Thursday, November 11, 2010

Italian Chicken with Green Beans and Potatoes

To start off, here is one of the easiest recipes I've ever seen. It's also been a hit every time I've served it. It's great for serving when you have guests over and want something that tastes like it took you a lot of effort to cook. It's also convenient as a dish to take to a potluck or to a friend's house when you need a comfort dish for someone. This is one of my mom's recipes (thanks Mom!) with my own modifications to make some of the ingredients easier to prepare. Mom, for instance, uses fresh-peeled-and-cut potatoes, which is tasty...but canned is so much easier!

Italian Chicken with Green Beans and Potatoes
Ingredients:
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 stick butter (melted)
1 package Zesty Italian salad dressing mix (I prefer "Good Seasons")
2 cans french-cut green beans
2 cans diced new potatoes (also called "white potatoes)

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place potatoes in one end of 13x9 baking dish.
Place chicken in the middle of the dish.
Place beans in the other end of the dish.
The beans and potatoes should be separated by the chicken. It is fine if the beans and/or potatoes overlap onto the chicken a bit.
Stir the dressing mix into the melted butter.
Pour the dressing mix/butter mixture over the beans, potatoes, and chicken, spreading evenly.
Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
Bake for 1 hour.
Uncover the dish and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked (white) all the way through in the center of the largest pieces.
Move the whole baking dish to the table to use as a serving platter. (This will keep the food warm. Just be sure to keep hands...especially little hands...away from the dish, since hot glass looks no different from cold glass.)

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