As a reminder my category “Recipe” is that because sometimes I don’t actually have amounts for the ingredients I use, I just basically have the idea for the dish. I was at a loss last night as to what to cook for dinner and for some reason I thought of biscuits and gravy. I don’t even eat biscuits and gravy. I had biscuits in the refrigerator so that is probably why I was thinking “biscuits”. Anyway, I threw together a dinner that turned out to be pretty tasty.
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Chicken, Asparagus, Biscuits, and Cheese Sauce
(Coconut) oil
Onion
Asparagus
2 cans of chicken
garlic salt
Worcestershire sauce
Cheese Sauce
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 1/2 cup shredded (sharp cheddar) cheese
Biscuits (tube, container? What is it called)
Heat the oil in a pan large enough for all of your asparagus and chicken. While the oil is heating, chop up the onions, then put in the pan. While the onions are cooking, wash and chop up the asparagus. Put the chopped asparagus in with the onions, sprinkle with garlic salt and cook.
While that is cooking – in a different pot – melt the butter. Add the flour while stirring.
Bake the biscuits according to the instructions on the package.
Put the drained chicken in the pan with the onion and asparagus. Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt and Worcestershire sauce. The chicken is cooked, it only needs to be heated, but cook the asparagus to your liking.
Back to the sauce . . . . add the milk, stirring all the while. (My recipe says all at once, but it doesn’t work if it is cold . . . so I do it a little at a time.) Once the milk is incorporated into the roux (butter and flour), add the cheese a little bit at a time. Stirring and keeping it on the heat until it is all melted and mixed.
To assemble split the biscuits putting the bottom half on the plate, then pile on the chicken and asparagus mixture, then spooned on some cheese sauce, then top with the top half of the biscuit.
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It was good because I like all the ingredients. The biscuits are sooooo good. It is fun sometimes to cook easy things and enjoy simple flavors.
OH! And the leftovers! I put the bottom half of the biscuits in an oven proof dish, then pilled the chicken mixture on top, topped it with the cheese and put it in the oven (350°) for about 30 minutes, I put the tops of the biscuits on foil and heated them for about 10 minutes. Then put it on plates to serve. Delicious!
There are so many things you could do with with. What would YOU do?
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