Jans Asparagus Casserole Recipes

FRESH ASPARAGUS AND CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.
• Cook noodles in a large pot of boiling water for 5 minutes, or until almost tender. Drain, and rinse under cold water.
• Heat the olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook onion for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add chicken, red bell pepper, celery, and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in sour cream and oregano.
• Spread half of the chicken mixture into the prepared dish. Arrange the asparagus over the chicken, spread cooked noodles evenly over the asparagus, and top with 5 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese. Cover with the remaining chicken mixture. Sprinkle with the reserved Parmesan cheese.
• Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly brown.

ASPARAGUS AND CASHEWS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and sesame oil in a wok over low to medium heat. Add ginger, and stir-fry until slightly brown. Add asparagus, and stir-fry for a few minutes before adding soy sauce and cashews. Cook until asparagus is tender but still crisp and bright green, stirring frequently.

ASPARAGUS, HAM AND EGG BAKE

Steps:

• Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In large bowl, toss ham, asparagus, potatoes, onion and cheeses. Spoon into baking dish.
• In same bowl, beat eggs, milk, sour cream, lemon-pepper seasoning salt and mustard with fork or wire whisk until well mixed. Pour egg mixture over potato mixture. (Baking dish will be very full.) Cover; refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
• Heat oven to 325°F. Uncover baking dish; bake 35 minutes. Meanwhile, in small bowl, toss cornflake crumbs and butter.
• Sprinkle cornflake mixture over partially baked casserole. Bake uncovered 30 to 35 minutes longer or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and thermometer inserted in center reads 160°F. Remove from oven; let stand 15 minutes before serving.

CROCK POT ASPARAGUS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place drained asparagus in lightly buttered crock pot.
• Combine soup and cheese.
• Top asparagus with soup mixture, then the cracker crumbs.
• Dot with butter.
• Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours.

JAN'S CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP FOR THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• Break off and discard the tough, thick end of each asparagus spear.
• Chop the spears into 1/4-inch slices and add to the crock pot along with all remaining ingredients down to and including the white pepper.
• Add water to within 1 inch of the top of the crock pot.
• Cover the crock pot and cook on high for 6-7 hours.
• About two hours before serving, use a slotted spoon to remove most of the vegetables to a blender.
• Use a ladle to add some of the liquid from the crock pot to the blender.
• Puree the mixture and add back in to the crock pot.
• Repeat once or twice more as necessary (you can leave some of the pieces in the crock pot for effect.) Add approximately 1 cup of the half-and-half to the crock pot.
• Add the corn starch to the remaining half-and-half in the carton.
• Close the carton well and shake vigorously.
• Add the mixture to the crock pot.
• Continue to cook on high for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Serve in bowls with a dollop of sour cream and chopped chives sprinkled on the sour cream.

JAN'S SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Chop water chestnuts.
• Cook spinach, under done and mix with other ingredients.
• Cover with cheese and bread crumbs.
• Dot with butter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

CHEESY ASPARAGUS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a mixing bowl, blend cream cheese and cheddar cheese soup until there are no lumps. Fold in the shrimp.
• Arrange the asparagus in a 9x13 inch casserole dish. They should be arranged so that the head to tail end of the asparagus are alternated. Pour the cheese and shrimp mixture over the asparagus. Use a spatula to spread the soup around evenly. Be careful not to tear asparagus. Make sure there is at least 1/2 an inch of space between the top of the ingredients and the top of casserole dish because the casserole will boil while cooking.
• Bake covered in a preheated 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) oven for 35 minutes. After 35 minutes, uncover and crush fried onions on top of casserole and cook for the remaining 10 minutes uncovered.

JAN'S CORN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, stir together the 2 cans of corn, corn muffin mix, sour cream, and melted butter.
• Pour into a greased 9 by 13-inch casserole dish.
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven and top with Cheddar.
• Return to oven for 5 to 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
• Let stand for at least 5 minutes and then serve warm.

ASPARAGUS WITH HOLLANDAISE

Steps:

• Cook asparagus in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, about 3-6 minutes.
• Transfer with tongs to a colander.
• While asparagus is cooking, bring a 3 quart saucepan one-third full of water to a boil.
• Whisk together yolks, water, and lemon juice in a small (1-quart) saucepan.
• Place saucepan in a larger pot of boiling water, and whisk egg yolks until they begin to thicken.
• Immediately remove yolks from heat and whisk in half of butter.
• Return saucepan to boiling water and whisk (the sauce will become creamy).
• Remove from heat and whisk in remaining butter.
• Return pan to boiling water, whisking until sauce is thickened slightly.
• Remove from heat and whisk 15 seconds more.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve sauce over asparagus.
• Cook's note: Yolks in this recipe may not be cooked fully.

JAN'S ASPARAGUS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a casserole dish.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Stir mushroom soup, water chestnuts, and dry mustard into butter mixture; cook, stirring often, until mixture is hot, about 3 minutes.
• Layer half the egg slices, half the asparagus, and half the soup mixture in the prepared dish; repeat layers. Sprinkle top of casserole evenly with onion rings; sprinkle cheese over onion rings.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, about 30 minutes.

JAN'S ASPARAGUS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a casserole dish.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; whisk in flour until smooth. Stir mushroom soup, water chestnuts, and dry mustard into butter mixture; cook, stirring often, until mixture is hot, about 3 minutes.
• Layer half the egg slices, half the asparagus, and half the soup mixture in the prepared dish; repeat layers. Sprinkle top of casserole evenly with onion rings; sprinkle cheese over onion rings.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, about 30 minutes.