BUTTERMILK ALFREDO CHICKEN SPINACH PASTA
You will never run out of supper ideas when you have a package of pasta in the pantry. As delicious and comforting as they are, you can go beyond the traditional spaghetti and baked pasta dishes. Make a cold pasta salad with blanched fresh vegetables and a light vinaigrette, or sauté zucchini, squash, tomatoes, and onions and mix into a pot of hot pasta. Everyone loves a rich cheesy sauce with pasta and, since we replaced the heavy cream with whole buttermilk in this recipe, this appealing, velvety and satisfying cheese sauce has exceptional taste but less fat than other cheese sauces. Use whatever shape of pasta you happen to have on hand. While the pasta is cooking, shred the rotisserie chicken. The cheese sauce comes together quickly, but it will require your full attention. Whisk the flour into the butter quickly so it doesn't burn and remember to take the pan off the heat before you whisk in the buttermilk so the sauce will remain creamy and won't break. Baby spinach leaves are colorful and tasty in this dish, and you can also use blanched green peas, snap peas, broccoli, or your favorite vegetable. Serve right out of the skillet with warm, buttery bread.
Provided by Southern Living Test Kitchen
Categories Pasta
Time 20m
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water to cover according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium. Whisk in flour until smooth. Cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Slowly whisk in milk. Cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Whisk buttermilk, salt, pepper, and 1 cup of the cheese into flour mixture, whisking until cheese is melted. Stir in spinach, 1 cup at a time, stirring until wilted before the next addition. Add chicken and pasta; stir until coated and warmed through. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese.
BUTTERMILK FRIED CHICKEN
Steps:
- For the marinade, in a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, shallot, garlic, jalapeño, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper.
- With a rolling pin or a meat mallet, pound the chicken breasts between 2 sheets of parchment paper until they are evenly 1/2 inch thick. Slice each chicken breast in half crosswise so you have 2 pieces approximately the same size.
- Add the chicken to the marinade, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 8 hours but not more than 24 hours.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, celery salt, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper and set aside.
- When ready to cook the chicken, preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Place a sheet pan with a baking rack on it in the oven.
- Pour the oil into a medium (9-inch round x 4 1/2-inch high) Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset, fitted with a candy thermometer, until the oil is 2 inches deep. Heat the oil over high heat until the temperature reaches 350 degrees.
- Meanwhile, lift the chicken from the marinade, dredge it well in the flour mixture, submerge it again in the marinade, then dredge again in the flour mixture, dusting off the excess. Transfer the chicken to a plate or sheet pan until ready to fry.
- When the oil is 350 degrees, lower three pieces only(!) carefully into the oil with a slotted spoon and adjust the heat to keep the oil at 350 degrees. Don't crowd the chicken! Cook for 5 minutes exactly, turning once to brown evenly. With the slotted spoon, transfer the chicken to the sheet pan in the oven to keep warm. Fry the remaining three pieces, sprinkle all the chicken with salt, and serve hot.
CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BUTTERMILK
An added twist to the mushroom chicken recipe. The buttermilk adds a richer flavor to chicken breasts and makes a yummy gravy. Serve over rice or noodles.
Provided by JOGGINGMAMA
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Pour melted butter into a 9x13-inch baking pan.
- Place 1/2 cup buttermilk in a shallow bowl. Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a second shallow bowl. Dip each chicken breast in buttermilk, roll in the flour mixture, then place breast-side down in the prepared pan.
- Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Turn chicken and bake for 15 more minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix remaining buttermilk with condensed soup.
- Pour buttermilk-soup mixture over chicken and bake until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 15 minutes longer. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Serve with the pan gravy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 488.5 calories, Carbohydrate 18.3 g, Cholesterol 149.3 mg, Fat 23 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 49.4 g, SaturatedFat 9.2 g, Sodium 740.5 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
BUTTERMILK ROAST CHICKEN
Roast a chicken and you know you have a comfortable meal. Alter that a little by butterflying the chicken, a surprisingly simple task that can be carried out with a pair of kitchen scissors, and you have a quick dinner that carries with it the casual air of barbecue, without the bother. Here, buttermilk, which is usually associated with fried chicken, helps to tenderize the chicken and conveys the aromatics: you really get the full value of the rosemary, pepper and garlic. If you want to substitute maple syrup for the honey, you can. Best of all, you can leave the marinating bird in the fridge for up to two days; thus, it gets more tender and you know you have a dinner that needs no more than to be popped into the oven.
Provided by Nigella Lawson
Categories project, main course
Time 9h30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Butterfly chicken by placing breast side down and using heavy-duty kitchen shears to cut along both sides of backbone. Discard backbone, turn chicken over and open it like a book. Press gently to flatten it.
- Place chicken in a large freezer bag. Add buttermilk, 1/4 cup oil, garlic, peppercorns, salt, rosemary and honey. Seal bag securely and refrigerate overnight or up to two days.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees. Remove chicken from marinade and place on a rack so excess can drip off. Line a roasting pan with foil and place chicken in pan. Drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Roast for 45 minutes, then reduce heat to 325 degrees. Continue roasting until well browned and until juices run clear when chicken is pierced where leg joins thigh, about another 20 minutes.
- Place chicken on a carving board and allow to rest for 10 minutes before cutting into serving pieces. Place a portion on each of four plates, and drizzle each serving with pan juices.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 921, UnsaturatedFat 48 grams, Carbohydrate 12 grams, Fat 69 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 62 grams, SaturatedFat 15 grams, Sodium 1410 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams, TransFat 0 grams
CHICKEN WITH FETTUCCINE
I always have a package of frozen chicken breasts on hand for making this entree. But leftover chicken or turkey works fine.-Marilyn Janssen, Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Flatten chicken to 1/2-in. thickness. In a skillet, brown chicken on both sides in butter and oil; remove and set aside. In the same skillet, saute onion until tender. Add basil, garlic, salt and pepper; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes. stir in broth, cream, parsley an tomatoes. Return chicken to pan. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. , Meanwhile, cook fettuccine according to package directions; drain. Arrange chicken over fettuccine; serve with sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 537 calories, Fat 17g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 105mg cholesterol, Sodium 436mg sodium, Carbohydrate 60g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 39g protein.
CRISPY JUICY OVEN-FRIED CHICKEN BREASTS
This is a very crispy, moist, and tender chicken dish without the messy frying. The oven does a great job making that crispy coating we all love.
Provided by Judy in Delaware
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place chicken breasts and buttermilk into a large resealable plastic bag, knead several times to coat chicken with buttermilk, and squeeze air from the bag. Seal and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Placed crushed herb-seasoned stuffing mix into a shallow bowl. Mix flour, salt, and black pepper in a separate flat dish. Beat egg with water in a bowl. Pour peanut oil into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan.
- Remove chicken from buttermilk, shake off excess buttermilk, and discard used buttermilk marinade. Dredge chicken breasts in seasoned flour. Dip each floured breast in egg, then press gently into stuffing mix to coat. Place coated chicken breasts into the pan with peanut oil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Turn each chicken breast over and continue baking until chicken pieces are no longer pink inside and the coating is crisp, about 25 more minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 473.6 calories, Carbohydrate 52 g, Cholesterol 112.2 mg, Fat 12.8 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 35.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 1178.1 mg, Sugar 7.4 g
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