Nutty Chicken Spanakopita Recipes

CHICKEN SPANAKOPITA SKILLET

Steps:

• 1. Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add spinach, a handful at a time, until the pan is full; you may have to cook the spinach in batches to ensure that it cooks evenly. Turn the spinach often until just wilted, then transfer to a colander and press out as much water as you can. Continue until all of the spinach is wilted and pressed.
• 2. Pour off any excess water in the skillet and place back over medium heat. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in the pan and add chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, turning once, until the edges are lightly golden, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• 3. Preheat oven to 425°F. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in same skillet and add garlic. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute, then mix in flour. Stir together until the mixture forms a golden paste. Whisk in 1/2 cup chicken stock. Cook, stirring often, until mixture is thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Whisk in half-and-half.
• 4. Add feta cheese, scallions, and dill and stir, allowing the feta to melt. Remove from heat. Return chicken and spinach to skillet, mixing well. If the sauce has thickened too much, add more chicken stock to reach the desired consistency, keeping in mind that the mixture will thicken even more when baking in the oven. Season with salt and pepper.
• 5. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan or in the microwave. Lay a sheet of phyllo on a work surface. Brush with melted butter, then scrunch up the sheet and set it on top of the spinach mixture in the skillet. Repeat with remaining phyllo until the skillet is completely covered.
• 6. Bake until phyllo is golden and crisp on top, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven, garnish with additional dill, and serve warm.
• 7. this is how I made this dish for 2 might have fed 3, I lb spinach cooked early in the day, 2 cloves of garlic I grate my garlic so it melts in could have used more. 4 chicken thighs cooked well in advance, I used about half the butter called for throughout the dish. about 5 sprigs of dill, as for the rest of the ingredients I used what is written. I did use my homemade chicken stock. I took the skin off the thighs and cooked them in the pan longer just so it would only take the 20 minutes needed for the phyllo dough to cook. I did pull it off the bone before adding it back in the pan. next time I will add some mushrooms, or onions perhaps peas I see no reason not to.
• 8. I found in my oven the phyllo was as brown as it could be with 8 minutes left to cook, I guess I could have removed it at this time but wanted to make sure the chicken was fully cooked so I just put a piece of foil over the pan so just make sure you watch the browning after about 12 minutes
• 9. tomorrow I am going to make this but changing it up a lot by adding leeks, parsnips, mushrooms and I think I will sprinkle the sheets with onion and garlic powder maybe some of the dill, parsley maybe even sprinkle some of the feta cheese on it so it will end up being a herby cheesy crunchy yummy top. gosh I am hungry now I will let you know how it comes out

CHICKEN SPINACH FETA PIE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Season the chicken breasts with the salt, pepper, garlic, greek oregano, and olive oil.
• Place the chicken breasts in a large skillet on medium-high heat with a tablespoon of oil. Cook until the first side is a dark golden brown, about 5 minutes. Flip the chicken and cook the other side until equally brown, about 5 minutes. Turn the heat to low and cook the chicken until it's cooked through about 10 more minutes. Set the chicken aside to cool and then slice it.
• Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
• To a bowl, add the ricotta, chopped frozen spinach, feta cheese, chopped green onion, beaten eggs, dill, and pepper, and stir to combine.
• Place the butter into a large shallow dish. Take about 5 sheets of the thin phyllo dough and dip it in the butter.
• Place the buttered phyllo into a 9 inch (23 cm) springform pan. Make sure the dough complete covers the sides and hangs over the edges of the pan. Use as many sheets as needed to create a even layer all around.
• Spread half of the feta spinach mixture on the bottom of the springform pan on top of the phyllo dough. Shingle one layer of the sliced cooked chicken, and spread the other half of the spinach feta mixture. Make sure each layer is tightly pressed.
• Place the chopped tomatoes on the outer rim of the pie. Place a ring of chopped red onion, and then place chopped kalamata olives in the center.
• Fold the phyllo dough from the edges of the pan to the center and cover the top of the pie with 3 more batches of buttered phyllo.
• Cover the pie with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove the aluminum foil cover and cook for about 20 more minutes, until the top is golden brown.
• Let rest at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
• Remove the pie from the springform pan, slice, and serve.
• Enjoy!

NUTTY OVEN-FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place milk in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, combine the baking mix, pecans and seasonings. Dip chicken pieces in milk, then coat generously with pecan mixture., Place in a lightly greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Drizzle with butter. Bake, uncovered, until chicken is golden brown and crispy and juices run clear, about 1 hour.

NUTTY CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the chicken, egg, pineapple, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. , Just before serving, stir in pecans. Place spinach on 4 slices of bread; top with chicken salad and remaining bread. Cut each sandwich into quarters.

NUTTY CHICKEN

Steps:

• mix crushed garlic clove.
• root ginger
• soy sauce runny honey.
• grated zest and juice of 1 lime in a bowl.This is the marinade.
• add chicken strips and leave preferably overnight for best results.
• preheat grill to high.
• drain marinade into a saucepan.
• skewer each pice of chicken to make a kebab.
• grill 3 mins each side or until cooked brushing with remaining marinade to stop chicken drying out
• Bring remainder of marinade to the boil and simmer for one minute.
• add crunchy peanut butter.
• coconut milk.
• salt and pepper(to taste) to marinade mixture and stir till blended (add a little water if it seems a bit thick).Allow to heat gently.
• Pour over chicken and enjoy.