Description
Leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken from the supermarket helps on the ease of preparation of this fabulous comfort style dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 ounce Carrots
- ยผ ounce Thyme
- 2 tablespoon Cream Cheese (ContainsMilk)
- 1 clove Garlic
- 2 unit Chicken Stock Concentrate
- 1 unit Yellow Onion
- 2 tablespoon Flour (ContainsWheat)
- 2.5 ounce Celery
- 10 ounce Chicken Breast Strips
- 6 ounce Pillsburyโข Buttermilk Southern Homestyle Biscuits (ContainsWheat)
- 2 teaspoon Vegetable Oil
- Salt
- 3 tablespoon Butter (ContainsMilk)
- Pepper
Instructions
Pre:
- Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry all produce.
- Trim, peel, and finely dice carrots. Finely dice celery. Halve, peel, and dice half the onion.
- Peel and mince garlic. Strip half the thyme leaves from stems, mince leaves.
- 4 SERVINGS: Dice whole onion. Mince all the thyme leaves.
Cook Chicken:
- Pat chicken* dry with paper towels.
- Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium, preferably ovenproof, pan over medium heat.
- Add chicken in a single layer, season with a big pinch of both salt and pepper.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned all over, 3-5 minutes (itโll finish cooking in step 5). โข Transfer to a plate.
- 4 SERVINGS: Use a large, preferably ovenproof, pan.
Cook Veggies:
- Reserve ยฝ tsp minced thyme (youโll use it in step 5).
- Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for chicken over medium-high heat.
- Add carrots, celery, and diced onion; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until veggies are softened, 5-7 minutes.
- Add garlic and remaining minced thyme; cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.
- 4 SERVINGS: Reserve 1 tsp minced thyme.TIP: Lower heat if veggies begin to brown too quickly.
Make Filling:
- Add 2 TBSP butter to pan with veggies. Once melted, stir in flour, cook for 1 minute.
- Pour in 1ยผ cups water, stock concentrate, salt, and pepper.
- Bring to a boil and cook until thickened, 3-5 minutes. Turn off heat.
- Stir in cream cheese until melted, then stir in chicken. Season with salt and pepper.
- 4 SERVINGS: Use 4 TBSP butter and 1ยพ cups water.
- TIP: If filling is too thick, stir in another splash of water. If your pan isnโt ovenproof, transfer filling to an 8-by-8-inch baking dish (13-by-9-inch baking dish for 4 servings) after stirring in chicken
Add Biscuits & Bake:
- Place 1 TBSP butter in a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave until melted, 30 seconds.
- Remove biscuits from package, peel apart each biscuit at the center to create two thinner ones.
- Evenly top filling with biscuits, then brush with melted butter and sprinkle with reserved minced thyme.
- Bake on top rack until biscuits are golden brown and chicken is cooked through, 12-15 minutes.