Chicken, Yams, Zucchini cheese bake
I tried this and it worked: it is taken from a recipe I found on Pinterest, but I added some zucchini and took away the butter. It's 'really poor', but it tasted fine, although it was a bit too costly for a regular dinner, so maybe near payday.
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Cut up all the cut up stuff. Put aside for the moment. Turn on oven to bake at 350. In skillet, take the filleted chicken, and cut into bite sized pieces. (Or, you can cook the chicken first, then cut into bite sized pieces, because you are free.) Sautee the chicken in 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil: season with listed seasonings.
When chicken is done, add the chicken broth and let cook till boiling, then turn down heat. Cook down to where there is about 1/4 of a cup in the pan. Add the vinegar and stir. Sprinkle flour over the chicken pieces as though you were making sausage gravy. Stir until mixed with the chicken and broth, then add milk and stir: cook down until it has the consistency of gravy.
In a 9 x 13 skillet, put the cut up onions, yams, zucchinis or whatever you like and spread evenly. I used a spray cooking oil with no calories on the dish to avoid sticking and make clean up easier. Sprinkle in 3 handfuls of shredded cheese and mix around.
Take the chicken gravy mix and pour it evenly over all the vegetables. Add some more cheese on top. Bake.
The pinterest recipe this is based on said 20 minutes, but the yams don't cook in that time. It took a good 30 to 35 minutes in my oven so you will have to watch it the first time.
It doesn't look like it was made by Chef Ramsey, I've got to be honest. But it tastes great: even my son who thinks he is a gourmet and isn't loved it. Serves 4 or 2 going back over and over for another section reasoning about how the cheese doesn't really have many calories.
Cost:
2 chicken breasts: $2.00
zucchini .20
yams .50 (on sale)
onion free leftover
milk .19
broth .10 about: we bought a box of broth for 2.00
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roughly 2.99: not too shabby: cheaper if you have a garden and grow your own veggies.
At least its something different.
I tried this and it worked: it is taken from a recipe I found on Pinterest, but I added some zucchini and took away the butter. It's 'really poor', but it tasted fine, although it was a bit too costly for a regular dinner, so maybe near payday.
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Ingredients:3 yams cut into 1/4 inch slices then quartered2 chicken breasts cut horizontally in halfchicken broth2 tbs oilseasoning salt to tastegarlic salt to tastechili powder to taste1/2 onion cut into pieces similar to the yam above1/2 zucchini cut the same way1-2 TBS flour1/2+ cup milk
1 to 2 TBS vinegar
about 1/2 to 1 cup shredded cheese your choice
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Cut up all the cut up stuff. Put aside for the moment. Turn on oven to bake at 350. In skillet, take the filleted chicken, and cut into bite sized pieces. (Or, you can cook the chicken first, then cut into bite sized pieces, because you are free.) Sautee the chicken in 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil: season with listed seasonings.
When chicken is done, add the chicken broth and let cook till boiling, then turn down heat. Cook down to where there is about 1/4 of a cup in the pan. Add the vinegar and stir. Sprinkle flour over the chicken pieces as though you were making sausage gravy. Stir until mixed with the chicken and broth, then add milk and stir: cook down until it has the consistency of gravy.
In a 9 x 13 skillet, put the cut up onions, yams, zucchinis or whatever you like and spread evenly. I used a spray cooking oil with no calories on the dish to avoid sticking and make clean up easier. Sprinkle in 3 handfuls of shredded cheese and mix around.
Take the chicken gravy mix and pour it evenly over all the vegetables. Add some more cheese on top. Bake.
The pinterest recipe this is based on said 20 minutes, but the yams don't cook in that time. It took a good 30 to 35 minutes in my oven so you will have to watch it the first time.
It doesn't look like it was made by Chef Ramsey, I've got to be honest. But it tastes great: even my son who thinks he is a gourmet and isn't loved it. Serves 4 or 2 going back over and over for another section reasoning about how the cheese doesn't really have many calories.
Cost:
2 chicken breasts: $2.00
zucchini .20
yams .50 (on sale)
onion free leftover
milk .19
broth .10 about: we bought a box of broth for 2.00
_____________________________
roughly 2.99: not too shabby: cheaper if you have a garden and grow your own veggies.
At least its something different.
