Chicken With Vegetables And Tarragon Recipes

LEMON-TARRAGON ROAST CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rub chicken inside and out with one garlic half. Place both garlic halves and the tarragon sprigs in cavity. Stir together butter, shallot, chopped tarragon. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Loosen skin of chicken near cavity with hands; spread butter mixture under skin all over flesh.
• Squeeze juice from lemon halves over chicken; place in cavity. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• Halve the large onions horizontally at an angle. Arrange in the middle of a 9-by-13-inch roasting pan to form a square. Position halves so that the slanted ends of each pair face each other, inward, and almost touch. Place chicken, breast side up, on onion "rack."
• Quarter the small onions; arrange with carrots, celery, and potatoes around bird. Tuck lemon slices between wings and breast, and legs and breast. Pour wine and stock over vegetables.
• Roast chicken and vegetables, basting 2 or 3 times with pan juices, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of chicken thigh registers 165 degrees and juices run clear, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove pan from oven, and let chicken stand 10 minutes. Carve chicken. Arrange chicken and roasted vegetables (including rack onions) on a platter. Spoon pan juices over meat.

CHICKEN TARRAGON

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with paprika. In a large skillet, brown chicken in 2 teaspoons butter. Place the vegetables in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Top with chicken. , Melt the remaining butter; stir in the tarragon, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour over chicken and vegetables. Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until chicken juices run clear and vegetables are tender.

TARRAGON CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Pat chicken dry and sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the pan and cook until lightly browned on both sides, 6 to 8 minutes total. Chicken doesn't need to be cooked through. Transfer to a clean plate.
• If necessary, add another tablespoon of oil to pan. Add mushrooms, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Stir in onion and carrots; cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are starting to soften, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in garlic and tarragon; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Sprinkle the mixture with flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add broth slowly, increase heat to high and bring to a simmer. Adjust heat to maintain a low simmer. Return the chicken and any accumulated juices, cover and cook about 10 minutes.
• Uncover and cook 5 minutes more.
• Add peas and lemon juice to the pan and cook, uncovered, until the peas are heated through, about 2 minutes.
• Serve with prepared couscous.

GRILLED CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE SANDWICHES WITH TARRAGON MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Blend first 3 ingredients in bowl; season mayonnaise with salt and pepper.
• Using meat mallet, flatten chicken breast halves in plastic bag to 1/2-inch thickness; cut chicken crosswise in half. Place on sheet of foil. Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with half of garlic, then salt and pepper.
• Place zucchini and onion slices on sheet of foil and brush with remaining 2 tablespoons oil; sprinkle with remaining garlic, then salt and pepper.
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Grill chicken pieces until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side; transfer to work surface. Grill vegetables until softened slightly and charred, about 7 minutes per side for onion and 5 minutes per side for zucchini. Transfer to work surface.
• Grill rolls until toasted, about 2 minutes per side. Spread tarragon mayonnaise on roll bottoms; top with 1 chicken piece, 1/4 of grilled vegetables, and 2 tomato slices. Cover with roll tops.

TARRAGON CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• For marinade, combine vinegar, oil, soy sauce, garlic, and tarragon. Reserve 1/4 cup of marinade. Place chicken in resealable plastic bag, set in bowl. Pour remaining marindae over chicken. seal bag; turn to coat chicken. Refrigerate 1 to 12 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Drain chicken; discard marinade. Place chicken in shallow baking pan. Toss vegetables with reserved 1/4 cup marinade. Place in 1-1/2-quart casserole dish; cover.
• Bake chicken and vegetables 25 minutes. Remove cover from vegetables. Bake 20 to 30 minutes more or until chicken is tender and no longer pink and vegetables are tender.

TARRAGON CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• For marinade, combine vinegar, oil, soy sauce, garlic and tarragon.
• Reserve 1/4 cup of marinade.
• Place chicken in resealable plastic bag, turn to coat chicken.
• Marinate in refrigerator 1 to 12 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Drain chicken, discard marinade.
• Place chicken in shallow baking pan.
• Toss vegetables with reserved 1/4 cup marinade.
• Place in 1 1/2 quart casserole dish, cover.
• Bake chicken and vegetables 25 minutes.
• Remove cover from vegetables.
• Bake 20 minutes more or until chicken is tender and no longer pick and vegetables are tender.