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Chicken Divan - Diet Version

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Chicken Divan - Diet Version

Heather
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6 Servings
15 Ingredients
8 Comments

This family favorite is classic comfort food at it's best, and it's lightened up to help with your New Year's Resolutions.

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6 Servings
15 Ingredients
8 Comments

Ingredients

  • 4 ½ cups dice Broccoli
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 2 teaspoons Olive Oil
  • 2 teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
  • 1 tablespoon dice Shallot
  • 4 tablespoons Flour, All-Purpose
  • 1 cup Chicken Broth/Stock, Reduced Fat
  • 1 cup Skim Milk
  • 2 fluid ounces White Wine
  • 1 ½ cups Swiss Cheese, Light, Shredded
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper
  • 3 cups cook and slice Chicken, Boneless Breasts
  • ¼ cups Parmesan Cheese, Grated
  • ¼ cups Bread Crumbs, Italian

Containers

  • 2 8x8 Baking Pans

Supplies

  • Foils
  • Cooking Sprays
  • Labels

Cooking Instructions

Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions

Stovetop

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

  1. Bring a large pot of water to boil.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

Bake

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

  1. Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions

Stove Cook

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. Bring a large pot of water to boil.
  2. Add broccoli and blanch for 3 minutes.
  3. Remove from water and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.
  4. Drain well and set aside.
  5. Heat skillet over medium heat, add butter and oil and heat until hot.
  6. Add garlic and shallots. Sprinkle in the flour.
  7. Stir in broth, milk and wine and bring to a boil.
  8. Remove from heat and stir in half of the swiss cheese. Add salt and pepper.
  9. Place broccoli in the bottom of a greased 9×13 pan, pour half of sauce over broccoli.
  10. Arrange chicken on top and cover with remaining sauce.
  11. Sprinkle with remaining swiss cheese, grated Parmesan cheese and top with breadcrumbs.
  12. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Categories

diet, winter, fall, summer, spring, egg-free, fish-free, shellfish-free

Categories

diet, winter, fall, summer, spring, egg-free, fish-free, shellfish-free

8 Comments

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  2. This recipe is confusing me. I’m new to OAMM so bare with me please. On the recipe card (1/2013) for this recipe it states that a serving is 1/6 of the casserole, so by my calculations one recipe will feed a family of 3 two times. Yet the yield states 3 servings. If I plug in 3 in the yellow box it increases the # of servings from 3 to 9 (as it should). My question is, assuming I want to serve this meal 2x this month, do I want 9 servings (9 x 6 = 54, assuming a serving is 1/6 of casserole) Also, assuming 2 meals of 3 servings for the month, how many pans do I need for freezing?

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    1. Pardon my humor but this reminds me of a long, complicated high school story problem. The recipe cards are designed for you to enter the number of people you are feeding (in the yellow box) and you will get 2 meals for that many people. The recipe cards also indicate the number of freezer containers that you need.This recipe is different than our normal recipes which often yield just 2 servings when there is a 1 in the box. For mathematical reasons, it made sense for us to do it as 3 servings for every 1 person on this one. It is an exception not a rule.As a rule of thumb it is best for you to use 8×8 pans for your meals for 3 people. I hope that helps.

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      1. So if I am feeding four people but want to have this recipe served 4 times this month, should I actually write 6 in the yellow box?

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        1. Hi KC if you wan to eat it four times you should DOUBLE the amount in your yellow box. Therefore you should put in 8.

  3. I’m very new to freezer cooking, so this may be a dumb question. Do you have to add cooked chicken to the recipe or can it be in the raw form and cooked all together at once?

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    1. Welcome Kristina! No dumb questions here. We’ve always used cooked chicken, but you could use raw if you’d like. Just increase the cooking time by 20 minutes.

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