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Herbed Chicken & Roasted Asparagus

Herbed Chicken & Roasted Asparagus

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with Prosciutto-Topped Mashed Potatoes, Pan Sauce & Chives

Yield: 2

Adapted from: Hello Fresh

This French-inspired herb-crusted chicken in a pan roasted and finished in the oven alongside seasoned asparagus. Over the top is a buttery shallot pan sauce swirled with fig jam for a hit of savory-sweetness. A topping of crisped prosciutto is added to creamy mashed potatoes.
Prep: 10 Cook: 35

  • 12oz potatoes
  • 1shallot
  • ½TBS herbes de Provence
  • 1oz chicken demi-glace
  • 2oz prosciutto
  • 6oz asparagus
  • ¼oz chives
  • 10oz chicken cutlets
  • 1½TBS sour cream
  • 1oz fig jam
  • salt & pepper
  • cooking oil
  • butter


Boil potatoes:

Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425°F. Wash and dry produce.

Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Place in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 10-15 minutes. Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain.

Return potatoes to pot and cover to keep warm. (You’ll finish the potatoes in Step 5.)

Sear prosciutto:

While potatoes cook, heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add prosciutto in a single layer, cook until browned and crispy, 2- to 3-minutes per side.

Tip: If prosciutto starts to brown too quickly, reduce heat to medium.

Turn off heat, transfer prosciutto to a paper-towel-lined plate. Wipe out pan.

Prep:

Trim and discard woody bottom ends from asparagus. Halve, peel, and mince half the shallot. Finely chop chives.

Roast chicken & asparagus:

Pat chicken dry with paper towels, season all over with ½ TBS herbes de Provence, salt, and pepper.

Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for prosciutto over high heat. Add chicken and sear until golden-brown, 2 minutes per side. Turn off heat, transfer chicken to one side of a baking sheet. Wipe out pan and let cool slightly.

Toss asparagus on empty side of sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.

Roast on middle rack until chicken is cooked through and asparagus is tender and lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Transfer chicken to a cutting board.

Mash potatoes & make sauce:

To pot with potatoes, add sour cream and 2 TBS butter, mash until smooth, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.

Heat 1 TBS butter and a drizzle of oil in pan used for chicken over medium heat. Add minced shallot and cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, 1- to 2-minutes.

Reduce heat to low and whisk in ¼ cup water, jam, and demi-glace. Bring to a simmer, then cook, whisking constantly, until slightly thickened, 1- to 2-minutes more.

Finish & serve:

Slice chicken crosswise.

Divide chicken, asparagus, and mashed potatoes between plates. Spoon pan sauce over chicken and crumble prosciutto over potatoes. Garnish everything with chives and serve.

Pasta with Chicken, Lemon Asparagus

Pasta with Chicken, Lemon Asparagus

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Yield: 2 Servings

Adapted from: Dinner at the Zoo

This recipe for lemon asparagus pasta combines tender asparagus and grilled chicken with pasta in a lemon cream sauce.

  • 12oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
  • 9-12oz asparagus, ends removed, cut into pieces
  • 6oz of linguine pasta (spaghetti or fettuccine will also work)
  • ⅓cup heavy cream
  • 1TBS of butter
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • ½TBS lemon zest
  • ½TBS lemon juice
  • ¼cup finely shredded parmesan cheese

Optional garnishes:

  • Lemon slices and chopped parsley

Cook the pasta in salted water according to package instructions. Add the asparagus to the pot during the last 3 minutes of cooking time.

Reserve ½ cup of the pasta cooking water. Drain the remaining water.

While the pasta is cooking, slice the chicken into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper. Heat a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add some olive oil and the chicken slices. Sauté until cooked through.

In small pot, combine the heavy cream, butter and ¼ tsp salt and pinch of pepper over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until thick enough to coat a spoon, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon zest and juice.

Place the pasta and asparagus back into the pot you cooked it in along with the chicken.

Pour the cream sauce over the pasta mixture and toss to coat evenly, adding pasta water if needed to thin the sauce.

Stir in the parmesan cheese.

Taste and adjust seasoning.

Garnish with chopped parsley and lemon slices if desired.

Garlic Butter-Roasted Salmon

Garlic Butter-Roasted Salmon

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with Potatoes & Asparagus

Sheet Pan Dinners

Yield: 4

Adapted from: Eating Well

This one-pan salmon recipe makes a healthy and satisfying weeknight dinner. Melted garlic butter coats the salmon and vegetables, adding depth of flavor and richness to the dish.

