Asparagus Chicken

Name: Asparagus Chicken
Total time: P1H30M
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: chicken breasts; vegetable oil; butter; flour; salt; chicken broth; heavy whipping cream; red hot pepper sauce; asparagus; parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated

Submitted by rainy1961

Creamy asparagus chicken casserole baked with a rich cream sauce, Parmesan cheese, and a kick of hot pepper sauce. Comfort food at its best, ready for the oven in under an hour.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

45 min

COOK

45 min

READY

90 min

This casserole is old-school comfort cooking at its finest.

Golden-browned chicken breasts sit on a bed of tender asparagus, all blanketed in a from-scratch cream sauce spiked with just enough hot pepper sauce to make things interesting.

A generous shower of grated Parmesan goes on top before everything slides into the oven for 45 minutes.

What comes out is bubbly, golden, and smells like the kind of dinner that brings everyone to the kitchen before you even call them.

Pro Tips

Brown the chicken well on both sides before assembling; that caramelized crust adds real flavor to the finished dish
Don’t skip the hot pepper sauce. It’s not about heat here, it’s about waking up the cream sauce
Fresh asparagus spears work just as well as canned; trim the woody ends and blanch for 2 minutes before layering

Ingredients

EACH CHICKEN BREAST
whole, halved

CUP VEGETABLE OIL

TEASPOONS BUTTER
melted

CUP ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON SALT

CUPS CHICKEN BROTH

CUP HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM

TEASPOON RED HOT PEPPER SAUCE

OUNCES ASPARAGUS
can

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 hot pepper sauce.

Place asparagus in the bottom of a 9×13” casserole. Arrange the chicken on top of the aspragus. Pour sauce over the chicken and asparagus. Sprinkle with cheese.

Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 45 minutes.