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FRANK ASHTON CLASSIC ITALIAN AND ADDITIONAL RECIPES: My name is Frank Ashton and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I was a high school art teacher for 33 years. I love painting,especially Impressionism; and traveling with my wife; but my other love is for cooking. Over the years I have probably cooked for some 20,000 people. This includes cooking free for many groups to raise funds for worthy causes. Most of my recipes are original from me and some from my mother or my wife Dottie. This has led me to decide to share my original recipes with others. This site has 110 recipes to date! My goal is to be able to give real recipes that really are excellent. One should not expect anything exotic; but I will guarantee they will impress anyone who loves to eat. FIRST GO TO GOOGLE AND PRINT IN THE WHITE BOX FRANK ASHTON ORIGINAL RECIPES AND CLICK ON THAT. Frank Ashton Original Recipes should come up. To print a recipe save it to favorites and then click on the recipe on favorites and you will then be able to print it. THERE ARE OVER 50 VEGETARIAN (MEAT FREE) RECIPES LOOK FOR THE ASTERISK * IN FRONT OF EACH RECIPE OR WORDS VEGETARIAN STYLE

Thursday, February 7, 2013

BUTTERFLIED WHOLE CHICKEN WITH LEMON PEPPER SAUCE #137

Lemon pepper chicken is a great favorite that one can also get at Walmart  from the rotesserie department.  This recipe is a variation of such a dish with you making the recipe yourself with much better taste.  I hope you will try it and if you do I am sure you will like this recipe much better than the Walmart one.

INGREDIENTS:
     I whole frying chicken which you butterfly
     1 lemon that you remove the zest and set aside
     1 the juice of one lemon that you set aside in a small bowl
     1 cup of white port wine
     1 tsp of course black pepper
     1 tsp of kosher salt
     1/2 cup of virgin olive oil
     1 stick of butter
     1 lb of white button mushrooms cut in half
     1 sm bunch of escarole
     2 medium onions peeled, cut in half and cut
     in slices
      1/2 cup of dried parsley
DIRECTIONS:
     1. butterfly the chicken by cutting it down
         the middle without cutting through
     2. pour the virgin olive oil in a large fry pan
         on medium high heat
     3. put the chicken into the oil and fry each
         half until medium brown; remove and set aside
     4. peel the 2 oinions cut in half and slice fairly thin
         and add to the oil and saute until nicely brown
         and set aside
     5. add the mushrooms to the oil and saute until the
         mushrooms are nicely brown and set aside
     6. return the chicken to the fry pan and sprinkle
        each half with salt, course pepper, parsley, zest
        of lemon, a handful of escarole pieces, and white port wine
     7. return the onions around the chicken and put into a
         350 degree oven and bake for 45 minutes turning over
         every so often and check to see when it is done
     8. should serve 6 generously

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