Chicken Carrots Celery Onion Food

SIMMERED CABBAGE, CELERY, ONIONS, CARROTS IN BROTH/BASE

Steps:

• Note: You may use chicken bouillon cubes or vegetable broth or liquid chicken broth in place of chicken base and water.
• In large deep frying pan, pile the vegetables, dried onion and lemon pepper.
• Put the chicken base in water and microwave to dissolve or but all on top of veggies.
• Add olive oil on top and salt if desired. Put a lid on the pan and simmer on low heat. Mix with a spatula a few times. Cook for 15 minutes.
• Serve as a side dish.
• Options:.
• •Add 3 cups cooked rice or noodles and mix. Add margarine before adding.
• •Add 2 cups couscous and mix.
• •Add more chicken broth and add 2 tbsps cornstarch in 1/2 cup cold water and thicken and serve over hard Chinese noodles or mashed potatoes.
• •Add 3-4 cups cooked ham chunks or leftover ham.
• •Add canned corned beef cubes or leftover corned beef.
• •Add cooked turkey or chicken.
• •Add cooked shrimp or crab meat with the addition of 1/2 tsp dry mustard mixed.
• •Add cashew nuts and sliced pimentos before serving.
• •Dissolve 2 tbsps flour in 1 cup milk with 1 teaspoons margarine by whisking. Add and heat. Serve white sauce vegetable mixture over toast points.
• •Add 8 oz can of tomato sauce to base; add cooked drained hamburger or sausage (I add a little splenda if making this addition.

BAKED CHICKEN BREASTS AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Arrange chicken breasts on a baking sheet; spread carrots, bell peppers, celery, green onion, and parsley around chicken. Drizzle olive oil over chicken and vegetables; season with salt, Italian seasoning, chili powder, lemon pepper, and black pepper.
• Bake chicken breasts in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

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 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.

CARROT, ONION AND CELERY SOUP BY ME!

Steps:

• Slice the carrots fine, mince the onion, slice the celery thin.
• In a big pot saute the onion in butter until softened.
• Stir in the carrot, celery and tarragon.
• Add broth and wine.
• Bring to a boil.
• Simmer until done.