Skillet Chicken Breasts Aglio E Olio Food

SKILLET CHICKEN BREAST AGLIO E OLIO

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 tsp salt. Dredge chicken in flour.
• Heat oil & butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 4 minutes on each side or until browned.
• Add garlic; cook 30 seconds. Add capers & peppers; cook 30 seconds. A dd brother, bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Stir in breadcrumbs; cook until liquid thickens (about 1 min.). taste sauce and add remaining 1/4 tsp salt if needed. Remove from heat, sprinkle with parsley.
• Service size: 1 chicken breast & 2.5 T. sauce.

SKILLET CHICKEN BREAST DINNER WITH SAVORY GRAVY AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly whisk soup, milk, basil, poultry seasoning, paprika, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Stir in carrots and potatoes and set aside.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat olive oil until glistening.
• Pound chicken breasts to 1/2-inch thickness and season both sides with a pinch each of salt and pepper.
• Lightly brown both sides of chicken breasts in skillet.
• Remove skillet from heat and pour soup mixture evenly over chicken breasts.
• Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Simmer for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soup mixture begins to thicken, and vegetables are tender.

PASTA AGLIO E OLIO

Steps:

• Heavily salt a large pot of water, and bring to a boil then cook pasta to al dente.
• While the pasta is cooking, slice the garlic cloves thinly, and set aside. Pick the parsley leaves from their stems, and finely chop. Add olive oil to a large frying pan and heat over medium flame until nice and hot and shimmering. Add sliced garlic, stirring constantly, until garlic is barely toasted. Add the red pepper flake and remove from heat. (the garlic will continue cooking to a toasty brown).
• Drain the pasta and add to the pan with about 1/4 cup reserved pasta cooking water. Add lemon juice and parsley, and toss to combine.
• Season for salt and pepper, and serve.
• **EXTRA** - A fancy way to plate is with a carving fork, or anything close to it. From the pan spin the fork or tool to build up a nice amount of pasta on it, and then simply place it on a dish and slide the pasta down and off the fork for a nice and fancy display. (Garnish with parsley & Parmesan cheese for extra points).

AGLIO E OLIO

Steps:

• Bring about 5 quarts of water to a boil with 3 teaspoons salt; add in the pasta and cook only until firm-tender; drain but RESERVE 1/2 cup pasta water.
• Start this when you are boiling the pasta; Heat about 4 tablespoons olive oil over medium-low heat in a skillet.
• Add in 3 tablespoons garlic and about 1/2 teaspoon salt with black pepper to taste; saute stirring often until the garlic is light brown (about 6-8 minutes).
• Remove from heat and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon minced garlic, green peepers, crushed red pepper flakes, celery leaves, capers, onion powder, lemon or lime juice and about 2 tablespoons of pasta cooking water; mix to combine.
• Transfer the drained pasta to a large serving bowl; toss with remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil and the remaining reserved cooking water.
• Add in the garlic mixture; toss well to combine.
• Season with more black pepper and salt to serve immediately with grated Parmesan cheese.

AGLIO E OLIO - SPAGHETTI WITH GARLIC AND OLIVE OIL

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to the boil.
• Add 2 tablespoons salt.
• Add spaghetti.
• Cook for 14 minutes exactly, then drain.
• About half-way through the cooking time for the spaghetti, heat the olive oil in a large frypan over a medium heat.
• Add the garlic, anchovy and chilli - I pound these three ingredients in a mortar and pestle for a minute or so first, but this is not absolutely necessary.
• Cook the garlic, anchovy and chilli mixture in the oil for a couple of minutes until the garlic is soft but not brown.
• Reduce heat to low and add lemon juice, breadcrumbs, salt and half the parsley and stir to combine.
• With the pan still on the heat, add the drained spaghetti and toss with a pair of tongs or two forks to combine thoroughly.
• Serve sprinkled with grated or granulated parmesan cheese and the rest of the parsley.

PASTA WITH GARLIC AND OIL-AGLIO E OLIO

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position, set large heatproof serving bowl on rack and heat oven to 200 degrees.
• Bring 4 quarts water to rolling boil, covered, in large Dutch oven or stockpot. Add pasta and 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt to boiling water, stir to separate pasta, cover, and cook until al dente; reserve 1/3 cup pasta cooking water and drain pasta.
• While water is heating, combine 3 tablespoons oil, 3 tablespoons garlic, and 1/2 teaspoon table salt or sea salt flakes in heavy-bottomed nonstick 10-inch skillet; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until garlic foams and is sticky and straw-colored, 10 to 12 minutes. Off heat, add remaining tablespoon raw garlic, red pepper flakes, parsley, lemon juice, and 2 tablespoons pasta cooking water to skillet and stir well to keep garlic from clumping.
• Transfer drained pasta to warm serving bowl; add remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil and remaining reserved pasta cooking water and toss to coat. Add garlic mixture and 3/4 teaspoon table salt or 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes to pasta; toss well to combine. Serve immediately, sprinkling individual bowls with portion of Parmesan, if desired.