  • 1lb baby Yukon Gold potatoes, halved
  • 2TBS extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • ¾tsp salt, divided
  • ½tsp ground pepper, divided
  • 12oz asparagus, trimmed
  • 2TBS melted butter
  • 1TBS lemon juice
  • 2cloves garlic, minced
  • 1¼lb salmon fillet, skinned and cut into 4 portions
  • Chopped parsley for garnish

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Toss potatoes, 1 TBS oil, ¼ tsp salt and ⅛ tsp pepper together in a medium bowl. Spread in an even layer on a half-sheet pan. Roast until starting to soften and brown, about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, toss asparagus with the 1 TBS oil, salt and pepper in the medium bowl.

Combine butter, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl.

Sprinkle salmon with salt.

Move the potatoes to one side of the pan.

Place the salmon in the center of the pan, drizzle with the butter mixture.

Spread the asparagus on the empty side of the pan.

Roast until the salmon is just cooked through and the vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes depending on thickness.

Garnish with parsley.

Pork Cutlets with Baby Potatoes & Asparagus

Pork Cutlets with Baby Potatoes & Asparagus

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Yield: 4 Servings

A sheet pan meal. This looks good.

  • ¼cup olive oil, divided
  • 3cups diced new potatoes
  • 3cups cut fresh asparagus (1-inch pieces)
  • ¼tsp salt
  • ¼tsp pepper
  • 1large gala or Honeycrisp apple, peeled and cut into 1-inch wedges
  • 2tsp brown sugar
  • 1tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼tsp ground ginger
  • 4boneless pork loin chops (1 inch thick and about 6 oz each)
  • 2tsp Southwest seasoning

Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a half-sheet pan with foil, brush with 2 tsp olive oil.

In a large bowl, toss potatoes with 1 TBS olive oil. Place in 1 section of prepared half-sheet pan. In same bowl, toss asparagus with 1 TBS olive oil, place in another section of pan. Sprinkle salt and pepper over potatoes and asparagus.

In same bowl, toss apple with 1 tsp olive oil. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger, sprinkle over apples and toss to coat. Transfer to a different section of pan.

Brush pork chops with remaining olive oil, sprinkle both sides with Southwest seasoning. Place chops in remaining section of pan. Bake until a thermometer inserted in pork reads 145° and potatoes and apples are tender, 20-25 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Chicken Madeira

Chicken Madeira

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Yield: 2

Jean-Pierre

Explore the rich and flavorful world of Chicken Madeira, inspired by a classic Cheesecake Factory dish. This version enhances the original with deeper flavors and a more refined technique, perfect for impressing at dinner. This recipe combines succulent chicken, earthy mushrooms, and asparagus in a luscious Madeira wine sauce, all served over creamy mashed potatoes.

For the chicken:

  • 1lb chicken breast, sliced horizontally into 2 thinner cutlets
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2TBS clarified butter, or garlic olive oil for frying
  • mozzarella cheese sliced, for topping
  • ½cup beef stock
  • 1bunch asparagus ends trimmed and peeled and poached until cooked through

For the sauce:

  • 1TBS clarified butter or extra virgin olive oil
  • 1large shallot, finely chopped
  • 8oz baby Bella mushrooms, sliced
  • 1TBS garlic, minced
  • 2tsp freshly chopped tarragon or thyme
  • 4oz madeira wine
  • 8oz beef stock
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1TBS corn starch diluted into 2 TBS water optional
  • 1TBS parsley, chopped, for finishing
  • 1TBS butter, to enrich the sauce


Prepare the chicken:

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Season the chicken cutlets with salt and pepper.

In a frying pan, heat clarified butter over medium heat. Add chicken, and fry until golden-brown on one side, flip on other side, top with mozzarella cheese.

Add the asparagus and ½ cup beef stock to the pan and finish in oven until cheese is melted and bubbly. It should not take more than 10 to 15 minutes.

Prepare the sauce:

In a reduction pan, heat the olive oil, and sauté shallots until light golden-brown. Add mushrooms, season with salt and pepper to help release the water. and cook them until their moisture evaporates.

Stir in garlic and tarragon and cook until fragrant.

Deglaze with ½ cup Madeira wine, and 1 cup beef stock and simmer to desired thickness.

If the sauce is too thin, you may use a little corn starch diluted in water to bring to the consistency you like.

