Dinner Menu

Creamy Chicken and Mushroom

Ingredients

2 lbs of chicken breast or boneless chicken thighs

2 tbls olive oil

8 oz sliced mushrooms

3 cups spinach (1 package)

Sauce:

1/4 cup butter

2 tsp minced garlic

1 tbls flour

1/2 cup chicken broth

1 cup heavy cream or half and half

1/2 cup grated parmesan

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp pepper

Instructions

1. In a shallow saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat.

2. Cook chicken in olive oil. Remove from pan and set aside.

3. Add mushrooms. Cook until tender. Remove from pan and set aside.

4. Melt butter. Add garlic.

5. Whisk in flour until tickens (ok to add more flour if needed). Whisk in broth, cream, parmesan, garlic powder and pepper.

6. Add spinach. Let simmer until sauce thickens and spinach wilts.

7. Add chicken and mushrooms back to pan. Serve

Pasta Carbonara

Ingredients

3 tbls kosher salt

4oz guanciale (pancetta or bascon will also work)

2oz parmesan

4 large egg yolks

2 large eggs

Ground Pepper

2 tbls olive oil

1 lb bucatini (or spaghetti)

Instructions

1. Heat water in a large pot over high heat and when it starts to steam, add 3 tbls salt. Cover with lid and bring to a boil.

2. Dice guanciale in small chunks. Grate parmesan cheese and set aside a quarter of the cheese for alter.

3. Whisk yolks and whole eggs in a medium bowl. Stri in remaining cheese that was set aside. Add pepper to taste.

4. In a lrage pot heat olive oil over medium heat. Add guanciale until edges crisp (7-10 min).

5. Remove from heat and remove guanciale. Pour fat into heatproof measuring cup. Add 3 tbls of fat back to pot. Discard the rest.

6. Cook pasta in boiling water for 2 minutes shy of box instructions. Just before pasta is done, remove 1 3/4 cups of pasta liquid with heatproof measuring cup. Add 1 cup of the pasta liquid to a large pot and bring to a boil over medium heat.

7. Drain pasta and add to large pot.

8. Whisk 1/4 cup of pasta liquid to the egg mixture then very slowly add mixture to large pot, stirring constantly until cheese has menlted and egg has thickened. Season with salt. Thin sauce if needed with remaining pasta liquid to be consistency of heavy cream.

9. Serve an top each bowl with desired amount of guanciale, pepper and cheese.

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