Napoleons Chicken Marengo With Mushrooms Food

CHICKEN MARENGO WITH MUSHROOMS, GARLIC, AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Put the chicken and flour in a food storage bag and shake to coat the pieces thoroughly. Set aside.
• In a large skillet or sauté pan over medium heat, sauté the onions and sliced bell pepper, if using, in 1 to 2 tablespoons of olive oil until translucent. Remove to a plate.
• Add the remaining 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil to the pan and heat over medium heat. Add the coated chicken to the pan and sauté, turning frequently, until browned. Remove the chicken to a plate and set aside.
• Add the butter to the pan and heat over medium-low heat. Add the mushrooms and sauté until tender and lightly browned-about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the garlic and continue cooking for 1 minute longer.
• Pour the wine into the pan and cook until almost evaporated.
• Add the chicken stock , tomatoes, lemon juice, and tomato paste. Blend well and bring to a boil.
• Add the chicken and vegetables back to the pan along with the parsley sprigs and bay leaf. Taste and add salt and pepper, as needed.
• Reduce the heat to low. Cover the pan and simmer for about 10 minutes, or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.
• Remove the bay leaf and parsley sprigs from the sauce.
• Spoon chicken mixture into a serving dish and garnish with fresh chopped parsley. Serve with hot cooked pasta, egg noodles, or rice.

CHICKEN MARENGO: NAPOLEON'S FAVORITE DISH

Steps:

• Season chicken breasts with Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Heat a heavy-bottomed sauté pan over medium-high. Add olive oil and heat for another minute. Add chicken to pan and cook 2 to 3 minutes on each side until the breasts are lightly browned. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
• Add some butter to the pan and heat until it foams. Then add the onions and cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add wine and bring mixture to a boil. Return the chicken to the pan and add the tomatoes. Cover and reduce heat. Simmer 10 minutes or until chicken is tender and cooked through.
• Remove chicken and plate it. Add the chopped olives and thyme to the pan and cook for another minute, then top the chicken with the sauce and serve immediately.

CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat the butter and oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces skin-side down. Cook until golden brown on one side, about five minutes. Turn the pieces and cook on the other side about two minutes. Pour off the fat from the skillet.
• Scatter the mushrooms over the chicken. Stir to distribute. Add the onion, garlic, bay leaf and thyme and cook about 5 minutes.
• Add the wine and scrape the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon to dissolve the brown particles that cling to the bottom of the pan. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, chicken broth and parsley. Bring to the boil. Cover and cook 10 minutes. Serve with rice and a tossed green salad.

NAPOLEON'S CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Salt and pepper chicken and pat in seasonings.
• Heat olive oil to med-high.
• Dredge chicken in flour and add to heated oil.
• Brown on both sides, about 3 minutes each side.
• Place browned chicken on papertowels
• In same skillet, saute onions 10 minutes.
• After five mins add minced garlic.
• Add tomatoes, wine, and stir until bubbly.
• Lower heat to a low simmer.
• Return chicken pieces to skillet.
• Simmer for 1 hour if using dark meat, 45 mins if using breasts.
• Check chicken at 15 min intervals. If too dry, add 1/3 C Chicken Broth (or to your liking).
• At first 15 min interval, taste sauce and S& P to your taste.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Add mushrooms and shrimp to simmering chicken at 50 mins or 35 mins, respectively, assure shrimp is simmering in sauce until just pink.
• Butter slices of bread or drizzle olive oil and toast in preheated oven (3-5 mins).
• Add one piece of chicken on top of a slice of toast, spoon sauce over chicken.
• Add 2-3 shrimp on top or around chicken.
• Sprinkle a little parsley on each serving (optional).
• Fry eggs in olive oil or bacon grease, Sunny side up (eggs optional).
• Place egg by side of chicken serving, S&P to taste.

EASY CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Mix tomato soup and golden cream of mushroom soup in a medium bowl. Stir in onions and garlic. Set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a large pan over Medium/High heat.
• Add chicken and cook until slightly browned. About 4 minutes. Flip and brown the other side.
• Pour soup mixture over chicken.
• Cover and cook over Medium/Low heat for 40 minutes, stirring and spooning mixture over chicken occasionally.
• After 40 minutes, uncover and continue to cook until desired consistency.
• Serve over noodles or rice.

CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Wash chicken pieces and pat dry.
• Season chicken and dredge in flour, shaking off excess.
• Heat oil and butter in large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Brown chicken pieces, a few at a time, then remove to a side plate as they are browned and continue with other pieces, adding more oil and butter if necessary.
• Quickly brown mushrooms, then remove to a side plate.
• Add onions to pan and cook over medium-low heat for 5 minutes.
• Stir in broth.
• Add tomatoes, green pepper, olives, garlic and allspice; simmer for 3-4 minutes.
• Return chicken to pan; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes, or until tender.
• Arrange chicken on platter and keep warm in oven.
• Stir lemon juice into mixture in pan, add mushrooms and bring to the boil.
• Boil until reduced by half.
• Pour over chicken and serve.

CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Pat chicken dry, then combine flour, salt, and pepper in a large sealable plastic bag and add chicken. Seal bag and shake to coat, then remove chicken, knocking off excess flour. Arrange in 1 layer on a plate.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy ovenproof skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté chicken, smooth sides down, until golden, about 2 minutes. Turn over and sauté 1 minute more. Scatter mushrooms around chicken and transfer skillet to oven, then bake, uncovered, until chicken is just cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a plate, then add shallot, garlic, and thyme to skillet (handle will be hot) and sauté over moderately high heat, stirring, 1 minute. Add wine and boil, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until reduced by half, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes, demi-glace, and water and simmer until mushrooms are tender and sauce is reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Season with pepper.
• Return chicken to skillet and simmer, turning, about 1 minute.
• *Available at specialty foods shops. You can also buy Demi-Glace Gold and reconstitute according to package instruction - specialty foods shops and More Than Gourmet (800-860-9385).

CHICKEN MARENGO WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or skillet, heat oil over high heat until hot. Add chicken; cook until brown on both sides, turning once, about 3 minutes for each side. Remove chicken from pot. Add mushrooms, onions and garlic. Cook and stir until mushrooms are golden, about 10 minutes. Return chicken to skillet. Stir in thyme and pepper. Add tomatoes with juice from can; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and simmer until chicken is tender, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over steamed rice, if desired.