shrivel, about 20 minutes. Transfer the roasted poblanos to a food processor and puree until smooth.
• Heat the butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, reduce the heat to medium, and cook, stirring often, until the onion is soft and golden, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the onion to a plate and set aside to cool.
• Bring a medium saucepan of water to a simmer. Add the tomatillos and blanch them until they turn vibrant in color and the center of the largest one is easily pierced with a fork, about 5 minutes. Drain the tomatillos in a fine-mesh sieve then run them under cold water to cool. Transfer the blanched tomatillos to the food processor bowl with the poblano puree, add the cooled onion, pears, green chiles, cilantro, and white pepper and process until smooth.
• Bring the vegetable broth to a simmer in a saucepan. Add the poblano-tomatillo puree, cream and sour cream and reduce the heat to medium-low. Gently simmer the sauce, stirring often, until light and creamy, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Use an immersion blender to blend until smooth (or blend the sauce in batches using a standard blender). The sauce can be refrigerated for up to 4 days or frozen for up to 4 months.

CHICKEN WITH TOMATILLO AND CILANTRO SAUCE

Steps:

• Move broiler rack into position closest to flame. Set broiler to medium. Place tomatillos and chiles on a rimmed baking sheet; broil until soft and blackened in spots, about 5 minutes. Turn; broil other side 5 minutes. Remove from broiler and transfer to a food processor; blend. Increase broiler heat to high. Place chicken on same baking sheet and sprinkle with salt. Broil chicken until browned, about 9 minutes. Turn; broil other side 9 minutes. Heat oil in a large saucepan over low heat; cook onion and garlic, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden, about 5 minutes. Add pureed tomatillos and chiles; simmer uncovered, 2 minutes. Add cilantro and 1 teaspoon salt. Gently place chicken in sauce. Simmer, covered, until meat is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and cilantro. Serve with Roasted Kabocha Squash With Cumin Salt .

CREAMY CHICKEN AND TOMATILLO VERDE PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add gemelli and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes.
• At the same time, combine cheese sauce and tomatillo cooking sauce in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until well blended, then stir in chicken. Cook until heated through, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Drain pasta and return to the pot. Pour sauce mixture over pasta; stir and heat on medium heat until heated through, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Serve immediately and garnish with Parmesan cheese.

CHICKEN WITH CREAMY GREEN ONION SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter over med. high heat.
• Stir in flour and cook until bubbly.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except yogurt. Make sure you stir the green onions into the sauce at this point. The release of these flavors as it warms is what makes the sauce!
• Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens (3 to 5 minutes).
• Stir in yogurt and heat through.
• Serve over baked or sauteed chicken breast.