Celebration Meal Plans: We're Talking Chicken
Chopped Italian Salad | Tomato Tart | Chicken Piccata | Baked Alaska
Chopped Italian Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | We're Talking Chicken (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 6 | oz | lettuce, mixed |
| 0.5 | cup | tomatoes, cherry |
| 1 | small | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | onions, chopped |
| 2 | oz | cheese, Romano |
| 1 | small | celery ribs |
| 3 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 0.125 | cup | olives, green |
| 2 | oz | salami |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 3 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Chop all ingredients into bite size pieces. Place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder and oregano and mix. Add grated romano and mix again. Serve
Tomato Tart
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Vegetables |
| Meal: | We're Talking Chicken (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 1 | package | puff pastry shells, frozen |
| 3 | medium | tomatoes, plum |
| 4 | Tb | pesto, basil |
| 0.125 | tsp | pepper, fresh ground |
| 0.125 | tsp | sugar, granulated |
| 3 | medium | basil leaves, whole |
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Thaw frozen pastry. Roll out on floured surface until 5” rounds. Score a circle 1/2“ from edge, don’t cut through pastry. Blanch tomatoes in hot water, remove skin, dry and slice thinly. Spread 2 tsp. pesto around inside of pastry; arrange tomatoes on pesto, sprinkle with pepper, and sugar. Refrigerate for 15 minutes prior to baking. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, bake on parchment lined cookie sheet for 20-25 minutes until pastry in golden brown. Garnish with basil leaves and serve.
Chicken Piccata
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Chicken Entrée |
| Meal: | We're Talking Chicken (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 4 | medium | chicken breasts, boneless, skinless |
| 4 | Tb | flour, all-purpose |
| 1 | pinch | salt, kosher |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | Tb | lemon zest, finely chopped |
| 2 | oz | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 2 | Tb | capers |
| 1 | qt | chicken stock |
| 0.33 | cup | wine, dry white, optional |
| 1 | Tb | cornstarch |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Pound chicken breasts in zip-lock baggie to 1/2” thickness, add flour and salt, shake to coat. Heat oil in pan, brown chicken; add zest, mushrooms, capers and lemon juice. Cook for 3 minutes, add chicken stock, reserving 2 oz. and white wine (optional). Cook for about 7 minutes, until chicken is done. Remove chicken, reduce sauce by half. Add remaining chicken stock to corn starch, add to pan, stir. Add the chicken back into the pan. Taste the sauce before you add salt as the reduction will add flavor. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve over rice or noodles.
Baked Alaska
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | We're Talking Chicken (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 0.5 | recipe | Valentine Chocolate Cake Recipe |
| 1 | qt | vanilla ice cream |
| 5 | large | egg, whites |
| 2 | Tb | sugar, granulated |
| 1 | recipe | Hot Fudge Sauce |
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Make Valentine cake (only ) in cookie sheet.
Cut cake into 3-inch rounds using cutter or thin wine glass. Place 1 dip of softened ice cream in center of cake round, spread evenly. Freeze to firm. Beat egg whites and sugar until stiff. Spread egg whites around cake and ice cream to totally cover. Place in broiler until golden, just a few minutes. Serve surrounded by hot fudge sauce.
Note: May be frozen as cake, cake with ice cream, or finished product. Broil to brown prior to serving.
Note: Be sure to add the Valentine chocolate cake and Hot fudge recipes to your shopping list.