Finish with parsley and swirl in butter off the heat for a glossy sauce.

Cook the asparagus:

Blanch asparagus in boiling water until tender, then shock in ice water to stop the cooking process. This method preserves the bright green color and ensures the asparagus is tender yet crisp.

Assemble the dish:

Place a generous serving of mashed potatoes on each plate. Arrange chicken cutlets on top or beside the potatoes. Ladle the Madeira mushroom sauce over the chicken. Serve asparagus alongside the chicken and potatoes.

Buttery Garlic Herb Chicken

Buttery Garlic Herb Chicken

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with Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus & Herbed Potatoes

Yield: 2

Adaped from: Hello Fresh

Garlic-herb buttery chicken with pan sauce accompanied by prosciutto-wrapped asparagus and herbed roast potatoes.
Prep: 5 Cook: 40

  • 12oz potatoes
  • 6oz asparagus
  • 10oz chicken cutlets
  • 5tsp truffle oil
  • 3cloves garlic
  • 2TBS garlic herb butter
  • 2oz prosciutto
  • 1oz chicken demi-glace
  • 4TBS crème fraiche or sour cream
  • salt & pepper
  • 1TBS cooking oil

Roast potatoes & garlic:

Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450°F. Bring garlic herb butter to room temperature. Wash and dry produce.

Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces, toss on one side of a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.

Peel garlic. Place whole cloves in the center of a small piece of foil. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper. Cinch into a packet and place on same sheet.

Roast on top rack until potatoes are browned and tender and garlic is softened, 20-25 minutes. (You’ll add more to the sheet after 15 minutes.)

Prep asparagus:

Trim and discard woody bottom ends from asparagus.

Gather asparagus into four even bundles on a clean work surface. Starting 1 inch from the bottom of the spears, roll up each bundle in a slice of prosciutto, so that the prosciutto covers as much length as possible.

Tip: Tug the prosciutto a little as you wrap to keep it tight around the asparagus.

Roast asparagus:

Once potatoes have roasted 15 minutes, remove from oven. Carefully place wrapped asparagus on empty side. Roast until asparagus are tender and prosciutto is crispy on the bottom, 10 minutes.

Remove from oven, flip wrapped asparagus. Return to oven until crispy all over, 2- to 4-minutes more.

Cook chicken:

Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels, season generously all over with salt and pepper.

Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 3- to 5-minutes per side.

In the last 2 minutes of cooking, reduce heat to low, add half the garlic herb butter to pan. Spoon over chicken until coated. Turn off heat, leaving butter in pan, transfer chicken to a cutting board. Tent with foil to keep warm.

Make sauce:

While chicken rests, carefully transfer garlic to a cutting board and mash cloves with a fork until smooth.

Heat pan used for chicken over medium high heat. Stir in demi-glace and ¼ cup water, simmer until slightly thickened, 2- to 3-minutes. Turn off heat.

Stir in crème fraîche and garlic.

Tip: If sauce seems too thick, add water 1 tsp at a time until it reaches a drizzling consistency.

Season with a pinch of salt and pepper if desired.

Finish & serve:

Once potatoes are finished roasting, drizzle with truffle oil to taste, carefully toss to coat.

Divide chicken, wrapped asparagus, and potatoes between plates. Drizzle chicken with as much sauce as you like. Serve with any remaining sauce on the side for dipping.

Stuffed Salmon with Creamy Spinach

Stuffed Salmon with Creamy Spinach

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with Roasted Potatoes, Garlicky Asparagus & Lemon-Shallot Sauce

Yield: 2

Seared salmon, stuffed with steakhouse-style creamed spinach and drizzled with a delicate lemon-shallot sauce. Roasted potatoes, and a side of garlicky asparagus completes the plate.

Comments: Overpriced. Make it yourself.
Prep: 5 Cook: 35

  • 12-16oz potatoes
  • 1lemon
  • 2TBS cream cheese
  • 1oz veggie stock concentrate
  • 1shallot
  • 8oz asparagus
  • 6oz spinach
  • 1½TBS sour cream
  • 1tsp garlic powder
  • 12-14oz salmon
  • salt & pepper
  • 6tsp cooking oil
  • 1TBS butter

Prep:

Adjust racks to top and middle positions and preheat oven to 450°F. Wash and dry produce.

