1 whole chicken breasts -- -
1 halved
1/4 cup oil
4 tsp butter -- melted
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 tsp tabasco
16 oz can of asparagus
1/2 cup parmesan cheese -- grated
Directions
Brown the chicken in oil. In a saucepan, add flour and salt to
butter. Stir in chicken broth and cook until thick. Remove from heat;
add cream and Tabasco. Place asparagus in the bottom of a 9x13"
casserole. Arrange the chicken on top of the aspragus. Pour sauce
over the chicken and asparagus. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 for
45 minutes.
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Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Chicken; Poultry; Vegetable
The History of Recipes
Food historians have proved the existence of recipes back into the far past, certainly as far back as early Egypt, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that is, sadly, these early recipes were just simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
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