Chicken Scampi I Food

CHICKEN SCAMPI I

Steps:

• Combine chicken with ground pepper, cheese, parsley, garlic, salt, oregano, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and wine in a shallow bowl. Marinate in the refrigerator for several hours (overnight is best).
• Preheat broiler. Remove chicken from marinade (save marinade) and place in a shallow pan. Broil 8 inches from heat, turning once, until chicken is no longer pink inside (about 15 minutes).
• In a small saucepan, bring marinade to a boil. Pour over chicken, toss and serve. Yummy!

CHICKEN SCAMPI

Steps:

• Put olive oil and butter in skillet on low heat.
• Add the green onions and minced garlic and saute.
• Add Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
• Put chicken that has been cut into pieces in the skillet with the garlic onion and seasonings.
• Heat until chicken is no longer pink.
• I usually let the chicken sit with the other ingredients in the skillet for a few moments on low just to get the seasoning set in really well.
• I then put the tomatoes in to just heat through.
• I serve with the rice or noodles.

OLIVE GARDEN CHICKEN SCAMPI YUMMY! - COPYCAT

Steps:

• For white sauce: Heat 1 tablespoons butter in sauce pan, add 2 tablespoons flour and cook for 2 minutes on med. heat. heat stirring constantly. slowly add 3/4 cup hot milk (hot so it won't get lumpy). Set aside. (Make sure that the white sauce is hot when adding to the scampi sauce).
• For scampi sauce: Heat butter over low heat. add the garlic, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper and black pepper. cook for about 2 minutes on low heat. add the wine and chicken broth. stir until combined. (I usually cook mine for about 30-40 minutes). add 1/4 cup white sauce and cook till slightly thickened.
• Flatten tenders, coat w Wondra flour & brown In a large skillet, in a little olive till nearly done. add the peppers and onions, saute till chicken is done. add the sauce. saute until everything is warmed. add roasted garlic cloves. serve over pasta.
• ROASTED GARLIC: Separate head of garlic into individual cloves still in 'paper'. toss in olive oil and wrap tightly in aluminum foil or a small pint sized dish with a lid. bake in 350* oven for 30 minute when the garlic has cooled to the touch you should be able to squeeze it out of the 'paper' shell of the individual cloves.

CHICKEN SCAMPI

Steps:

• Cook linguine according to package directions. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the butter and olive oil; cook the onion and garlic until tender. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; add to skillet. Cook until a thermometer reaches 165°, 3-4 minutes on each side. Remove chicken and keep warm. , In the same skillet, combine the tomato, lemon juice and parsley; heat through. Drain linguine; toss with tomato mixture. Top with chicken and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

CHICKEN SCAMPI

Steps:

• Get your ingredients ready to go! Put the butter somewhere to soften, like a sunny window.
• Prep your cheese by shredding it or grating it. If you use a container cheese like Kraft, get that out.
• Place 1/2 a cup of white wine in a 1 cup (like the measuring cup from Pyrex.).
• Get a ramekin/small bowl and mince 4-5 cloves of garlic into it. Add a teaspoon of lemon juice for every clove added. Set this off to the side with the white wine.
• Now prep your breading station. Get two bowls out. Beat 2-3 eggs vigorously in one bowl. In the other, combine your bread crumbs with the salt and pepper.
• Fill your pasta pot full of water, put it on a back burner, and turn the heat on and don't salt the water until you're ready to throw the pasta in the pot.
• Get your largest frying pan and add the oil. Don't turn on the heat yet.
• Now that everything is ready, you can prep the chicken while minimizing the risk of cross contamination. I am fed up with cutting chicken with a knife for this recipe. I just use some good kitchen-quality scissors. Cut away any discolored, fatty or bloody pieces. Then cut the chicken in 1/2 inch strips. Uniformity is important, so try to make the pieces the same size for even cooking.
• Breading: Put a handful of the raw chicken strips/pieces into the egg. Take a couple of pieces out and roll them in your bread crumb mixture. Set them on some wax paper or better still, one of those thin and flexible cutting sheets. Do this until all the chicken is evenly breaded and ready for frying.
• Turn on the oil to 7 (on a scale from 1-9.) I find that Hi-Medium is the perfect temperature for this.
• Salt the almost boiling pasta water with about 2-3 tablespoons kosher salt. Right after, put your colander/strainer in the sink so it's there when you need it.
• The hardest parts are done! But before you put one piece of chicken in that oil, make sure you have a place to put it once it is done. I learned from Alton Brown to avoid setting fried chicken on a paper towel to blot away the excess oil. Instead, line the counter with a few paper towels and place a cooling rack on top of the towels to allow the fat to drip off. Your chicken will be much less greasy as a result.
• Check the oil to see if it sizzles by throwing a drop of water on it. When it's sizzling, add a single layer of the breaded chicken pieces. They should sizzle on contact. The original recipe says to cook the meat for 30 seconds on both sides, but my experience has been roughly 3 minutes per side. Just use your best judgment and avoid undercooking any of the chicken. All it takes is one piece of undercooked chicken to ruin the whole night. Use some tongs to help yourself turn the chicken.
• Place the cooked pieces on the cooling rack.
• Put your pasta in the water once it's boiling and set your timer.
• Once all of the chicken is one the cooling rack, reduce the heat from 7 to 3 or 4. Take a bunch of paper towels and sweep/wipe the pan clean quickly with some paper towels over the garbage can. The pan is still super hot, so be careful. Put the pan right back on the burner.
• Add a ladle or two of the starchy pasta water to the cup you set aside with white wine in it.
• The pan might be smoking a bit, but it will stop when you add the wine and water and the liquid will turn a brown color. This is deglazing the pan and it adds a lot of flavor. If you are the type that thinks everything is flavorless and dull, throw half a bouillon cube into the pan and allow it to dissolve.
• Add the stick of butter to the frying pan. After it's all dissolved and clear, add the lemon and garlic to the wine and butter sauce.
• Once the pasta is the tenderness you prefer, turn off the burner, strain the pasta quickly in the colander and return it to the pot with 2 tablespoons of butter. You can turn up the heat a bit to aid melting. I like to add a bunch of Parmesan here, like a cup of it. This is a matter of your taste. If you typically don't like a lot of cheese on your pasta, wait until dinner is on the table and use it as needed.
• Add the chicken back to the frying pan with the sauce. Mix well, and be careful not to over cook the chicken.
• Add the chicken to the pot with the butter and noodles and mix gently. Dinner is done.

BAKED ITALIAN CHICKEN SCAMPI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Place olive oil, butter and garlic in a 13x9 casserole dish and place in oven during preheat, to melt.
• Cut chicken in bite sized cubes.
• In a ziploc bag, add bread crumbs, parsley flakes, salt, garlic powder and parmesan.
• Add chicken pieces and shake to coat chicken in breading.
• Add chicken to 13x9 dish and bake for 13 minutes.
• Stir and return to oven to bake for another 12 minutes.

CHICKEN SCAMPI

Steps:

• Cut chicken into 1 inch thick strips.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter with the oil over medium heat. Stir in the herbs, garlic and lemon juice.
• Add the chicken and saute about 5 minutes, until just starting to brown.
• Lower the heat and cook for about 10 minutes longer, until the chicken juices run clear. Salt to taste.
• Add more oil as needed (If your flame is too hot you will need more.).
• Serve chicken and sauce over linguine or fettucine noodles.