Chicken Divan
with broccoli / pasta
This community member request gets a Cook Smarts twist with chicken and broccoli baked in a light but creamy sauce.
Smarts: To give the simple flavors of this dish a boost, we've added a few aromatics and rich, nutty Gruyere cheese.
Ingredients
- Broccoli florets - 10 oz, chopped
- Shallots - 2 cloves, chopped
- Garlic - 2 cloves, chopped
- Cheese, gruyere - 3 oz, shredded (sub Swiss cheese)
- Green onions - 2 stalks, sliced, green and white parts combined
- Chicken breasts, boneless and skinless - 1 lb, cubed
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
- Butter - 2 Tbsp
- Flour, all-purpose - 3 Tbsp
- Vinegar, red or white wine - 2 tsp
- Stock, any type - 2 cups
- Red pepper flakes (opt) - 1/4 tsp
- Pasta, fusilli or rotini - 8 oz
- Cheese, parmesan (opt) - 2 Tbsp, grated
- Italian seasoning - 1/2 tsp
- Panko breadcrumbs - 1/2 cup
- Oil, olive - 2 Tbsp
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Prep
- Broccoli / Shallots / Garlic / Cheese (for chicken and breadcrumbs) - Prep as directed. Store separately. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Green onions / Chicken - Prep as directed. Store separately. Tenderize chicken and season with some salt and pepper. (Can be done 1 day ahead)
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Make
- Heat oven to 350F / 177C. Fill a large pot with salted water and bring it to a boil while cooking chicken and broccoli.
- While oven heats / water boils, place broccoli florets in a microwave-safe bowl. Cover with a damp paper towel and microwave on high for 1 1/2 minutes. (This should just get them started cooking before they continue cooking in the oven. If you like your broccoli more tender add an extra minute or two.)
- Heat an oven-safe skillet or Dutch oven with cooking oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and saute until chicken is lightly browned on the outside, but not cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Set chicken aside and return pan to heat.
- Reduce heat under the pan to medium and add butter and shallots, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan.
- When butter is melted, add flour and stir until no dry spots of flour remain. Add vinegar and stock while whisking. Bring to a simmer and simmer until stock thickens slightly, ~2 minutes. Remove pan from heat.
- Add chicken back to pan with broccoli, garlic, gruyere cheese, and red pepper flakes (if using). Stir everything to combine with sauce.
- Stir together parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, panko breadcrumbs, and olive oil. Season with some salt and pepper. Sprinkle breadcrumbs over the chicken and broccoli mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, until chicken is cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes (depending on size of chicken pieces).
- While chicken bakes, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain.
- Serve chicken over pasta with green onions on top. Enjoy!
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Reviews
Ratings
44 reviews
Didn't include the red pepper for the kids, but it was definitely good with it! Enjoyable and I plan to make this again (good sub for boxed mac n cheese that the kids asked for that night LOL).
0 HelpfulLoved this recipe so comforting. Made some changes -fried the chicken and kept it in the pan while i added the liquids/sauce -to the sauce I added: 1 teaspoon chilli, 1 teaspoon salt, 0.5 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon Italian herbs and 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard and 1.5 cups of stock rather than 2 cups -used cheddar cheese -squeeze of lemon at the end to enhance flavours
0 HelpfulUsed Quorn instead of chicken and cheddar cheese, was delicious everyone enjoyed it and it was very quick and easy to make.
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