Made Rachel Ray's Lazy Baked Greek Chicken and it was good, but even better slightly adjusted.

marilynfl

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I took three half-breasts and trimmed off the tenderloin and thin ends to even out the baking. Finished product looks like the photo in the link. However, the chicken is...well, it's boring. Personally I haven't had a plain baked skinless chicken breast in I Have No Idea How Long. I'd have thought the filling and cheese would make a big difference and it's very tasty for the top half, but the bottom piece of chicken just tastes boring.

Used a 10 oz frozen package of "super greens" which I'd found in NC and brought up with me. It's spinach, kale and Swiss Chard with lemon juice. With just three trimmed filets, there was a LOT of filling left over plus the pieces of chicken breast I had trimmed off. Since Mom liked it and was able to chew with no problems, I saved the extra chicken, filling and panko crumbs for the next day.

First I cut up the chicken into bite-size pieces and marinated for 15 minutes in McCormick's "Grill Mates Garlic, Herb & Wine" mix (using only 1/4 of the package for the small amount of chicken that I had). Put a TBL or so of olive oil in a stovetop pan, spread out the marinated chicken pieces, topped with the left over onion & green mixture (there was a LOT of that leftover), added feta and the buttered panko crumbs. Covered and cooked for about 10 minutes on stove top, checked a piece of meat (done) then popped it under the broiler for 1.5 minutes to brown off the crumbs. It was REALLY GOOD. All of the chicken now had flavor, there were proportionally more greens (which I liked) and the house didn't heat up since the oven wasn't preheated.

PS: Photo is the first go-around.

PPS: I would make this for guests, but use my method. It's not as pretty but the same amount would serve more people than just four.

PPS: Used 2 cloves of garlic with greens since they get sautéed well, but left out the one in the bread crumbs.

PPPS: Used slices of feta from a slab rather than crumbs (which I think are drier) so probably used more than 1/2 C.

https://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipe/lazy-baked-greek-chicken

https://recipeswap.org/fun/wp-content/uploads/swap-photos/Greek-Chicken.jpg

 
REC: Jan's Greek Chicken over "burnt butter" spaghetti

Your recipe enhancements remind me of this Greek Chicken recipe which is special because of the spaghetti it's served over. Colleen

Jan's Greek Chicken
Chicken pieces skin on, bones in - 1 chicken cut up
1 tsp dry oregano
1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp seasoned pepper
1/2 tsp dry rosemary, crushed
1/2 c finely chopped onion
2-29 oz cans tomato sauce
1 pound spaghetti
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In a small bowl, mix oregano, garlic salt, seasoned pepper, rosemary and onion. Season chicken pieces with spices. Roast pieces for 30 minutes at 450 degrees.
Remove chicken from oven. Lower oven temp to 350 degrees. Pour tomato sauce over chicken. Return to oven for 90 minutes at 350.
When 20 minutes remain for the chicken, put a pot of water to boil and cook/drain spaghetti. Dry the inside of the drained spaghetti pot with a paper towel. Heat the margarine until black. Toss with drained spaghetti. Serve chicken and sauce over spaghetti.

 
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