**Chicken à la Charlie: A Journey of Flavor and Simplicity**
Savor the delectable flavors of Chicken à la Charlie, a classic French dish that combines the richness of chicken with the aromatic essence of herbs and spices. This dish is a symphony of simplicity, featuring tender chicken pieces seared to perfection and bathed in a luscious sauce that captures the essence of French cuisine. Chicken à la Charlie is a versatile dish that can be prepared in various ways, each offering a unique taste experience. Discover the secrets behind this culinary masterpiece with our collection of recipes that guide you through the art of creating this timeless dish.
CHICKEN A LA REINE
Steps:
- Make the puff pastry crescents: Lay out the puff pastry dough. Cut out 16 crescent shapes from the dough. Brush with egg whites and bake in a 375 preheated oven for 15 minutes, until golden.
- Make the stuffed chicken: Arrange the chicken breasts on a cutting board and cut them in half. Remove the fillet strip from each breast, discard the white tendon, and in a food processor grind the fillets. Add the ice, blend the mixture until the ice is absorbed, and with the motor running add the cream. Add the spinach, the salt, the fennel seeds, the rind, the nutmeg, and the pepper and blend the filling well, scraping down the sides.
- Cut a slit in each breast of chicken for the filling. Spoon about 3 tablespoons of the spinach filling into each pocket. Close with toothpicks. The chicken may be prepared up to this point 24 hours in advance and kept covered and chilled.
- Place chicken in a baking pan. Add the white wine and enough chicken stock to barely cover the chicken. Add salt and pepper. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven, covered, for 45 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
- Make the sauce: In a saucepan, melt the butter. Blend in 3 tablespoons flour and let cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Remove the mixture from the heat. Whisk in the boiling chicken stock. Bring the sauce to a boil for 1 minute, stirring, until the sauce thickens. Place back on heat and let simmer. Beat in the cream by the spoonfuls. Add 2 tablespoons softened truffle butter by 1/2 tablespoons, salt, pepper, and lemon juice to taste.
- Remove chicken from the poaching liquid. Serve with the sauce and the puff pastry crescents.
CHICKEN A LA QUEEN
Chicken, fresh vegetables, and tarragon in a cream sauce works great served with biscuits or pastry shells, and makes a quick and elegant dinner.
Provided by kelly24095
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Whole Chicken Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the biscuits 1 to 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the biscuits are golden brown, 13 to 17 minutes. Remove biscuits to cool, and set aside. Cut meat from the rotisserie chicken into bite-size pieces, and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion, carrots, mushrooms, salt, and black pepper. Cook and stir until the onion has softened, the carrots are tender, and the mushrooms have released their liquid, about 7 minutes. Stir in the red bell pepper and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour to form a thick paste. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the flour has lost its raw smell, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the white wine, increase the heat to medium-high, and simmer for 1 minute. Whisk in the chicken broth and whipping cream and bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat, stir in the shredded chicken, and simmer for 7 minutes.
- Pour the chicken mixture into the skillet containing the vegetables and adjust the heat to medium. Add the asparagus and cook until the asparagus pieces are tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in the peas and tarragon and mix well.
- Place a split biscuit on each plate and pour the chicken mixture over the biscuits.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 765.8 calories, Carbohydrate 35 g, Cholesterol 182.4 mg, Fat 49 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 42.5 g, SaturatedFat 19.9 g, Sodium 672 mg, Sugar 8.4 g
CHICKEN A LA KING I
Easy and elegant chicken dish. It's a great way to use leftover chicken or turkey. Green pepper and red pimientos make this a pretty dish to serve at Christmas or anytime. Serve over cooked rice, toast, or noodles. Can be made ahead and reheated.
Provided by Colleen B. Smith
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken
Yield 7
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cook and stir drained mushrooms and green pepper in butter or margarine over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly. Remove from heat.
- Stir in instant bouillon, milk, water, and reserved mushroom liquid. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
- Stir in chicken and pimiento. Heat through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 304.7 calories, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 86.5 mg, Fat 19.2 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 20.8 g, SaturatedFat 10.4 g, Sodium 733.9 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
CHICKEN A LA CHARLIE
Sour Cream Wine Chicken that won me a grand prize win and first place in the main dish category! It is easy and delicious. I named it after an old friend, Charlie, and added my own goodies to it. Serve over rice or noodles, if desired.
Provided by Jacki Remsberg
Categories Chicken Breasts
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place chicken pieces in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Season chicken with garlic powder, salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
- In a large bowl combine the sour cream, cream of chicken soup and cream of mushroom soup. Mix well with a wire whisk. Add the wine and mix together. Pour this cream mixture over the chicken and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
- Add the onion and mushrooms and stir into the chicken/sauce mixture. Bake for another 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 285.5 calories, Carbohydrate 8.9 g, Cholesterol 84.1 mg, Fat 12 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 30.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 589.8 mg, Sugar 1.8 g
CHICKEN A LA KING III
Easy and delicious, this a la King is a family favorite. Great for luncheons and buffets for the holidays.
Provided by Joan Zaffary
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute bell pepper and mushrooms until tender, then stir in broth and flour and cook, stirring, until thickened. Add chicken, heat through and remove from heat.