Cut potatoes into ½-inch-thick wedges. Halve, peel, and thinly slice half the shallot, finely dice remaining half. Trim and discard woody bottom ends from asparagus. Zest and quarter lemon.

Roast potatoes:

Toss potatoes on a quartet-sheet pan with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack until browned and tender,20-25 minutes.

Make spinach filling:

While potatoes roast, heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced shallot and a pinch of salt, cook, stirring, until browned and slightly softened, 1- to 2-minutes.

Stir in spinach, cook, stirring, until wilted, 2- to 4-minutes. Turn off heat, transfer to a medium bowl. Wipe out pan.

Add sour cream, half the cream cheese, and half the garlic powder (you’ll use the rest later) to same bowl, stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper.

Stuff salmon:

Pat salmon dry with paper towels. Place, skin side down, on a clean work surface. Using a sharp knife, cut a slit lengthwise down the center of the flesh sides (be careful not to cut through the skin!). Rub all over with a drizzle of oil, season with salt and pepper. (Make sure to season inside the cuts too!)

Place salmon, skin side down, on one side of a second lightly oiled half-sheet pan. Stuff salmon with spinach filling (it’s OK if they seem overstuffed).

Cook salmon & asparagus:

Toss asparagus on opposite side of same sheet with a drizzle of oil, remaining garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

Roast on middle rack until salmon is cooked though and asparagus is tender, 12-15 minutes.

Tip: If asparagus is done before salmon, remove from sheet and continue roasting salmon.

Make sauce:

Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for spinach over medium heat. Add diced shallot and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until shallot is softened and translucent, 3- to 5-minutes.

Whisk in ¼ cup water, stock concentrate, and remaining cream cheese. Cook, stirring, until thickened, 1- to 2-minutes.

Turn off heat. Stir in a pinch of lemon zest, juice from one lemon wedge), and 1 TBS butter until melted and combined. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve:

Divide salmon, asparagus, and potatoes between plates. Spoon sauce over salmon. Serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.

Shrimp and Asparagus Stir-Fry

Shrimp and Asparagus Stir-Fry

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Yield: 2 Servings
Sue & Gambo

Yum. Tasty, tasty, tasty, but Gayle didn’t like it. She’s not a fan of sesame oil and thought the dish was spicy, but nothing but a couple twists of pepper in it… Maybe the ginger?

Premix sauce:

  • 2TBS of cooking sherry wine
  • ½TBS of sugar
  • ½cup of water

Shrimp:

  • ½lb large shrimp, peeled, deveined
  • salt & pepper
  • 1TBS soy sauce

Stir-fry:

  • cooking oil, divided
  • 1tsp ginger, sliced
  • 1tsp garlic, minced
  • 1oz red onion, sliced thin
  • 1bunch asparagus (about 1 lb), cut into 1½-inch pieces on the diagonal
  • 2oz red and orange peppers, sliced thin
  • 1TBS sesame seed oil
  • 1TBS of oyster sauce

Slurry:

  • 1TBS cornstarch mixed with 2 TBS water
  • 1pinch of black pepper

Mise, Mise, Mise, get your mise together! This means me! This happens so fast, that you must get everything prepped and measured before cooking starts.


Pre-mix sauce:

Stir wine, sugar, water, and 2 TBS soy sauce in a small bowl.

Slurry:

Whisk together 1 TBS of cornstarch and 2 TBS of water in another small bowl.

Blanch vegetables:

Bring a wok with a quart of water to a boil. Add some salt. Add asparagus and boil for 2 minutes. Remove to an ice water bath to cool. When cool, drain and set aside.

Stir fry shrimp:

In a hot wok add some cooking oil. Season shrimp with salt and black pepper, add to wok. Cook the shrimp until it’s browned up. Remove the shrimp and set aside.

Stir fry vegetables:

Add the garlic and ginger to the wok and stir fry 30 seconds.

Next add blanched asparagus and orange and red peppers to the wok, stir fry until lightly browned. 1 to 2 minutes.

Finish:

Add premix sauce to the wok and let it boil for a couple minutes.

Next add 1 TBS sesame oil and 1 TBS oyster sauce.

Add the slurry slowly to your stir fry until the sauce is to the preferred thickness.

Then add the shrimp back into the stir fry and stir everything together.

Asparagus – Steamed, Roasted & Grilled

Asparagus – Steamed, Roasted & Grilled

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Yield: 2 to 4 Servings
Scott Nowell

You can greatly improve your asparagus with proper preparation and avoid over cooking. Asparagus should be crisp tender and not mushy. Test with a fork.

