Category Archives: Main Dish

Chicken, Italian, Main Dish, Pasta

Chicken & Mushroom Fettuccine Ala Vodka

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8 oz Fettuccine  – cooked and drained
2 tbs each butter and olive oil
2 chicken breasts – sliced thin
1/2 pound mushrooms – washed and sliced
4 oz white wine
4 green onions – sliced
2 cloves crushed garlic
garlic powder
salt and pepper
1 jar Vodka Pasta Sauce
2 tbs crumbled feta cheese
Parmesan cheese for garnish
In a deep saute’ pan, heat up butter and oil over medium-high heat.  Add chicken and cook until no longer pink on the outside.  Add the mushrooms, wine, green onions, crushed garlic, garlic powder and salt and pepper to taste.  Stir and continue cooking until chicken is done on the inside and mushrooms are soft.  Add the jar of pasta sauce and feta cheese.  Stir until well blended.  Taste and season with more salt, pepper or garlic powder if needed.  Heat thoroughly.  Serve over cooked fettuccine. Add bread sticks and a salad for a lovely dinner.
4  Servings
Main Dish, Mexican, Seafood

Chi Chi’s Seafood Enchilada

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6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
2 tablespoons lobster base
3 1/2 cups 2% low-fat milk
1 cup white wine or cooking sherry
8 ounces Monterey jack cheese, shredded
1 (4 ounce) can baby shrimp
2 (8 ounce) packages imitation crabmeat, flake style
10 (6 inch) flour tortilla, old mission restaurant style
paprika
FOR THE SAUCE:
Melt butter in a 2 quart saucepan over medium heat.  Add flour. cook and stir for 5 minutes, add 1/2 tsp white pepper.  Stir in 2 tablespoons lobster base and cook for an additional minute.  Add milk & wine.  Add 2 oz. of the cheese, continue to cook until thickened.      
FOR THE CRAB MIX:
Lightly chop the flaked imitation crab.  Combine with shrimp in a medium size bowl.  Add 1.5 cups of cold sauce.  Mix well.      
FOR THE ENCHILADAS:
Lay out the tortillas on a flat surface.  Place 2 to 3 heaping tablespoons of the crab mix across the center of each tortilla. Place flap of the tortilla over the crab mix and roll.  Place flap side down onto a plate or in your baking dish.  Ladle warm sauce over the enchiladas.  Top with remaining Monterey jack cheese.
Put into a preheated 425 degree convection oven for 12-14 minutes. In a conventional oven you may want to microwave on high for a minute or 2 before placing in the oven.  Watch and do not allow to burn (brown spots).  Sprinkle with paprika.
 5  Servings
Chicken, Main Dish

Cheesecake Factory™ Chicken Madeira

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1 tablespoon olive oil
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast fillets
8 asparagus spears
4 mozzarella cheese slices
Madeira Sauce:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
3 cups Madeira wine
2 cups beef stock
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Place chicken breasts between plastic wrap and pound to ¼-inch thickness; season with salt and pepper.  Heat oil in sauté pan; add chicken and sauté 4 to 6 minutes per side, until lightly browned; remove from pan and wrap in foil to keep warm.
Prepare Madeira sauce: Using the same pan, over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons oil and heat; add mushrooms and sauté for 2 minutes. Add Madeira wine, stock, butter and pepper; bring to boil, reduce heat; simmer about 20 minutes or until sauce has reduced to ¼ of its original volume and is a dark brown color.
Meanwhile, bring a half saucepan of water to a boil; add salt; return to boil; add asparagus and boil 3 to 5 minutes. Immediately transfer to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process. The asparagus should be cooked crisp-tender.
Transfer cooked chicken to baking pan; top with mozzarella cheese and broil 3 to 4 minutes or until light brown spots begin to appear on the cheese.
To serve, arrange 2 breasts on each plate, top each with 4 asparagus spears and spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of Madeira sauce over each.
4  Servings
Chicken, Main Dish, Pasta

Cavatelli with Chicken & Broccoli

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1 bag (16 oz) frozen cavatelli (short shells) or 12 oz dried (short ripple-edged shells)
8 oz boneless chicken cutlets, halved lengthwise, then cut crosswise in 1/2-in. strips
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour

Sauce:
4 Tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
8 oz fresh broccoli florets (1/2 a 1-lb bag)
1 cup chicken broth
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper (optional)
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook as package directs.
Meanwhile put chicken and flour in large plastic food bag. Seal bag; shake to coat chicken evenly. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a large nonstick skillet. Add chicken; sauté 2 to 3 minutes until browned and cooked through. Remove to a plate. Reduce heat to low. Heat remaining 3 Tbsp oil in skillet. Add garlic; cook 30 seconds until fragrant. Stir in broccoli, broth and crushed pepper (if using). Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 5 minutes or until broccoli is tender. 
Drain pasta; return to pot. Add Sauce, chicken and cheese; toss to mix and coat.
Beef, Main Dish

Carne Guisada

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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 pounds round steak, cut into small cubes
1 cup onion, chopped
1 can  (10 3/4 ounces)  tomato puree1
teaspoon Ground Cumin 
1 teaspoon Garlic Powder 
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1 package McCormick® Original Country Gravy Mix 
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.  Brown round steak with onion.  Stir in tomato puree, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper.  Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 30 minutes. 
Meanwhile, prepare gravy according to package directions.  Set aside.
When meat mixture is done simmering, stir in cilantro.  Slowly stir 1 cup meat sauce into prepared gravy.  Pour gravy mixture into meat mixture; stir until well blended. 
12  Servings