Chicken Oscar

Name: Chicken Oscar
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 asparagus spears (equal size; about 1 lb. total); 3 Tbsps fine dried breadcrumbs; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine; 4 servings Chive spears or minced chives; 113 grams shelled cooked crab; 118 milliliters hollandaise sauce, hot, warm, or at room temperature; 4 boned, skinned chicken breast halves (about 1/4 lb. each)

Chicken Oscar is a pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 224 calories, 8g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of asparagus spears, crab, breadcrumbs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Snap tough ends from asparagus and discard. Rinse asparagus and, if desired, peel stems with a vegetable peeler.

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Asparagus

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Rinse chicken, pat dry, and lay pieces 4 to 5 inches apart on a sheet of plastic wrap. Cover with more plastic wrap. Pound chicken with a flat mallet until it is 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick.

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Whole Chicken

Wrap

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Put bread crumbs in a shallow pan. Turn chicken in crumbs to coat evenly, patting to make them stick.

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Breadcrumbs

Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Set an 11- to 12-inch ovenproof nonstick frying pan over high heat. When hot, add butter and swirl until melted.

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Butter

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Add chicken and cook until browned on bottom, shaking pan to avoid scorching butter, about 2 minutes. Turn pieces over and cook 1 minute more.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

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Set pan in a 350 oven and bake until chicken is no longer pink in center (cut to test), 7 to 9 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Meanwhile, in a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over high heat, bring about 1 inch water to a boil. About 3 minutes before chicken is done, add asparagus to boiling water and cook just until tender when pierced; drain.

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Asparagus

Whole Chicken

Water

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Frying Pan

Quickly transfer each chicken breast half to a warm plate. Top with equal amounts of the crab and asparagus, and pour hollandaise sauce over each portion.

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Hollandaise Sauce