Tuesday, February 15, 2011

One Thing Leads to Another

I adore my dear friend, Robin.  She is the type of friend that would give you the shirt off her back, even if she wasn't wearing a cute bra.  Robin, if you read this, I am not insinuating you have scrubby undergarments, I am just trying to make my point.  Anyway...Rob had a rotisserie chicken that was on its way to walking off, so she asked for suggestions on what to do with it.  I am in "Chicken Mode" as of late since my husband declared it "Chicken Time".  This means he wants to eat chicken daily, and in all capacities.  So my suggestion to Rob was basically what I planned on making for dinner tonight.  She called me a genius, but I was just actually really hungry for all of the ingredients in this dish.  I'll call it "Poor Man's Rich Chicken", simply because it has a restaurant type feel, but it's served over Ramen noodles.  Of course, the best part is you can use a gourmet pasta if you don't have Ramen, and then it would be called "Rich Man's Rich Chicken", or something like that.  I am not sure how other food blogs work, but for me, this is my best plan of attack, so feel free to offer up suggestions.  I like recipe formats instead of "reading" a recipe in paragraph form.  I don't want to hunt for ingredients, I just want to know what is in it, if I have to swap, or if I have to go shopping.  I'm not very good on exact measurements, so go easy on me, I will get better.  I know your handful isn't the same as my man-hand handful, but you'll get the idea.  My first recipe to you:

Poor Man's Rich Chicken

2 pkgs. Ramen Noodles cooked according to pkg instructions, omitting scary flavor packet
2 Tbs. butter
2 Tbs. olive oil
1/2 red onion chopped
2 cloves garlic, mashed with 1 tsp salt
1 large boneless skinless chicken breast -chopped into bite size pieces
1 generous handful fresh baby spinach
1/3 cup oil packed sun dried tomatoes - rough chop
2/3 cup homemade chicken broth or *gasp* store bought
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 green onions - chopped

Saute onion and garlic in butter and olive oil over medium heat 5 minutes.  Add chicken pieces and cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Add spinach and sun dried tomatoes.  Cook until spinach has wilted, and liquid is reduced or cooked off, 5 minutes.  Add chicken broth, reduce heat and cook 10 minutes.  Add heavy cream and cook 5 more minutes.  Serve over Ramen noodles.  Top with green onions.

Enjoy!
J~

5 comments:

  1. Whoops! Serves 1 with a lunch leftover that might be vegetarian if your dinner guest is a mighty carnivore like my husband.

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  2. You crack me up. Man-hands and scrubby underwear HAHA

    sounds delish as usual :)

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  3. Also, grate some fresh parmesan over top....

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  4. Julie~ you have a new calling in life- BLOGGER- you are hghly entertaining and informative! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

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  5. This is something I could easily make! And I agree you are a great blogger!

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