Celery Wine Baked Chicken Food

CELERY WINE BAKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook mushrooms in butter until soft.
• In a large bowl, mix the mushrooms, soup, celery, sour cream, bell pepper, and wine. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish. Top with the chicken breasts. Season with paprika, garlic powder, and pepper. Top each breast with 1/2 teaspoon butter.
• Cover, and bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the chicken is no longer pink and the juices run clear.

BRAISED CELERY WITH THYME AND WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil over high, and heat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Prepare the celery: Separate the stalks, and reserve some celery leaves for garnish. Gently peel the outer layer of the thicker stalks to remove any tough strings. Cutting at a sharp angle, trim and discard the tips of the stalks, then cut stalks on an angle into 3-inch pieces. Add the celery segments to the boiling water, and cook just until slightly softened, 1 to 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon or tongs, transfer the blanched celery to a large 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish, and arrange in an even layer.
• Top with the stock, wine and olive oil. Add the shallots, bay leaves, thyme sprigs and garlic, tucking them between the celery layers, then sprinkle with the peppercorns, herbes de Provence and 1 teaspoon salt. Dot with the butter, then cover tightly with aluminum foil.
• Transfer to the oven and bake until celery is tender and yielding, about 45 minutes, if you want it to retain slight bite, or 1 hour or more, if you prefer it extra-tender.
• Using tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer the braised celery to a serving platter or shallow bowl and cover. Transfer the remaining liquid to a medium saucepan and boil over medium-high until reduced by half, about 15 minutes. Pour the reduced sauce over the celery, straining, if desired, and sprinkle with fresh celery leaves and parsley. Serve warm.

BRAISED CHICKEN WITH CELERY ROOT AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chicken, starting skin sides down, turning over once, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate and pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet.
• Add butter to skillet and heat over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté celery root and garlic, stirring frequently, until celery root is browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add broth and thyme and deglaze skillet by boiling, stirring and scraping up any brown bits, 1 minute. Return chicken, skin sides up, to skillet along with any juices accumulated on plate, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, until chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes for white meat, about 25 minutes for dark meat. Transfer chicken to a serving bowl as cooked and keep warm, loosely covered with foil.
• When all chicken pieces are done cooking, transfer sauce and vegetables to bowl with chicken, discarding thyme.

CHICKEN WITH BRAISED CELERY & CIDER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Heat the butter in a large casserole dish and brown the chicken slowly on all sides; this should take a good 10-15 mins. (Be patient, it will pay off later.) Take the chicken out of the dish, throw in the bacon and cook for 3-4 mins until starting to crisp, then add the onion, carrots and thyme and continue to cook for 4-5 mins until the vegetables soften. Stir the celery into the dish, then nestle the chicken amongst the veg, breast side down. Pour over the cider and stock, bring to a simmer, then roast the chicken uncovered for 1 hr.
• Turn the chicken the right way up and give it 30 mins more, by which point the legs should be coming away. Carefully lift the chicken from the dish. Check the seasoning of the vegetables and serve with the chicken.

CHICKEN WITH CELERY AND CARROTS AND ROAST POTATOES

Steps:

• Steam the potatoes until they are half-way cooked and feel tender to a fork. 5-7 minutes, depending on size. Remove from heat. Score an X in the top of each chunk to let steam escape in the next step. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Take a smallish pyrex or other oven-proof dish (smaller and deeper, the better). Spray lightly with Pam-like substance. Place chicken in center and coat it liberally with mustard & garlic.
• Scatter the celery, carrots, and scallions around it. Gently pour in the broth, trying not to wash the chicken coating away. Ideally, the broth will cover all the ingredients and certainly no more than that.
• Add the frozen OJ to a corner of the pyrex dish. Cover it all with foil. Leave a corner open for steam to escape.
• Take a cookie sheet and apply another light coating of Pam-like substance. Place the pyrex dish in the center, and arrange the potatoes on the cookie sheet outside, X-side up.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Getting the potatoes crispy and floury is the hardest thing here, so let the chicken be if if the potatoes need more time.
• To serve: Cut the chicken across the grain and arrange in slices, surrounded by the colorful carrots and celery. Moisten further with the cooking liquid (the scallions and OJ will have disappeared). Arrange the crispy roast potatoes to one side, for dipping in the cooking liquid.

CHICKEN BAKED WITH WHITE WINE, GARLIC AND HERBS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
• In a large, oven-proof frying pan, melt the butter/heat the oil and fry the chicken until golden brown all over.
• Remove from the pan then add the garlic and allow to fry for a few seconds then pour in the wine, herbs and cream.
• Add the chicken back to the pan then season to taste and place in the oven.
• Allow to bake for 15-20 minutes until cooked through but still juicy.
• Serve with rice/bread to mop up the juices.

BAKED CELERY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Separate celery into stalks, remove leaves (save for soup) and trim, wash well and cut into pieces about 3/4-inch thick.
• Place celery in an ungreased casserole dish.
• Dice bacon; add bacon and sliced onion to casserole, atop the celery.
• Sprinkle all with fresh parsley.
• Combine stock and water (or just use all stock) and pour over dish; don't stir.
• Dot casserole with small bits of butter.
• Cover dish and bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until celery is cooked but not mushy.

CELERY WINE BAKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook mushrooms in butter until soft.
• In a large bowl, mix the mushrooms, soup, celery, sour cream, bell pepper, and wine. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish. Top with the chicken breasts. Season with paprika, garlic powder, and pepper. Top each breast with 1/2 teaspoon butter.
• Cover, and bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the chicken is no longer pink and the juices run clear.