Category Archives: Poultry

Recipe: Creamy Spinach Mushroom Enchiladas

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This recipe for Creamy Spinach Mushroom Enchiladas is so scrumptious your kids won’t believe it’s jam-packed with Popeye’s favorite ingredient. Passanante’s Home Food Service recommends doubling the recipe below and saving the extras in the freezer for a quick meal when you’re short on time. This recipe can also become a vegetarian favorite in a hurry if you skip out on the chicken and double the spinach and mushrooms.

Popeye Spinach

What you need:

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 teaspoons of olive oil
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 10 ounces sliced mushrooms
  • 10 ounces frozen spinach, thawed and drained
  • 8 ounces light cream cheese with onions and chives
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 8 ounces of sour cream
  • White corn tortillas
  • Monterey Jack cheese
  • Salsa Verde (see recipe below) – can also use bottled salsa

How to make Creamy Spinach Mushroom Enchiladas:

  1. Boil and shred chicken. Set aside
  2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, chili powder, cumin and mushrooms; saute for 5 minutes.
  3. Add spinach and salt to skillet.
  4. Stir in cream cheese. Cook until the cheese melts.
  5. Heat the salsa in a sauce pan over low heat; add the sour cream and mix well.
  6. Wrap 5 tortillas in foil and put them in the oven at 350 degrees for about 8-10 minutes. This keeps them from falling apart.
  7. Put spinach mixture, chicken, and cheese in a tortilla and wrap it up. Place in a greased baking pan.
  8. Top with salsa and sour cream mixture, then cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until bubbly.

How to make Salsa Verde:

Combine 5 tomatillos, husked and coarsely chopped, cilantro, 1 small onion, 1 jalapeño, salt, and 1 tablespoon oil in a food processor and mix until smooth. Cook for 15 minutes on low-medium heat with a little oil.

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Recipe: Easy Green Chili Enchiladas

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If you’re looking to spice up your dinner table, this recipe for Easy Green Chili Enchiladas may be the perfect meal for you and your family. Like all of the recipes Passanante’s Home Food Service posts, this one in particular requires very little prep time, and can be tweaked to include a number of your favorite flavors.

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Easy Green Chili Enchiladas

What you’ll need:

  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 small can of condensed milk
  • 1/2 lb. Velveeta cheese
  • 1 small can of green chilies, chopped
  • 1 1/2 lb. hamburger meat, browned (feel free to substitute with boiled hormone free chicken that has been shredded)
  • 1 package of corn tortillas
  • 1/2 lb. cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 small jar of pimentos
  • 1 small jar of jalapeños, chopped

 How to prepare Easy Green Chili Enchiladas:

  1. Heat chicken soup, condensed milk and Velveeta cheese over the stove. Once melted add green chilies and pimentos.
  2. Combine meat with chopped onions, grated cheese, and chopped jalapeños.
  3. Roll meat mixture into tortillas and place the tortillas seam side down in a pan.
  4. Pour soup mixture over the rolled up tortillas.
  5. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Serve Easy Green Enchiladas with your favorite Mexican rice and a fresh salad which includes diced avocado, halved cherry tomatoes, chopped red onion, a hint of cilantro and fresh juice from 1 lime. Oh! And of course, a delicious homemade margarita! Yum!

Happy Eating!

Hot Recipe: Chicken Taco Casserole

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In the mood for some easy to make at home Mexican food? This recipe for Chicken Taco Casserole ought to do the trick! What we love most about this recipe is how easily customizable it is for your taste. Feel free to experiment by adding beans, corn, olives, chipotle tabasco sauce — you name it, get creative!

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Chicken Taco Casserole

What you need for Chicken Taco Casserole (serves 6):

  • 10 3/4oz cans condensed cream of chicken soup
  • 4oz can chopped green chilies, drained
  • 10oz can mild enchilada sauce (substitute for medium or hot – up to you!)
  • 8oz Velveeta cheese
  • 2 cup chopped cooked chicken
  • 12-6″ corn tortillas or corn chips
  • 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
  • 1 to 2 cups shredded lettuce
  • 1 small jar of sliced pickled jalapeños (optional)
  • 1/2 avocado sliced into cubes (optional)

How to make it in the oven:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Combine soup and cheese, mix well
  3. Add chicken, chilies, and a handfull jalapeños (if desired)
  4. Spread 1/2 chicken mixture over bottom of 2 quart casserole
  5. Pour on 1/2 can of enchilada sauce
  6. Add a layer of corn chips or corn tortillas
  7. Add rest of chicken and rest of enchilada sauce
  8. Add top layer of corn chips or corn tortillas
  9. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes
  10. Remove foil and continue baking for 15 minutes
  11. Top with lettuce, tomatoes, sliced pickled jalapeños, and avocado bites.
  12. Serve with a dollop of sour cream and guacamole

In a hurry? No problem. You can make Chicken Taco Casserole in the microwave!

Microwave instructions:

  1. Mix as directed above
  2. Microwave on high for 5 minutes
  3. Remove and fold ingredients toward center
  4. If using a non-rotating microwave, rotate one quarter turn
  5. Microwave on high for 5 more minutes
  6. Let set for 3 minutes and serve.

Happy Eating!

Recipe: Hot Chicken Salad

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This isn’t your average bridal shower chicken salad recipe. At Passanante’s Home Food Service we’re passionate about good, easy to prepare foods, and this recipe checks all the right boxes.

What we love most about this Hot Chicken Salad is the way it’s prepared; just toss the ingredients all together and bake — no real mess or fuss involved. Even better, since this recipe serves eight, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll have enough left over to eat it for a couple of meals. The only way to make this comfort food recipe any easier would be if you allowed Passanante’s food delivery service to bring every ingredient straight to your door, so when you’re ready to throw dinner together there’s no grocery store fuss to deal with.

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Hot Chicken Salad with almonds

What you’ll need (serves 8):

  • 4 cups cold cut up chicken chunks, cooked
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2/3 cup finely chopped toasted almonds
  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup cheese, grated
  • 2 cups chopped celery
  • 4 hard boiled eggs, sliced
  • 3/4 cup cream of chicken soup
  • 2 teaspoon onion, finely minced
  • 2 pimentos, cut fine
  • 1 1/2 cups crushed potato chips

How to make Hot Chicken Salad:

Combine all ingredients except cheese, potato chips and almonds, in a large rectangular dish. Sprinkle cheese, potato chips, and almonds over the top and let sit overnight in a refrigerator. When ready, bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Serve with warm rolls and good wine. 🙂

Featured Recipe: Herb Roasted Chicken

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Herb Roasted Chicken

If you don’t receive the Passanante’s Home Food Service email updates you’re missing out on exciting announcements about new menu items, contests, and some incredibly simple recipes that you and your family would love! This recipe for Herb Roasted Chicken is one of our favorites because it only had a few simple ingredients and it’s ready in five easy steps. Such a great recipe to have on hand for those busy days!

Ingredients:

  • 1 Roasting Chicken, about 4 to 5 pounds
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 Small onion, peeled and quartered
  • 1 Rib celery, cut in large chunks
  • 1/4 Tsp dried rosemary
  • 1/2 Tsp dried leaf thyme
  • 3 Tbsp coarsely chopped fresh parsley
  • 4 Tbsp melted butter

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Rub inside of chicken with lemon juice; sprinkle with salt and pepper.

3. Add the onion quarters, celery, dried herbs, and parsley to chicken cavity.

4. Place chicken in a shallow roasting pan and roast at 350° for about 20 minutes per pound.

5. Baste with melted butter several times. Internal temperature should register at least 165° on a meat thermometer inserted into the meaty part of the thigh.

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