- In a small bowl combine sour cream, egg yolks, pimento, sherry, salt and pepper and mix together. Add this mixture to chicken mixture in skillet and heat thoroughly, stirring. Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 364.9 calories, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 209.9 mg, Fat 23 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 28.8 g, SaturatedFat 12.8 g, Sodium 167.1 mg, Sugar 1.6 g
TRADITIONAL CHICKEN A LA KING
We raise fryers to feed our family for months. And this is one of our favorite ways to prepare chicken. It's a traditional dish that's sure to please.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 4-6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In large saucepan, saute the mushrooms, carrots, onion and green pepper in butter until vegetables are crisp-tender. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, pepper and sage; stir in milk and broth until smooth. Gradually add to vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened; Add peas and chicken. , Simmer, uncovered, for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Serve with biscuits.
Nutrition Facts :
CHICKEN A LA CHARLIE
Sour Cream Wine Chicken that won me a grand prize win and first place in the main dish category! It is easy and delicious. I named it after an old friend, Charlie, and added my own goodies to it. Serve over rice or noodles, if desired.
Provided by Jacki Remsberg
Categories Chicken Breasts
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place chicken pieces in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Season chicken with garlic powder, salt, pepper and poultry seasoning.
- In a large bowl combine the sour cream, cream of chicken soup and cream of mushroom soup. Mix well with a wire whisk. Add the wine and mix together. Pour this cream mixture over the chicken and bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
- Add the onion and mushrooms and stir into the chicken/sauce mixture. Bake for another 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 285.5 calories, Carbohydrate 8.9 g, Cholesterol 84.1 mg, Fat 12 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 30.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 589.8 mg, Sugar 1.8 g
CHARLIE CHICKEN
One of the constant recipes in our house. A very elegant presentation with very little effort. Charlie was a dear friend, and a great cook. I was 13 yrs old the first time I made this, and now @ 30+none-of-your-business, this dish is made at least once a month in my house. Everytime this dish is requested, cooked & tasted, the memories of Charlie fill my house and my heart, bringing him close again. ********* Please note - I no longer use a cut-up fryer as I did in the original recipe. My family is a breast group, with the occasional thigh & legs if Grandkids are coming over...
Provided by GypsyWinds
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 1h20m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 350°.
- Using a Non-Stick Spray of your choice, coat a 9x13 casserole dish (a LIGHT rub of vegetable oil will work just as well).
- Place chicken breasts in dish, barely touching each other- Skin side UP.
- Pour in 3/4 cup water, allowing it to go around each piece of chicken.
- Open 2 packets of Lipton Onion Soup & Dip Mix, and sprinkle all over chicken, using the entire packages.
- Cover & seal casserole COMPLETELY with aluminum foil.
- Bake at 350° for 60 min or until chicken is tender and completely cooked, (180°when checked with thermometer){See Notes below}.
- Uncle Bens Brown & Wild Rice Mushroom Directions:.
- Using Medium saucepan combine rice, contents of seasoning packet, 4 1/4 cups water and 2 tablespoons butter or margarine.
- Stir well.
- Bring contents to a boil, REDUCE HEAT (low to medium low) and simmer covered 25 minutes or until water is absorbed.
- Place chicken on a bed of the Uncle Ben's rice, making sure to get plenty of the sauce that is around the chicken.
- Sprinkle with fresh chopped Parsley.
- Enjoy!
- ***NOTE***.
- This recipe was originally cooked in an electric skillet at 375° for 1 1/2 hours, with steam vent closed, and NO added water.
- It always came out moist w/ a fine gravy/sauce. I lost my electric skillet in a house fire, being on SS I never have the $ to get another I liked, so I changed the recipe for the oven. The difference in heat source I guess makes the need for added moisture.
- Adding the small amount of water makes a gravy/sauce that is super when served as suggested.
- There are many choices of Uncle Ben's Rice Recipes, choose the one you prefer. I like to add extra mushrooms, or other special touches such as parsley, and sometimes I just use a standard rice pilaf, with tiny chips of veggies.
- We never make any other side dishes, this is more than satisfying.
- Do not fuss over finger licking as people continue to pick every bite off the bones.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 201.1, Fat 10.6, SaturatedFat 4.4, Cholesterol 56.6, Sodium 1225.2, Carbohydrate 9.4, Fiber 1, Sugar 0.7, Protein 16.3
Tips:
- Mise en place: Before you start cooking, make sure you have all the ingredients and equipment you need. This will help you stay organized and avoid scrambling.
- Use a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven: This will help to distribute the heat evenly and prevent the chicken from sticking.
- Brown the chicken well: This will help to develop flavor and color.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: If you add too much chicken to the pot, it will not brown evenly.
- Cook the chicken until it is cooked through: Use a meat thermometer to check that the chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Let the chicken rest before serving: This will help the juices to redistribute throughout the chicken, making it more tender and flavorful.
Conclusion:
Chicken à la Charlie is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. With a few simple ingredients and a little time, you can create a flavorful and satisfying meal that the whole family will enjoy. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy chicken recipe, give Chicken à la Charlie a try.
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