Best Creamy Chicken Butternut Squash Hot Dish Recipes

CREAMY CHICKEN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and leek and fry until soft. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the squash, season and fry for 10 minutes until tender. Set aside with the onion and leek.
• Melt the butter in the pan, stir in the flour to make a roux (paste) and cook for 2-3
• Spoon evenly into a 2-litre ovenproof dish. Scatter with the ciabatta pieces, Gruyère and extra thyme. Season, then drizzle with the rest of the oil. Bake for 20 minutes until golden and bubbling hot.

CHICKEN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH RECIPE WITH PARMESAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375°F. In a small bowl, combine all of your dry seasonings, salt and pepper. Sprinkle seasoning all over the chicken on both sides. Save and set aside the remaining for the squash.
• In a hot skillet, add the butter, and then the chicken thighs skin side down. Allow to cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Flip, and then sear for another 4 minutes. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
• Add your olive oil, butternut squash, and remaining seasonings to the skillet and mix. Cook until squash is lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add in your fresh spinach and wilt. Once wilted, add in cloves until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in, your chicken broth, heavy whipping cream, and parmesan cheese. Stir until cheese is melted.
• Add the chicken thighs back into the skillet, skin side up. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 375°F, until the cheese is bubbling. Garnish with fresh parmesan and thyme sprigs.
• Eat within 5 days and store in an airtight container in the fridge.

CHICKEN WITH CREAMY BUTTERNUT SQUASH ORZO

Steps:

• Peel and seed squash, then cut into 1/2 inch pieces. Mince garlic.
• Using meat pounder, pound thick part of chicken breast to 3/4 to 1 inch thickness. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Place chicken, skin side down, in cold 12 inch skillet, Cover and place over medium heat. Cook, without moving , unitl skin is golden brown, about 15 minutes. Continue to cook, covered, until skin is deep golden brown, rotating skillet halfway through cooking. Transfer to platter, tent with foil.
• While chicken cooks, melt butter in large sauce pan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about thirty seconds. Stir in orzo and cook for one minute. Add squash and broth, bring to boil, and cook, stirring often, until orzo and squash are both tender, about 15 minutes.
• While orzo is cooking grate parmesan (1 cup) mince three tablespoons chives and squeeze 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
• Off heat stir in babay spinach, nutmeg, parmesan, 2 tablespponsschives and lemon juice. Let sit unccovered for 5 minutes to thicken. Sprinkle renaining chives over chicken.

CREAMY CHICKEN & BUTTERNUT SQUASH HOT DISH

Steps:

• In a medium pot, cover the chicken thighs and drumsticks with the stock and bring to a boil over medium-high. Reduce to medium and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Using tongs or a slotted spoon, remove chicken to a plate and let cool slightly. Reserve the poaching liquid. Discard skin and bones and shred chicken meat.
• Preheat the oven to 425. In a large pot, melt butter over medium-high. Add leeks, butternut squash, celery, and fennel, and cook over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Stir picked chicken, Cream of Chicken soup, 1 cup of the reserved poaching liquid (save remaining stock for another use), peas, and parsley into the cooked vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. Scrape chicken mixtures into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Spread the tots over chicken mixture. Bake until bubbling and tots are golden, about 45 minutes. Serve with hot sauce.