  • 1bunch asparagus
  • Kosher salt
  • black pepper
  • olive oil


Preparation: The bottom of asparagus spears tend to be tough and woody. Cut the bottom two inches from the bunch of asparagus. If you are using normal asparagus, i.e., not pencil thin, you should peal the next two inches from the bottom.

Steamed: In a sauce pan wide enough to fit the trimmed asparagus, bring about ½ inch of water to boil. It is not necessary to salt the water but a good pinch won’t hurt. When the water is boiling, add the asparagus and cover the pan. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, depending on thickness.

Drain. Unless you are using a sauce, add a TBS of butter to the pan, cover and let melt for a minute. Serve in a hot dish.

Roasted: Preheat oven to 400°F. If you have something else in the oven, use that temperature and adjust the time for the asparagus.

Place the asparagus in a quarter sheet pan in a single layer. Add 1 TBS of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roll the asparagus to coat in the oil and seasonings. Roast for 10 minutes. Turn spears and roast an additional 5 to 10 minutes depending on size. Serve.

Grilled: Place the asparagus in a dish. Add 1 TBS of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roll the asparagus to coat in the oil and seasonings. Place on grill perpendicular to grate over medium heat for 10 minutes. Turn and grill for an additional 5 to 10 minutes depending on size. Serve.

Shrimp Wannahavit

Shrimp Wannahavit

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Yield: 4 Servings
Scott Nowell

Spur of the moment special. Basically, pasta with shrimp and asparagus with a cream sauce. Feel free to substitute any pasta, green vegetable or protein. Chicken or Kielbasa are nice substitutes.

Pasta:

  • 8oz Farfalle (bow tie pasta) or similar

Protein:

  • 2lb 16/20 (or 21/25) Shrimp, peeled, deveined and tails removed (substitute 1½ to 2 lbs sliced chicken breast, 1-2 Kielbasa sliced 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick, etc.)

Vegetable:

  • 1bunch asparagus (substitute green beans, broccoli, etc.)

Wannahavit:

  • 1cup sun-dried tomatoes, drained and chopped
  • 1medium shallot, minced
  • 2-4cloves garlic, minced, about 1 heaping TBS
  • 1cup heavy cream
  • ½-¾cup shredded parmigiana cheese
  • salt and pepper

Get your mese together! Mise en place that is. Cut, trim and measure everything before you start cooking.

Season shrimp (or chicken) with salt and pepper. Do not season Kielbasa.

Prep and blanch green vegetable: Cut the wooden bottom 2 to 3 inches from asparagus and discard. Peel the next two to three inches of the asparagus and then cut into thirds or quarters to make bite size pieces. For fresh green beans, trim ends and cut into 2-inch lengths.

In your favorite pasta pot, bring a gallon of water to boil over high heat. Add 1 TBS salt to the boiling water and stir.

Blanch the green vegetable for 2 to 3 minutes in boiling water to desired consistency, remove with a spider or sieve and plunge into ice water. Set aside.

Add the pasta to the boiling water. Stir and cook to package directions for al dente.

Reserve: 1 cup of pasta cooking water and then drain pasta.

Sauté shrimp and vegetable: Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 TBS butter and melt until foaming. When the foaming stops add 1 TBS olive oil and swirl to mix. Add shrimp and minced shallot, reduce heat to medium and cook about 2 minutes on one side until slightly browned. Flip shrimp over and cook for another 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Mix and remove shrimp mixture to bowl including any oil in the pan. If using chicken, make sure it is cooked through. Kielbasa should be nicely browned.

Return skillet to heat and add another TBS of olive oil. Add the blanched green vegetable and cook for 2 minutes, stirring a couple of times. Add the sun-dried tomatoes, mix and cover the skillet. Cook for 2 minutes. If the pasta isn’t ready yet, remove to bowl with shrimp.

Assembly: Turn heat down to medium and return pasta to its pan and add reserved shrimp, asparagus and sun-dried tomatoes. Add a TBS or olive oil or two if needed. Pour in 1 cup heavy cream, and the grated parmigiana cheese. Mix well until heated through. Taste and season with salt and pepper. It will probably need about a teaspoon of kosher salt and ½ teaspoon fresh ground pepper. If the sauce is to thin, add some of the reserved pasta cooking water and mix until you get the desired consistency.

Mix, serve.