Simple Chicken Divan To Die For!

Your friends at Passanante’s Home Food Service know you’re always looking for simple and delicious meals to prepare for your family. This fantastic Chicken Divan recipe is sure to be a crowd pleaser, and with the goodness of hormone-free chicken and organic broccoli it’s a meal you can be proud to serve!

Simple Chicken Divan

Ingredients:

  • 4-6 boiled hormone-free chicken breasts
  • 1 head organic broccoli crowns
  • 1 cup Hellman’s mayonnaise
  • 2 cans cream of chicken soup
  • Fresh squeezed juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 package of shredded cheese
  • 1 small jar of pimentos

How To Make It:

  1. Lightly steam organic broccoli until bright green and line the bottom of the casserole dish with broccoli crowns.
  2. Tear boiled hormone-free chicken into bite-sized pieces and place over broccoli
  3. Mix other ingredients together in a bowl (mayo, cream of chicken soup, lemon juice)
  4. Spread mixture over broccoli and chicken
  5. Cover with shredded cheese and pimentos for color (pimentos are optional)
  6. Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees until hot and bubbly
  7. Serve with yummy warm rolls

Gather Your Family Around The Table And Enjoy!

Chicken ‘N’ Sausage Filé Gumbo

In this weather who doesn’t crave a good gumbo recipe? Depend on Passanante’s Home Food Services to deliver delicious meats directly to your home so you can whip up awesome recipes like this one we found right in the heart of Cajun Country – New Orleans, Louisiana!

*Serves 10-14 bowls

What You Need:

  • 3 pounds chicken thighs
  • 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning (or salt and pepper)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup minced bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup minced celery
  • 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
  • 3 tablespoons Worcestershire
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground bay leaves
  • 2 1/4 quarts hot water
  • 1/2 cup sliced green onions
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 pound smoked pork sausage, thinly sliced
  • Filé powder
  • White rice (cooked)

How To Make It:

Remove skin from chicken thighs, clean and pat dry. Season with cajun seasoning. Heat oil inlarge heavy pot. Sear chicken; remove and set aside.

Make roux by adding flour to hot oil in pot. stir constantly over medium high heat till medium brown.

Stir onion, bell pepper,and celery into roux; cook until tender. Return chicken to pot and add Tabasco, Worcestershire, bay leaves, cajun seasoning and water.

Cover and allow to simmer one hour.

Add green onions, garlic and sausage. stir, cover and simmer another hour.

Remove all thigh bones from gumbo.

Skim off excess oil. Serve in bowls over hot rice with warm French bread and filé powder.

Bon Appetite!