Artichoke Chicken Sandra Lee Semi Homemade Recipes

ARTICHOKE CHICKEN ( SANDRA LEE, SEMI-HOMEMADE )

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, combine flour, salt, and pepper. Dip chicken in flour mixture; shake gently to remove any excess flour.
• In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Add chicken, and cook for 3 to 8 minutes per side depending on pan, or until golden brown. Add chicken broth, artichokes, bacon, and capers; cover, and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
• Uncover, and stir in lemon zest, lemon juice, and butter, scraping brown bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spoon.
• Arrange spinach on a platter.
• Spoon chicken and sauce over spinach.
• Serve immediately.

BACON WRAPPED ARTICHOKE HEARTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Wrap the artichoke heart quarters with the half slices of bacon. Secure with a toothpick.
• Place on the baking sheet and drizzle with the reserved artichoke liquid. Roast in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Serve hot.

CRISPY COATED ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• Drain the artichokes, pat dry, and cut them in half, lengthwise. In a small shallow bowl, beat the eggs. In another bowl, mix the flour, cornmeal, and Italian seasoning.
• In a small skillet, heat the oil on medium-high until hot. Dip the artichoke halves into the egg mixture, allowing excess to drain off, then into flour mixture, turning to coat. Drop a few at a time into the hot oil. Fry, turning once, until golden, about 6 minutes, total. Repeat with remaining artichokes. Serve immediately.

SAUTEED ARTICHOKE BOTTOMS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine and toss drained and rinsed artichoke bottoms with lemon juice. Set aside.
• In a large frying pan over medium heat, sweat onions in oil until translucent. Add tomatoes and cook until heated through, about 1 minute. Stir in Italian seasoning and shredded basil leaves. Add in artichoke bottoms with lemon juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover pan and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• To serve, remove artichoke bottoms and place on serving plate so the hollow side is up. Fill with tomato-onion mixture.

CREAMY ARTICHOKE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onions and saute until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the artichoke hearts, season with salt and pepper and saute another 5 minutes. Add the broth, bring to a simmer and cook about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Puree until smooth with a hand blender or in a blender in small batches. Whisk in 3/4 cup yogurt and season with salt and pepper.
• In a small bowl, stir together the pesto sauce and lemon juice. Ladle the soup into bowls, top each with about 1 tablespoon yogurt and drizzle with the thinned pesto sauce.

SEMI-HOMEMADE CREAM OF ARTICHOKE SOUP - SANDRA LEE

Steps:

• In a sucepan over medium heat, combine soup & chicken broth; stir until smooth.
• Add artichoke hearts & cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Pour soup into a blender & mix until smooth.
• Return to pot & slowly stir in cream. Season with salt & pepper and serve hot.

SLOPPY JOES ( SANDRA LEE, SEMI-HOMEMADE )

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat for 4 to 6 minutes, or until browned and crumbly; drain.
• Stir in 1 cup water, tomato paste, barbecue sauce, and soup mix until combined.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, or until thickened.
• To serve, spoon ground beef mixture evenly over bottom halves of buns. Top each with 1/2 cup coleslaw. Cover with top halves of buns.
• Serve immediately.