Heavenly Chicken Oamc Recipes

HEAVENLY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
• Pound the chicken breasts to an even thickness.
• Add the sour cream, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika to a shallow dish and stir well to combine.
• Add the Ritz crackers to a second shallow dish.
• Dredge each piece of chicken first in the sour cream and then the cracker crumbs, pressing the crumbs into the chicken to coat.
• Place chicken in prepared baking dish and drizzle with the melted butter.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until chicken reaches 165 degrees.
• Let chicken rest for 3-4 minutes before slicing and serving.

HEAVENLY CHICKEN OAMC

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, cook spinach according to package directions; drain well.
• In a medium sauce pan, make a white sauce; saute scallions in the margarine over low heat until tender. Stir in flour, adding milk all at once. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until bubbly. Boil and stir 1 minute more until smooth and thickened.
• Combine cracker crumbs and cheese. Dip chicken breast halves in crumb mixture to coat lightly. Arrange breast halves in a 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Seal leftover crumb mixture in a 1 qt bag (I save some to the side instead).
• Stir spinach and ham into white sauce, spoon sauce over chicken breasts. Allow to cool and cover baking dish with foil, attaching bag of crumb mixture to side of dish. Freeze until needed.
• To prepare for serving, thaw dish and bake covered in a preheated 350 oven for 60-75 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle top with crumb mixture. Bake for 10 minutes more.

CHICKEN WITH PEANUT SAUCE (SWIMMING RAMA) - OAMC

Steps:

• Rinse chicken breasts and cut into 1" pieces.
• Place coconut milk, fish sauce, curry paste and honey in a large pot and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Once sauce is simmering, add chicken pieces and cook for about 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the ground peanuts.
• Allow to cool.
• If freezing:.
• Divide evenly among 3 gallon sized freezer bags.
• Seal, pushing out as much air as possible.
• Label and freeze.
• To serve:.
• Thaw in refrigerator.
• Place chicken mixture into a large skillet and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Do not boil - the sauce will curdle!
• To serve:.
• Serve over fresh baby spinach leaves or over steamed rice.

HEAVENLY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a saucepan, sauté the scallions in butter until tender. Whisk in flour; whisk in milk all at once. Bring to a boil and cook and stir until the sauce is thickened and bubbly.
• Meanwhile, combine the cracker crumbs (breadcrumbs work too in a pinch) and cheese. Dip chicken breast halves in the crumb mixture to coat lightly; retain remaining crumb mixture. (Note: If freezing the meal for later, seal the remaining crumb mixture in a freezer bag).
• Arrange the breast halves in a greased 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• Stir the spinach and ham into the white sauce. Spoon the spinach mixture over the chicken. (Can freeze at this point for later; tape the crumb mixture bag to the side. Defrost before baking.).
• Bake, covered, at 350°F for 60 to 75 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle with crumbs. Bake 10 minutes more.

BACON WRAPPED CHICKEN (OAMC)

Steps:

• Flatten chicken to 1/2" thickness.
• Spread 3 tablespoons cream cheese over each chicken piece.
• Dot with butter and sprinkle with salt; roll up.
• Wrap each with a bacon strip.
• Place, seam side down, in a greased pan.
• Bake, uncovered, at 400F for 35-40 minutes or until juices run clear.
• Broil 6 inches from the heat for 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
• If you are making these ahead for future use, freeze these uncooked on a cookie sheet in your freezer. When solid, wrap and put in a ziplock bag or vacuum seal desired quantities.
• To cook from frozen state, thaw before cooking and follow directions above.

MANDARIN ORANGE CHICKEN - OAMC

Steps:

• Saute mushrooms in oil over high head, stirring constantly.
• Sprinkle flour over mushrooms, stirring quickly to combine.
• Gradually stir in water, orange juice concentrate, green onions, and bouillon cubes.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat, add chicken, and simmer 3 to 4 minutes. Cool and freeze in a 4-cup container.
• To prepare, thaw chicken mixture and cook rice according to package directions.
• Heat chicken mixture in a saucepan until bubbly; stir in drained mandarin oranges and heat through.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.
• Suggested sides: apple spinach salad.

SWEET SALSA DUMP CHICKEN - OAMC

Steps:

• For immediate cooking: Pre-heat oven to 350°F Place all ingredients into a large baking dish, turn chicken to coat.
• Bake until chicken juices run clear (45-60 minutes for chicken pieces, or 20-30 minutes for chicken breasts).
• For freezing: Place all ingredients into a 1 Gallon freezer bag.
• Lay flat in freezer.
• To thaw and cook: Take the bag out of the freezer the night before, make sure the baggie is completely closed.
• Place the Bag on a refrigerator shelf to thaw.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F Empty the contents of the bag into a large baking dish and bake until the juices run clear (45-60 minutes for chicken pieces, or 20-30 minutes for chicken breasts).

JUST-LIKE-THANKSGIVING-CHICKEN (OAMC DUMP)

Steps:

• TO MAKE IN A PAN:
• Place the chicken breasts (still frozen) on the bottom of the pan.
• Layer the apples, sweet potatoes, and onion on top.
• Sprinkle on the nuts and craisins.
• Place one pat of butter on each breast.
• Mix the maple syrup and poultry seasoning together and drizzle on top.
• TO MAKE IN A BAG:
• Put everything except the maple syrup, poultry seasoning, and butter into a ziplock bag.
• Melt the butter and combine with poultry seasoning and maple syrup.
• Put these in a little bowl and freeze separately (in the bag).
• When ready to cook, dump the bag out and then pour the (thawed) syrup butter mix on top.
• To cook: Thaw. Cook covered in a 350 oven for 30-45 minutes. I confess I normally skip the thaw step and put it in the oven.